Prior to joining Google, Ben worked at an e-commerce startup Inflection and at the financial services firm Duff & Phelps. Ben holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at the University of Michigan.

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Local Search SMB Panel

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Saffie oversees BubbleLife.com, managing content and advertising for 250 daily newsletters and news websites. With more than 10 years experience in hyperlocal community news, and 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, Saffie has helped hundreds of local businesses leverage local news, content and digital marketing to create strong mindshare and hyperlocal visibility.

Saffie has served as the Financial Director of both iThink, Inc. and Webcode.com and played an instrumental role in the sale of these companies to Volaris Communications. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.

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Local Search SMB Panel

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His websites and marketing work have made it on to Wired, CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, Curse.com, Search Engine Journal, Moz.com and Forbes. Joe currently runs Joe Youngblood Consulting, a boutique SEO consulting agency, and Winner Winner Chicken Dinner a digital campaign agency, and is co-founder of Digital by Dallas. He previously served on the board of directors for DFWSEM and as Vice President of State of Search.

When he’s not helping clients reach top rankings in Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Duck Duck Go, Naver, and Yahoo! Japan with customized SEO campaigns or designing holistic digital marketing campaigns to increase ROI; he blogs on his website at JoeYoungblood.com, speaks to college classes and at national conferences on various marketing and PR topics, conducts his own primary research, offers free ideas for new businesses and works to help fellow entrepreneurs improve their businesses by leaving tips and answering questions on sites like Reddit, Wiselike and Twitter.

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Local Search SMB Panel

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She has been actively involved in digital marketing with an emphasis on local SEO since 2001. Referred to as the Queen of Local SEO by industry peers, Bernadette is always thinking about how businesses, small and large, can leverage content marketing, search engine optimization and social media to dominate local search.

In her spare time, she and her husband, Tom, work as advocates for brain injury awareness through their co-founded nonprofit, TryMunity.

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Local Search SMB Panel

The morning Local Search Panel focuses on SMBs. Panelists will explore local search ranking factors, the importance of location data and how both impact the visibility of businesses in desktop and mobile search results.

You can bet the topic of Micro-Moments will come up, along with how consumers are using their smart devices to find what they want, when they want it, while on the go. Digital assistants likes Google Now, Siri, Cortana and Alexa will also be part of this important conversation.

Meet the panelists – Saffie Farris, Ben Kilimer and Joe Youngblood.

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Local Search Brand Panel

The afternoon Local Search Panel focuses on brands and multi-location businesses and the unique challenges they face, stemming from targeting more than one area. Panelists will share real world examples they’ve implemented, in specific geographic areas, to expand the digital footprint of client businesses. Location data, mobile and Micro-Moments are important factors for brands; the advanced methods needed to approach these factors will also be part of the discussion.

SMBs this panel is definitely for you, too! We’re sure you want to extend the reach of your business at some point. The strategies and methods presented for the larger businesses and brands can apply to you, too. Come learn how to expand the influence of your brand for multiple locations in local search!

Meet the panelists – Greg Gifford, Rachel Morgan and Karen Platt Bearman.

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