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Since attending, blogging and speaking at industry conferences is a big part of my own search marketing agency’s marketing, I get to attend a good number of events in a variety of cities. One of the nice things about having events in the same city is that you get to know the city better each time. For example, you can never go to New York City too many times (as far as I’m concerned).

We’ve been running polls the past month and I thought I’d share the results. Below are the past 4 polls we’ve run along with the number of respondents and the top 5 responses for each.

What do you like most about your search marketing job? (67)

• You are truly appreciated for your expertise and contributions (21%)
• The client projects are fun, interesting, challenging (19%)
• Flexible hours, work from home or office (18%)
• It���s all about the money (10%)
• Fun atmosphere/environment at work (10%)

There are an increasing number of conferences that are available for those wishing to expand their knowledge of search marketing, web 2.0, online advertising and interactive marketing. Conferences are not only great for gaining knowledge, but especially for networking, recruiting, business development and lead generation.

With so many conferences available, how can you choose the right one? There are a number of considerations ranging from topics to location to cost and even venue. Referrals and word of mouth recommendations are a great source of information as well. To stimulate some conversation on the best conferences to attend and the different reasons why, please vote below for your favorite conference and we’d love to hear why in the comments.