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We're thrilled to announce that noted author and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue will present a keynote address at PubCon Las Vegas 2010, the premier search and social media conference and expo at the the Las Vegas Convention Center on November 8 - 11, 2010.
Pogue, who has written The Times's popular State of the Art column for the past decade, will offer his unique and insightful take on the latest social media initiatives to PubCon Las Vegas 2010 attendees.
“Having the New York Times's David Pogue at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 to present a keynote speech will be a great opportunity for all our attendees to learn new approaches to new media success,” said PubCon founder and WebmasterWorld Inc. chief executive Brett Tabke.
“We're excited to present one of the world's leading voices on technology and social media as a PubCon keynote speaker, and we're sure David Pogue's insights will help make this the biggest and most epic PubCon ever in sunny Las Vegas,” added Tabke.
Pogue, who has been The Times's personal-technology columnist since November 2000, is a natural fit for PubCon, with his more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter and a fresh and energetic take on social media trends certain to both educate and inspire PubCon Las Vegas 2010 attendees.
Pogue, who also writes the popular Times Pogue's Posts blog, has appeared as a technology expert on television and radio, including CBS News Sunday Morning, Martha Stewart, and NPR's "Morning Edition," and in 2004 his appearances about Google and the troubles spam presents won a 2004 Business Emmy award.
Pogue is the author of numerous popular technology books including The World According to Twitter, the Missing Manual series of books, and a novel, Hard Drive, a Times "notable book of the year," and has more than 3 million books in print.
Pogue, a summa cum laude Yale University graduate who has been profiled on the CBS television shows 60 Minutes and 48 Hours, incorporated Pogue Press in 2000, and has earned numerous industry accolades.
We're excited to bring Pogue to PubCon to share some of the innovative and thought-provoking approaches to online marketing and media relations that he has written about at The Times.
PubCon attendees are in for a rare treat as David Pogue brings his unique vision to our Las Vegas conference on November 8 - 11, 2010, which is shaping up to be the biggest and most successful event in more than a decade of conferences, and we hope to see you there.
Register now to hear Pogue and other leading social media innovators deliver new and insightful keynote speeches at PubCon Las Vegas 2010, including a very special powerhouse keynote panel featuring Copyblogger founder Brian Clark, FutureWorks principal and self-described "digital sociologist" Brian Solis, New Marketing Labs president Chris Brogan, social media firm UnMarketing president Scott Stratten, and Sevans Strategy founder Sarah Evans.
Take advantage of special early-bird conference pass pricing available for a limited time, and come and see The Times's Pogue and other top keynote speakers at PubCon Las Vegas 2010.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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PubCon has secured an additional block of rooms at a special discount rate of $159 per night on luxury accommodations at the magnificent Wynn Las Vegas Hotel, the only casino resort in the world to receive the Mobil 5 Star, the AAA 5 Diamond, and the Michelin 5 Red ratings, for registered attendees of PubCon Las Vegas 2010 on November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
After selling out our two initial $139 per night room blocks at the Wynn Las Vegas, the official conference hotel of PubCon Las Vegas 2010, we're happy to be able to offer a third block of rooms for what is still a tremendous bargain rate of only $159 per night.
This very special rate is now available to a limited number of PubCon attendees for rooms Sunday, November 7 through Saturday, November 13, 2010, with nights before and after these dates available at a higher rate, so be sure to book your luxury room at the Wynn Las Vegas soon.
Book your PubCon Las Vegas 2010 room at the Wynn Las Vegas using this special Wynn online hotel reservation form, as these rates are not available by phone.
If you haven't yet registered for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, special early-bird pass pricing is still available.
We look forward to seeing you on November 8 - 11, 2010 at PubCon in sunny Las Vegas.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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We are now accepting speaking proposals for our spring PubCon South at Austin 2011, which will be held March 8 - 9, 2011 in the technology capital of Texas.
If you are a speaker and would like to be on a session at PubCon South at Austin 2011, please use our handy session proposal utility to submit your speaking proposal:
http://www.PubCon.com/session-proposal.cgi
Or, if you know speakers who would be a good fit for PubCon South at Austin 2011's search and social media sessions, please let them know that they can now submit a session proposal.
If you have a suggestion for speakers for PubCon South at Austin 2011, let us know who you would like to see next spring in Austin.
Submit your speaking proposal soon for PubCon South at Austin 2011 to ensure the best chance of being selected for a session.
Because of the overwhelming number of session proposals we have had over the past several years, PubCon sessions have become hot ticket items as our agenda continues to lead the way for search and social media innovators.
We are happy that PubCon has gained a reputation as a conference that both attendees and speakers enjoy, so whether you are a seasoned PubCon speaker or would like to present at our event for the first time during PubCon South at Austin 2011, don't let the opportunity pass you by.
If you are new to PubCon and wondering if your speaking talents will fit in with our attendees, take a look at the list of our previous speakers, and read about what you can expect from a PubCon, including speaking tips.
We look forward to hearing from experienced PubCon speakers and first-timers alike. Together you will help make PubCon South at Austin 2011 a tremendous search and social media marketing and technology conference on March 8 - 9, 2011.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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After being a hit at last year's PubCon Las Vegas, we've once again joined with Clear and Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc. to offer super-high-speed WiMax USB modem Internet service at a special low rate to attendees at our big Las Vegas PubCon 2010 conference on November 8 - 11.
Providing super-fast mobile Internet anywhere in Las Vegas, renting a Clear USB modem is a great way to get online not only at the Las Vegas Convention Center where PubCon Las Vegas 2010 will be held, but also in your hotel or any place else in town with Clear coverage, and offers average download speeds of two to four Mbps or more.
With many Las Vegas hotels charging $15 or more per day for Internet access, our special Cheetah Wireless 4G rate of $40.13 for high speed service from Monday, November 8 through Thursday, November 11 more than pays for itself, and offers the reliability of knowing that you have a fast net connection wherever you go during PubCon Las Vegas 2010.
If you're like many PubCon attendees and arrive in town early or stay an extra day after the conference, simply add on an extra day of ultra-high-speed Cheetah Wireless and Clear service for only $8.10 more.
Staying more than five days for PubCon? Additional days are available at reduced PubCon rates no matter how long you are extending your stay.
Have your Clear USB modem delivered directly to your Las Vegas hotel for only $10 more for the ultimate in convenience, or pick up yours during PubCon Las Vegas 2010 registration at the Cheetah Wireless table conveniently located right next to the registration area. When you're done with your modem, simply put it in the included pre-paid mailing envelope and drop it in the mail.
Plug a Clear 4G USB modem into any standard USB port on your laptop to get online anywhere in CLEAR coverage during PubCon Las Vegas 2010 and stop fighting for bandwidth. The Clear modem is small enough to fit in your pocket for the ultimate in mobility.
This special offer must be booked in advance of PubCon and modems cannot be rented on site, so reserve yours now and sign up today for high speed Clear WiMax Internet at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 at fantastic low prices. Enter "PubCon" in the event name form field to receive our special rates.
We look forward to seeing you on November 8 - 11, 2010 at PubCon in sunny Las Vegas.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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The first winner in our Wynn-Win PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Twitter contest is Ryan Weckerly, who will win tickets to  LE RÊVE, Wynn Las Vegas' stunning live theater-in-the-round extravaganza.
Congratulations to Ryan, who tweeted "I'm staying at the Wynn for PubCon" and was chosen at random as the first of two lucky prize winners.
Ryan will receive a prize of two tickets to Wynn's breathtaking 85-member cast LE RÊVE show.
The Wynn will be buzzing during PubCon as the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel is the official conference hotel for PubCon Las Vegas 2010.
Be sure to follow PubCon and Wynn on Twitter for news about additional upcoming Twitter contests and for more information about our PubCon Las Vegas 2010, to be held November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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PubCon founder and chief executive Brett Tabke will be in Las Vegas on Friday, August 20, 2010 to take part in the launch of Social Rewards, a social media loyalty platform that turns tweets, likes and check-ins into rewards, and to  celebrate PubCon's participation in the new program.
Social Rewards August 20 tweet-up launch event will take place at Lagasse's Stadium at The Palazzo, joining The Venetian as five-diamond, four-star initial resort partners in the social media loyalty program's Las Vegas market, and will come on the heels of Social Rewards platform debut with electronics leader Sanyo on Thursday, August 19 during Connected Marketing Week in San Francisco.
“The premise of Social Rewards is to take existing brand loyalty program members that have social media tendencies and reward them for their loyalty and word-of-mouth activities with program points that can be redeemed for tangible goods and services,” said Joseph Morin, chief executive of Social Rewards. “Our system is also designed to easily create customized programs for companies that do not already have an existing loyalty  program,” added Morin.
The new Social Rewards platform rewards peer-to-peer recommendations in social media, as Morin explained. “Peer-to-peer recommendations have long been considered to be the strongest form of advertising, and Social Rewards is going
to change the way retailers think and engage in social media as we turn tweets into sales,” noted Morin, who is also our resident PubCon evangelist.
We're thrilled to have PubCon take part in the Social Rewards program, with the tremendous conference and event marketing capabilities it offers, features we plan to utilize in the coming months during the run-up to our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference on November 8 - 11, 2010.
Social Rewards features a complex back-end infrastructure with the ability to track brand mentions and sales  activity, and offers a complete analytics package for highlighting top brand advocates and conversions resulting from a brand's most influential users.
Social Rewards is designed to work with a brand’s existing loyalty program or to provide a platform for creating and customizing a new one, all while monitoring and tracking tweets, location-based check-ins such as Foursquare, Facebook likes and fan activity.
Gaming giant Tropicana Las Vegas was Social Rewards' initial launch beta partner earlier this month, and as an early adopter of social media has already seen initial success with the Social Rewards program.
“We continue to have a strong social media presence, but until recently did not have a social loyalty program to reward our brand ambassadors,” said Brandie Feuer, head of marketing, public relations and innovation for Tropicana Las Vegas. “Social Rewards provides us with a way to do this,” added Feuer, who was a speaker at last year's PubCon Las Vegas "Marketing Rock Stars of the Vegas Strip" keynote panel.
Join us at The Palazzo on Friday, August 20 as PubCon helps celebrate the launch of Social Rewards, and be sure to help us support this exciting new platform by making Social Rewards a part of your social media life.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
More About Social Rewards
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We're happy to announce the first of our Twitter-based contests for our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference, giving you a chance to win tickets to LE RÊVE, Wynn Las Vegas' stunning live theater-in-the-round extravaganza simply by tweeting about PubCon.
The Wynn will be buzzing during PubCon, as the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel is the official conference hotel for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, with very special discount rates of only $139 a night for registered attendees, and you could make it even better by tweeting to win tickets to one of the hottest shows in Las Vegas.
To enter our Wynn-Win PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Twitter contest, simply send out the following tweet using your Twitter account:
"I’m staying at the Wynn for PubCon."
Two lucky winners will be drawn from among all entrants, who will each receive a prize of two tickets to Wynn's breathtaking 85-member cast LE RÊVE show, one winner receiving two tickets for the Monday evening, November 8 performance and another receiving two tickets for the Tuesday evening show.
Tweets will be accepted until Wednesday, August 18, 2010, after which the two winners will be chosen at random by PubCon and announced here on the PubCon blog. Subscribe to the PubCon blog to receive updates when the winners are announced, and to get the latest information on PubCon Las Vegas 2010.
Be sure to follow PubCon and Wynn on Twitter for more information about our PubCon Las Vegas 2010, to be held November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and don't forget that Garth Brooks will also be  performing at the Wynn during PubCon Las Vegas.
We look forward to hearing from PubCon's many supporters, and to awarding two of you tickets to one of the hottest shows in Las Vegas.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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PubCon, the premier search and social media conference, will be exhibiting at SES 2010 in San Francisco on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 17 and 18 at the Moscone Center.
Stop by the PubCon booth in the exhibit hall — booth number 423 — and get information about our giant upcoming PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference on November 8 - 11, 2010, which we expect to be the biggest and best in our ten-plus year history, and our PubCon South at Austin 2011 event on March 8 - 9, 2011.
PubCon is proud to be an exhibitor at SES San Francisco, where we expect to meet many new people who we hope to also see at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 as attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors, so be sure to stop by and say hello to the PubCon crew.
PubCon and WebmasterWorld founder and chief executive Brett Tabke, WebmasterWorld evangelist and PubCon  organizer Joe Morin and PubCon director of operations Jeff Randall will all be spending some time at the PubCon exhibition booth, a perfect opportunity for SES attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors to learn more about PubCon.
We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco at SES on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 17 and 18 at the Moscone Center.
Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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Thanks to your enthusiastic interest and support, we have sold out every spot for our PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Masters Group training program, the professional one-day two-track intensive educational  workshops led by some of the industry's most respected search and emerging media professionals. Thanks to all of you who have registered for this exciting addition to PubCon Las Vegas 2010, a training program that will be full to capacity on Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the perfect way to kick off a non-stop week of PubCon learning and adventures. If you are among those who have already signed up, we look forward to seeing you for in-depth PubCon Masters  Group training sessions led by some of the industry's most respected search professionals including Michael Gray, president of Atlas Web Service, Carolyn Shelby, Web experience manager at United Way of Metro Chicago, Joe Laratro, president of Tandem Interactive, Brett Tabke, founder and chief executive of WebmasterWorld, Trackur chief executive and Marketing Pilgrim founder Andy Beal, HubSpot.com's self-proclaimed viral marketing scientist Dan Zarrella, and Brian Massey from Conversion Sciences. If you weren't able to get in to our PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Masters Group training program this time, keep posted for future opportunities at upcoming PubCon conferences and events, and be sure to register at special early-bird rates for our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 event on November 8 - 11. Whether you will be taking part in our PubCon Masters Group training or attending the rest of the conference, we look forward to seeing you at PubCon Las Vegas 2010. Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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 We're happy to announce that our next conference will be PubCon South at Austin in the spring of 2011, as the premier search and social media conference returns to the technology capital of Texas on March 8 - 9, 2011. An extraordinarily talented group of the key players who are shaping the future of the Web and social media will come together for PubCon South at Austin 2011 and converge on the Norris Executive Conference Center for exciting cutting-edge multi-track sessions and networking events. For 2011 we'll offer an expanded PubCon South at Austin, with new tracks and sessions, top keynote speakers, and our popular intensive professional PubCon Masters Group search and social media training programs, which will all combine in March to form a very special PubCon conference experience. We've conveniently scheduled our spring conference to make it easy to come to Texas for the search and social media magic of PubCon South at Austin 2011, and stay for Austin's world-famous South by Southwest music, film and interactive festival (http://www.SXSW.com,) and expect this powerhouse dual-draw lineup to be a huge win-win situation for all PubCon attendees. A slate of dozens of conference panel discussions and diverse multiple topic tracks will combine with top keynotes, unique sessions, industry exhibitors, training programs, and our famous lineup of networking events and parties to make PubCon South at Austin 2011 a must-attend event. Registration for PubCon South at Austin 2011 will kick off during the coming weeks, so if you aren't already receiving notices from our site, sign up for the PubCon blog now and get the news as soon as registration opens. We are now accepting speaking proposals for PubCon South at Austin 2011. If you are a speaker and would like to be on a session at PubCon South at Austin 2011, please use our handy session proposal utility to submit your speaking proposal: http://www.pubcon.com/exhibit/ If you know speakers who would be a good fit for PubCon South at Austin 2011's search and social media sessions, please let them know that they can now submit a session proposal. Do you have a suggestion for our keynote or conference speakers for PubCon South at Austin 2011? Let us know who you would like to see this March in Austin, Texas's über-tech hub. There will be limited speaking opportunities available, so please fill one out early as we expect to stop accepting proposals fairly quickly. Exhibitors looking to have a presence at PubCon South at Austin 2011 can submit a request for information form to begin planning for the conference. In addition to being the capital of Texas, Austin is the home of many tech giants including Dell Computers and Advanced Micro Designs (AMD). Many large technology research and office centers such as for Samsung, IBM, Freescale, National Instruments, and Motorola are also located in Austin, making PubCon South at Austin 2011 a great choice for attendees. Austin's unique combination of hardware, software, and an abundance of dot coms, makes the city one of the most vibrant and active tech centers outside of the Silicon Valley, and Austin also serves as the gateway city to the beautiful Texas Hill Country with it's wall-to-wall trees and spectacular rolling countryside. As one of the great party and music towns in the U.S., Austin has been said to offer more live bands playing on a Friday night per capita than any other city in the world, especially during the time PubCon South at Austin 2011 will take place. After PubCon, stick around for SXSW, one of the biggest original music, independent film and emerging technology events, and make March 2011 a month to remember. In 2009 we held our first conference in Austin, which was widely regarded as one of the most successful PubCon events in our decade-plus history, a feat we plan to top with a very special PubCon South at Austin 2011. We look forward to seeing you in sunny Austin on March 8 - 9 for PubCon South at Austin 2011. Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon "PubCon Austin was great. Incredible content, speakers and networking. If you were not there, you missed out." - Scott Polk "Loving PubCon in Austin. There are some of the smartest, coolest search and social media people here right now." - Melanie Mitchell
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