Archive for March, 2008

Speakers from Europe, the United States, and Canada are traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to take part in Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) on September 11–12, 2008.

All aspects of doing business online will be covered: web analytics, strategy, content, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, e-mail marketing, social media, on-site behavioral targeting, multivariate testing, and much more.

The target audience for the conference includes marketing executives, sales executives, web analysts, Internet marketers, and all other occupations that see Internet as key to business success. The motto of the conference is that it’s by experts, for experts, and for those who’d like to become experts.

Speakers and panelists include Eric T. Peterson (Web Analytics Demystified), Jeremiah Owyang (Forrester), Tom Leung (Google), Bob Page (Yahoo!), Jason Burby (ZAAZ), Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo (Capulet Communications), Robbin Steif (Lunametrics), Xavier Casanova (Liveclicker), and Jonghee Jo (Victoria’s Secret). More speakers will be announced soon.

IMC has had a total of more than 2,000 participants since it started. It is the longest-running conference produced by Europeans about Internet marketing and has been held in such cities as New York City, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Montreal, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Stockholm.

The conference is being brought to Vancouver in cooperation with IIMA (The International Internet Marketing Association), an organization that helps marketers understand the value and potential of marketing on the web.

Twingly, Earthbound Media Group, and Web Analytics Demystified are some of the sponsors you will meet at the event.

For more information, visit www.internetmarketingconference.com or contact Lennart Svanberg at +46 708 54 15 06 or info@internetmarketingconference.com.

Here is a look at the top SEO Compnaies in Canada as of March 2008

Rankings for Canada (March, 2008) are from TopSEOS.com

Organic Optimization

1. Acroterion Inc.

2. Enquiro Search Solutions

3. Hot Banana Software Inc.

4. 6S Marketing Inc.

5. Beanstalk

6. First Page SEO

7. 9th sphere

8. SitePosition

9. Epiar Inc.

10. The SEO Network

Online marketers looking for industry information or to learn more about search engine optimization (SEO) or search engine marketing (SEM) should check out SEMPO Canada.

SEMPO Canada is Canadian Non-Profit Professional Search Marketing Association working to increase awareness and promote the value of Search Engine Marketing in Canada. This Working Group was founded in November 2006 by Ken Jurina & Alexandre Brabant and focuses on improving the growth, awareness and understanding Search Engine Marketing (SEM) in Canada including Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Link Building, Pay Per Click Management best practices in this new field of marketing and how it uniquely pertains and is of relevance to Canadians worldwide across any sector, vertical or industry.

Since November 2006, SEMPO Canada members have made three educational presentations at the University of Alberta, represented SEMPO Canada at the Canadian Information Processing Society annual conference as well as Bar Camp in Vancouver, been interviewed on CBC Radio, and presented at the Government of Canada Business Link Centre to multiple Canadian cities via video conference. By Feb 01/07, SEMPO Canada intends on having a modest website, Sempo.ca complete with blog (consistent with the brand of Sempo.org), grow membership to 12 members, and present at additional educational institutions and seminars.