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PubCon, the premier optimization and new media conference, has
thousands of die-hard fans and dedicated supporters who attend PubCon events
religiously year after year.
Industry insiders, business owners and chief executives,
founders and corporate presidents join social media and search engine company
engineers and programmers alongside marketing and affiliate program
professionals from around the world to attend PubCon. Here are some of their
testimonials and comments about PubCon.
“There is just something special about PubCon!” — conference
veteran Barry Schwartz
“I send one or two people to every major conference — I send
my entire team to PubCon.” — Gillian Muessig, SEOmoz president and co-founder
“PubCon offers a number of educational and insightful
sessions. With the great speaker sessions that
are
lined up, and the great conference location in Las Vegas, you’ll definitely want
to be there.” — Jennifer Farwell, Yahoo
“PubCon is a fast track to a wealth of cutting-edge education
and to finding great personalities to follow on Twitter. Tons of the greatest
minds and achievers in the interactive marketing space are on-hand to either
attend or present.” — Stephen Chapman, ZDNet
“Not only would I go to PubCon again, but I would pay my own
way if my company didn’t send me.” — Scott Cowley
“PubCon is my favorite conference hands down for one simple
reason. Networking. PubCon creates a unique environment which makes it easy for
even the most shy attendee to meet, get to know and befriend other attendees.
When this networking environment is combined with the great information being
delivered, you can't help but come away with a positive ROI on your investment
of time and money.” — Alan K'necht, K'nechtology Inc. founder and president
“PubCon is just as much a reunion as it is a conference, only
this reunion is open enrollment.” — Scott Cowley
“The number one thing I love about PubCon is that it seems
everyone makes it out to the conference. PubCon offers an amazing quality of
speakers in a fun city, with equally-amazing parties and networking
opportunities. Everyone is willing to chat and make connections.” — Matt
Siltala, Dream Systems Media owner and chief media officer
“I'm looking forward to the great brains that are going to
PubCon. From social media to search, this is the conference of the year." —
Steve Plunkett, advertising agency and public relations firm M/C/C director of
search
“I learned more in a few hours at PubCon than I did reading
forums for a few years.” — Adam Riemer
“PubCon rocks. I love this conference because because it's
unique in bridging the ability to both
market
and monetize content. I've not found another community so well represented by
tech — seriously geeky folks, plus affiliate — some would say the best marketers
in the world, search and social.” — Marty Weintraub, online advertising agency
aimClear president
“PubCon is my favorite conference, both as an attendee and as
a speaker. 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.” — Dan
Zarrella, HubSpot.com viral marketing scientist
“As a long-time attendee and speaker, I know that PubCon's
audience is on the cutting edge of Internet marketing. PubCon's spotlight
sessions allow me to go into more depth, and they ensure more time for audience
questions. A win, win for everyone.” — Andy Beal, Trackur chief executive and
Marketing Pilgrim founder
“PubCon audiences are there to learn.” — Tim Ash, bestselling
author and SiteTuners.com chief executive
“The PubCon crowd has some of the savviest people I've ever
met, and I'm looking for some potent interaction.” — Ted Ulle, senior search
analyst of Converseon, Inc.
“PubCon Vegas has become the one conference that I cannot
miss. 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.” — Jon Henshaw, Raven Internet Marketing Tools co-creator
and product manager
“PubCon is an excellent gathering of top brass from the online
search and social media realms.” — Matt Genovese, founder of Door64
“PubCon is the show of the year for me -- it’s the best
Internet marketing conference because of who attends, who speaks, what they say,
and how much they give away.” — Rob Snell, managing partner at online business
and marketing firm Snell Brothers Consulting and noted speaker
“The PubCon audience has always been one of the most open and
inviting groups of people to speak
to.
This conference brings together some of the best minds that want nothing more
than to help business people understand and use Internet marketing optimally to
reach their audience.” — Kate Morris, SEO consultant at Distilled Consulting
“PubCon has always had a roll-up-your-sleeves audience of
professionals who are on the front lines of online marketing.” — Tim Ash,
bestselling author and SiteTuners.com chief executive
“A smart audience who engage, enjoy and are fellow geeks?
Bring it on!” — Scott Stratten, social media firm UnMarketing's president
and popular Twitter personality
“I had the best time ever at PubCon. As a first timer, it was
very helpful and the people I met were amazing. I will be back next year.” —
Julie Parrish
“Updating my tools after a great PubCon. I had a great time
for my first visit.” @dtwgreg
“PubCon 2009 was a great learning experience and has helped
revive my business in these rough times. Thanks to all the speakers for
sharing.” @DogsofDesign
“Back from a great PubCon conference last week, now working on
implementing all the amazing tips and tricks we learned.” @vizionweb
“PubCon was awesome. Thanks so much for putting on the best
Internet marketing conference ever.” @ConradJohnson
“I think this year's PubCon was one of my favorites. Less
'speaking' and more 'conversating' :-)” — Andy Beal, Trackur chief executive and
Marketing Pilgrim founder
“Thank you PubCon for putting together the best SEO conference
of the year!” @seoadvice
“The PubCon networking lunch hosted by speakers went great. I
was really pleased with the turnout
and
discussion and greatly appreciated the efforts by PubCon in promoting the
lunch.” — Michael Dorausch, Planet Chiropractic president and founder
“If you haven’t been to PubCon, put it at the top of your list
next year. Hitchhike. Couch surf. Barter. Blackmail. Whatever it takes, just get
there!.” — Scott Cowley
“PubCon rocked! Impressive people were: Tim Ash, Joe Laratro,
Michael Streko, Bruce Clay, Carolyn Shelby, Michael Wolf, David Ogletree and
more.” @LBMarketing
“I had a valuable PubCon week. Eye opening. Will go again, for
certain.” @LaurieMacomber
“Hats off to every PubCon attendee -- you all made it the best
conference ever.” — Ted Ulle, senior search analyst of Converseon, Inc.
“Great PubCon this year. I got a lot out of it! Thanks.” @websuccessteam
“Left PubCon inspired and excited to try out some of the new
social media and SEO tactics. Many thanks to the organizers and presenters!” @MichellePate
“My mind is spinning since PubCon. So many great ideas, not
sure where to start.” @OutrageousSteve
“If you are in the Web site/SEO/SEM space check out PubCon.com for one of the
best conferences on the circuit.” @schachin
“PubCon is one of the last shows where you can go in thinking
you know absolutely everything there is to know about a particular channel of
marketing and leave realizing how much more there actually is to learn.” — Adam
Riemer
“I had a blast at PubCon. Was surrounded with great info by
creative people like @wesleywinston @ericbramlett @webtuning.” @Bluebonic
“Finally home from PubCon. Inspired, refreshed, stoked, and
$1000 richer. Man what a trip! I think I only slept six hours all week.”
@surfer9joe
“Had a great time at PubCon. Met a lot of great people! More
social than conference. :-)” @seoadvice
“Another great PubCon down on the books... Like I said
yesterday, PubCon is the conference for
people
who speak at conferences!” — @opie
“Great conference. Next time I'll bring out whole team!” @patricksingson
“My eighth PubCon. Had the best audience level yet” @adamlongfellow
“Great week for PeekYou.com at PubCon! Nothing like a big week
of work, learning, networking and a little partying as well!” @PeekYou
“Thanks to PubCon team for another great conference.” @leeodden
“With an A list group of speakers, mostly made up of people
who actually do the work instead of executives who talk out of their “you know
what”, Pubcon is simply a must attend for anyone serious about online
marketing.” — Adam Riemer
“Thanks all who had a hand in organizing such an awesome
conference.” @Pimpthisbum
“Great PubCon classic earlier today. Perfect venue, huge
selection of craft beers, lots of conversation with old friends and new.” @rogerdooley
“Our PubCon experience may have been the highlight of the
year” @socialnetninjas
“Cheers to PubCon, PubCon Speakers, and PubCon attendees that
were all so great throughout the week.” — Jeff Schroeffel
“Best. PubCon. Ever.” @IncrediBILL
“I just went to PubCon and got some great info.” @cliquekaila
“PubCon was fantastic. Fave sessions were @zappos opening
speech, @joannalord's landing page optimization and more.” @jennifergosse
“There is something about the vibe of PubCon that just makes
people want to smile and have fun while actually working and networking at the
same time.” — Adam Riemer
“This has been a great conference. Awesome sessions and @josephmorin
hosts the best parties ever.” @KristaNeher
“I must have gained two dozen new twitter followers since
PubCon.” @StoneyD
“Awesome PubCon in Vegas. Met loads of folks and am getting
ready to push the Internet Marketing
business
into high gear!” @dtwgreg
“The PubCon conference not only taught me more about the
industry as a whole but it provided validation and a sense of community.” —
Donna Snow
“I am looking forward to speaking at PubCon because this is
where Social Media becomes 'Social'. Interacting with people face to face is how
relationships are built and ideas are born.” — Peter Arceo, Las Vegas Hilton
executive director of casino marketing
“Meeting folks in person is the best part of PubCon!” — Roger
Dooley
“So my CTO and marketing guys came back from PubCon and
complained that '75 percent of what we heard at PubCon we already knew.' I said
great, lets talk about that awesome 25 percent and how we are going to apply it
in our day-to-day business.” — Major Internet property CEO and two-time PubCon
attendee
“PubCon Austin was great. Incredible content, speakers and
networking. If you were not there, you missed out.” — Scott Polk
“Thanks for a great PubCon!” @googleandblog
“I'm so impressed with the quality of the content by PubCon
speakers. This is a great value conference.” — Lisa Riolo
“Looking forward to applying PubCon knowledge at work.” @kristamq
“PubCon. The whole world is watching.” @amaustin
“Just came back from PubCon South and am trying to implement
all the new and hot ideas I brought back.” — Jenna Schneider
“Great PubCon today!” — Zachry Fragapane
“PubCon was the first conference where Twitter played a huge
roll.” — Amanda Stewart
“Absolutely awesome presentations.” @esoomllub
“I'm learning 1000 percent more about Twitter than I did
yesterday because of PubCon.” — Les Mcgehee
“Thanks PubCon for the two days. Learned a lot!” @nerdyandrew
“Loving PubCon. There are some of the smartest, coolest search
and social media people here right
now.”
— Melanie Mitchell
“Every area PubCon delves into is deep. The site reviews are
classic and the conference organizers have their act together. Each year PubCon
Las Vegas is on my shortest of short list. It's got a flavor all it's own.” —
Marty Weintraub, online advertising agency aimClear president
“Google's Matt Cutts rocked this morning in PubCon.” — Hasit
Ruparel
“PubCon was awesome!” @humbyc
“PubCon was a great conference.” — Tony N. Wright
“CopyBlogger - Brian Clark - Your talk at PubCon was worth the
whole price of admission!” @ohyeahsteve
“PubCon was awesome.” @pscherer
“Thanks for a spectacular conference once again.” — Amanda
Stewart
“Had an incredible experience at PubCon. Thanks everybody for
your knowledge shared!” @ScottieT76
“Great event, met lots of good folks and discovered new
companies. Thanks again!” @dabrink
“Thank you PubCon for terrific times!” @chiropractic
“PubCon was a fantastic show. Top-notch speakers who actually
shared their knowledge. Dare I say this is the best search conference out
there?” — Jody Nimetz
“Thanks for an awesome PubCon! I learned lots, met awesome
people and had so much fun!” — Shari McConahay
“Don't know where I would be without the PubCon friends.” @jamaicatom
“Planning on Vegas - haven't missed a U.S.-based PubCon since
Boston 2003.” — Adam Jewell
“I thought that getting PubCon insight was way cool.” @eyguy
“Estimated Twitter apps I will have after PubCon: hundreds.” —
Wes Bailey
“Really
glad I swung by PubCon, it wasn't originally in the cards, but great crowd.” —
Greg Cangialosi
“The PubCon crowd! This room is packed.” — Wayne Sutton
“Very glad that PubCon showed just how great a search
marketing show can be.” — Brian P. Combs
“I love PubCon people.” — Lee Odden
“Digging the Super Session panel at PubCon. Great minds on and
off stage.” @opie
“PubCon’s sessions were full of information on implementable
strategies and how you could tie them into your own marketing efforts.” — Adam
Riemer
“PubCon - always enjoyed that conference. Good, intense search
talk and good people.” @joeduck
“PubCon was very good! I learned a lot today, took plenty of
notes, and have some ideas for work.” — Keith Goode
“Some of the stuff at PubCon was over my head. But it's a good
place to learn.” — Dena Davis
“Amazing hospitality at PubCon. Really happy to have attended
sessions with local businesses looking to learn.” — George Bounacos
“I love PubCon.” — Joanna Lord
“PubCon was awesome today. Love it.” — Griffin Granberg
“PubCon has been a great blend of traditional SEO/SEM with a
huge component of social media.” — Roger Dooley
“Back from PubCon - so many notes, so many new tools to check
out.” @volusion
“We had the best damn time at PubCon. Thanks to everyone who
said hi and shared a beer. You made
our
trip!” — Lisa Barone
“PubCon was awesome.” @jamaicatom
“Just counted 29 pages of notes from PubCon. what an amazing
event. Thank you!” — Ricci Neer
“Had a great time at PubCon and met some great people.” @rjaworski
“Wow, you don't realize how many PubCon notes you took until
you actually start opening all the files - good stuff.” @volusion
“Fantastic PubCon meetup. Old friends, new faces, hard working
SEOs all sharing: ideas flying everywhere. Great to see and hear it.” @SEOmom
“I've been to hundreds of conferences over the years. The ones
that are still around today are those that can provide long term value to
sponsors and attendees. Multi-year sponsorship contracts prove that conferences
have lasting and durable value for all concerned.” — John Battelle, Federated
Media Publishing founder and chairman
“I went to PubCon for the first time last year, and it was an
outstanding conference. I learned a ton and met many super smart people.” — Don
Campbell
“PubCon Las Vegas always has some fun parties and events going
on.” — Brian LaFrance
“For website designers, creative directors, CMOs, CEOs and
agencies out there who want insight into the latest in the social media, search
and Internet marketing circle, PubCon is one you won’t want to miss.” — Blue
Interactive Agency
“Day two of PubCon Las Vegas 2010 kicked off with a knockout
keynote panel with Sarah Evans, Chris Brogan, Brian Clark, and Scott Stratten..”
— Scott Cowley
“Day one at PubCon Las Vegas 2010 was great, and day two was
even better.” — Elmer Boutin
“Google's Matt Cutts just dropping knowledge at PubCon. Props
amigo. Thanks for the tips!” @LocalSearchMstr
“PubCon is the best SEO networking ever.” @nuttakorn
“Many of the presenters were willing to give up their time
after the sessions and were friendly. This
lends
a nice personal touch to the training. I particularly thought that Dan Zarrella,
Scott Stratten and Tim Ash were fantastic in both their presentations and
discussions later on in the week. They are knowledgeable and personable — hard
to beat that combination.” — PubCon Las Vegas 2010 attendee
“PubCon is like four days of Christmas for SEOs.” @jlaratro
“I am now home from PubCon and my brain is working overtime. I
should be sleeping but, since I can’t, I am going over all the information I
gleaned from the panelists and my new friends from all over the world.” — Tim
Biden
“I would absolutely pay my own way to PubCon! I wasn't sure I
wanted to do PPC. Then there was PubCon!” @SarahTqe
“FYI, first time having a booth at PubCon and the ROI was
excellent for CopyPress.com -- well done!” — @chriswinfield
“Congrats on such a great turnout this year at PubCon. I
actually had to use that speaker room to hide this year! ;-)” — @aaronshear
“I always enjoy the people, content and time I have at the
PubCon Las Vegas show.” — conference veteran Barry Schwartz
“PubCon has received many positive tweets and I think this
year was the best yet.” @greggbanse
“I will be encouraging members of my staff to attend, on a
rotational basis, future PubCon events. All in all this was a very good program,
and value.” — PubCon Las Vegas 2010 attendee
“I was in Las Vegas at PubCon. Oh boy did it light my fire. So
much to do. Conferences have a way of giving me clarity.” @greggbanse
“Still reeling with all that I learned at PubCon. I will never
look at my blog the same way again. And that's a good thing.” @ErikaLehmann
“PubCon is setting new standards in excellence in terms of the
content of their sessions.” — Adam
Riemer
“I love to meet at PubCon and swap secrets with some of the
smartest retailers and Internet marketers on the planet.” — Rob Snell, managing
partner at online business and marketing firm Snell Brothers Consulting and
noted speaker
“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.” — Jon Henshaw, Raven Internet Marketing Tools co-creator and
product manager
“PubCon is unmatched in the advanced level of content it
provides.” @reyvillar
“PubCon was absolutely awesome. One of the best conferences
I've attended.” — David Iwanow
“PubCon is always one of the first shows I put on my calendar.
Content is excellent, social is excellent, networking opportunities are
excellent.” — Jim Banks
“PubCon is a much friendlier conference than any other I've
been to. The people who walk up to you aren't (usually) trying to sell you
anything, they genuinely want to discuss the SEO/SEM trade and are willing to
give you their best practices. Truly amazing.” @VillageAdsSeo
“I love the vibe of the people who chose to attend PubCon. I
think I learn just a little more during the 'in between' times than I do from
the sessions - and I learn a lot from the sessions. I love how everyone is
willing to exchange knowledge and ideas.” — Elmer Boutin
“I felt this year the PubCon sessions were above and beyond,
chock full of more info than ever. The tone is very much about sharing
information and many speakers went out of their way to give takeaways that we
can use.” — Julie Johnson
“I had an amazing time learning more about the trade and
meeting SEOs from all over the world.” — Tim Biden
“PubCon is one of the nation’s biggest SEO-related
conferences, with upwards of 3,000 people attending it’s Las Vegas event
yearly.” — Will Hanke
“PubCon was amazing and if you have never been to the show
then I highly recommend you go.” — Adam Riemer
“PubCon has been growing and growing and if you are an SEO/SEM
or handle PPC you must make this conference a requirement.” — Donna Snow
“I was very pleased to hear Google's Matt Cutts address the
fall of domain keyword equity in the
future
at PubCon.” @Making8
“Back home after PubCon. I had fun, learned lots, and met some
great people!” — @webgurudan
“Best parts of PubCon Vegas 2010 were the ability to customize
your conference schedule to your needs, and the trusted experts.” @piconsulting
“The nice thing about PubCon, that I haven’t seen at many
other shows, is that if you are standing alone people will walk up to you and
start talking.” — Adam Riemer
“Hidden bonus of meeting new people at PubCon: Links.”
@chiropractic
“All the people at PubCon were amazing. I met so many people
whom I had spoken with for months on Twitter, and met a lot of new faces in the
SEO world.” — Kirsten Wright
“This year’s PubCon conference in Las Vegas was the best yet.
The sessions were great, the networking awesome, and the event was the biggest
in its history!” — Andy Beal
“PubCon really was a great event and we will definitely be
attending next year. If you are a business owner or planner then the trend
information and case studies are invaluable for staying ahead of the
competition” — Peter McCormack
“PubCon has a different feel. The style of PubCon is different
than any other conference. The conference has an overall feeling of individuals
helping individuals. Everyone is not just friendly, but genuinely helpful. The
whole event is very welcoming to newcomers.” — Corey Creed
“PubCon really is the perfect way to summarize the state of
the industry in just a few days.” — Julie Johnson
“PubCon is the biggest, baddest search marketing conference of the year. PubCon
seriously rocked my world! It brought new, awesome people into my world. It got
me thinking differently about things.” — Scott Cowley
“PubCon is a must attend event. I was blown away by it and how
cool it really was. It is an amazing
learning
experience.” — Adam Riemer
“PubCon is indeed a lot like a big family reunion. You may not
see these people every day, week or month but when you do see them it’s more
like you’re family than business contacts. And even if you have to pay for the
ticket yourself (that was me this year), it is well worth it.” — Robert Brady
“The PubCon sessions on social media science and Twitter
interactions were very informative.” — Natalie Evans
“A great PubCon.” @klintoe
“Thank you for this monster event! Giving us the opportunity
to meet so many good speakers at PubCon was awesome!” @NebSEO
“I recovered from my trip to Vegas for PubCon last week. Had a
great time. Learned a lot.” @rehor
“Back from PubCon. A really phenomenal experience. Great
sessions and fantastic people.” @I80equipment09
“Nice to be back in the office after PubCon. Great conference.
Really recommend it to those who haven't attended yet!” @tamrajh
“I liked the tone of the conference, and the quality of
speakers was fantastic.” — Jody Nimetz
“PubCon is great.” — Corey Creed
“PubCon was also a great networking event with an amazing
party scene and I even scored free Blue Man Group tickets from the conference.”
— Jeff Schroeffel
“PubCon was full of great information and networking. One of
the great things about PubCon is all of the extra tools that you hear about.” —
Dan Patterson
“After it was all said and done, I’d have to rate PubCon as a
10 on a scale of 1 to 10. The speakers were wonderful and the content discussed
was great; however, the high rating is due to the networking aspect and the
ability to meet many fantastic industry people. That in itself was worth the
price and so much more.” — Level343
“This year’s PubCon event was hands-down the best one I’ve
attended.” — John Vantine
“Wading through my notes from PubCon. So many ideas!” @webscribe
“PubCon benefit #573: I just asked someone I met there for a
quote. Wouldn't have happened had we not gone to dinner. Awesome.” @olivier_amar
“I met more people at PubCon in one hour when my friends were
off using the restroom or grabbing a drink, than I would normally meet after 3
or 4 days at some other large shows.” — Adam Riemer
“#YouMightBeSMchallenged if you've never attended PubCon.”
@Thos003
“I locked down two huge clients because of PubCon Las Vegas
2010 so far. I am talking some seriously
great
clients and made some other great referral deals.” — Mat Siltala
“PubCon was great!” @davidhenzel
“PubCon was great this year. So exciting. Tons of new info.” —
Matt Parks
“PubCon Las Vegas proved to be an exceptional conference for
us this year. In the three days that we were there, we were able to get a total
of 41 interviews. So, to put it mildly, we were able to receive a lot of good
coverage.” — Abby Johnson, WebProNews
Register today for an upcoming PubCon event and come join the
world's leading technology professionals to experience for yourself the business
opportunities that these are other past PubCon
attendees have outlined above.
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