aimClear® Search Marketing Blog

They don’t talk about butterflies, candy ass theories and granola bars here. You get the impression that these alt.news used-to-be geeks are delightfully modest, after systematically bringing the known marketing-universe to its knees over the last 10 years.

Having sprung forth from IRC, NewsGroups, Pine, BBSs and nightly modem buzz–PubCon is all about science, social engineering, huge business, perpetual evolution and a driven sense of humor. Rock on geeks and phreaks…rock on! Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t get me wrong. I love SMX, cut my teeth on SES, and I think now Pubcon is cool like S.E.X. I admit, this is my first, having come up the ranks though the 90′s and 2000′s in-house, prior to starting our agency. I must say that this is one serious crowd, committed to the art and science of search, affiliate/merchant relationships, social and PPC.

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PubCon, las Vegas, 2008: It’s great to be here! Having jetted off from Duluth Minnesota’s frigid November environs last night, it’s rather nice to be heading towards Nevada’s rehabilitating dry heat.

Steeped in the overtones of America’s most hedonistic city, PubCon and Vegas alike portend early mornings, too much coffee,  bling, schwag, mental excess, late nights, stimulation overload and total search immersion. Read the rest of this entry »

PubCon, a search marketing conference with roots dating back to the pre-Internet BBS 1980′s, is legendary amongst old guard webmasters.

Having had the privilege this year of speaking @ SEMpdx Portland, SES New York & Toronto, SMX Advanced, Local/Mobile & East, this invitation is icing on the cake 2008 has been for the aimClear family. Read the rest of this entry »