Win Tickets ($300+): SearchFest 2012 – Portland Marketing Conference @ The Governor Hotel | Discount Code, Facebook, REI, Urbanspoon
February 13, 2012 — PDXPIPELINEPortland’s SearchFest Conference is next Friday in downtown Portland. It is the top Search Engine and Social Media marketing conference in Oregon, and one of the top on the West Coast. Check out the agenda here. It includes top internet advertising agencies in our area as well as people from REI, Facebook, ABC News, and Urbanspoon. Whether you are promoting a company, yourself, or looking for new career opportunities, this is a great place to learn.
Win Tickets: We are giving away a two tickets (single tickets, not as a pair) to SearchFest! To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winners will be drawn on Friday, February 17th.
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Related Portland Events and Info:
- SearchFest Interview: Portland SEO Todd Mintz (2010)
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From our partners at SearchFest:
SearchFest 2012
Friday, February 24
7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
The Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th Avenue | More Info & Tickets: www.sempdx.org/searchfest
Discount code ¬Å“PDXPIPELINE¬Â will save $50 on the cost of a ticket
The worlds of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and social media are constantly evolving - making the industry unique in that continuous education is imperative to performance. SearchFest puts Portland on the cutting edge of this education, featuring headliners from top brands such as Facebook and comScore. The digital marketing conference in Portland will offer attendees rare insight on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Governor Hotel.
Portland-based SEMpdx - the group that organizes SearchFest - is the only dedicated SEO and social media professional organization in the Northwest. Moreover, its signature event, SearchFest is currently the only search and social media conference organized by a nonprofit business organization in the Northwest - allowing tickets to be one-third of the cost of other conferences featuring the same caliber of speakers. Lower ticket prices paired with high-caliber speakers has led to tremendous growth of the event. Last year's SearchFest set attendance records and ticket sales are currently almost 30 percent ahead of 2011.
Always on the cutting edge, top industry trends will be covered at SearchFest, including: Google+, local search, mobile marketing (IBM predicted that ¬Å“an unprecedented 15 percent of people in the U.S. logging onto a retailer's Web site are expected to do so through a mobile device.¬Â), social targeting and advertising (with Facebook having emerged as the biggest online advertiser).
With industry leaders Facebook and comScore (a global leader in measuring the digital world) both keynoting, new insights will be gleaned. Even though SearchFest is only about one short month away, we don't even know what developments will be on the horizon for Facebook at that time. SearchFest organizers look forward to possibly hearing the news first at the full day conference from speaker, Brian Pipegrass, Internet Marketing Manager at Facebook.
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February 13, 2012 at 15:14
I’d like to expand my company’s offerings to include SEO and other search-related services in the near future, in addition to the social media management services we already provide. Any chance to learn from and meet influential minds in the digital space can only prove beneficial in the long run.
February 13, 2012 at 15:20
I’d like to attend as I am in the industry but our budget is not there to send me to such an event. However, it would be a great to go to this!
February 13, 2012 at 15:26
I should win a ticket because I’m launching a new non profit project in Portland that shows the people of PDX that they matter. Pdxphotoproject.org
February 13, 2012 at 15:42
I would like to improve our marketing capabilities to help the many small business owners, artists, crafters, etc… that we already work with.
February 13, 2012 at 19:56
It would be a great opportunity to network and catch up on the latest online marketing trends.
February 14, 2012 at 11:01
I would love to go for networking and current information.
February 14, 2012 at 11:30
Currently between jobs and would love the opportunity to network and learn from some of the best minds in the industry.
February 14, 2012 at 12:15
I’d love to attend. I attended last year and the session with Portent’s Ian Laurie helped inspire me to go out and start my own digital marketing firm. I am just starting out and would love to attend to network with some of the SEO “big wigs” in the Portland area.
Thanks for the opportunity!
February 14, 2012 at 13:22
I would love to attend to network and have an opportunity to expan my current job search.
February 14, 2012 at 23:22
Why do I want to go? Very simple – SearchFest Rocks!!!
The absolute best top notch presenters in the industry at the top rated event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. This kind of education is invaluable! I would use it all year long. The networking is great and education limited only by how much you can soak in. The beer at the after party is pretty good too!
February 15, 2012 at 09:33
I’m in online marketing but SEO is missing from my repertoire. I would love to join local marketers to network and learn from them.
February 15, 2012 at 10:03
I am a Digital Marketing Specialist who is new to the industry. My business, Talking Parrot Productions, is a digital marketing firm providing SEO, SEM, and video. It is necessary for me to keep up with the latest info to provide my clients with the best results. SEO is the link that pulls all of my programs together. It would be totally awesome to go to SearchFest and learn from the experts. Please choose me!!!
February 15, 2012 at 17:57
- I would like to win tickets because I think this event will kick ass. – It is appropriate that someone who found this contest via a search should win (“searchfest code” were the keywords)
- I will be sure to share your FB page with more of my friends! :)
February 16, 2012 at 03:17
This would be a great event to socialize And market yourself. I’d love to go.
February 16, 2012 at 12:08
My girlfriend would love to go! It would be a great networking opportunity for someone new to the area!
February 16, 2012 at 15:16
Attending this _could_ change my life. Wouldn’t that be incredible?
February 16, 2012 at 16:52
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February 16, 2012 at 16:55
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I am LAUNCHING this month MEGASTREAMS of ADVERTISEMENTS for MYSELF using WEB avenues all of which will be discussed and more at SEARCHFEST. I want to be a product with many pages on GOOGLE. eBook AUTHOR, HUMORIST, COMIC, etcetera. FREE TICKETS are GOOD.
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February 16, 2012 at 16:56
Glad to see Portland hosting such a great conference
February 16, 2012 at 17:01
Since the beginning of the school year I have been involved with the development of a SEO/social media web application and would love the opportunity to learn more about the playing-field first hand at this years SearchFest! Being able to hear these speakers would change the face of our project and maybe even the internet itself!
February 16, 2012 at 17:17
I need to go to this!
February 16, 2012 at 17:40
I am looking forward to winning this so that I might suprise a friend of mine by gifting him the ticket. He would be so excited to attend this!. With 2 friends he has a small Portland based Internet design Co. That he helped build himself. This would be an amazing opportunity for him.
http://switchyardcreative.com/
February 16, 2012 at 17:49
as part of a bootstrapped start-up, i know we cannot afford to send me here, BUT damn if these ideas couldn’t be put to good use, since we specialize in k-12 education:)
February 16, 2012 at 17:51
I’m developing a Non Profit Social Enterprise that will heavily utilize social media, sem, seo and online marketing as a catalyst for boosting our organization’s performance across multiple channels.
This is ‘an imperative event’ for me to attend and I hope you will help me, help others, by picking me for FREE TICKETS! As a start up our funding is very limited, so we graciously ask ~ please, oh please pick me!
February 16, 2012 at 19:39
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February 16, 2012 at 21:10
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February 16, 2012 at 21:49
I would love to attend SearchFest 2012!
February 16, 2012 at 22:33
I would love to attend this event. As a recent graduate of the Portland State University Digital Marketing Strategies certification program I was lucky to have both Kent Lewis and Hallie Janssen teach our SEO class.
I would love to support their annual Searchfest event and apply all of the tips and tricks from the sessions to the website project I’m working on in my role as Digital Marketing Specialist!
Plus it would be a great networking opportunity!
February 16, 2012 at 22:38
I am re-entering the workforce after suffering from PTSD and this is my field of choice. Dear Free Ticket Fairy, Pick me please :-)
February 17, 2012 at 02:18
This is just the event I’ve been searching for! I hope I win a ticket!
February 17, 2012 at 09:01
Because it would be awesome!!
February 17, 2012 at 13:08
This would be awesome! Definately would help in understanding how to get my non-profit out there.
February 17, 2012 at 13:14
I need so much help in designing a safety related healthcare mobile app that this would save me a bunch of time and money.
February 17, 2012 at 13:43
Thank you for the opportunity to attend this conference. I have long been a part of the Voluntary Simplicity community. This would be my first time hearing Juliet Schor speak and it would be an honor. Her book “The Overworked American” was very important to changes my family has made over the years, indeed, why we now live happily in Portland.
February 17, 2012 at 17:43
With a non profit and not a lot of IT experience, this sounds like the right ticket. I would love to learn from the pros, grow out donor base and get some more exposure.
February 17, 2012 at 20:49
I’ve been unemployed and I could use the conference to jump start my job search and help to market myself, as well learning something new to offer a new employer.
February 18, 2012 at 18:54
I just moved to Portland 3 weeks ago and really want to check this event out. I was a little late on trying to volunteer but I figure free tickets would be even better.
February 19, 2012 at 20:52
Cause I really want to go but won’t if I don’t win tix!
February 23, 2012 at 16:21
I would love to go as I am in the industry, am always interested in new ideas centered around search engine and social media marketing and I love that Governor Hotel to boot.
February 23, 2012 at 16:31
We are in the business and would really like an opportunity to check out our 1st search conference in our new hometown. We promise to take the Max down.