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State of Search 2015 Conference

Bill Hartzer

Back in 2003 when I first personally chose a list of founders and invited them to get together at a local hotel in Dallas, I didn’t envision that we would be at this point: holding an annual conference and having digital marketing and search engine marketing speakers from all over the United States (and beyond) attend.

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A Decade of Thanksgivings

Waxing UnLyrical

In 2003, when we made the big move from California to D.C., At the time, I was working for an organization headquartered in New York, so I traveled there frequently; as a result, I had a ton of reward points on Amtrak and various hotels. It was terrible. Turned out to be the best thing we ever did. He didn’t skip a beat. That’s love.

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API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

2005 -140,000 API developers and in 2003 made $480million in one quarter from 3rd party resellers – not all API sales but affiliates are powerful. The “X factor,&# as PayPal president Scott Thompson, was the developer community. Kirketon Hotel – book and pay for a hotel room. CHART: 2008 Amazon traffic.

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How to Make Your Blogging Dreams Come True

ProBlogger

” ‘V’ – my wife – must have heard that statement 100 or more times in 2003-2004. Me posing for my first ever press photo in 2003. I wish I’d heard that quote back in 2003 when I began to experiment with making money blogging. I switched on comments and added a forum area to build community.

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Being Lightweight: Tools We Use | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

Buzz Marketing for Technology

We love Twitter because its lightweight - its a direct line to part of our community that doesnt require clicking a link in email. Bookkeeping - When I started Common Craft in 2003, I bought Quickbooks because I thought was what youre supposed to do. We've been serving up fresh content here since 2003. Copyright ©2003-2007.

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243: Tools and Techniques to Blog Effectively on the Road

ProBlogger

That’s what I did back in 2002, 2003. I’ll be working on the plane each way, I’ll be working in the hotel. Search for ProBlogger Community on Facebook and you will find that group as well. I’m usually speaking at a conference and I know whilst I can present from an iPad, it’s more feebly–more reliable to do it on a laptop.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

The feeling of community, and “we’re all in this together&# is slipping away. Even with more and more sessions being staged outside the convention center in adjacent hotels, SXSW cannot get much bigger without serious impact to the attendee experience. More so than any other event I attend, SXSW is conference roulette.