San Diego OMS

September 25

Presented in Partnership with ClickZ EventsSheraton San Diego
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, California 92101
Phone: (619) 291-2900

Event Pricing

OMS Event Pricing
Event Earlybird Price Earlybird Expires Regular Price
September 25 - San Diego $175.50 September 4, 2008 $195.00

 

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 9:25

Morning Keynote: The State of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World

How Social Media, Search, Email, Analytics and Your Website are effecting the ROI of all marketing efforts and the insight into strategies that will lead to success in 2009.


Aaron Kahlow, Founder, Online Marketing Summit

9:25 - 9:45 Break
  Track 1 Track 2
9:45 - 10:55

Complete Website Strategy: SEO & Usability

 

Why the User Experience has the highest impact on your brand as well as marketing ROI AND what you can do to improve it (special International Usability tips included).

 

Thanh Ngyuen, Senior Website Usability Consultant, BusinessOnLine

 

Ray "Catfish" Comstock, Senior SEO Consultant, BusinessOnLine

 

Multi-Channel and Metrics

 

What Measurable Contribution Is Marketing Making to the Company?

Research and practical guidance from a the world's leading marketers and how they measure results successfully to drive change and ROI.

 

Jeff Pedowitz, President and CEO & Debbie Qaqish, Principal, The Pedowitz Group

10:55 - 12:00

Customer Life-Cycle & Loyalty Marketing

 

Using Content as the Center of Your Online Marketing Strategy

Interruption marketing is dying. Consumers have control over what they engage in and when. So how do you get your relevant, valuable, and compelling content out to your customer base on a consistent basis?  Content marketing expert Joe Pulizzi will discuss that and more, including why content is truly king, and what you need to do with your online marketing strategy NOW to attract and retain customers and prospects.

 

Joe Pulizzi, Junta42

Search Engine Marketing

 

How to Build a Complete Search Engine Marketing Strategy


Balancing Paid, Organic, Online PR and Vertical Search Practices to have a complete Search Strategy to go to market (and, uh, management) with!

 

Ben Hanna, VP of Marketing, Business.com

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch Keynote
1:15 - 2:20

Testing/Behavior Targeting


Best Practice Session
How to test for success and drive exponential conversion rate increases.   Putting A/B, Multi-variant and Behavioral Targeting technology to work.

 

Olivier Chaine, CEO, Magnify360

 

Email Marketing

 

Growing Your List Organically

 

It's not enough to have a dynamic email campaign, you also need an engaged audience to send it to. Learn how to grow your list organically with these proven tactics: marketing your subscription button, selling and promoting your subscribe, empowering your front line, and the importance of shelf life.

 

Sally Lowery, Online Marketing Manager, Bronto Software

2:25 - 3:30

Social Media Strategies

 

Online Communities - A Strategic Marketing Channel:  Learn how leading companies like Nike, CNN and Intel are building online communities and strategically leveraging the latest web 2.0 technologies to proactively engage their customers, drive product innovation and build loyalty across their customer base and partner networks.

 

Barry Tallis, Solutions Consulting Director, Jive Software.  

Behavioral Targeting & Technology

 

Collaborate Don't Collide with IT: The Key to Engaging Web Initiatives

 

Experience-driven Web initiatives can be successful with the powerful combination of online marketing strategies and a technology infrastructure that empowers marketing to get the job done.

 

Stefanie Lightman - Vice President, Global Marketing - RedDot: The Open Text Web Solutions Group

3:30 - 4:35

Big Brands, Big Plans Keynote Panel: 

Get the inside scoop on how leading brands are driving success through social media, SEO, Websites, and Testing, and apply the principals to your own initiatives.  Panelist include:

 

Brian Hovis, Online Marketing Manager, Intuit

Dana Todd, SEMPO & Founder, Newsforce

Wendy Wong, VP of Marketing, The Ken Blanchard Companies

Pelin Wood Thorogood, Managing Partner, Aegean Group
Steve Latham, CEO, SpurDigital

4:45

Happy Hour: Networking & Book Give Away

Have a drink on OMS, avoid the traffic and get to know your fellow local marketing colleagues over a margarita, martini or cold beer.  This is always the highlight of the event... Also, stick around for the "Groundswell" book  and Free Future OMS Passes GIVE AWAY.

 

6:30

OMS Community Dinner

Special OMS Community dinner  party for those wanting to be a part of new Online Marketing Community and learn how to give back to your fellow marketer (no cost).

Email: AaronK@BusinessOL.com for an invitation and details.

 

Venue

Sheraton San Diego

Sheraton San Diego
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, California 92101
Phone: (619) 291-2900

Nestled at the edge of spectacular San Diego Bay, the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina enjoys panoramic views of the bay and the city skyline yet is just 10 minutes from renowned attractions including the San Diego Zoo, Old Town and Balboa Park.

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San Diego Sponsors

BMA Sothern California      Spur Interactive

 

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