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 turning up the heat this November 8 through 11 in sunny Las Vegas during our biggest and most comprehensive PubCon Las Vegas yet, with a very special 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.

After the success of the "Marketing Rock Stars of the Vegas Strip" keynote panel at PubCon Las Vegas last year, which brought together the social media directors from MGM Grand, Planet Hollywood, Luxor, Las Vegas Hilton and Vegas.com, we knew that we had to hold another knockout keynote panel for our big 2010 Las Vegas conference.

We've certainly done it, and the powerhouse keynote panel that we'll be bringing together for you in November will make PubCon Las Vegas 2010 the center of the search and social media universe, as Clark, Solis, Brogan, Stratten and Evans push the boundaries of social media success.

Come to PubCon Las Vegas 2010 and be a part of this valuable all-star keynote panel, which will be moderated by Digitas senior vice president of search strategy and popular PubCon speaker Melanie Mitchell.

Each of the five world-renowned search and social media innovators taking part in the panel is a heavy-hitter in the new media and marketing world, and all are highly sought keynote speakers.

Five keynote speakers on one superstar panel is just one more reason to register today for PubCon, the premier search and social media conference.

Brian Clark

In 2006 Clark launched Copyblogger, a popular website focusing on writing for social media that boasts more than 100,000 subscribers and which has been heralded as a top industry blog by Technorati, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, and others.

With more than 55,000 Twitter followers, Clark, a popular speaker at previous PubCon events, will offer his latest resources for achieving social media success on our keynote panel.

Brian Solis

Solis' vision helped lay the foundation on which today's social media has been built, and is the author of numerous popular books including his 2010 Wiley effort, "Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web."

Solis' Engage has received widespread praise from industry leaders, including Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh, new media expert Guy Kawasaki, and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, three former PubCon keynote speakers who have become fans of Solis, whose Twitter feed is followed by more than 59,000 people.

Chris Brogan

Our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 keynote panel will also feature noted social media veteran Brogan, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author whose recent books include "Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust" and "Social Media 101."

Brogan, who has more than 130,000 Twitter followers and who presented a fireside chat keynote with Kawasaki at PubCon South at Austin in 2009, will share his latest social media insights based on more than 11 years of success in the industry.

Scott Stratten

Stratten, who presented an insightful keynote during PubCon South at Dallas earlier this year, is an internationally-respected marketing expert who has successfully combined viral and social media with what he calls authentic marketing to form his unique UnMarketing strategy, which he will share with lucky PubCon Las Vegas attendees during this very special keynote panel in November.

Featured recently in publications including The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, Stratten is one of the top influencers on Twitter with more than 60,000 followers, and his clients' viral marketing videos have been seen more than 60 million times, including one the National Football League's Chicago Bears cited as the team's biggest motivator as it made a bid for the Super Bowl.

Sarah Evans

Evans, a self-described "social media freak," has parlayed her social media success into numerous awards and accolades including Forbes' "14 Power Women to Follow on Twitter" and Vanity Fair's "America's Tweethearts."

Evans, who has been a guest writer for technology blog Mashable and who has more than 46,000 Twitter followers, will share her proven marketing ideas and strategies with the PubCon crowds during our keynote panel.

"What's next in social media for PR? It's not the next big tool or application, it is developing industry best practices, standards and ways to deliver real results for clients," said Evans.

Powerhouse Keynote Panel To Rock PubCon Las Vegas

Join Clark, Solis, Brogan, Stratten and Evans on November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center for what is shaping up to be the largest and most influential PubCon in our decade-plus history.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon

More About Brian Clark

• Brian Clark PubCon Biography
• Copyblogger Twitter Account
• Copyblogger Website

More About Brian Solis

• Brian Solis Twitter Account
• Brian Solis Website
• FutureWorks Website

More About Chris Brogan

• Chris Brogan PubCon Biography
• Chris Brogan Twitter Account
• New Marketing Labs Website
• PubCon Video Interview With Chris Brogan

More About Scott Stratten

• Scott Stratten PubCon Biography
• UnMarketing Twitter Account
• UnMarketing Website
• PubCon Interview With Scott Stratten

More About Sarah Evans

• Sarah Evans PubCon Biography
• Sarah Evans Twitter Account
• Sevans Strategy Website

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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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Saturday, July 31 is the final day to save big on registration packages for our largest and most spectacular search and social media conference yet, with PubCon Las Vegas 2010 taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center on November 8 - 11, 2010.

Take advantage of this early-bird registration opportunity and use the money you'll save to book your fight to sunny Las Vegas for a week filled with the stars of social media and search.

Our early-bird staggered conference pricing system increases rates beginning Sunday, August 1, 2010, making now the most economical time to register for our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 show, at up to nearly half the cost of our standard registration rates.

Whether this will be your first or your tenth PubCon, the premier search and social media conference, save on all our registration packages by signing up before Saturday, July 31 has passed, and make plans to join us in Las Vegas this November 8 - 11.

We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas for what we expect to be the biggest and best PubCon in our decade-plus history.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon

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You've asked for more time with the great speakers who make PubCon — the premier search and social media conference — the unique event that it has been for more than a decade, and we've listened.

PubCon Las Vegas 2010 will for the first time feature an entire track of search and social media sessions that offer expanded time for many of our world-renowned speakers, in our new "Expert Spotlight Sessions" conference-within-a-conference, that will take place on November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Presented by one or two top speakers at a time, the expert spotlight sessions at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 will offer a deeper look at many innovative search and social media topics, going into greater detail and examining subjects with a more complete approach than is typically possible during a regular four-to-six person session.

Register today at early-bird rates for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, and don't miss this special opportunity to learn from leading speakers in rare full-length expert spotlight sessions.

If you've ever found yourself wishing for more time with a speaker after a particularly good session has wrapped up, our PubCon Las Vegas expert spotlight sessions are for you, as some of your favorite speakers will be presenting solo or two-person presentations that will give you more information to help your business succeed than is possible during a standard PubCon session.

We're happy to be presenting a full slate of spotlight sessions during PubCon Las Vegas 2010, with key search and social media industry innovators lined up to bring you their unique and extended takes on a vast array of topics and techniques.

"We have always heard that people want to hear from some speakers in a more in-depth manner," said WebmasterWorld.com and PubCon founder Brett Tabke.

"A 15 minute PowerPoint presentation is just not always enough to get into the details of these leading-edge topics. So we created the expert spotlight session track to feature speakers in a more intimate setting where we can dig deeper into subjects," added Tabke, who will present a new expanded session at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 entitled "Twitter - Targetting Retweets and Influentials."

The expert spotlight sessions will also provide a rare opportunity for the speakers we have chosen to go beyond typical presentation time limitations, so be sure to attend some of these exciting sessions at PubCon in sunny Las Vegas this November.

HubSpot.com's self-proclaimed viral marketing scientist Dan Zarrella, who will be speaking in a "Science of Social Media Marketing" spotlight session, is looking forward to the new spotlight session format.

"PubCon is my favorite conference, both as an attendee and as a speaker," Zarrella said. "At too many other conferences social media advice is all unicorns-and-rainbows, but at PubCon you get real data, tactics and examples. I'm super glad to see PubCon start to experiment with new formats," added Zarrella.

Bill Hunt, president of Back Azimuth Consulting, will present an expert spotlight session on "Managing a Large Scale Search Program," while Nine by Blue partner Laura Lippay will explore "How to Hire an SEO: Salaries, Types, and Titles."

Trackur chief executive and Marketing Pilgrim founder Andy Beal, who will present a session on "Google Reputation Management," is enthusiastic about our addition of a new expanded length session format.

"There's only so much information you can share in a typical 10 minute presentation," said Beal. "Not only do PubCon's spotlight sessions allow me to go into more depth, but they ensure more time for audience questions. A win, win for everyone," added Beal.

"As a long-time attendee and speaker, I know that PubCon's audience is on the cutting edge of Internet marketing, so this gives me an opportunity to dive into content in much more detail than can be accomplished in a typical speaking slot," Beal added.

WrightIMC founder and chief executive Tony Wright will present a spotlight session on "Proactive Reputation Management" that is sure to offer many insights going beyond what can be shared in a standard length session.

Christine Churchill, president of KeyRelevance, is looking forward to the new spotlight sessions at PubCon Las Vegas 2010, where she will present "Cool Tools for Search Marketers."

"This is exactly what people want — more depth — more meat than possible in a normal panel where the speaker is limited to 10 minutes," said Churchill. "No doubt these sessions will be very popular with attendees," added Churchill.

Brad Geddes, founder of bgTheory.com and noted Internet marketing author, will present a spotlight session entitled "Advanced PPC - High ROI Traffic."

Calum I. Mac Leod, the founder of Scotland-based ciml.com, will lead a spotlight session entitled "Why Google Doesn't Like Your Backlinks," while Joe Laratro, president of Tandem Interactive and PubCon's lead moderator, will present a spotlight session entitled "The SEO Diet." Laratro said that he expects the new session format to offer several advantages.

"I look forward to my solo session on how to make a Web site fit to be found," Laratro said. "I think the additional time changes the dynamic from presenting to teaching," he added.

SEOinhouse.com founder and president Jessica L. Bowman and Laura Callow, senior search marketing manager at Intuit Global Business Division, will join to present a spotlight session at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 entitled "InHouse SEO In Depth."

"I'm looking forward to sharing how to make in-house SEO simpler, sharing the war stories and how I overcame them when working as an in-house SEO," Bowman said. "My presentation will talk about why in-house SEO programs fail and what to do about it, along a framework for understanding how to get out of the rut to create an in-house SEO program that runs like a well-oiled machine," noted Bowman.

"I'm looking forward to a really fast-paced, deep-dive session with lots of Q & A," said Callow. "Spotlight sessions are fantastic for both the attendees and the speakers," added Callow.

Hobsons U.S. vice president of digital marketing Roger B. Dooley will lead a PubCon Las Vegas 2010 expert spotlight session on "Neuromarketing - One of the Hottest Topics in Marketing" that is certain to be well-attended.

Gun Dog Supply managing partner Rob Snell, a keynote speaker at our PubCon South at Dallas conference earlier this year, is set to head up a spotlight session in Las Vegas this November entitled "Bottom Up SEO On an Ecommerce Website."

Chris Winfield, president of 10e20, LLC and popular social media marketing authority, will present a spotlight session on "Daily Social Media Success."

"I am really looking forward to meeting a whole new PubCon audience in Las Vegas," said Winfield. "I am sure they will be just as eager and focused on results as all the previous ones," he added.

Bestselling author and SiteTuners.com chief executive Tim Ash will present an expert spotlight session to our PubCon Las Vegas 2010 attendees entitled "Conversion Ninja Toolbox."

"PubCon audiences are there to learn," said Ash. "They are looking for practical tools that can help them be more effective at online marketing. My 'Conversion Ninja Toolbox' focuses on the latest cutting-edge tools to help identify and fix conversion problems on your landing page," added Ash.

YieldBuild chief executive Paul Edmondson will lead a spotlight session on "How to Start and Grow a User Generated Content Community," while Apogee Campaigns partner Mike Chapman is set to lead a session focusing on "Social Media in the Public and PR Sector."

"In our session on utilizing social media and search to analyze their impact on public opinion, elections, and public policy debates, we'll go past the urban myths on the subject," said Chapman.

"We will look at how policy makers, interest groups and anyone with a stake in the process can effectively impact the debate and decision-making. Online technologies have dramatically changed politics and government and we'll discuss how that has happened and what the future has in store in these areas," Chapman added about his PubCon Las Vegas 2010 spotlight session.

Distilled Consulting SEO consultant and popular PubCon speaker Kate Morris will present an "Advanced PPC Management" expert spotlight session during our 2010 Las Vegas conference.

"With so many tools released in PPC almost everyday, the process of integrating them into your campaigns can be difficult," said Morris. "I want this session to be about opening new and experienced PPCers to the tools that they can use to be that much more streamlined and efficient. These tools should not be seen as automating our job, but rather be a way to help us focus on the things like account organization and ad writing that takes real focus and human talent," added Morris.

Apogee Search chief executive William Leake, who is also chairman of the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO), will present an expert spotlight session on "Advanced PPC and other Paid Online Media Strategies."

Ted Ulle, senior search analyst of Converseon, Inc., and Wpromote Inc. director of SEO Aaron Kronis will deliver a joint expert spotlight session entitled "Information Architecture."

"I love the idea of a session where we have plenty of time for Q & A," Ulle said. "The PubCon crowd has some of the savviest people I've ever met, and I'm looking for some potent interaction," Ulle added.

Kronis said he will explore the processes of "choosing the proper platform and ensuring that a blog is easy to maintain and is skinned to match a site seamlessly," and will share "lots of juicy SEO tidbits that I use daily with my clients," he added.

Kronis will use the PubCon Las Vegas 2010 spotlight session to examine several other themes as well, including "what to tell your Web designer before they begin, integrating social media from the beginning, and internal linking structure faux pas and best practices," noted Kronis.

Planet Chiropractic president and founder Michael Dorausch will lead an expert spotlight session exploring the "Real World Secrets of Local Search," while Greg Boser, president of 3 Dog Media, will present a spotlight session on the latest SEO methodologies in "SEO 2010."

Our new expert spotlight session track, giving extra speaking time to these top innovators, was an overwhelming success when we tested it out during PubCon South at Dallas earlier this year, and we're happy to bring this special offering to our big Las Vegas conference in full force for the first time.

We're sure you'll enjoy the addition of the expert spotlight session track, a conference-within-a-conference, during PubCon Las Vegas 2010, and look forward to seeing you there on November 8 - 11, 2010.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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PubCon Las Vegas 2010, the premier search and social media conference and expo, will be one of the year's must-attend industry events, and today we have begun accepting applications from exhibitors who want to reach and be seen by the thousands of tech-savvy attendees who will fill the conference halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center on November 8 - 11 in the sunny entertainment capital of the world.

Bring your business' message directly to your target audience at the exhibit halls of PubCon Las Vegas 2010 by submitting a placement application today for the biggest and most important gathering of search and social media innovators we have ever assembled.

Over the past decade PubCon has featured top technology exhibitors including Zappos, Google, Microsoft and Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Ask, PRWeb, Mashable, Demand Media, Market Health, Opera Software, MSN and many others. We're happy to have Raven Internet Marketing Tools as a Gold Sponsor for this year's PubCon Las Vegas.

PubCon attendees look for educational materials and information from the variety of businesses that fill our exhibit halls, and exhibiting at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 is a great way to reach out to new potential clients and customers, so become a PubCon exhibitor today while show booth space is still available.

Add a PubCon sponsorship to your exhibit hall presence and help support one of search and social media's biggest and most influential events, while increasing your exposure to our attendees, who are some of the industry's leading innovators involved in Internet marketing and online advertising.

Today we open PubCon Las Vegas 2010 to exhibitors with a wide array of opportunities for platinum, gold and keynote level sponsorships, conference guidebook advertising, network event and party sponsorships, exhibit hall theater presentation sponsorships, exhibit booth space of all sizes, and more.

Table top exhibitor opportunities are also available at entry-level prices, a spectacular way to get involved if your company has never exhibited at a PubCon or any other major conference before.

The PubCon Las Vegas 2010 exhibit halls will be open from Wednesday, November 10 through Thursday, November 11.

Check our our PubCon 2010 sponsor and exhibitor prospectus for information on how your firm can be seen during our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference at one of the world's largest convention centers.

We look forward to working with all of the great businesses that will be exhibiting at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 this November 8 - 11.

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• Contact Exhibition and Sales
• Register for PubCon Las Vegas 2010
• Multi-Track Session Agenda Grid
• PubCon Masters Group Pre-conference Search and Social Media Training Program
• What Is PubCon?
• PubCon Video: The Premier Social Media And Search Conference

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Thanks to overwhelming interest in our PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Masters Group training program we're just about sold out for this professional one-day two-track intensive educational workshops led by some of the industry's most respected search and social media professionals.

Act fast and register today to snap up one of the few remaining places in the PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Masters Group training program, which will take place on Monday, November 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Our valuable Masters Group training program is a great way to kick off your PubCon Las Vegas week, with in-depth 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 Zarella, and Brian Massey from Conversion Sciences.

We only have a few prime spots left, which we expect to sell out today. If you have been waiting to register for the PubCon Las Vegas 2010 Masters Group training program, this is your final chance to get in.

We appreciate the strong interest so many of you have had in what promises to be one of the most important search and social media training programs ever held.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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Getting to and from PubCon, the premier search and social media conference, has never been easier, more convenient or as much of a bargain, thanks to new lower-priced tickets on the Las Vegas Monorail that we have teamed up to offer you during PubCon's 2010 conference in Las Vegas on November 8 - 11.

Use the Las Vegas Monorail to get to and from PubCon Las Vegas 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center without the hassles of traffic and wasted time. Buy your tickets today using the following special PubCon link on the Las Vegas Monorail Web site to take advantage of reduced rates that offer savings of up to $15 on an unlimited seven-day pass:

https://tickets.lvmonorail.com/pubcon2010skbfiwlan

Whether youre in Las Vegas attending PubCon or traveling the Strip for any of the many 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, usually 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 our PubCon Las Vegas Monorail Web site, and an Adobe PDF file of the monorail route is available here.

In 15 minutes or less, the Las Vegas Monorail will connect you to the Las Vegas Convention Center where PubCon is held, as well as many of the citys most popular restaurants, shows, shops, clubs, hotels and casinos in a safe, clean and climate-controlled environment.

Hop on for a one-way trip or pick up an unlimited seven-day PubCon conference special pass for the freedom to travel at your leisure, all at discount PubCon pricing.

However you will be getting around Las Vegas this November 8 - 11, we look forward to seeing you at our largest ever PubCon.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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In August of 2009 we successfully launched PubCon Rewards, our conference affiliate program designed to say thank you to the wide range of partners who help us spread the word and promote future PubCon events, and as the first anniversary of the program approaches we wanted to once again let our friends know about this helpful plan.

Help promote our big upcoming PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference, to be held in Las Vegas on November 8 through 11, and earn money for each conference registration you refer to us through our PubCon Rewards program.

The PubCon Rewards affiliate program gives participants a full 10 percent of the registration price of each PubCon registrant referred, offering as much as $100 each for certain early registration types.

Sign up for the free PubCon Rewards program today to begin enjoying our system for thanking you as you help bring more conference attendees to PubCon Las Vegas 2010, the premier search and social media conference.

How It Works

• Sign up today through our PubCon Rewards ShareASale plan
• Choose from a wide range of PubCon graphics and text advertisements
• Place your favorite PubCon graphic or text link on your Web site, blog or other online home, and help spread the word about PubCon Las Vegas
• Check your ShareASale account statistics and earn money as your referrals register for PubCon

PubCon Rewards Program Details

• 10 percent commission for each PubCon Las Vegas registration
• 120-day Web browser cookie length
• A two-tier affiliate program

Thanks to all of you who took part in the program last year. We hope that you'll continue helping us let people know about PubCon and all that it offers by continuing to use PubCon Rewards, or if you haven't yet signed up, begin today and start earning referral money.

We are pleased to share this exciting program with you and look forward to mutual success with what is shaping up to be the biggest and most important PubCon ever this November 8 - 11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

If you have any additional questions regarding the PubCon Rewards conference affiliate program please e-mail jeff(at)pubcon.com.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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What better way to kick off your summer than by saving on registration for our big PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference, which will take place November 8 - 11, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center savings that you can still receive now with our lowest early-bird rates but for today only.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 is your last day to register for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, the premier search and social media conference and expo, if you want to receive our lowest early-bird rates.

Rates increase incrementally as the November 8 - 11, 2010 PubCon Las Vegas conference dates get closer, rewarding those of you who register in advance with significant savings.

On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 PubCon Las Vegas registration prices enter our next early-bird rate phase, good until July 31, 2010, followed by additional savings periods running from August 1 through September 15, September 16 through October 15, and finally from October 16 until November 5.

But why wait for a later and more costly registration period, when you can take advantage of our lowest prices of all if you register today.

We've seen heavy sign-ups pouring in for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, and are glad that so many of you have registered at the lowest rates since we opened registration.

If you haven't yet registered for PubCon Las Vegas 2010, sign up today, as our lowest early-bird prices include all levels of conference registration, from exhibit-hall-only or PubCon-Classic-only passes to a platinum all-access pass that includes the Monday, November 8, 2010 PubCon Masters Group professional search and social media training program.

Supported by the industry's leading businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, Internet marketing, search engines, and online advertising, PubCon Las Vegas 2010 will offer a week-long look at the future of technology presented by an impressive selection of the world's top innovators.

Past keynote speakers at PubCon have included Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, authors Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki and Robert X. Cringely, Demand Media co-founder Richard Rosenblatt, and technology enthusiast John Battelle, among others.

We look forward to seeing you in sunny Las Vegas in November for a very special PubCon search and social media extravaganza.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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We have added more to our room block. You may book rooms at the $139 rate from Monday to Friday checkout. Sunday and Friday are a bit more.

Book by using this special link. You can not book by calling them or us.

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We're happy to announce that Raven Internet Marketing Tools has signed on to be a Gold Sponsor for our big 2010 Las Vegas PubCon search and social media conference to be held November 8 - 11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

With its major sponsorship, Nashville, Tennessee-based Raven, which will also be exhibiting at the 2010 Las Vegas PubCon, continues a partnership with us that began with our PubCon South at Austin, Texas conference in March, 2009.

Raven offers a comprehensive suite of Internet marketing tools for managing SEO and social media campaigns, aimed at helping businesses research online keywords and monitor search engine trends.

"PubCon Vegas has become the one conference that I cannot miss," said Raven co-creator and product manager Jon Henshaw. "PubCon attracts the best talent from around the world, and the education and networking is unprecedented. It's a no-brainer for us to sponsor and support such an amazing event," Henshaw added.

Raven offers powerful search and social media monitoring tools designed to manage multiple online personas and brands, incorporating technology from a number of third-party firms including Google, MajesticSEO, SEOmoz, Yahoo and others.

Raven integrates the various types of information these tools each provide into a single control center, giving businesses a unique look at the performance of their online brands.

"I have a great affinity for PubCon, because it's where I first learned advanced Internet marketing techniques, and it's also where I made some incredible friendships that have continued well beyond the length of each conference," Henshaw said.

Raven Internet Marketing, an offshoot of parent company Sitening, helps users to conduct research and analysis, control link building campaigns, monitor search engine trends, create return on investment (ROI) reports, and collaborate with team members using the multi-user features of its tools.

Regular PubCon speaker Kenny Hyder, marketing consultant at Kenny Hyder Consulting, has used Raven's tools and found them useful. "Raven is one of the most valuable tools that we've added to our belt. Our search performance team uses them to track and monitor the success of every client," Hyder said.

At our 2010 Las Vegas PubCon conference representatives from Raven will be available in the exhibit hall, including Henshaw, who will also be speaking on session panels at PubCon.

"To go from learning, to speaking and still learning, to now being a major sponsor, is just amazing to me," Henshaw said of Raven's Gold Sponsorship at PubCon.

"Many of the ideas that made Raven what it is today, came directly from things I learned during PubCon sessions, and discussions at networking events in the evenings. PubCon has had a profound effect on my career in Internet marketing," Henshaw added.

Henshaw has been involved with website development and Internet strategy since 1995, and is an active Twitter user who can be followed at @RavenJon.

Raven offers a month long free trial of its services, with more information about the firm available on its website at http://raventools.com.

We're thrilled to have Raven Internet Marketing Tools back as a PubCon Gold Sponsor and exhibitor, and look forward to a great conference in sunny Las Vegas this November 8 - 11.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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PubCon Masters Group Training Program and Workshops PubCon is excited to offer a one-day two-track intensive educational training program during PubCon Las Vegas 2010 on November 8 - 11, and as a special stand-alone event in Austin, Texas on July 21, 2010. The limited space in the Las Vegas PubCon Masters Group training program is already more than 50 percent sold out, so we encourage you to sign up now in order to secure your spot. The Las Vegas PubCon training program will take place the day before the full conference officially begins, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with two simultaneous tracks of in-depth sessions led by some of the industry's most respected search and social media professionals. PubCon's training program will present two tracks of workshops, including an organic search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing track that will cover keyword and long-tail search targeting, link-building campaigns, bleeding-edge on-the-page SEO strategies, and other search topics. The social media marketing track will feature workshops on reputation management, Twitter and Facebook optimization, social media landing page conversion, and other social media subjects. The PubCon Las Vegas 2010 search training program will feature in-depth sessions led by some of the industry's most respected search professionals, with the SEO track 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, and Brett Tabke, founder and chief executive of WebmasterWorld. The PubCon Las Vegas 2010 social media marketing track will feature Trackur chief executive and Marketing Pilgrim founder Andy Beal, HubSpot.com's self-proclaimed viral marketing scientist Dan Zarella, and Brian Massey, from Conversion Sciences, who teaches businesses the science of turning Web traffic into leads and sales. Due to the intimate nature of this training program, the size of the classes will be limited, and we encourage signing up early to assure a spot for this valuable day-long series of search and social media marketing workshops. Two Tracks: SEO/Organic Search Optimization and Marketing Social Media Optimization Featuring: Contemporary SEO, Architecture and Content Keywords and SEO Tools Advanced Link Building Advanced SEO: The Latest and Greatest Tactics Live Audience Case Study and "Ask The Experts" Social Media Reputation Management Twitter and Facebook Optimization Social Media Land Page Conversion SEO/Organic Search Optimization and Marketing Organic search and SEO will be on tap in a track of sessions led by Joe Laratro, an experienced training professional and PubCon's lead moderator, who has written and spoken extensively about SEO content. Part 1 - Contemporary SEO, Architecture, and Content - Carolyn Shelby Lots of free qualified traffic does not come by default to a Web site, rather it takes a well architecture, designed, and optimized one. The path to success begins with the basics of Search Engine Optimization. Carolyn Shelby brings back the basics so the fundamentals of search and optimizing for search engines are understood. This session will cover the basics of search, SEO on site: architecture, content, META tags, linking, and SEO off site: link building and directory basics. Part 2 - Keywords and SEO Tools - Joe Laratro The building blocks for search are in place, now it is time to dive deeper into the world of natural search engine optimization. Joe Laratro begins with live real-world examples of keyword tools and webmaster tools provided by the major search engines. Tools are good, but the knowledge of how to use them and make informed decisions with them takes it to another level. This session wraps up by focusing on natural and organic search through local search and blogging. Part 3 - SEO: The Latest and Greatest Tactics - Michael Gray What can make me an SEO superstar? What are the latest and greatest SEO tactics? Michael Gray has the answer. Michael's experience is invaluable, and this session will try to download as much of that knowledge as possible to the class. This session will train you on the latest cutting-edge SEO including: advanced link building, social media and search, tools of the trade, and secret successful strategies that cannot even be hinted at. Part 4 - Live Audience Case Study and "Ask The Experts" In the fast-paced interactive closing session your four speakers will tag-team a volunteer from the audience and take them through an accelerated version of the whole end-to-end process. After the mini case study is completed, audience members will have their specific questions answered in a rapid-fire Q&A session with the speakers. SEO Topics Include: Keyword Targeting And Long Tail Targeting Advanced Link Building Campaigns To Increase Link Popularity Traditional On The Page SEO 2010 Bleeding-Edge SEO Leveraging Twitter Social Media Marketing A track dedicated to social media and social media marketing, headed up by some of the top innovators the industry has to offer. Part 1 - Google Social Media Reputation Management - Andy Beal When you type the name of your company into Facebook, Twitter or Google, do you like what you see? Does RipOff Report keep you awake at night? Renowned online reputation management expert Andy Beal will reveal the tactics he uses to help his clients clean up their social media reputation by pushing down negative results. Part 2 - Twitter and Facebook Optimization - Dan Zarella Social media marketing doesn't have to be black magic and soft-focus-unicorns-and-rainbows. Science and real, hard data can get us beyond the same-old "engage in the conversation" and "be authentic" advice. Learn what drives people to share information and opinions online, and learn scientifically-proven practices for spreading your content virally through social media. You'll have plenty of time for Q&A with Dan Zarrella, social media and viral marketing scientist and author of "The Social Media Marketing Book." Part 3 - Influential Outreach and Metrics on Twitter - Brett Tabke Twitter offers the unique ability to target groups and even specific individuals in an impactful way. This session will look at reaching out to "influentials" and alpha tweeters on Twitter. Brett Tabke, founder and chief executive of WebmasterWorld, will share some of the fascinating data gathered from PubCon's Twitter influential outreach program. Tabke will share how PubCon found influentials, targeted them, and then moved them to action. Part 4 - Social Media Conversion - Brian Massey Examining techniques for measuring the conversions that happen throughout the pre-purchase and post-purchase funnel as you build social media momentum, and social media landing pages, ranging from blogs to message forums to Facebook pages. The workshop will include strategies to integrate and uniformly overlay information that currently must be gathered from many places such as Google Analytics URL tags and integrated services like Spredfast that let us do serial testing. The workshop will also explore how to gauge social media's effectiveness with the smallest effort possible, including analytical methods that can show the increasing effectiveness in social campaigns often needed to secure permission and budget to continue using them. E-mail's make-or-break role in social marketing will also be covered. Part 5 - Live Audience Case Study and "Ask The Experts" In the fast-paced interactive closing session your speakers will tag-team a volunteer from the audience and take them through an accelerated version of the whole end-to-end social media process. After the mini case study is completed, audience members will have their specific questions answered in a rapid-fire Q&A social media marketing session with the speakers. Social Media Marketing Topics Include: Social Media Campaigns - What's New - What's Hot Leveraging Twitter and Facebook E-mail's Role in Social Media Marketing What Is Included? Training Manual Presentations CD Formal Certificate of Completion A full training guidebook with all the presentations from each session and bonus content Attendees may freely move between social media and organic tracks A CD containing all PowerPoint presentations Continental breakfast and plated luncheon (beverages will flow throughout the day) Q&A time at the end of each session Q&A session includes the opportunity to have your site reviewed by an expert panel Hands-on site clinic at lunch Limited class size Attendees that finish training will receive a certificate of completion PubCon's training program will provide these powerful SEO skills that will serve you forever: Evaluate: Get your SEO priorities straight. Handle multiple and often conflicting SEO tasks Time: Identify your greatest needs and cut time wasting following dead ends that don't produce Efficiency: Lay down a pattern to replicate for every website you build Priorities: How to channel your best efforts into long-term SEO goals Relationships: Learn how to work with the engines in a non-stressful relationship Quality: Avoid the pitfalls of perfectionism and strive for excellence Sign up today and take home these and other powerful new SEO skills that you can put directly to work. PubCon Video Interviews With Masters Group Training Leaders: Michael Gray Brian Massey Carolyn Shelby Joe Laratro Andy Beal - Part One Andy Beal - Part Two Michael Gray Joe Laratro Sample Training Program Schedule: Search Training Schedule (Tentative)   SEO Organic Social Media Marketing 8:30am Registration and continental breakfast 8:45am Training introduction by Brett Tabke 9:00am Contemporary Organic SEO Google Social Media Reputation Management 10:10am Q&A Coffee break 10:35am Organic Keywords and SEO Tools Social Media Conversion 12:30pm Plated Luncheon 1:30pm Link Building Twitter and Facebook Optimization 2:30pm Q&A Coffee break 2:45pm Advanced SEO Influential Outreach and Metrics on Twitter 3:45pm Social Media and SEO - Advanced Competitive Intel 4:30pm "Q&A Ask The Experts" 5:00pm Training program concludes To take advantage of these impressive PubCon training programs, sign up online today. This intensive full day of expert-led training is available for a special standalone low price. Please see the registration page for more information on pricing. Contact: Questions about the PubCon training program may be directed to Jeff Randall, by e-mail at conference(at)pubcon.com, or by phone at (512) 686-1295. Class size is limited and more than half full now. Registration will close when the class is full, so sign up soon.

Joe Laratro   Carolyn Shelby   Michael Gray     Brian Massey Andy Beal Dan Zarella Brett Tabke

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The evening of Monday, November 8 will come alive as PubCon, the premier search and social media conference, will hold its famous PubCon Classic networking event during PubCon Las Vegas 2010, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

PubCon Classic is a fantastic informal networking event giving attendees a chance to rub elbows with friends both new and old in a relaxed environment, and this year we're holding it on the first night of PubCon Las Vegas to get the week off to a great start.

MEET PUBCON CONTACTS ON THE FIRST NIGHT INSTEAD OF THE LAST

By throwing our exciting trademark PubCon Classic on the first evening of a week's worth of search and social media celebration and learning, you'll be able to make new business contacts right away — people you can share the rest of the PubCon week with — without having to wait until the final night of PubCon.

PubCon Classic, which offers an evening for talking shop with plenty of food, drink, and entertainment provided, will be held this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, giving us the biggest venue our signature networking event has ever had.

We're thrilled to be holding PubCon Classic as a Monday evening kickoff event in sunny Las Vegas this year, and expect it to be the perfect way to start off your PubCon week.

Sign up for our PubCon Masters Group training program to be held during the daytime on Monday, November 8, and make a full day of it with that evening's PubCon Classic even before our huge slate of sessions officially begins on Tuesday morning.

If you've been to a PubCon conference before, you know that you'll be treated to an unrivaled slate of after-hours parties, TweetUps and industry networking events, a schedule that last year comprised our famous PubCon Ironman Triathlon of after-hours search and social media networking events.

Our PubCon photo-retrospective piece called "You Never Know Who You'll Run Into At PubCon," highlights some of the celebrities who have attended PubCon over the years.

We expect PubCon Las Vegas 2010 to offer even more after-hours industry events than last year, so mark your calendars and get it all started with a blast at PubCon Classic on Monday evening at 5:30 p.m.

Look for further details soon about PubCon Classic and other industry events that will put plenty of social into social media during the week of November 8 - 11, 2010 at PubCon Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Registration is now open, so sign up today and join thousands of leading search and social media professionals for PubCon Las Vegas 2010.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Team PubCon
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We're happy to announce an international partnership with Hanover, Germany-based ABAKUS Internet Marketing GmbH, that will see both PubCon and Abakus expanding their event coordination in the United States and Germany.

Abakus Internet Marketing holds Germany's leading search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) industry conference, SEMSEO, and its accompanying networking event "Pubkonferenz (Pubcon)", and will hold its fifth annual conference on May 27, 2011 at the Kuppel and Beethoven halls in Hanover Congress Centrum (HCC.)

Abakus Internet Marketing was founded in 2002 by managing director Alan Webb, and also operates a popular German-language SEO forum with more than 25,000 members.

"It is an honor for us to have won such a respected and world-renowned partner in WebmasterWorld.com," Webb said of the Abakus Internet Marketing partnership with PubCon and its parent firm WebmasterWorld Inc.

"The U.S. is generally seen as the leading nation in matters of SEO and SEM. Together with WebmasterWorld.com and Brett Tabke of PubCon we will be able to provide the highest quality of not just Germany-based speakers but internationally recognized speakers as well, making the event truly international and of the highest quality," Webb noted.

PubCon founder and search and social media veteran Brett Tabke said that he sees many benefits from the international partnership agreement. "I am excited about this partnership, and believe that it will help PubCon expand its global brand and benefit Abakus as it grows," Tabke said.

Abakus' 2011 Hanover SEMSEO PubCon event will feature an evening networking event held at the Hanover Zoo's jungle palace surrounded by tigers, elephants and other exotic animals.

The 2011 event venue HCC will be much larger than previous Abakus SEMSEO conference locations, which had sold out and had waiting lists for those hoping to attend. Early-bird registration for the Abakus Hanover conference is available until July 31, 2010.

A press release from Abakus Internet Marketing (.PDF file) contains further information on this exciting partnership.

Early registration for PubCon Las Vegas 2010 is available now, and we look forward to seeing you at many future events held by both Abakus Internet Marketing and PubCon.

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