I have never attended an SMX, SES, or any sort of SEO/SEM type conference before. I never really saw the value in it but I figured since I had never been I should at least test the waters before completely dismissing it.

I just returned from the Internet Marketers of New York and Best of Web SMX pre-party for Leukemia & Lymphoma. I’m happy to say that it turned out to be a great event. Everyone I met was extremely nice, outgoing, and very excited to be amongst others with similar interests.

If figured it would be a nice gesture to link back to the folks I met.

Alison Rogers
DG Neary Realty Ltd.

Chris Elwell
Third Door Media

Chris Winfield
10e20

Danny Sullivan
Search Engine Land

Drew Hayslip
Text Link Ads

Jason Falls
Doe Anderson

Jim Bedell

Joe Lanzillo
Obliq Sound

Jonathan Dingman
Text Link Ads

Liana Evans
KeyRelevance

Michael Demby
AC Lion

Neil Patel
Advantage Consulting Services

Or Darom
888.com

Rand Fishkin
SEOmoz

Shawn Pearson
EBSCO

Stephanie Weingart
City Loyalty Card

Vanessa Fox
Zillow

There were many others too but since I didn’t get their cards I can’t recall their info. The pre-party was fun and I’m anxious to see what the actual conference will be like.