We’re just a couple of weeks out from our back-to-back, cross country conference schedule. The booth is polished and waiting for shipment, the t-shirts are in production, lodging and transportation have been confirmed, and the troops are getting anxious.

First stop on the two leg tour: The Big Apple, Nov 6-8. This will be our first time attending ad:tech, and we are pretty excited. Word has it that the trade floor is packed with people, tons of exhibitors, and great opportunities for networking. We exhibited at the Hilton for SES NY earlier this year, but this will be our first time exhibiting at ad:tech – booth number 2104. Bring your map.

On the heels of the NY conference, we’ll be doing PubCon Las Vegas, Nov 14-17. Awwwww yeah. Everybody’s favorite search event, this year’s Vegas trip promises to be bigger and better than ever. Brett attracted some big names for the keynotes, and the schedule looks pretty comprehensive. A week’s worth of information capped with a half day of hanging out at a to-be-announced pub. The conference floor should be busy – make sure to come by to talk shop or grab a cool t-shirt.

With the addition of Roger Montti to the team, we’ll now have two speakers providing presentations. Unfortunately both of the presentations are at the same time, so one person will not be enough to get all the BOTW pearls of wisdom. For those of you interested in link building, you can hear Roger Tuesday morning in Salon A. And for those of you interested in learning about alternative optimization tactics, come on over to hear me Tuesday morning in Salon D. Or better yet, bring two people, and compare notes later.

We hope to see you at one of the shows. Please don’t be shy.

We have long stressed the importance of surrounding yourself with the best people that you can find. We take great pride in the people that work for Best of the Web, and expect passion and a commitment to excellence from all. By attracting the best people we can continue to pursue initiatives fully confident that each project will move ahead with a focus on quality.

In keeping with this tradition, we are pleased to welcome Roger Montti as the newest member of the BOTW executive team. Roger has spent the better part of the last decade solidifying his spot as one of the top professionals in the search industry. Many readers may know Roger through his blog, Martinibuster, or through his work as a moderator at Webmasterworld. If you have been fortunate to hear Roger speak at a conference, or spend time with him talking shop, you have no doubt left the encounter wiser.

Roger will be acting as BOTW VP of Verticals. Our newest offering, BOTW Verticals (beta) will serve as an online resource for users to find information on various business solutions. Vendors will be able to interact with users, resulting in highly qualified leads. Roger’s experience in the search industry and lead generation should help to propel the initiative to a successful launch.

We are very happy to have Roger aboard, and welcome him to the Best of the Web team.

We had a hard time figuring out what we could do to top our Win a Mac! promotion, but quite frankly, business is good, so why not give away something spooktacular.. er, spectacular?

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Thanks for your continued support of Best of the Web. We appreciate your business.

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