Testimonials

I attend a lot of conferences about search and SES is without a doubt the place to be if you want to learn about search, network, and hear great speakers. The SES team manages to improve with every event and that is truly a big accomplishment. In Europe, SES London is the biggest event of the continent where every search marketer just has to be, but also SES Amsterdam and SES Berlin are must-attends for European search marketers. I know I will be there!
—Bas van den Beld, SearchCowboys

SES London is the best event to get in front of European search marketing professionals and decision makers. Full stop.
—Marc Poirier, Acquisio

SES Chicago was a blue-chip experience. Being my first 'search' conference, I was blown away at having personal access to the world's top search talent. At the end of day 1, I had decided to attend the next SES event, wherever it might be. I left Chicago SES with a valuable list of contacts, a new insight and approach toward SEO, and a notebook full of tricks that have shown immediate returns for our law firm. Kudos to the staff for assembling such a power-packed display of the search industry's brightest stars.
—Allen Walker, Web Marketing Consultant, Keller & Keller

I usually attend anywhere from 5 to 10 conferences every year. With the downturn in the economy, I expected the number of attendees to drop at SES New York. That was not the case. Even more impressive is how the SES team added new and interesting sessions that took the conference to a new level. SES continues to be one of the best places to connect with search professionals, prospects and clients. The show is one that we plan to attend for years to come.
—Khalid Saleh, President, Invesp Consulting

Every other event I've been to this year has had lower attendance than last year. If this was the case for SES New York 2009, it certainly wasn't evident to me. The halls were filled with people, the exhibit hall was filled with people, and the sessions were jam-packed with folks asking great questions. It feels like, if folks are indeed having to narrow the events they go to this year, they are concentrating on SES as a 'must-do' not a 'might-do'.
—Bill Leake, CEO of Apogee Search

As a small business, I just recently began promoting my product via search engines. After attending your SES show in New York, I have a whole new outlook and an attainable approach to boosting my presence and ultimately my ROI. I had no idea that by attending the seminars I would learn so many tricks of the trade and that so many free tools were available online. The energy and knowledge of the speakers, panelists and moderators was informative and enlightening. Your show also helped me to realize/confirm all the things I was doing right. Thank you for such a comprehensive show. I will see you next year as I recognize how important it is to keep up with this changing industry.
—Andrea Friedland, pawzdogboots.com

SES New York 2009 was by far the best search engine marketing show I've been to in 4 years - and I go to them all! Kudos for a great event!
—Marc Poirier, Co-Founder & CMO of Acquisio

I had heard many great things about SES New York, and after attending, I will hands-down be another evangelist of SES! Job well done - the sessions were informative, the expo hall had interesting booths, and the event was efficiently organized. Thank you for a great week!
—Alicia Magda, Solid Cactus Inc.

As a first time attendee, the knowledge I gained at SES Toronto was invaluable. I was really pleased with the variety of topics that were covered and the great mix of people that attended, and plan to be back again next year.
—Veronica Montero, Eighty8 Online

Every year our clients, agency partners and our team look forward to SES Toronto. It's a unique opportunity to learn from the top search marketers from the US, Canada and abroad and to see what best practices are having an impact. It's a great event and certainly stands alone as the gold standard for search marketing events in the Canadian marketplace.
—Jeff Lancaster, Outrider

As an exhibitor, qualified leads—even more than quantity—are key to tradeshow success. We found the leads at SES San Jose 2009 to be highly qualified as a first time exhibitor.
—Mark Knowles, CEO of Pixelsilk

We really had a great time at SES. It has been the best conference we have exhibited and spoken at so far. We are really excited to get more involved with SES events.
—Michael Mothner, Founder & CEO, Wpromote

SES San Jose really lived up to its name -- Search Engine Strategies. The Day 1 content got us out of the weeds and focused on high-level strategic concepts. Day 2 and beyond activated the more tactical and practical discussion that's also crucial for those looking to master all things search.
—Aaron Goldman, VP, Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, Resolution Media

As CMO of Marin Software, purveyor of the leading enterprise-class paid search management application, I'm always looking for efficient and effective ways to reach our audience of search agencies and large-scale advertisers. To help us accomplish that, Incisive Media has assembled an impressive array of properties and programs such as the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo, SearchEngineWatch.com and Search Engine Watch Webcasts. We exhibit, present, sponsor and advertise at these venues and it's this sort of integrated marketing that delivers powerful results and best bang for the buck.
—Marc Barach, CMO, Marin Software

Search engine marketing firm iProspect works primarily with clients who have large or complex websites, many of whom are Fortune-level companies. As a sponsor and exhibitor this past year at SES New York, we found that the number of companies suitable for our services increased by over 20% from last year. SES is a terrific event series, one that we plan to be at in New York, San Jose and Chicago.
—Bill Muller, CMO, iProspect

As a speaker and premier sponsor of Search Engine Strategies for many years, Bruce Clay has always found the information, networking, and vendor interaction to be fantastic, clearly contributing to our business and always justifying our participation.
—Bruce Clay, President, Bruce Clay, Inc.

SES is always a well run show from start to finish. Well organized, great seminar sessions and good prospects.
—Christa Roettele, Director, External Communications, TrueLocal

Hitwise has been a sponsor at the Search Engines Strategies shows in the US and the UK for several years. SES ranks among those shows from which we see the greatest return. The event provides us great brand visibility within the search marketing community as well as quality leads. It also is a great place for us to connect with our clients, many of whom come to this event for the networking as well as the extensive educational program.
—Ginny Redgate, VP Marketing, Hitwise

In terms of value, the global Search Engine Strategies Conference and Exposition series is one of the best as it delivers an excellent 'bang for your buck' compared to the other events we have attended. Their seminars and panels consistently deliver literally hundreds of tips, tactics and strategies around improving your paid search and display campaign performance while offering up tons of info on optimizing your websites. In addition, the networking is second to none resulting in us taking home numerous qualified leads.
—Alon Sheafer, VP Products and Marketing, Kenshoo