SMX East Afterthoughts

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By Craig Danuloff | October 8, 2008

This week was my first chance to attend an SMX show. Having seen SES mushroom into a massive show that invariably attracts a very diverse crowd, it was great to see that SMX really is a spin-off which attracts a more serious and experienced group of search marketers.

We talked to a lot of PPC Managers at the ClickEquations booth. Reactions were great, and hopefully many of them will be getting set up as part of our Charter Program over the next few weeks.

I also had a chance to speak with lots of the well-known in this world, including old friends like Bryan Eisenberg, our Advisor Avinash Kaushik (whom we also got to visit at Google NYC which was an intellectual and culinary treat), John Marshall from MarketMotive, and some people I hadn’t met before including Mike Grehan, and David Szetela from Clix Marketing.

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I don't want to say who I am, but I have to say I am kind of disappointed. I went to SMX hoping to learn more things for my clients and besides the White Hat session I didn't hear anything new. The networking was good, but I should have just bought a networking pass and saved the money. I wanted to leave almost every session I went to, but thought it was rude, so I just got on the net and worked.
http://clickequations.com Craig Danuloff

I was only able to attend one session, and I have to say I would have walked out too. I did hear from others that the sessions weren't up to the level of the attendees. Panels are a weak format, and it always seems the moderators/hosts don't put enough time into forcing the presenters to have great material. I think if more people like you spoke out it would encourage them to work harder on the material.
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thats awesome, It'd be sweet to meet with some of the well knowns and just get one or two tidbits of information from them
http://seotips4.com SEO Blog

thats awesome, It'd be sweet to meet with some of the well knowns and just get one or two tidbits of information from them
http://seotips4.com SEO Blog

thats awesome, It'd be sweet to meet with some of the well knowns and just get one or two tidbits of information from them

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