Upcoming SEO and Social Media Events

How to find communities and events in your area

With the recent explosion of SEO and social media, there is no shortage of educational offerings to be found on- and offline. We’d like to share some of the spectacular upcoming events around the globe in May, and also show you how you can find more local events and communities for Search and Social near you. We’ve included the Twitter pages for the events, so you can follow chatter from the event organizers even if you can’t go (be sure to follow the hashtags for the events too).

Did we miss anything? Please feel free to share with us and our readers in the comments below.

Search and Social Summit
May 3 – 4, 2010
Tampa FL

The second annual Search and Social Summit is an intimate conference put on by Search & Social LLC, featuring a mix of SEO and Social Media sessions with a cast of long-time industry experts.

Follow on Twitter: @searchandsocial

eMetrics San Jose
May 3 – 7, 2010
San Jose CA

Several tracks include social media, search analytics, marketing management and advanced Web analytics, with remarkable speakers like Avinash Kaushik, Eric T. Peterson and Bob Page.

Follow on Twitter: @eMetrics

Conversion Conference West
May 4 – 5, 2010
San Jose, CA

The SEO industry’s Tim Ash brings us a new event featuring 26 sessions, two workshops and Search and Social related sessions like Spiders Versus People — SEO and Conversion, Getting Started with Google Website Optimizer, and Pay Per Click Landing Page Continuity.

Follow on Twitter:  @ConversionConf

Search Exchange
May 17 – 19, 2010
Charlotte NC

Search Exchange is an intimate conference with a star-studded cast of 25 presenters on topics ranging from How Social Interacts with Search to The Future of Search and Personal Computing—and the Impact on SEO/SEM.

Follow on Twitter: @searchexchange

Social Media Strategies
May 18 – 19, 2010
San Jose CA

A seasoned collection of professionals present Social Business Strategy, Social Marketing Strategy and Social Optimization, Analytics and ROI tracks with topics like How Social Media & Email Marketing Increase Customer Reach and Social Analytics & Monitoring – Metrics for Social Media and marketing workshops for Twitter and Facebook.

Follow on Twitter: @SMSconference

Online Marketing Summit
May 20, 2010
Phoenix AZ

OMS Phoenix 2010 hosts B2B, B2C and Social Media Integration tracks, with two keynotes, 12 sessions and a social media and content marketing breakfast workshop. See more than 20 other cities and dates here.
 
Follow on Twitter: @omsummit

Find local events in your area
What would be more apropos than social networks online where you can find SEO and social networking events? Below we’ll list several sites where you can find local events, meetups and even people with similar interests in your area.

SEMPO
SEMPO lists 27 local committees and working groups in cities like San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston and several more in the U.S. and abroad.

Upcoming
Find events by date, location, topic or what you’re friends are doing. Sign in and keep track of your past, current and future events, and create and manage and promote your own events.

Meetup
Create meetups and share with your friends and peers, or find events by keyword, location, popular topics, fastest growing topics or largest meetup cities.

Eventbrite
Find events by location, category or date and sort by distance, date or best match. You can also publish events, sell tickets and promote them in social networks.

LinkedIn Events
Search for events listed on LinkedIn by event type, keyword, time period and/or location.

Twitter Search
Use Twitter’s advanced search to see what people are saying about the industry (or anything) near you. It’s a good way to find friends with similar interests nearby. 

— Laura Lippay

Visit Laura at Lipp Service.  See also her previous posts, “Social Media for Stakeholders,” Part I and “How to Dominate Search Results Through Social Media Sites.”

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