Announcing the Social Media Optimization Conference 2011 Speaker Roster

This May, hundreds of social media enthusiasts will come together in San Francisco for the first Social Media Optimization Conference (SMOC), produced by SocialTimes and Mediabistro. The aim of the conference is to teach marketers, strategists, PR and business leaders how to create organic user engagement on the social web, and best techniques for paid social advertising. Session topics include keyword intelligence, optimizing beyond "like" and "follow," social video optimization, paid social, reputation management and social media, and more. The full program is here. Allow us to introduce a small sampling of the speakers you'll meet at SMOC (register soon if you haven't -- prices go up later this month): Brian Solis Author of Engage and digital analyst, sociologist, and futurist, Solis has influenced the effects of emerging media on the convergence of marketing, communications, and publishing. Twitter: @briansolis Blog: BrianSolis.com Rohit Bhargava Ogilvy SVP and author of Personality Not Included, Bhargava is commonly recognized as the "father of SMO." He introduced the concept on his blog in 2006 and posted the revised "5 New rules of SMO" exactly 4 years later in 2010. Twitter: @rohitbhargava Blog: Influential Marketing Blog Ekaterina Walter A marketer, thinker, speaker, and connector, Walter spends her days as a Social Media Strategist for Intel, working at the intersection of high tech and integrated marketing. She is also a guest blogger for Mashable, Fast Compay AdWeed, and others. Twitter: @ekaterina Blog: Building Social Bridges Aaron Goldman As Chief Marketing Officer at Kenshoo, Goldman oversees search marketing and online advertising efforts for clients including Barnes and Noble, CareerBuilder, Facebook, Zappos, and more. He is also author of best-selling book Everything I know about Marketing I Learned from Google. Twitter: @aarongoldman LinkedIn profile: Aaron Goldman Jon Fougner At Facebook, Fougner leads local ads product marketing, working on the market analysis that informs the product roadmap for brick-and-mortar advertisers. At SMOC, he'll join the SMO to Go panel, discussing revenue opportunities where mobile and social meet. Twitter: @jfougner Facebook: Jon Fougner Brian Wong TechCrunch and the Wall Street Journal recently called Wong the 'youngest person to ever receive funding by a venture capital firm' for kiip, his stealth startup focused on mobile in-game advertising, backed by True Ventures. He began his career by creating the world's first categorized Twitter discovery tool: Followformation.com. Twitter: @brian_wong Site: Brianwong.me The full list of Social Media Optimization Conference speakers along with sessions details can be found on the event website. Early bird registration rates expire April 27 and sponsorship opportunities are still available.

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Announcing the Social Media Optimization Conference 2011 Speaker Roster

This May, hundreds of social media enthusiasts will come together in San Francisco for the first Social Media Optimization Conference (SMOC), produced by SocialTimes and Mediabistro.

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