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A key finding of our recent survey of more than 600 marketers was that one of the top three challenges Marketers cited was insufficient education about SEO. Staying on top of changes in any industry is important in order to able to perform at your best, but nowhere more so in the SEO industry: Google reports rolling out anywhere between 500-600 changes to their search algorithm each year. Conductors Presenting at Pubcon: New Orleans Conference April 22-25 We’re excited to announce that later this month, two Conductors will be heading south to the Big Easy to present at the Pubcon Search and Social Media conference. Director of Research, Nathan Safran will draw on his experience heading Conductor’s Research and Content … Continue reading
It’s been an exhilarating year here at Conductor and we’re excited to write that we’ve been nominated for several of Techcrunch’s Crunchies awards. We need your help to make the finalist round, so here’s 3 reasons you should consider taking a moment to vote for us. 1. One small step for Conductor is one giant leap for SEO. While many startups seek to ‘disrupt’ an industry, here at Conductor we’ve been developing an entirely new industry. Searchlight helps make the case for Fortune 500 companies and Top 5 agencies to invest in both people and technology to build a better web presence. Most recently, our CEO Seth was interviewed in the New York Times, putting SEO in the headlines of … Continue reading
To Our Incredibly Loyal & Supportive Customers, Last week, during the madness of Hurricane Sandy, we publicly announced to the world that Conductor has secured a 20mm investment from the global venture firm Investors Growth Capital, the single largest investment in the SEO space – and a major milestone for our entire industry. Since we founded Conductor we have been on amazing journey with you – and we are just getting started. Looking back to when we started building Searchlight in 2008, I remember sending reports to Fortune 500 CMOs trying to convince them that SEO was real and a place where they should be investing. Nearly 4 years later, we have seen incredible growth in our industry. There are … Continue reading
It has been an exciting month for Conductor. We just finished up our annual C3 conference in New York city with a great turnout of global talent. This week we met with some of the industry best at our SMX East booth along with a couple of great speaking sessions at the event. With just over a week to go we have PubCon, the largest search marketing conference of the year in sunny Las Vegas. Since I spend a lot of time traveling I thought it would be helpful to list the top 20 items to pack when hitting an industry conference. Enjoy! 20) Printout of session schedule and reservation information Quick reference guides here. Keeping your reservation numbers for … Continue reading
We have the chance to present some exclusive data at next year’s SxSW Festival. If you’re not familiar, South by Southwest (SxSW) is a multi-day music, film and tech festival that draws thousands towards Austin, TX every year. This year 3,200+ speaking pitches were submitted, and only a tiny fraction will be selected to present. What you can expect in our SXSW talk “Be Bold, Stay Above the Fold” thesis is summed up as, While much research has been devoted to demonstrating and measuring the strong correlation between organic search and traffic and conversion benefits, the branding potential and consumer influence of appearing in search results has largely been ignored. In other words, we’re presenting data that shows a new … Continue reading
For many Conductors, building a company culture that gives back has been one of the defining features of what it means to work here. With the launch of the Conductor Foundation, our SEO 101 initiative, and our partnership over the past year with Housing Works for the first annual Searchlight SEO Grant, we’ve paved a strong tradition of giving back by doing what we do best – sharing our SEO knowledge, skills, and technology with others. With access to the Conductor Searchlight platform, we were able to embrace digital marketing best practices and automate much of the time-consuming tasks associated with SEO tracking and analysis to capture more traffic, redirect staff resources to other marketing efforts, and ultimately drive awareness … Continue reading