Want Your Opinions on Search Marketing Conferences in US

[dsinger]

If you could go to any search marketing conference in the US in 2014, which one would you choose and why?

[DavidKonigsberg]

I would recommend mozcon and distilled events - They are great for networking

[crackingmedia]

Whoops! I forgot about that one! One day I will go to that conference - but it would be good if they held it in London too one day.

I'll shift my vote

Peter

[danatanseo]

Hi Brad,

Great question and I'm glad you asked it because I am planning out which conferences I'll be attending this year and trying to decide where to spend the money, just like you

Here's my personal experience and also what I've heard from asking and talking to lots and lots of people:

Mozcon, to me, is an absolute must. It's also great for me because I live in Olympia, so, no need for a plane ticket.

Last year I attended Jessica Bowman's In-House SEO Exchange in Santa Monica. It was a very different event, specifically for in-house SEOs, very small, but VERY worthwhile. If she offers it, I will do it again.

I have heard that PubCon, while probably of value from a networking standpoint, is not the best conference to go and get great takeaways and learn a lot. Basically, I've heard it's a wild party. In all fairness, I've never been. Don't get me wrong, I love a wild party, but given what I've heard I don't feel right asking my company to pay to send me to that one. Maybe if I paid for it myself I'd consider going.

I've heard that SMX West is good, but that SMX advanced is better, particularly if your intending on learning a lot by attending. That's the kind of thing I'm really lookng for, so, for me, SMX Advanced is probably going to become a must for me this year and probably future years.

The one conference last year I didn't attend and that I really regretted missing was InBound 2013. I was following the blog posts and Tweets coming out live from the event and if the atmosphere they conveyed was anything close to what was actually happening, I want to be there next year, really bad.

For me now, the question is: If I absolutely HAVE to chose one (in addition to MozCon and the InHouse SEO Exchange)....would it be SMX Advanced or InBound 2014? Personally, I am leaning towards InBound, but I think SMX Advanced will be an easier sell to my company because it's in Seattle and they won't have to pay to fly me across the country.

What are the conferences you are gravitating towards?

[Christy-Correll]

MozCon, July 14-16 in Seattle. Best value, hands-down. Actionable talks from the best speakers in the industry, awesome community, and great venue. Plus, you get to meet Roger. Details, $300 discount here --> http://moz.com/mozcon.

[crackingmedia]

Hi Brad

If I could, but I can't and it would make no sense for me really (as I am UK based) I would go to the SMX conference. Details here: http://searchmarketingexpo.com/east/

Peter