It’s not possible for anybody to record all one of the best digital advertising conferences as no person’s been to all of them. However as our group has been to fairly a number of, we thought we’d maintain issues easy and share those we cherished.
Right here they’re, beginning with these with confirmed dates for 2025.
Subsequent occasion: April 10-11, 2025Location: Brighton, UKPrices: £275 (+VAT)
BrightonSEO is a search advertising convention held twice a 12 months (April and October) within the coastal resort of Brighton, UK. It’s most likely the biggest and most well-known website positioning convention there may be, with 1000’s of entrepreneurs attending each 12 months.
I’ve attended 5 or 6 occasions now (no less than) and have even spoken a few occasions.
Right here’s me presenting Ahrefs use circumstances in 2024:
And right here’s me on the principle stage explaining how most individuals see website positioning:
It’s a brilliant energetic convention with a terrific environment, tons of free swag, and networking alternatives galore.
We’re additionally common sponsors of the convention, so it’s a terrific one to go to for those who’re wanting to fulfill the group and seize an notorious Ahrefs “tshirt,” website positioning for inexperienced persons guide, and even our youngsters’s guide:
Sidenote.
In case you can’t afford the ticket value however would nonetheless like to attend, strive coming into a free ticket poll. These happen periodically and apparently, round 20% of the individuals who be part of the poll get a free ticket so your odds are fairly good.
Subsequent occasion: September 3-5, 2025Location: San Francisco, California, USPrice: $899.25
Inbound is a three-day digital advertising convention by Hubspot that’s “devoted to the newest traits and techniques in advertising, gross sales, and AI.” It’s an enormous convention with 11K attendees and over 200 audio system over three days.
Right here’s a fast recap of the 2024 occasion:
My colleague Ryan (Legislation) attended a number of years in the past. You possibly can see the dimensions of it right here in one among his arty snaps:
The convention additionally tends to draw some fairly high-profile audio system. Dharmesh Shah (Hubspot), Eric Siu (Single Grain), Linda Tong (Webflow), Neil Patel, Shannon Duffy (Asana), and even Ryan Reynolds (sure, the Ryan Reynolds) have spoken within the previous.
If you wish to get a fast really feel for the occasion, take a look at their YouTube channel the place you may view a number of the talks for free.
Subsequent occasion: September 11, 2025Location: Amsterdam, NetherlandsPrices: 349 Euros +
Digital Olympus is a convention geared toward serving to attendees enhance their natural search site visitors. It began as a small occasion of round 150 attendees in Wroclaw Poland in 2019, which I used to be fortunate sufficient not solely to attend but in addition converse at.
It was a terrific convention again then, purchase it appears to be like to have advanced into one thing even greater and higher judging by images from 2024s occasion:
On condition that tickets begin at a really cheap 349€ and 2025’s occasion guarantees extra insights from nice audio system like Kevin Indig, Aleyda Solis, and Crystal Carter, I’d say it’s effectively value attending for those who care about getting extra natural search site visitors.
Subsequent occasion: TBD (most likely November 2025)Location: TBD (prev. Singapore in 2024)Costs: ~$650 est.
Held on the beautiful Pan Pacific Orchard (not too long ago topped the world’s greatest new skyscraper), 2024 marked the inaugural Ahrefs Evolve convention in Singapore, welcoming over 500 attendees from 50+ nations.
On the roster have been loads of huge names in website positioning and advertising, together with Cyrus Shepard (Zyppy website positioning), Aleyda Solis (Orainti), Bernard Huang (Clearscope), Nik Ranger (Dejan Advertising), and Jason Hennessey Hennessey Digital)… and their slides by no means appeared higher than on our mammoth display screen:
We additionally held pre-event workshops by trade specialists and Ahrefs specialists.
The jury’s out on the place Evolve will probably be held in 2025, however the US and UK are critical contenders. (Need updates? Subscribe right here).
Subsequent occasion: 2025 (date TBA)Location: Nottingham, UKPrice: ~£75 est.
I stay in Nottingham and was fortunate sufficient to get invited to talk at this occasion in 2023:
My discuss was about website positioning (as that’s what I do know greatest), however the occasion covers every little thing from website positioning to PPC to content material advertising and social media. It’s additionally surprisingly giant with over 600 attendees, 4 tracks, and 20-minute clinics the place you will get one-to-one recommendation from an knowledgeable.
Possibly it’s as a result of it’s up t’north(?), however this convention has a brilliant relaxed and pleasant vibe. There have been some nice meals vans on the one I attended (Nottingham has an underrated meals scene IMO), and the oldsters from Hallam have been tremendous pleasant.
Even higher, it’s a not-for-profit occasion with all the proceeds going on to native charity, Rainbows Hospice. In 2024, the convention raised over £15K.
Subsequent occasion: 2025 (TBD, however possible October)Location: Las Vegas, United StatesPrices: TBD
Based in 2001, Pubcon began as a casual gathering of SEOs in a London pub (for this reason it’s known as PubCon). Today it’s one thing a lot greater but nonetheless fairly low-key in comparison with the likes of BrightonSEO, with 300-400 attendees attending the final convention in October 2024.
Over time there have been a whole lot of audio system together with our very personal Patrick Stox. Final 12 months’s occasion was dominated by AI talks, masking issues like:
Leveraging AI for content material creationOptimizing for AI-powered searchUnderstanding AI’s function in rating
Las Vegas appears to be the preferred location for the convention having been held there over a dozen occasions. That stated, there have additionally been PubCons in Florida, Boston, Austin, and even London.
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