Conference Agenda

Conversion Conference West • San Francisco, CA • March 5-6, 2012

Day 1 – March 5, 2012

Expo Hall Open 10:00 am - 7:30 pm


8:30-9:00 am

Welcome Remarks • Golden Gate C1-C2

Tim Ash, Conference Chair & CEO, SiteTuners.com

9:00-9:45 am

Keynote Presentation • Golden Gate C1-C2 : "The One-Click Culture: Simplicity Changes Behavior"

BJ Fogg, PhD
Psychologist, Innovator and Director, Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab

10:00-10:15 am

Morning Break

Track Sponsor Conference Hound

Sponsorship Available!

Track 1

Golden Gate C1

Track 2

Golden Gate C2

Track 3

Golden Gate C3

10:15-11:00 am

Designing from Inside the User's Head

Sandra Niehaus & Sara Sturtevant Closed Loop Marketing

Who Likes Guacamole? The Story of a Facebook Page That Drives Retail Volume

Brandon Bethea & Marian Leonard, Sq1
Tracey Altman, Fresherized Foods

The Essential MVT Roadmap: Test Planning Secrets to Ensure Success

Eric Hansen, SiteSpect

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

11:15 am -
12:00 pm

Biggest Flops from 100K Usability Tests

Darrell Benatar, UserTesting.com

Easy Ways to Use Video to Improve Your Conversion Results

Christine Brown, Marketing Resources & Results
John Cecil, Innovate Media

Persona-Driven Conversions - Walk A Mile In Your Visitors' Shoes

Brian Lewis, SiteTuners

12:00-1:15 pm

Lunch with the Speakers • Outside the Exhibit Hall

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

1:15-2:00 pm

The Science of Shopping Cart Abandonment

Charles Nicholls, SeeWhy

B2B: It's Just like B2C, Only for Businesses

Kevin Lindsay, Adobe & James Niehaus, Symantec

Optimize your Optimization Program

Bill Bruno, Stratigent

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

2:15-3:00 pm

Rapid Fire: Lessons Learned from 30,000 Conversion Tests

Dan Siroker, Optimizely

What Have E-tailers Learned from Retailers? Absolutely Nothing!

John Ekman, Conversionista!

Going Global: Cultural Drivers to Conversion

Joe Doveton, GlobalMaxer

3:00-3:30 pm

Afternoon Break • Exhibit Hall

3:30-4:30 pm

Afternoon at the Improv: Live Website & Landing Page Reviews • Golden Gate C1-C2

Tim Ash, SiteTuners, Sandra Niehaus, Closed Loop Marketing, and Chris Goward, WiderFunnel

4:45-5:45 pm

Keynote Presentation • Golden Gate C1-C2: "Mobile & UX: Inside the Eye of the Perfect Storm"

Jared Spool
CEO & Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering
Author, "Web Usability: A Designer's Guide" & co-author, "Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks
that Work"

5:45-7:30 pm

Networking Reception & Hosted Cocktails • Exhibit Hall



Day 2 – March 6, 2012

Expo Hall Open 9:45 am - 4:30 pm


8:30-9:00 am

Welcome Remarks • Golden Gate C1-C2

Tim Ash, Conference Chair & CEO, SiteTuners.com

9:00-9:45 am

Keynote Presentation • Golden Gate C1-C2: "The Single Best Thing You Can Do to Improve Your Website" 

Steve Krug, Web Usability Consultant
Author, "Don't Make Me Think" & "Rocket Surgery Made Easy"

10:00-10:15 am

Morning Break

Track Sponsor Conference Hound

Sponsorship Available!

Track 1

Golden Gate C1

Track 2

Golden Gate C2

Track 3

Golden Gate C3

10:15-11:00 am

Merging SEO & Usability to Drive Conversion

Tim Elam, Birthday Direct, Inc.

Many Happy Returns: Remarketing Strategies for Everyone

Linda Bustos, Elastic Path Software

What's Inside: How Use Case Analytics Taught Intel About its Customers

Allison Hartsoe, Semphonic & Denise Modar, Intel

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

11:15 am -
12:00 pm

End to End PPC Conversion Optimization - From User Intent through Leaky Funny Forensics

William Leake, Apogee Search & Robert Brady, Trafficado

How California Closets Boosted Revenues with Segmentation, Analytics and Human Behavior

Jeff Eckman, Big Giant Conversions & Representative from California Closets

B2B Personalization: Increasing Online Conversions with Highly Customized Content

Jason Stewart & Greg Ott, DemandBase, Chris Harmon, The BAT Studio

12:00-1:15 pm

Lunch with the Speakers • Exhibit Hall

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

1:15-2:00 pm

Creating Killer Conversion Copy - Email, Landing Pages, PPC Ads and More

Brian Massey, Conversion Sciences

10 Innovative Social Media Conversion Case Studies

Jay Berkowitz, CEO, Ten Golden Rules

Case Study Overload: The How, What and Why of Conversion Testing

Chris Goward, WiderFunnel Marketing Optimization

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

2:15-3:00 pm

9 Powerful, Low Cost Content Ideas to Grow Your Business in 6 Months or Less

Arnie Kuenn, Vertical Measures

Getting Smart About Conversion on Mobile Devices

Seth Berman, BabyCenter

Optimization Double Feature: The Interplay Between SEO and CRO

Prashant Puri, AdLift.com

3:00-3:30 pm

Afternoon Break • Exhibit Hall

3:30-4:14 pm

Your 2012 Must-Do List • Golden Gate C1-C2 

Expert Panel Moderated by Tim Ash

4:30-5:15 pm

Keynote Presentation • Golden Gate C1-C2: "Brainfluence: Practical Tips for Selling to the Subconscious" 

Roger Dooley
Author, "Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade & Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing"

5:15-5:30 pm

Closing Wrap-Up • Golden Gate C1-C2

Tim Ash, Conference Chair & CEO, SiteTuners


Day 3 – March 7, 2012 (Optional)

Separate Registration Required


9:00 am-1:00 pm Landing Page Optimization BookHalf-Day Workshop
Landing Page Optimization Intensive
Tim Ash, Conference Chair & CEO, SiteTuners
 

Free Webinar with Tim Ash

 

 

  • Media Partners:

  • Search Marketing Standard
  • Practical Ecommerce
  • Visibility
  • Web Marketing Today
  • Partnered Events:

  • Online Marketing Summit
  • DemandCon
Presented by:
Rising Media
SiteTuners Conversion Rate Optimization