The State of Search – November Meeting

On November 10, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel – Campbell Center, the Dallas Ad League and DFW Search Marketing Association will be hosting a joint luncheon on “The State of Search – a forward look at search marketing for the year to come”. Representatives from Google, Microsoft Bing and Yahoo will be presenting their views and insights on search marketing for 2010.

Search engines have become the de-facto gateway to all information online. Over 50% of online advertising is focused on this unique media – and it’s continuing to grow.  Are you ready for the future?

On November 10th that DAL and DFWSEM organizations will be hosting a joint luncheon to discuss the future of search engine marketing – addressing the issues that every advertising professional needs to know for 2010. This comprehensive overview will give you the insights that you will need to be aware of as you plan your 2010 online marketing. Tickets may be purchased online.

This luncheon will feature senior representatives from the three major search engines, including:

  • Mark Lively, Agency Lead from Google
  • Robyn Raybould, Manager ASG from Microsoft
  • Kimi Henry, Strategic Account Director from Yahoo! Search Marketing

Moderated by Shelley Ellis, founder of Shelley Ellis Consulting and a leading expert in search marketing, these three panelist will each provide a 20 minute overview of the future of search engine marketing and the innovations their platforms are providing to meet the changing marketplace.

Tickets for this event  on November 10th can be purchased online at the Dallas Ad League website. Pricing and event information below. Note: DFW SEM members will receive MEMBER PRICING at the event.

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Location

Doubletree Hotel Dallas – Campbell Center
8250 N Central Expy
Dallas, TX 75206

Date/Time

November 10, 2009 from 11:30am – 1:30pm

Fee

Corporate Member $35.00
Corporate Member Table of 8 $280.00
Member $40.00 (DAL and DFWSEM Members)
Member (Under 30) $35.00
Member Table of 8 $320.00
Non-Member $55.00
Non-Member Table of 8 $440.00

Shelley Ellis

Shelley Ellis

Shelley Ellis
Founder,
Shelley Ellis Consulting

Shelley is a 19 year veteran of online marketing and a frequent speaker and presenter on search engine advertising. She is currently a board member of the DFW Search Marketing Association. Her background and experience includes working hands on with several hundred different search engine accounts across a variety of industries. Her clients have ranged from tiny companies where every penny counts to Fortune 500 (Coca Cola, Hallmark, Kimberly-Clark, Ritz-Carlton, USAA, Mary Kay, Avaya, etc.) where the annual budgets ranged in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Mark Lively

Mark Lively

Mark Lively
Agency Lead, Google

Mark Lively began his career in media working as an announcer and sportscaster for local stations in Waco, TX while attending Baylor University.  He continued working on air at KZPS / Dallas while earning a Masters Degree in Communications from Southern Methodist University.  Mark’s career includes stints in local and national radio sales / management, with tour stops in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and West Palm Beach.  He joined Google in the Audio Ads division in 2006, transitioned to his current role as Agency Lead in 2007, and recently relocated with his wife Beth and 9-year old daughter Kathryn to Chicago.  Mark’s interests include golf, his beloved Dallas Cowboys, and family vacations.

Robyn-Raybould

Robyn Raybould

Robyn Raybould, Manager-Premium Account Service Group- Bing
Microsoft Corporation

As Manager of the Premium Account Services Group, Robyn leads a team of Senior Account Managers who provide support and strategy to top tier Bing search clients. She joined Microsoft’s New York offices in 2005 to launch adCenter to the US Market and during her tenure there she has worked with some of the world’s largest retail, telecommunications, and travel search clients.   Before joining Microsoft, Robyn was the Manager of Marketing for YellowBrix, a web content aggregator in Washington, D.C. where she managed all aspects of marketing, including paid search. Originally from Northern Virginia, Robyn holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from New York University.

Kimi Henry

Kimi Henry

Kimi Henry, Strategic Account Director
Yahoo! Search Marketing

Kimi Henry is a Strategic Account Director with Yahoo!’s North American Sales Team.  She joined Yahoo! 6 years ago through the acquisition of Overture and works strategically with a variety of advertisers, from small business owners to Fortune 500 companies and their digital agencies.

She is currently responsible for developing key partnerships with top Search Engine Marketing and traditional advertising agencies to help integrate and maximize search into their broader marketing campaigns. In this role, she drives shared initiatives, from innovation to digital education, and spearheads integration across Yahoo! search and display advertising.

Outsourcing versus In-House Search Engine Marketing

On August 11 at 6:30pm at the Renaissance Hotel In Richardson Texas, the DFW Search Marketing Association will be hosting its monthly meeting on “Executing SEO and PPC – In-house versus Outsourcing”. To purchase tickets for the event, go to http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org.
This panel, moderated by Tony Wright-president of the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association, includes:

This powerhouse panel of local interactive marketers will discuss a variety of topics on the merits of outsourcing search marketing, in-house or a hybrid approach. The panel will draw on real-life experiences with outsourcing search engine marketing, doing it in-house and taking the hybrid approach of outsourcing some tasks and doing others in-house.

This presentation is ideal for marketing professionals who want to learn from the panels experience on the issues, challenges and benefits of building “the right” type of search engine marketing team for their organization.

Tickets for the event on August 11 at 6:30 pm are $10 for members and $30 for non-members and can be purchased online at http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org. For more information about DFW Search Marketing Association, visit our website at http://www.dfwsem.org.

Event Sponsor – Match.com
The DFW Search Engine Marketing Association would like to express its sincere gratitude for sponsor the DFW SEM Monthly meeting. Their continued support of the search marketing community in North Texas is indicative of their commitment to search marketing professionals. For more information on jobs available with Match.com, go to http://www.match.com/matchus/careers/index.aspx.

About the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM)
The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Organization (DFWSEM) is dedicated to education and promotion of the Dallas/Fort Worth search engine marketing industry, conversing various topics related to search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click search (PPC), as well as other emerging media. The group meets monthly at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas, and is open to anyone interested in search engine marketing, including in-house marketers, independent consultants, and agencies.

Initially founded in 2003, DFWSEM is the oldest and longest running local search engine marketing group/meetup in the country. Member agencies include DexterityMedia, Vizion Interactive, iCrossing, Range Online Media, Key Relevance, MarketNet, AffGoo, Creative Support, Did-it, SearchDex, WrightIMC, and Bridgepose.

DFWSEM is sponsored by Ecordia.

Video Optimization – Strategies for Leveraging Online Video – July 15, 2009

Video Optimization – Strategies for leveraging online video to be hosted by the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association on July 15 at 6:30pm

Jeff Martin, Assoc. Dir. of Search Marketing for TouchStorm, to speak on video optimization strategies.

On July 15 at 6:30pm at the Renaissance Hotel In Richardson Texas, the DFW Search Marketing Association will be hosting its monthly meeting on “Online Video Optimization – Strategies For Leveraging Online Video”. To purchase tickets for the event, go to http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org.

Jeff Martin, Assoc. Dir. of Search Marketing for TouchStorm, will be presenting a comprehensive overview of online video optimization strategies, including:

  • The case for using online video
  • What (little) investment it can take to succeed
  • Examples of successes
  • Video keyword research
  • Optimization strategies and tactics to get ahead
  • How to utilize the social aspect of online video sites to increase views, subscribers, and revenues.

“Video optimization is an emerging area of search marketing,” says Tony Wright, president of DFW Search Engine Marketing Association. Tony continues, “Jeff is a pioneer and thought leader in this area and we are very honored that he will be sharing his hard earned insights into this emerging field.”

This presentation is ideal for both professional and amateur video enthusiast – including traditional broadcast media professionals looking to extend the reach and distribution of their video work online.

Tickets for the event on July 15 at 6:30 pm are $10 for members and $30 for non-members and can be purchased online at http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org. For more information about DFW Search Marketing Association, visit our website at http://www.dfwsem.org.

About Jeff Martin

With more than 14 years of history in the digital space, Jeff’s experience spans diverse sectors including the federal government, health care, travel, defense, communications, technology, retail, finance and not-for-pro?t. American Airlines, Northrop Grumman, Zales, Experian, Sprint, Hitachi, Sun Products Corporation (‘all’ detergent) and Land O’ Lakes are some of his distinguished clientele.

Jeff has been sought out as a search expert by publications such as Forbes, Wired, Internet Retailer, The Age and Revenue Magazine. He was utilized as a search expert for the landmark Lane’s Gifts v. Google class action lawsuit. Currently, he serves as a moderator at Search Engine Watch, and is an officer on the board of the Dallas Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association.

For TouchStorm, Jeff heads up all client search marketing programs as well as Howdini.com, where he has played a key role in the optimization of Howdini’s video content through its distribution channels, which has had a signi?cant impact on reach. Jeff also serves as a technical liaison here, having a background in web development and service technologies as well.

With the advent of YouTube becoming a top search engine, Jeff developed competitively superior strategies for optimizing Howdini content so it competes favorably with older, more established video titles.

About the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM)

The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Organization (DFWSEM) is dedicated to education and promotion of the Dallas/Fort Worth search engine marketing industry, conversing various topics related to search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click search (PPC), as well as other emerging media. The group meets monthly at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas, and is open to anyone interested in search engine marketing, including in-house marketers, independent consultants, and agencies.

Initially founded in 2003, DFWSEM is the oldest and longest running local search engine marketing group/meetup in the country. Member agencies include DexterityMedia, Vizion Interactive, iCrossing, Range Online Media, Key Relevance, MarketNet, AffGoo, Creative Support, Did-it, SearchDex, WrightIMC, and Bridgepose. For more information, visit http://www.dfwsem.org.

DFWSEM is sponsored by Ecordia (http://www.ecordia.com).

Sponsoring DFWSEM

DFWSEM Association members cumulatively represent over $100,000,000 in annual search engine ad spend, and sponsorship is a great way to get your message in front of this group of decision makers and key influencers. To find out how to sponsor a monthly meeting or other opportunity, contact Tony Wright at tony.wright@wrightimc.com.

DFWSEM Speakers Bureau

Many members of DFWSEM are actively speaking at various interactive marketing conferences, including SMX, Search Engine Strategies, ad:tech, and WebmasterWorld, among many others. If you are looking for someone to speak about search engine marketing related topics, or would like to interview a member, feel free to contact the group for more information at 214.210.6793.

The DFW SEM Association welcomes requests to speak to the group at info@dfwsem.org.

Content Optimization – Strategies & Tactics – June 16, 2009

Sean Jackson, CEO of Ecordia, to speak on content optimization for PPC and SEO.

On June 16, 2009 at 6:30pm at the Renaissance Hotel In Richardson Texas, the DFW Search Marketing Association will be hosting its monthly meeting on “Content Optimization – Strategies and tactics for improving sales conversions”. To purchase tickets for the event, go to http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org.

Sean Jackson, CEO of Ecordia will be presenting a comprehensive overview of content strategies that improve the capture and conversion of search engine users within the sales process. Specifically Sean will review:
•    The role of quality content in PPC and SEO
•    Apply the sales funnel process to content creation
•    Strategies and tactics for maximizing returns on PPC and SEO investments
•    Examples for content that converts

“A key element of every SEO and PPC campaign is the creation of quality content,” says Tony Wright, president of DFW Search Engine Marketing Association. Tony continues, “Sean brings unique insights into the content optimization process and we are excited that he is sharing this with our community.”

This presentation is tailored specifically to search marketing professionals who use either PPC and/or SEO for their marketing. In addition, copywriters who provide content for search engine marketing should also attend.

Tickets for the event on June 16 at 6:30 pm are $10 for members and $30 for non-members and can be purchased online at http://dfwsem.memberlodge.org. For more information about DFW Search Marketing Association, visit our website at http://www.dfwsem.org.

About Sean Jackson

Sean Jackson is the CEO and co-founder of Ecordia – a content optimization technology company in Dallas, TX. Sean is a frequent speaker at industry and business events including PubCon and the upcoming Microsoft SparkStart event on June 12. Sean is the co-creator of the Ecordia platform suite of products including the Ecordia Content Optimizer, Ecordia Content Hub and Ecordia SearchTag technologies.

Sean has strong ties to the Dallas/Fort Worth community serving as Vice President of the Dallas-Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association, a Member of Colonial Country Club, the Marketing Committee of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Tournament and a Member of the Dallas Roundtable. Sean is also Past President of the Dallas Ad League. He is a regular speaker at the Texas Christian University Neeley Entrepreneurship Center as well as other organizations.

About the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM)

The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Organization (DFWSEM) is dedicated to education and promotion of the Dallas/Fort Worth search engine marketing industry, conversing various topics related to search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click search (PPC), as well as other emerging media. The group meets monthly at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas, and is open to anyone interested in search engine marketing, including in-house marketers, independent consultants, and agencies.

Initially founded in 2003, DFWSEM is the oldest and longest running local search engine marketing group/meetup in the country. Member agencies include DexterityMedia, Vizion Interactive, iCrossing, Range Online Media, Key Relevance, MarketNet, AffGoo, Creative Support, Did-it, SearchDex, WrightIMC, and Bridgepose. For more information, visit http://www.dfwsem.org.
DFWSEM is sponsored by Ecordia (http://www.ecordia.com).

Sponsoring DFWSEM
DFWSEM Association members cumulatively represent over $100,000,000 in annual search engine ad spend, and sponsorship is a great way to get your message in front of this group of decision makers and key influencers. To find out how to sponsor a monthly meeting or other opportunity, contact Tony Wright at tony.wright@wrightimc.com.

DFWSEM Speakers Bureau
Many members of DFWSEM are actively speaking at various interactive marketing conferences, including SMX, Search Engine Strategies, ad:tech, and WebmasterWorld, among many others. If you are looking for someone to speak about search engine marketing related topics, or would like to interview a member, feel free to contact the group for more information at 214.210.6793.
The DFW SEM Association welcomes requests to speak to the group at info@dfwsem.org.

Meeting Information

Date: September 16

Time: 6:30pm

Where: Richardson Renaissance hotel

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