So many conferences, so little time. There are numerous conferences within the search marketing world that may be worth your while, but time is of the essence. With conferences to choose from nearly every week, it’s important to identify the ones where you will get the most out of your time. We put together a list of our favorite conferences for those in the search industry, starting of course with what we call “The Big Four.” Granted, preferences will change depending on where you work, your position and other factors, but we believe this is a great general list of conferences within the digital marketing industry.<\/p>\n
The Big Four:<\/strong><\/p>\n SMX Advanced<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location: June 11-12th in Seattle.<\/p>\n If you want to rub shoulders with leaders in the industry, this is the event for you. As the name would imply, this event is more advanced than the other SMX conferences.<\/p>\n PubCon<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location: March 17-20th in New Orleans.<\/p>\n This conference covers everything from social media to optimization while focusing on the future of technology.<\/p>\n SES Conference & Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location:\u00a0March 31st to April 3rd in New York, and August 11-14th in San Francisco<\/em>.<\/p>\n This is one of the largest industry conferences that covers topics for beginners to advanced.<\/p>\n MozCon<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location:July 14-16th in Seattle.<\/p>\n This conference takes a holistic, and advanced look at internet marketing. Put on by industry leaders, this is a great one attend.<\/p>\n Other Conferences Worth Your While:<\/strong><\/p>\n Conversion Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location: March 17-19th in San Francisco and June 17-19th in Chicago.<\/p>\n Learn to take the traffic you drive and turn them into conversions.<\/p>\n Inbound Marketing Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location: Multiple cities and dates TBD.<\/p>\n While not soley focused on SEO, this conference is great for networking with those in your industry<\/p>\n eMetrics Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n Date and Location: March 16-20th in San Francisco. June 16th-19th in Chicago, and October 5-9th in Boston.<\/p>\n This conferences covers Big Data and is dedicated to digital analytics and marketing optimization<\/p>\n