Digital Marketing Conference Lands its First Presenting Sponsor in Ten Years

Portland's premier social media and search engine marketing conference, SearchFest, is proud to announce Yext, as its first ever presenting sponsor for the tenth annual conference held on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the Sentinel Hotel. As the global leader of digital location management software, Yext raises the bar even higher for this year's SearchFest.

The full-day conference offers insight from a lineup of captivating presenters that will delve into the industry's hottest topics, such as social media advertising, content strategy, paid search and optimizing for mobile devices. SearchFest is hosted by SEMpdx (Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland), a Portland-based nonprofit dedicated to nurturing the development of the digital marketing industry in the greater northwest.

"We sponsor search-related events all over the world, but Portland has proven to be an important and growing market for us," said Christian Ward, Executive Vice President of Partnerships for Yext. "SEMpdx always brings top content and attendees, therefore we haven't hesitated to increase our presence at SearchFest each year."

Yext enables over 500,000 businesses to take control of their digital presence on a local level using online maps, directories, apps, search engines and social media partners. Located in the heart of New York City with more than 400 employees, Yext's mission is to equip the world's 50 million businesses with the power of location in order to boost customer engagement and increase sales. Yext has been recognized as one of America's fastest growing companies by the Inc. 500, one of Forbes Most Promising Companies and one of Fortune's Best Places to Work.

"We are grateful to our presenting sponsor, Yext, because they make it possible to offer SearchFest attendees the topnotch content they have come to expect," said Darin Fenn, SEMpdx Sponsorship Chair and owner of Upsource. "The exponential growth of this conference and its continued success is in part thanks to our sponsors."

SearchFest, presented by Yext, is Portland's premier digital marketing conference slated for Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the Sentinel Hotel. Organized by the nonprofit group, SEMpdx, SearchFest is one of the only marketing conferences to offer American Sign Language interpreters. Ten percent of event proceeds will go to the Brody Borlaug Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to bringing pediatric immunology to Doernbecher Children's Hospital. 

Presented by Yext, SearchFest's proud 2016 sponsors also include:

STAT Search Analytics, Moz, Constant Contact, Searchmetrics and more.

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