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Producing new search marketing events Spain, Portugal and several countries in the Americas; OME to create Spanish and Portuguese versions of Search Engine Land

Redding, CT USA and Madrid, Spain (PR Web) August 21, 2007 – Search Marketing Expo (SMX) events will be produced in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela as the result of an agreement between SMX parent Third Door Media, Inc. and Spain’s leading interactive marketing event producer, Eventos OME.

In addition, Eventos OME will launch Spanish and Portuguese versions of Third Door Media’s flagship editorial site, Search Engine Land.

“Our relationship with Eventos OME, producer of the largest interactive marketing events in Spain, enables us bring Search Marketing Expo to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world with an experienced and well-connected partner in Ibero-America,” said Third Door Media President Chris Elwell. “In addition, the OME search marketing programming team of Tomy Lorsch and Rafael Fernandez Tamames are well known for producing quality educational sessions.”

“We are thrilled to work along side Danny Sullivan and the Third Door Media team as the hosts of the SMX shows in Spain and Latin America,” said Content Director Lorsch and Operations Director Fernandez Tamames. “There is a strong need for professional conferences on search marketing and we are here to make it happen.”

“The search industry is driven mostly by American companies. That made Third Door Media our best possible partner,” said Brenda Ebenberger, Sales Director at Eventos OME. “Their experience and knowledge in gathering the search marketing community will enable us to provide the best content in each of the markets we serve,” Ebenberger added.

About Search Marketing Expo and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo is produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower interactive and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Other Search Marketing Expo events are:

SMX Local & Mobile – Denver, CO, October 1 & 2, 2007
SMX Social Media – New York City, October 16 & 17, 2007
SMX Stockholm – Stockholm, Sweden, October 31 & November 1, 2007
SMX Travel @ PhoCusWright – Orlando, FL November 12 & 13, 2007
SMX London – London, England, November 15 & 16, 2007
SMX West – Santa Clara, CA, February 26-28, 2008
SMX Sydney – Sydney, Australia, April 2008
SMX Advanced – Seattle, WA, June 3-5, 2008

Third Door Media also publishes the fast-growing search marketing news and analysis site Search Engine Land. Search Engine Land was recently named the top blog about search in Advertising Age’s Power 150 ranking of marketing and media blogs. In July 2007, the company launched in beta release Sphinn.com, a social networking site for interactive marketers. 

Third Door Media also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services.

About Eventos OME

Eventos OME is the organizer of the leading digital marketing event in Spain and has been producing the congress and expo “Online Marketing Espana” (OME) since 2005. OME is led by Sales Director Brenda Ebenberger, Business Development Director Andreas Jurgeleit, Content Director Tomy Lorsch and Operations Director Rafael Fernandez Tamames.

Contacts:
For Third Door Media
Claire Schoen
[email protected]
+01 (203) 664-1350

For Eventos OME
Brenda Ebenberger
[email protected]
+011 (34) 902 023 215