EngineWorks

On Monday, March 10, 2008, Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx) is presenting SearchFest ’08, a day-long search marketing conference delivering a full schedule of educational sessions and expert panels. This industry-wide conference will feature presentations from many of the Internet’s most successful companies, including Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft.

The event, being held in the Cascade Crest Banquet Center at the Oregon Zoo, will provide multiple sessions covering a comprehensive range of search marketing topics. Also included in the conference is a professional “SEM Hot Seat” featuring expert panelists critiquing actual Web sites, and providing search marketing advice to regional site owners.

As president of EngineWorks, I am privileged to be the moderator for SearchFest’s opening panel session titled “Search in the Marketing Mix”. This anticipated lively panel discussion will feature professional insight from the following outstanding online search executives:

1. Jeff Pruitt, President of SEMPO,
2. Hillary Jensen, Google, Inc.,
3. Nathan Buggia, Microsoft, Inc.

In addition, EngineWorks is pleased to have our co-founder and Vice President of Operations, Kent Schnepp, be the moderator of the SearchFest session titled “Site Architecture, Usability, SEO & Analytics”. The expert panelists for this informative session are:

1. Stoney DeGeyter, Pole Position Marketing,
2. Ian Lurie, Portent Interactive,
3. Aaron Kahlow, BusinessOL.

If you are a regional business in the Pacific Northwest eager to learn new ways to have prospective customers find your products and services online, this is a must event. You can register for this invaluable conference through the following link:

SearchFest ’08 Registration.

To review the impressive agenda for this event, visit the SEMpdx Web site.

We look forward to seeing you there!