Benchmark 2017

All of the action from our Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2017.

Making the best even better

Benchmark Search and Digital Marketing Conference returned for its third year packed with even more innovative and illuminating insights from a superb line-up of Europe’s finest search marketing personalities sharing practical, expert advice on raising the bar for your brand’s online visibility.

The event, sponsored by Manchester Metropolitan University, 360 International Advertising, DeepCrawl, Digital Agency Network, Juice and Majestic was the largest to date and included esteemed guests from some of the world’s most recognisable brands, including Coca-Cola, Tesco, Autotrader, Man United, MoneySuperMarket and JD Williams.

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.

Benchmark 2017 photographs

Check out a Flickr folder of curated images from Benchmark Search and Digital Marketing Conference 2017.

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

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.

Microsoft presenting at Benchmark Conference

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.

Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2022

Our first event following the COVID pandemic, Benchmark 2022 will take place at Manchester Science & Industry Museum, where more than 200 search and digital marketing professionals will learn from the best and brightest in the industry while forming personal and professional relationships that last.

Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2019

2019 was Benchmark’s fifth birthday, and we outdid ourselves again – with the best line-up of speakers delivering outstanding talks that helped prepare a record number of attendees for the future (near and far) of search and digital marketing.

Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2018

300 attendees, 20 speakers and a whole heap of ideas and inspiration at Manchester’s Hilton Deansgate Hotel for our biggest Benchmark yet. The North’s leading search event once again offered an inspiring and engaging day for all attendees, with some of the world’s leading experts discussed the latest trends, strategies and techniques.

Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2016

The Benchmark Search Conference returned in 2016 for its second year delivering actionable insights from the leading lights of the search marketing industry. With well over 300 delegates from across Europe, the conference featured speakers from Microsoft, Google and a host of other high profile industry speakers.

Benchmark Search & Digital Marketing Conference 2015

Our inaugural conference, 2015 featured world-class, inspirational keynote speakers, plenary sessions and engaging panels featuring search visionaries from some of the most recognisable brands in the world of search.

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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

Find out more

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