It has been in the works for sometime and with the help of of Jason Calacanis, David Mihm, and Greg Sterling I am proud to announce our new Local Search conference entitled Local Search Summit. We have teamed up with Calacanis, LLC to bring you the new conference on July 17th in San Francisco. We all are very excited to bring you the best in Local Search with some of the following key speakers:
- Steve Stukenborg - Google TV
- Atif Rafiq - GM of Yahoo! Local
- Greg Sterling
- Andrew Shotland
- Steve Espinosa
- David Mihm
- and more…
The conference is set to take place at the JW Marriott in San Francisco on July 17th. Steve Stukenborg will kick off the conference with a morning Keynote talking about the importance of syngergy between online and offline media and Google’s experience in dealing with this. Stukenborg will also touch on some upcoming features of Google TV and join in an audience Q&A session.
Another key session will include Atif Rafiq, GM of Yahoo! Local and a representative from Google Maps (yet TBD) that will join in an open conversation and audience Q&A about Local Search. The session will cover everything from spam, upcoming features, and more.
Local Search News contributor and all around local guru, Greg Sterling, will be joining me in moderating the sessions throughout the day that cover everything from mobile search, ranking factors, and how to sell to local businesses. The conference will conclude with a round table discussion from leaders in the local search space including representatives from Google, Yahoo! and more.
which is taking place on July 17th has a limited amount of tickets available for $495 and will quickly sell out so register now! You can view the official press release here.