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We’re having another event to get Minnesota all stoked about search! We are taking over St Paul this time, which is not as difficult a task as it may seem…

Search Party II: MnSEM Takes Over St. Paul

You can register for the MnSEM event here

Thanks to our great sponsors, Three Deep Marketing, we will have snacks and drinks as we talk search and discuss trends for 2011.

Brrr. Nothing better than 17″ of snow and hot survey about search marketers!

I get a little sappy when I think about the search community in Minnesota and how our new professional group, MnSEM, can bring people together to collaborate and expand in the industry. We created a survey to get some info about the people here, what they want, and how we can design our group to serve them.

We plan to publish the results. We think it provide great insights into this mysterious group of SEMers…stay tuned.

http://j.mp/MnSEM-Survey

Our MnSEM launch event “Search Party” was a great success! FRWD Co., our sponsors, hosted over 50 search marketers from around the Twin Cities.

What do SEMers want? That’s the big question. The responses we received centered around idea sharing, conversation based collaboration, and hands-on learning.

Our next steps are to digest this information and get back to the larger group.

More on the event:

• The official MnSEM photostream: MnSEM photos
• The MnSEM press release
• Paul Jahn posted some great photos as well: Paul Jahn, localmn
• Aaron Weiche at Five Technology posted a great recap on their blog: Minnesota Search Marketers Unite: MNsem’s First Event

We’re currently gathering members at our group on Linkedin to connect search engine marketing folks in Minnesota: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3563768. We’re also on Twitter- hey! @MnSEM

Me and Izabela

One last shout-out to FRWD co who sponsored the event and Izabela Galecka who gave us guidance and contributed to the ideation for the event.

This is very exciting for me and other search marketers in the Twin Cities! Join the Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association at our first official event the “Search Party: MnSEM Launch”. Get to know MnSEM and our members with an evening of networking, drinks, and of course talking search!

Register here today!: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1014413137

We’re looking for feedback on what the search community would like for meet-ups in the Twin Cities. We’re currently gathering members at our group on Linkedin to connect search engine marketing folks: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3563768. We’re also on Twitter- hey! @MnSEM

Who Should Attend MnSEM: All current MnSEM members, marketing professionals who have a passion for Search (all search disciplines), and those who are interested in joining the Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association.

Sponsor: Leading brand and media consultancy, FRWD is proud to host and sponsor the launch of MNSEM (Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association). They can be found at: frwdco.com

When: Thursday, November 18, 2010 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM (CT)

Where: Headquarters of FRWD Co., in the Ford Building near Target Field in Minneapolis

FRWD Co.
420 5th Street N #1186
Minneapolis, MN 55401

About Us: MnSEM is start-up professional organization for search engine marketers in Minnesota, aligning industry professionals to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing  across search disciplines. Organizers of MnSEM, include; Lisa Raehsler, SEM strategy consultant, with over 12 years of experience in online marketing specializing in pay-per-click (PPC); James Svoboda, Partner and Director of Search at the Webranking.com with a 11-year background in search engine marketing consulting; and Clint Danks, Owner of ThinkSEM Consulting, LLC, who offers PPC, landing page development, and web analytics. In all, these industry leaders bring a combined 30 years of search engine marketing experience to MnSEM.

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Lisa Raehsler (@lisarocksSEM) November 16, 2010