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Events Seattle SparkToro

A Marketing Conference That Actually Changes Your Mindset

Rand FishkinBy Rand Fishkin
There are tons of marketing conferences. Most follow a familiar formula: slick slide decks, broad-strokes keynotes, case studies you’ve seen before, and maybe a tote bag to take home. But when you’re deciding where to spend your budget, time, and energy, the real question is: Which event will actually make an impact on me? That’s the question we asked ourselves…
Events Personal

The Best Damn Food & Drink Gift Guide 2024

Amanda NatividadBy Amanda Natividad
Everyone’s favorite food and drink gift guide is back with all-new picks! Same same, but different. It’s the 5th anniversary of this gift guide. Same rules apply: A distribution of gift options between $20-$300, with very few at the top end of that range, and plenty of affordable selections A diverse range of products that can accommodate various palates and…
Events Marketing SparkToro

How Audience Research Gave Me a Competitive Edge — And Helped Me Earn Respect From Customers

Amanda NatividadBy Amanda Natividad
Here’s a confession: I’ve never really understood the whole “SEO-driven content strategy” thing. I mean, yeah, I understood it on an intellectual level. Step 1, go after high-volume keywords. Step 2, rank higher for the Google gods. Step 3, profit. Or something like that. But no one ever becomes a customer from reading a blog post after having Googled, “how…
Events Industry Seattle SparkToro

SparkTogether Comes to Seattle October 8; Tickets are Already 60% Sold Out

Rand FishkinBy Rand Fishkin
It’s Official. On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, SparkTogether will be live, in person, in Seattle, WA for the first time. And we’ve already sold 120/200 tickets available. If you want one of the 80 left, I recommend grabbing one ASAP. What’s SparkTogether? We believe the most valuable professional experiences in our lives happened when remarkable people were at their most…
Events Personal

The Best Damn Food & Drink Gift Guide on the Internet 2023

Amanda NatividadBy Amanda Natividad
Here it is, our fourth annual edition! The first three were just practice for this masterpiece of culinary and imbibable magnificence. Because this year, our food and drink gift guide isn’t just the usual excellent selection — products we’ve used, received and enjoyed, and/or gifted — it’s also chock-full of pithy commentary on important topics like the politics of tiki…

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