Successful Pubcon Paradise 2012 Hawaii Conference Wraps Up by, Lane R. Ellis on February 22, 2012

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Pubcon Paradise 2012 wrapped up a successful conference last week in Honolulu, the first time the premier search and social media conference has taken place in tropical Hawaii. Thanks to all of the

attendees from around the world who descended on the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort for a great week filled with new media and optimization learning.

 

From Monday's Pubcon Masters Group training program and kickoff reception to days busy with top-notch sessions led by dozens of leading optimization and new media experts and evenings filled with networking events, Pubcon Paradise 2012 was a resounding success.

 

Travelocity founder, e-commerce pioneer and chairman of Kayak.com Terry Jones presented an outstanding kickoff keynote, while UnMarketing's president and popular online marketing

personality Scott Stratten delivered an excellent Wednesday morning keynote address.

 

Thanks to each and every one of you who came out to Pubcon Paradise 2012, and to those who wrote and live-blogged about last week's successful search and social media extravaganza.

 

Thanks also to our official hotel and conference center the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, our sponsors, media partners and all those who helped to make Pubcon Hawaii 2012 a successful week in paradise.

If you haven't already made plans for Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, early-bird registration is now open and we look forward to seeing you during the week of October 15 - 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the year's biggest and best optimization and social media conference.

Thanks,
Lane R. Ellis
Lead Editor
Team Pubcon

 

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Some Comments From Pubcon Paradise Attendees:

 

“The most important thing I learned at Pubcon Paradise is that the learning never ends! Amazing

experience. Will be back!” — @WebWarriorSEO

 

“So Pubcon Hawaii pretty much rocks. Congrats to @btabke and team!” — @AndyBeal

 

“Pubcon Paradise: Great days, great people.” — @schachin

 

“The best source of inspiration is being around inspirational people. Thanks for the week, Pubcon Paradise.” — @G_Speaking

 

“I loved Pubcon Paradise! Thank you for coming to Hawaii and giving me a taste of your wonderful conference. Incredibly smart people!” — Linda Sherman

 

“Thanks to all for a great Pubcon. Pubcon Hawaii has salon A, B, C...and D is the beach.” — @adamlongfellow

 

“Met so many smarty pants at PubCon. It's not just sessions but the networking events when you get

your learning on! Mahalo y'all :)” — @ppcbuyers

 

“These folks have more knowledge in their eyelash than I have in my entire brain.” — @unmarketing

 

“Pubcon Paradise is an amazing venue. @btabke Please do this again next year.” — @stuntdubl

 

“You can attend Pubcon year after year and still get slapped in the face with an amazing idea.” — @adamlongfellow

“Great Pubcon session on brand reputation. Thanks to all the speakers!” — @ChristineHitt

“Super-awesome stuff today from @jimboykin and @graywolf. Thanks for the link building knowledge bombs! #Pubcon” — @MediaWyse

 

“One of my favorite lines from today: 'Mahalo, y'all!' @SheilaBeal #iheartsheilabeal #Pubcon

#Hawaii” — @ErinJones

“Really enjoyed the first day of #Pubcon Hawaii today. They run a really good conference.” — @RavenJon

“Anytime I get to play the ukulele with someone else, in Hawaii, is a good day tater! #Pubcon” — @AndyBeal

“I'm catching some great #Pubcon tips just wandering the halls. So many big brains on one island.” — @IVFConnections

“Pubcon Highlights of the day: Keynote by @unmarketing, local search tips by @chiropractic, ORM by @AndyBeal, and video optimization by @ArnieK” — @williamalvarez

“Really enjoying Pubcon Paradise in Hawaii. Great to meet so many nice guys! Enjoyed the sessions.

Mahalo! Thx to my employer @thereachgroup (online marketing consulting in Germany) who made it possible for me to attend #pubcon paradise. Mahalo!” — @swarlich

“One more reason Pubcon Paradise is awesome: There are sea turtles in the lagoon just outside the Hilton.” — @stuntdubl

“Great Pubcon content panel - just awesome! Lots of ideas for the next weeks/months.” — @murrayde

 

“Thanks to all the speakers and the crew at Pubcon. It was great and now I have a ton of work to do.” — @murrayde

“Pubcon Hawaii has been awesome! Great speakers and information once again. Reminds me of the first Pubcon Austin. Great work Brett and team! For those of you that missed PubCon Hawaii, you missed out!” — @scottpolk

 

“Really enjoyed it! Thanks for putting together a great Pubcon! Thanks for bringing such talent to Honolulu! Really look forward to keeping in touch with the super-cool people I met at Pubcon Paradise.” — @LisaSmarty

“The Pubcon after-party right now is 10X better than I imagined. Awesome crowd here.” — @scottcowley

 

“Goodbye Pubcon Paradise. It's been fun. See you in Vegas in October!” — @ArnieK

“Thank you Pubcon for coming to Hawaii. Great sessions!” — @ChristineHitt

 

“@unmarketing great keynote at Pubcon yesterday. Extremely entertaining and insightful.” — @EugeneByun

 

“Pubcon Paradise was off-the-hook! Great experience.” — @MediaWyse

“Thank you @btabke for a fantastic Pubcon.” — @steveboymel

 

“Pubcon Paradise was a great show. Thank you everyone at @pubcon for all you do!” — @schachin