Posted by Marty Weintraub on October 6th 2008 in SMX | 2 comments

Greetings from late afternoon @ SMX East. It struck me covering the Ad Agencies & Search Marketing panel for SEORoundTable, that this conference crowd is a bit different. Yeah, the groovy old school search community-of-origin I love is here–pioneers, bloggers, the very roots of our industry. They’re crawling all over the place speaking, hanging out, blogging for trade pubs and meeting clients.
Still, the crowd at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on West 34th Street center is different Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Marty Weintraub on October 6th 2008 in SMX | 2 comments

By dawns early light the first handful of die-hards, coffee in hand, boarded. Official statistics haven’t been released yet but rumor has it that there are 2,000+ attendees here at SMX East. This is an awesome accomplishment for such a relatively young series. Congratulations to the whole Third Door Crew. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Marty Weintraub on September 24th 2008 in SMX, Speaking Engagments, aimClear | Be the first to comment!
A quick scan of SMX East’s “Conference Agenda At A Glance offers an exciting preview of what’s to come. Search Marketing Expo East New York City will take place October 6-8, 2008 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on West 34th Street.
We have to say the agenda, organized by Danny Sullivan, Chris Sherman and the whole Third Door crew, looks awesome. This is truly one of the “shouldn’t-miss” gatherings of the year for critical up-to-date industry information, best practices and insight. SMX East is for serious professionals. Register here: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Marty Weintraub on August 30th 2008 in Social Media, Speaking Engagments | 2 comments

Beginning next week, in a series of aimClearBlog posts, we’ll be exploring common social media user-participation models. Considering how deeply social media engagement permeates human culture, there is a remarkable lack of consensus regarding appropriate use of avatars for corporate brand ambassadors, personal and other agendas.
For the uninitiated, an “avatar” simply speaks to how a person, company or other group of people represent themselves online. This can include pictures & video shared, content tagged and bookmarked, friends made, votes cast, dialog, style, self-description, activity in “walled garden forums” (not indexed by Google), purpose, transparency, role and objectives, etc… Read the rest of this entry »
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