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Making the best even better

Benchmark Search Conference returned for its fourth year at Manchester’s Hilton Deansgate Hotel on 5th September 2018. The North’s leading search marketing event once again offered an inspiring and engaging day for all attendees, where some of the world’s leading search marketing experts discussed the latest trends, strategies and techniques to advance your brand’s online presence.

As you can see from the testimonials below, our guests went away with inspiration to become better marketers and how to apply what they’d learnt to their own strategies.

Our conference recap

Benchmark Search and Digital Marketing Conference provides search marketing professionals with a platform to amplify their knowledge and understanding across a range of search marketing disciplines, including organic search (SEO), paid search (PPC), social media and content marketing. Delivered by renowned industry experts and thought leaders, each year the day is filled with cutting-edge insights, shared best practices and the very latest in search marketing innovation. Designed to attract the very best in digital marketing, the event’s content is tailored to the requirements of senior level digital marketing professionals looking to take their search marketing performance to the next level. If you missed out on the event, or would just like to catch up on a presentation you particularly enjoyed from the day, each can be viewed below…

Conference summary

A collection of key takeaways, and a comprehensive review of each individual talk from the day.

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Benchmark 2018 photographs

Check out a Flickr folder of curated images from Benchmark Search and Digital Marketing Conference 2018.

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Great event again, getting better and better each year #benchmarkconf2018 @ClickConsultLtd thanks for having me!
James Rowland Director of Digital Performance, London Stock Exchange Group

Great to be back at #benchmarkconf2019 for the second year running! Looking forward to hearing all the latest tips and tricks to succeed in the industry I love
Rae Coppola SEO Manager - SharkNinja

Thanks Stacey Harper for giving a quick insightful session regarding migration to GA
Delegate Freelance SEO Consultant

Our marketing team attended Benchmark the other week and we all came away with some interesting insights!
Delegate Gumpo

Great selection of speakers, central venue, inclusive refreshments, mainly focused on search (which is great) – it’s one of the best events of the year.

Delegate

Excellent conference, well done all.

Delegate

Great speakers from lots of different backgrounds – great networking opportunity
Delegate

Exceptional talk from John Warner. Could not agree more about Google’s emphasis on quality and where it’s going
Natalie Slater Freelance SEO Consultant

Brilliant talk by Giulia Panozzo about causal impact and understanding the impact of SEO changes
Petra Kis-Herczegh Yext

Our other conferences

Whether you’re looking to learn from some of the fantastic speakers we’ve had at previous events, checking to revisit a talk you have particularly enjoyed whilst attending a conference yourself, or deciding whether to attend, our conference resources are full of useful content and every talk from previous years. If you’d like to join a host of high profile brands that have sponsored the event, however, then check out what we had on offer last year for an indication of what will be available this year.

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About the Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference

Find out more about the conference as a whole - what drives it, what it covers and what it can do for you. We love being involved in the search community and can't wait to see you at one of our events in the future.

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Sponsorship opportunities

Due to our highly targeted delegate profile, Benchmark is the perfect conference for exhibitors from the search and digital marketing sector. As such, we fill our exhibition space quite quickly and highly recommend potential sponsors to confirm their interest as soon as possible.

Some of the benefits include:

  • An opportunity to promote your product or service to a highly targeted delegate audience
  • Benchmark attracts a senior level audience, enabling conversations to take place with key decision makers from some of the world’s leading brand
  • Quality networking opportunities with delegates
  • Continued brand exposure through Benchmark’s ongoing marketing & communications
  • Access to highly influential speakers and event partners
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