Traffic Think Tank
2020
Traffic Think Tank Live 2020
Join us for a one-day, single-track event that brings together a collection of the world’s leading marketing experts. Traffic Think Tank LIVE 2020 will focus on delivering tactical sessions on SEO, content marketing, conversion optimization, and automation.
Inspirational & Informative talks
The event will break away from the traditional “sit and listen” format, introducing a smaller, more intimate setting that facilitates greater networking, the ability to chat directly with speakers (and other attendees), and to have your specific challenges addressed within the roundtable sessions.
Meet the speakers
We've pulled together some of the leading experts in the industry, some of which rarely share their secrets on stage, to bring you insights that go above and beyond what you can simply find out online. Similar to last year's event - and unlike most other events, you'll be able to actually spend 1:1 time with each of the speakers as they'll be around all day, making this an opportunity you simply can't miss.
Hamlet Batista
CEO @ RankSense
Hamlet Batista
Hamlet Batista is CEO and founder of RankSense, an agile SEO platform for online retailers and manufacturers. He holds US patents on innovative SEO technologies, started doing SEO as a successful affiliate marketer back in 2002, and believes great SEO results should not take 6 months.
Jackie Chu
SEO Lead @ Dropbox
Jackie Chu
Jackie is based in San Francisco, CA and currently the SEO Lead at Dropbox. Prior to Dropbox, she was USCA SEO Lead at Uber driving SEO, SEO analytics and product for the rides business. Previous to that she drove SEO strategy for the key revenue drivers, ASO and Google Analytics at Square. In a previous life, she made a living off Youtube and affiliate marketing selling things you probably didn’t need.
Kevin Indig
VP of SEO & Creative @ G2
Kevin Indig
Kevin Indig runs organic user acquisition as VP SEO & CONTENT @ G2 and mentors startups in Growth @ GermanAccelerator. Previously, he ran SEO @ Atlassian and Dailymotion. His specialty is technical SEO, Content, and organic user acquisition. Companies Kevin worked with include eBay, Eventbrite, Bosch, Samsung, Pinterest, Columbia, UBS, and many others.
Kristin Tynski
Cofounder & SVP of Creative @ Fractl
Kristin Tynski
Kristin Tynski is one of the founders of Fractl, a leading Content Marketing and PR agency. She is a seasoned content marketer whose focus over the last 13 years has been on staying at the forefront of pressworthy content creation and promotion online. While the methods have changed as new channels have emerged, the base principles remain the same. Create something that provides value, activates emotions, and demonstrates a brand's unique selling proposition in an organic way, and it is possible to see the unmatched power of content-based inbound marketing.
Jon Cooper
Founder @ Hyperlynx Media
Jon Cooper
Jon Cooper is the founder of Hyperlynx Media, a link building agency based in Orlando, FL. Jon has been building links for a decade and has been a featured speaker at SMX, State of Search, SEMpdx and a handful of other search marketing conferences.
Lily Ray
Director of SEO @ Path Interactive
Lily Ray
Lily Ray is the SEO Director at Path Interactive, where she provides strategic leadership for the agency’s SEO client programs. Born into a family of software engineers, web developers and technical writers, Lily brings a strong technical background, performance-driven habits and forward-thinking creativity to all programs she oversees. Lily began her SEO career in 2010 in a fast-paced start-up environment and moved quickly into the agency world, where she helped grow and establish an award-winning SEO department that delivered high impact work for a fast-growing list of notable clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Lily has worked across a variety of verticals with a focus on retail, e-commerce, b2b and CPG sites. In addition to overseeing SEO strategies across Path’s clients, Lily loves diving into algorithm updates, assessing quality issues and solving technical SEO mysteries. In 2017, Lily was nominated by Search Engine Land for Female Search Marketer of the Year, and she continues to contribute ideas and strategies to the SEO community through major digital marketing publications and speaking engagements.
Matthew Howells-Barby
Snr. Director, Marketing @ HubSpot & Cofounder @ Traffic Think Tank
Matthew Howells-Barby
Matthew has built his entire career on his ability to drive results. After years of leading digital campaigns at some of the most respected agencies in the UK, Matt was hired as HubSpot’s Global Head of SEO. Within six months, he’d grown organic traffic by more than 50%. Within two years, it’d skyrocketed over 200%. As HubSpot’s Director of Acquisition, he’s helped the company more than double sitewide conversions.
Matthew also advises on acquisition for startups and tech firms like BuildFire (0 to 1MM visitors in 9 months) AppInstitute (300% increase in organic traffic in 3 months), Deputy, and Lumanu. He’s been a keynote speaker on stages like MozCon, SearchLove, INBOUND, and GrowthHackers. And he’s just getting started.
Nick Eubanks
CEO @ From The Future & Cofounder @ Traffic Think Tank
Nick Eubanks
Nick founded his first company at age 19, and sold his first business at age 24. Now, he consults on SEO strategy to billion-dollar businesses as the Founder and Chief Strategist of I’m From the Future. Because free time is overrated, he wrote and sold a 47-post blog for $100K on a whim, and launched multiple infoproducts in niches he had less than no experience in that netted over $500k in revenue.
When it comes to technical SEO and information architecture, Nick’s the one guy you definitely want to have on your team—and now, you do.
Ian Howells
Cofounder @ Traffic Think Tank
Ian Howells
If you’ve never heard of Ian Howells, it’s because he’d probably prefer it that way. He’s more of a “shut up and rank sh*#!” guy.
Since ’99, he’s competed in and dominated in the fiercest niches and darkest corners of the web (think: poker, pills, and… you know.)
His agency work began in 2007, eventually landing him at Red Ventures where he managed a book of business worth millions per month. He then lead SEO at LendingTree, ranking for terms like “car loans” and “debt consolidation.”
He's now an independent SEO, monetizing his own sites and doing limited consulting.
Jamie Alberico
Technical SEO Consultant @ Not a Robot
Jamie Alberico
I'm not a robot but I speak bot. You might know me as the Technical SEO taking the stage at #SMXEast, #SMXL, and #Engage. Previously seen at #BrightonSEO, #SearchLove, #SMXMuenchen, #SearchCon, Google Webmaster's MythBuster series, and Experts On the Wire with Dan Shure.
I'm a marketing-dev hybrid deftly skilled at solving riddles and overcoming boundaries. I believe good data makes good decisions and that the best way to create a successful site is by meeting the users’ needs through a cross-device experience that makes them feel smart and empowered.
My experience in SEO and analytics allows me to identify precisely target areas of opportunity. My experience as a Product Owner gives me the ability to design and launch complex projects across teams.
David Sottimano
VP @ Keyphraseology
David Sottimano
David Sottimano has worked in the SEO industry for over ten years specializing in Technical SEO for SMB and Enterprise clients in 3 continents. A well-rounded marketer with experience from sales to development, he continues his work a specialist consultant for agencies, runs Opensourceseo.org, and VP at Keyphraseology. Notable, previous employers: Distilled London, DMG.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Welcome Party
To give you a chance to meet your fellow attendees and speakers ahead of time, we've organized a welcome party the evening before the event. What's even better, Pitchox has kindly sponsored the party, supplying you all with free food and drinks!
Saturday
Morning
Breakfast & Registration
08:00am
Founder's Welcome
09:00am
Kevin Indig: State of the SERPS - A journey through 100,000 keywords and 1,200 domains
09:10am
Jamie Alberico: SEO for JavaScript Frameworks: connecting the dots between your frameworks and CMS
09:40am
Hamlet Batista: Scaling Keyword Research to Find Content Gaps
10:10am
Morning Break
10:35am
David Sottimano: Mastering Chrome dev tools for SEO Professionals
11:05am
Panel Session
11:35am
Jon Cooper: Building an ROI-Based Link Building Machine
11:55am
Breakfast & Registration
Founder's Welcome
Kevin Indig: State of the SERPS - A journey through 100,000 keywords and 1,200 domains
Jamie Alberico: SEO for JavaScript Frameworks: connecting the dots between your frameworks and CMS
Hamlet Batista: Scaling Keyword Research to Find Content Gaps
Morning Break
David Sottimano: Mastering Chrome dev tools for SEO Professionals
Panel Session
Jon Cooper: Building an ROI-Based Link Building Machine
Afternoon
Lunch
12:25pm
Lily Ray: Why You Got Hit by a Google Core Update and How to Recover
1:25pm
Live Q&A with Matthew Howells-Barby, Nick Eubanks & Ian Howells
1:55pm
Roundtable Discussion Session
3:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm
Jackie Chu: Soft SEO - How to Win Friends and Influence Leadership
4:35pm
Lunch
Lily Ray: Why You Got Hit by a Google Core Update and How to Recover
Live Q&A with Matthew Howells-Barby, Nick Eubanks & Ian Howells
Roundtable Discussion Session
Afternoon Break
Jackie Chu: Soft SEO - How to Win Friends and Influence Leadership
Evening
Kristin Tynski: Using Open Data to Create Content that Educates, Builds Links, Earns Press, and Converts
5:05pm
Traffic Think Tank Awards
5:30pm
Closing Remarks
5:55pm
After Party
8:00pm
Kristin Tynski: Using Open Data to Create Content that Educates, Builds Links, Earns Press, and Converts
Traffic Think Tank Awards
Closing Remarks
After Party
Inspirational speakers
Hear from our world-class lineup of speakers as they share their tactics and process that they don't share anywhere else.
Full lunch and breakfast
You’ll be fed and watered to a high standard so no need to worry about finding a place to eat or running out of coffee!
Get to know each other
We make sure there are regular breaks so you can have a drink and a chat with your fellow attendees and speakers.
Welcome and after parties
Don't want it to stop at the end of the event? Well, it doesn't! We're putting on a full after-party that's all included in your ticket.
The sponsors
We’ve collaborated with a range of amazing sponsors over the years to make Traffic Think Tank Live happen. This year, we’re thrilled to be supported by these organisations:
Grab tickets
Your all-inclusive ticket gets you access to the full day of talks from our amazing lineup of speakers. There’ll also be regular breaks to meet with fellow attendees to share notes from the talks. There will be a catered breakfast and lunch provided as part of your ticket, as well as a welcome party and after-party.
There will be a hard cap of 350 attendees, with 100 tickets reserved for non-Traffic Think Tank members, to ensure that you have the opportunity to speak with the team, community, speakers, and to get your hands on some TTT swag.
Finally, all attendees will get access to the full recordings of the talk after the event so that you can look back on them again and again.