Agenda
These great sessions have been confirmed so far, with more on the way. Keep checking back for updates!
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Day 1 Tuesday, November 02
8:30am - 12:30pm
Become an SEO Rockstar: Actionable Strategies, Tactics & Tools
- Mindy Weinstein, Market MindShift
At the end of this Masterclass, you’ll be able to:
- Troubleshoot and fix common technical errors that hurt rankings and traffic
- Prepare for site migrations (including https) and re-designs
- Analyze your audience for SEO purposes · Map keywords to the buyer’s journey
- Find and pursue additional SERP opportunities, such as featured snippets, image and video results
- Audit your existing content to find hidden gems and problem areas
- Reverse engineer the top-ranking pages to better compete in SERPs
- Structure your website to create themes
- Develop a content strategy based upon topical density that drives traffic
- Increase online publicity and brand awareness through SEO techniques
- Create an SEO strategy that can be implemented in prioritized steps
Advanced Email Marketing: Tactics to Build Robust Email Programs
- Michael Barber, Brand Consultant and Marketing Strategist
At the end of this Masterclass, you’ll be able to:
- Explain why email still matters
- Understand the difference between simple and robust email programs
- Develop a roadmap for managing inactive subscribers
- Leverage advanced design tactics for your templates
- Make your emails more accessible
- Better understand how the ISPs (internet service providers) score your campaigns
- Move from “”batch and blast”” to segmented and personalized campaigns
- Develop a robust email metrics dashboard
- And, see what the future of email might look like
1:15pm - 1:45pm
The Art of Insta-Storytelling
- Meredith Howard, Deloitte
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Understand how to better use Instagram Stories to attract, retain, and convert your key audiences
- Learn best practices for elevating your use of Stories
- Determine how to measure the success of Stories content
Cutting through the Noise: 5 Tactics to Elevate Your Digital Strategy
- Mike Epstein, Cinematic Music Group
After this session you’ll be able to:
- Build a blueprint to your brand’s marketing strategy
- Learn simple, effective tools to reward your most loyal customers
- Implement out of the box, creative marketing strategies to reach your target audience
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Must-Have Automated Email Campaigns for Every Organization
- Michael Barber, Brand Consultant and Marketing Strategist
After this session, you’ll be able:
- Apply tactics to improve existing automated email campaigns
- Develop new automated email campaigns to build for your subscribers
- Determine what analytics/metrics to use for automated email campaigns
The Power of Incrementalism and Effective Content Technology: How to Steadily Improve Your Digital Results
- Cate Waters, Optimizely
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Step away from the Big-Bang and avoid unrealistic expectations for your project
- Plan and execute goals using incremental activities – a culture of incrementalism
- Use content technology to incrementally increase the value of your web speed with safety
2:45pm - 3:15pm
The Declaration of SEO: 6 Fundamental SEO Truths to Live By and Apply to Your Own Efforts
- Mike Weiner, Bruce Clay, Inc.
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Adapt to algorithm changes faster than your competitors
- Arrange your website content in a hierarchy that increases relevance
- Avoid SEO practices that could hurt your site in the long run
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Driving Equity and Inclusion through Marketing
- Cherise Bernard, McCann New York
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Understand key concepts of equity for audiences
- Apply practical strategies to differentiate your content marketing strategy towards inclusivity
- Gleam from key examples of brand campaigns who are “doing it well”
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Results Driven SEO Strategy & Tactics For The Busy Marketer
- Mindy Weinstein, Market MindShift
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Identify and take action on the SEO tasks that will get quick results
- Create page structures that will get you optimal traffic from your targeted searchers
- Determine the tools that will make your SEO work a whole lot easier
TikTok for Business: What Marketers Need to Know
- Carlos Gil, Gil Media Co.
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Understand how to gain visibility by posting humorous or educational content along with trending music without going too far off-brand
- Tap into a new audience that may not be actively following you on Facebook, etc.
- Describe TikTok and sell the ‘why’ to key stakeholders
- Identify and collaborate with TikTok influencers
- Apply proven strategies from companies who have developed and engaged a loyal following on the platform
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Opening Reception
Day 2 Wednesday, November 03
8:30am - 9:00am
How to Engage Gamers with In-Game Advertising
- Cary Tilds, Frameplay
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Apply criteria to determine if in-game advertising is a good fit for your company, based on understanding the behavior and scale of the gaming audience
- Effectively plan and reach gamers by applying recommended practices from the IAB Gaming and Esports Advertising Framework
- Apply tips on the key elements that brands should consider when designing the newest IAB in-game advertising format called Intrinsic in-game ads
Marketing in The New Normal: 5 Ways to Readjust Your Content Marketing Plans for 2022
- Juntae DeLane, DIGITAL DELANE
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Understand what your adjusted marketing budget should look like in 2022
- Evaluate content suggestions you can use for the new user’s journey
- Learn how your competitors are dealing with the crisis and what new best practices you can apply to your content efforts
- Reframe your thinking to engage better with consumers
9:15am - 9:45am
The Power of Putting People First for Brands
- Caitlin Rush, Twitter
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Put people at the center of solving challenges for your brand
- Address the root challenges of brand safety with a people-first approach
- Implement three ways to put people-based solutions into motion for your business
The Essential Elements of Building Brand Love
- Lydia Michael, Blended Collective
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Identify what your consumers actually desire in a brand
- Find the common ground with your audience that leads to strong, trustworthy, and committed relationships
- Build essential elements for an emotionally engaging brand
10:00am - 10:30am
2022 SEO Strategies To Take Your Revenue To The Next Level
- Jon Bennion, Online Marketing Gurus
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Adapt your search strategy for industry changes in 2022 and beyond
- Pinpoint the most profitable SEO strategies (and how to create high ROI campaigns yourself)
- Find the “quick wins” of proven SEO tactics to apply first and outshine the competition
Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Society
- Carlos Gil, Gil Media Co.
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Apply framework to help you reclaim organic engagement in today’s noisy, algorithm-driven ecosystem
- Develop industry-leading strategies for engaging customers as a “”marketing savage””
- Create content that converts without going for the sale right away
- Know how to use TikTok effectively to build community and brand awareness
- Implement best practices from notable organizations, including Wendy’s and others
10:30am - 11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am - 11:30am
The Psychology of a Website: Mastering Cognitive Biases, Conversion Triggers and Modern SEO
- Matthew Capala, Alphametic
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Discover the key cognitive biases and conversion triggers that affect your website visitors’ decision making
- Replicate examples from some of the most successful brands to master the key principles of website persuasion
- Upgrade your SEO game by optimizing for Google’s RankBrain, which uses AI and machine learning to better understand basic human instincts and behaviors
- Use content to position your brand as a trusted authority in your field to reduce friction
3 Key Steps to Make Your Marketing Department of One Work Smarter, Not Harder
- Brittany Ward, Create Collabs & The Twenty-First Agency
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Systemetize your Brand Calendar
- Create More Content in Less Time
- Use These Content Tools for Automation
11:45am - 12:15pm
Building Advocates with Experiences
- Cliff Seal, Salesforce
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Identify opportunities to create a uniquely memorable experience
- Empower every customer-facing employee to create advocates through consistently positive interactions
- Leverage your brand to make a positive impact on the world, hand-in-hand with your customers
Leader or Follower? Why There’s No Gray Area in Effective Digital Transformation
- Sharon Harris, Ascential Digital Commerce
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Apply the “Know Your Customer” (KYC) operating model and increase efficiencies and effectiveness
- Apply a step-by-step approach for A/B testing, planning and execution
- Create a roadmap for future-proofing digital initiatives within your organization
- Implement best practices based on outcome-focused client case studies demonstrating the four pillars in action
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Lunch Pickup & Break, box lunches sponsored by Bruce Clay
12:45pm - 1:15pm
The Modern Marketer’s Guide to Gaming, AR & NFTs
- Joe Cox, The Pop-Marketer
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Discover specific ways marketers can join in on the fun of the gaming future
- Apply examples & tips to take advantage of AR experiences before Apple Glass gets here
- Understand the marketing value of NFTs and what action steps to take in this space
Customer Generation: Delivering on the Promise that Demand Generation Forgot About
- Garrett Mehrguth, Directive Consulting
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Perfectly understand and compare channel level performance using the Customer Lifetime Value to Customer Acquisition (LTV:CAC) formula
- Boldly identify and emotionally connect with your exact persona at your ideal accounts
- Correctly leverage 1st party data for campaign success
- Aggressively grow pipeline revenue via gift giving and psychology
1:30pm - 2:00pm
How to Monetize Influencer Marketing Campaigns
- Courtney Spritzer, Socialfly
After this session you’ll be able to:
- Identify and cast the right influencers for your campaign
- Utilize trackable links and measure the success of your influencer campaigns
- Expand the reach of your campaign with whitelisting
- Leverage influencer content as lifestyle assets
How to Create B2B Content That Won’t Put Your Audience To Sleep
- Paxton Gray, 97th Floor
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Beat your Goliath competitors using tactics they can’t deploy
- Analyze your audience in more effective ways to increase content success
- Apply tools, frameworks, and tips that you can take home and implement ASAP to improve your B2B content
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Quality and Quantity: How to Scale Your Marketing by Creating a “Content Machine”
- Rachel Hernandez, The HOTH
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Turn your current content strategy into a scalable model
- Determine what you can automate or outsource without sacrificing quality or results
- Easily manage large content teams and high-volume initiatives
Get the Confused Buyer to Say Yes
- Kenneth Kinney, Ai Media Group/ A Shark's Perspective Podcast
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Produce effective lead generation tactics across all channels that lead to a higher lift in leads and sales as well as a clearer customer experience
- Understand the real customer journey across all of the noise and touch points that customers see from ad to conversion point
- Realign internal teams and external agencies to change the way leads are generated and measured
3:00pm - 3:30pm
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Making the Most of User-Generated Content
- Brianne Fleming, University of Florida
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Identify which pieces of UGC align with your larger marketing strategy
- Build deeper relationships with creators who share UGC
- Better position UGC to foster engagement and inspire more content creation
Optimizing Operations to Increase Engagement
- Emily Hendershot, Nova Strategies
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Examine roadblocks impacting your audience’s experience with you and develop solutions to overcome them
- Assess your tools and processes with questions designed to help you focus efforts to maximize growth
- Learn strategies to operationalize engagement and create an action plan for implementation”
3:45pm - 4:15pm
Consumer Journeys: Hitting Qualified Leads at the Right Place and Time
- Oren Mor, University of Miami
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Develop personas that bring the customer to life
- Build a customer journey map to identify key touchpoints and moments of truth
- Maximize campaign impact to reach qualified leads at the right place and time
Ethos, Pathos & Logos: Persuasive Video Advertising Techniques
- Jordan Lung, JL Video
After this session, you’ll be able to:
- Apply Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle to your advertising strategy
- Implement Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in your video marketing
- Create videos with strategic language to best reach and persuade your target audience