October is high season for social media events! Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events scheduled for the month of October.
For the full year, see our Calendar of 2010 social media, tech and marketing conferences. We’ve also published a roundup of nonprofit and social change conferences and events for October on our sister site, Socialbrite.
Hope to see you at some of these! For instance, I’ll be speaking at BlogWorld Expo on Oct. 16. If you know of other must-attend events, please share by posting the info in the comments at the bottom.
| Conference | Date | Place |
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| October | ||
| SMX East | Oct. 4-6 | New York City |
| SMX East features three days of sessions, keynotes and access to the leading vendors in search marketing. Sessions will cover a wide range of search engine marketing topics: SEO, paid search advertising, analytics, local, mobile and more. | ||
| Inbound Marketing Summit – Boston | Oct. 6-7 | Boston |
| Chris Brogan presents the third in a series of social influence marketing conferences for 2010. | ||
| Online Community Summit | Oct. 7-8 | Sonoma, Calif. |
| The Online Community Summit is where thought leaders in online collaboration gather to discuss best ideas for the future. | ||
| BlogWorld & New Media Expo | Oct. 14-16 | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| The first day of the show is the Social Media Business Summit. The final two days will be the trade show and rich selection of conference sessions. |  |
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| Pivot Conference | Oct. 17-19 | New York City |
| Pivot Conference is a marketing conference where ad agencies and brand marketers will gather to understand the style, attitudes, technologies and preferences of the “always on” consumer and the social marketing strategies that grab the attention of this powerful demographic. |  |
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| Digital Hollywood Fall | Oct. 18-21 | Santa Monica |
| Digital Hollywood remains one of the nation’s premier entertainment and technology conferences. | ||
| SocialBizWorld | Oct. 22-23 | Petaluma, Calif. |
| SocialBizWorld is a two-day social media and Web 2.0 business conference for private and public-sector business executives, leaders, managers, employees and consultants looking for insightful speakers, hands-on workshops, in-depth discussions and real-world examples to move their business forward with new media. |  |
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| Pop!Tech | Oct. 20-23 | Camden, Maine |
| Pop!Tech is a network of remarkable people, extraordinary sessions, powerful ideas and innovative projects that are changing the world. I attended one year — it’s a great gathering. | ||
| Online News Association | Oct. 28-30 | Washington, D.C. |
| The 10th annual gathering of new media movers and shakers, journalists and online news managers. | ||
JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
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