PubCon, the premier search and social media conference and expo, holds multi-
track events
in various United States and European cities, always including a November
conference at the Las Vegas
Convention Center in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada.
PubCon, supported by the industry's leading businesses,
speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, Internet
marketing, search engines, and online advertising, offers an in-depth
look at the future of technology presented by many of the world's top
speakers.
PubCon is a large and influential gathering
of search and
social media innovators, offering an unrivaled
highly-productive conference experience at cost-effective rates, and with
the leading technology and online marketing visionaries who take part in
PubCon, every attendee comes away with valuable new
ideas and solutions for their businesses.
PubCon truly starts where other search and social media conferences end,
featuring a rare vision for the future
presented by a virtual who's who of technology. Join thousands of
leading search and social media professionals for a PubCon, and
learn more about the event with the information on this page, including the
following PubCon video.
Some of the key players shaping the future of the Web and in particular social
media have come to PubCon over the years to tell their stories and share their
visions with our attendees.
All of
our keynote speakers will bring their inspiring and groundbreaking search
and social
media insight to PubCon. Look for
announcements about
very special keynote
speakers for upcoming PubCon conferences.
PubCon events feature up to eight full tracks of cutting-edge
sessions featuring hundreds of the world's best technology speakers.
Many of these top speakers consider
PubCon to be their favorite event, and their enthusiasm for PubCon is
apparent as attendees
are treated to insights and research
that just won't be shared at any other conference but PubCon.
We feel that it's important for PubCon attendees to gain valuable "take-aways"
from sessions,
and that's why we provide every full conference pass holder with a CD containing
the conference presentation files, mailed out immediately after the conclusion of PubCon,
as a way to say "thank you" and to help you keep implementing the plans and
insight presented in our sessions throughout the year and long into the future.
At PubCon social media company Twitter and other social media services
are playing larger roles than ever.
All aspects of successfully using Twitter and location-aware services
such as FourSquare and Gowalla are covered by marketing, social media,
search and programming experts, with multiple tracks featuring sessions
such as "Killer Twitter Apps, Services, and API Trends," "Experts on PR and Twitter," and
other unique offerings such as
"Twitter Landscape - Hot Trends and Topics," that take
social media insight to new heights.
"PubCon is going to be so well-documented on Twitter," Google head of Web
spam Matt Cutts said at our PubCon South event in Austin, Texas. His
prediction came true as discussion about PubCon using the #PubCon hash tag
became Twitter's most popular term for a period during that conference, and
conference-goers enjoyed tweeting questions to speakers and fellow audience
members during many sessions, a trend that has continued to an even
greater extent during recent PubCon
conferences.
PubCon features many search and social media
exhibitors and sponsors, with additional information available on the
PubCon Sponsors and
PubCon Exhibitors pages.
Prospective sponsors and exhibitors, please click here to
request more information.
Space is limited and exhibition and sponsorship packages are on a first-come-first serve basis
for upcoming PubCon events.
PubCon often serves as a launching ground for major new products and services
from some of the largest Internet firms, such as Google's PubCon launch of its Friend
Connect API initiative and similar product announcements from Microsoft, Twitter
and other firms.
PubCon is the place to be when exciting new
technologies are launched.
If you are new to PubCon, we have
several helpful guides and collections of tips available to make your
experience smooth and efficient.
If you'd like to come to PubCon but are looking for ways to make it happen at
your company, we show both the educational and monetary value of PubCon in "Top
Tips to Get Your Boss to Send You to a Conference," by PubCon founder Brett
Tabke, who takes a light-hearted look at why it is worthwhile to make an effort to attend.
PubCon has always been the premier search and social media conference, at a
surprisingly affordable
price, and Tabke explains how we manage to do it in his "Keeping
Conferences Affordable and Fun" guide.
If you're already registered for an
upcoming PubCon conference and planning how to best organize your
time throughout the busy week of the event, have a look at "Conference
Survivor - Sports and Games: (PubCon fun)," a look at some of the creative ways
you can get more from the PubCon experience.
If you'd like to know more about what a PubCon
event holds in store, look no further than our
PubCon History Archives, and check
out our PubCon photo-retrospective piece called "You
Never Know Who You'll Run Into At PubCon," highlighting some of the
celebrities who have attended PubCon.
Each year a number of PubCon conference-goers write handy blog posts with
their own tips and advice for getting the most out of the event, and some
offerings are listed here:
Dr. Peter J. Meyers, or "Dr. Pete," president of User Effect has offered his
"Seven Tips For
Surviving PubCon" on the SEOmoz blog.
Webmasters: Talk to the companies you already work with and arrange meetings while
at PubCon Las Vegas.
There is nothing like a face-to-face meeting to generate new leads, work new angles, and iron out any problems.
Affiliates: Talk to those running your current programs and ask if they are attending
PubCon. Let them know that you are coming to PubCon, and ask to arrange time to talk.
Search Engine Marketers: PubCon offers a rare chance to talk to
representatives from the major search and social media firms, and to your clients.
Program managers: One-on-one customer support and client maintenance is a rare opportunity. Call your existing clients and invite them to
PubCon.
Bring Your Friends: Be a hero. Invite them. After all, it is sunny Las
Vegas in November.
If you'd like to share your enthusiasm for upcoming PubCon Las Vegas
shows, try our PubCon Web banner images
available to include on your website, social media pages or blogs.
Our
PubCon
Rewards Affiliate Program has been designed to thank our partners who help promote PubCon,
by offering special discounts.
To help you pick from so many tracks at PubCon
conferences, comprising
up to 100 or more session choices, we
encourage you to take advantage of our online "Build Your Show Itinerary"
feature, which Tabke explains in detail in his "PubCon
Conference Itinerary Builder" piece.
To go along with PubCon's full slate of
specialized session tracks, an intensive educational
search and social media training program,
and top-notch keynote speakers, we
offer an
unrivaled slate of after-hours parties, TweetUps and networking events,
such as our famous PubCon Ironman Triathlon of after-hours networking
events.
In addition to our huge lineup of daytime conference events, the PubCon
party scene also makes our events an ultra-marathon of nightlife, with party lineups that
always grow as PubCon draws
near.
Put on your running shoes, or at least your party shoes, and plan your
PubCon nighttime events using our handy events guide published before
upcoming conferences, featuring times and locations for networking events.
In addition to PubCon's Ironman schedule of
after-hours parties, PubCon features the famous
PubCon Classic, an
informal networking event giving attendees a chance to rub elbows with
friends both new and old in a relaxed environment.
Expanding PubCon beyond the cutting-edge keynotes, training programs and
PubCon Classic networking event sessions is PubCon's annual classic party, a
tradition dating back to the very first PubCon. This classic event gives
PubCon attendees a great opportunity to network with new friends and
business contacts in a relaxed, informal pub-like setting.
PubCon also holds day-long multiple-track slates of intensive educational
search and social media training programs during PubCon conferences and as
stand-alone events.
The PubCon
Masters Group Training Program usually takes place the day before the full
conference officially begins, with
simultaneous tracks of in-depth sessions led by some of the industry's most
respected search and social media professionals.
Due to the intimate nature of this training, the size of the class will
be limited.
This intensive full day of expert-led training is available for a special
standalone low price. There are also additional discounts available with a
full PubCon conference registration. Please see the
registration page for more
information on pricing.
Some PubCon conferences offer a
Networking Lunch Program hosted by a variety of top speakers leading
conversations
about more than 20 social media and Internet marketing subjects.
Our networking lunches give you the
opportunity to get close to some of PubCon's top speakers and spend time discussing
the
industry topics they know the best, all in a relaxed shared environment around a
lunch table.
PubCon sometimes teams up with a number of search and social media
firms to offer special cross-promotional conference registration rates.
These special deals have sold out quickly during past events, so keep posted
to be notified when they become available by
subscribing to the PubCon
blog.
PubCon has teamed up with numerous luxury hotels throughout the
years, and we announce special hotel
partnership pricing before each conference. Look for the latest information
to be posted on
the PubCon hotel information page.
PubCon is often able to offer conference attendees discount airfares with
certain airlines, and we will announce any such discounts for upcoming
PubCon conferences on our blog.
PubCon regularly offers attendees discount car rental rates for those who
prefer driving to taxis, usually available up until the conference
begins. Announcements about special car rental rates for upcoming PubCon
events are posted to the PubCon blog before each event.
For our big annual Las Vegas PubCon,
attendees may use the Las Vegas Monorail to get to and from the conference at the Las
Vegas Convention Center, without the hassles of traffic and wasted time.
Tickets can bepurchased online.
Whether you’re in Las Vegas attending PubCon or traveling the Strip for
any of the after-hours PubCon events throughout the week, the Monorail is
quick and convenient, with trains arriving every few minutes.
The Las Vegas Monorail is fun to ride and at just 15 minutes or less away
from any Las Vegas Boulevard Strip hotel (PDF
Monorail Map) with a monorail stop, often even quicker than a cab ride.
The Las Vegas Convention Center stop is directly in front of the
convention center where PubCon is located. An interactive route map is
available on the Las Vegas Monorail Web
site.
Hop on for a one-way trip or pick up an unlimited seven-day special pass for the freedom to travel at your leisure
throughout every Las Vegas PubCon.
The
PubCon
Video Blog showcases past, present and potential future PubCon speakers in
interviews by WebmasterWorld video content producer
Vanessa Zamora and PubCon
founder Brett Tabke.
Watch
PubCon-produced video interviews with many of the "Who's Who" of top search and
social media marketers, webmasters and technology innovators, and learn as they
speak on a wide range of the Internet-related subjects that are the trademark of
PubCon conferences, including
many
from our previous conferences.
WebmasterWorld is the leading source for
search engine, social media and Internet marketing news, best practices and
educational events.
Founded by Brett Tabke, an early '80s
innovator in running bulletin board systems (BBSs,) the WebmasterWorld
message
forum began in 1996 and is now the largest community of online marketing
professionals with more than 2 million posts covering over 100 discussion
topics.
WebmasterWorld and its PubCon conferences
are for thought leaders in social media, search engine and Internet
marketing to gather and share best practices in the design, development,
promotion and marketing of their online businesses and brands.
PubCon is an educational conference and
industry trade show programmed specifically for Web professionals and
website owners. Although our centerpiece is search engine and social media
marketing, whether your business' primary role is in website marketing,
corporate IT development, or in technology business management, you will
find something of value at PubCon (aka: Publishers Conference.) PubCon is
also designed to be fun and entertaining with ample opportunity for quality
networking.
PubCon conferences are full of energy and excitement,
and are jam-packed with leading-edge sessions and one-of-a-kind presentations.
Whether you are
a newbie or an anchored old-school pro, there are big discoveries in store at PubCon
conferences.
Search engine and social media marketers, optimizers, marketing executives, webmasters,
affiliate managers, program and channel managers, purchasing agents and affiliates
are just some of the people who make up the large crowds at PubCon.
Register online early and save. Early sign-up periods may vary, so please
check the PubCon registration page for the
latest updates. Exhibitors are given discount coupons to hand out, so feel free to check
with them for further savings. There are also additional discounts
for WebmasterWorld supporters.
High Level of Content : Each PubCon track or sub-conference is focused on a specific aspect of marketing
featuring topics that are important to your marketing and traffic-acquisition strategies. We focus on
some of the hottest trends and topics by asking speakers to prepare part of their presentation just prior to
PubCon, resulting in discussions that cover the very latest trends.
Networking : The WebmasterWorld community started PubCon in an
English Pub where attendees got together to learn from and interact with others in
their market space. Networking is readily available at breakfast, lunch, during session breaks,
and well into the night at PubCon's many cocktail hours and parties.
Prime-Time Speakers : PubCon attendees will hear and talk with the early adopting who's who of
Internet marketing, at the conference widely recognized as the speakers conference, where speakers come to learn as well as
to share their vast knowledge.
Post-Conference Networking Resources : PubCon attendees receive a bound printed manual of the show,
and a full CD of all PubCon presentation PowerPoints is mailed to all full conference attendees.
Takeaways : PubCon presentations always end with at least one specific takeaway that you can apply
to your business' own projects.
Test Yourself : By spending time with others in your field at PubCon, you'll get an accurate idea of how your skill set stacks up, and
gain valuable insight into which areas of your work you may need to focus on for continued growth
and success.
Value : We realize how much you have invested in attending a conference.
PubCon strives to provide the best value available in
search and social media marketing conferences today, offering direct value in the form of education, new contacts,
professional relationships, vendors and partnerships.
Vendors : Use PubCon as an opportunity to talk with vendors about their services
that you use or may wish to try, in the PubCon exhibit hall.
Professional : PubCon is in it's tenth year, with event management roots running over 20 years. From registration to at-the-show services, PubCon engages in a professional
yet personal touch that stands out in an oftentimes crowded field.
Your Clients, customers, and especially your competitors will attend. 'Nuff said.
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track events
in various United States and European cities, always including a November
conference at the Las Vegas
Convention Center in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada.
of search and
social media innovators, offering an unrivaled
highly-productive conference experience at cost-effective rates, and with
the leading technology and online marketing visionaries who take part in
PubCon, every attendee comes away with valuable new
ideas and solutions for their businesses.
sponsors, with additional information available on the
from some of the largest Internet firms, such as Google's PubCon launch of its Friend
Connect API initiative and similar product announcements from Microsoft, Twitter
and other firms.
organize your
time throughout the busy week of the event, have a look at "
networking events,
such as our famous PubCon Ironman Triathlon of after-hours networking
events.
conversations
about more than 20 social media and Internet marketing subjects.
years, and we announce special hotel
partnership pricing before each conference. Look for the latest information
to be posted on
the 
speakers in
interviews by WebmasterWorld video content producer
and are jam-packed with leading-edge sessions and one-of-a-kind presentations.
