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I’ve been on the road quite a bit recently with business trips and conferences all over the place. I know that we’re due another LondonSEO though, and a new gap has opened up in my diary that coincides with fellow LondonSEO organiser, Jay “Str0ud” Young, Ruby-mad Tony “notsleepy” Spencer and Julie “SEO-Chick” Joyce, being over in the UK.

As everyone seemed to enjoy the Cittie of Yorke last year, we’re planning to hold an event in their basement dungeon once again. The date for your diaries is Thursday 10th April, starting from 6pm until late.

We’re happy to welcome back Propel Recruitment as our sponsor, who some of you may remember from our September 2006 event which they also sponsored. They’ve put a big chunk of cash behind the bar for us to super-size our beer bellies with. If you’re thinking of a change in career or in need of some new minions, Propel is the best in London for online marketing recruitment. So that I don’t get beaten up, thanks to Lisa for finding the sponsor.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday 10th April 2008 from 6pm onwards.
Venue: Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BN [Google Maps] [Streetmap].
Nearest Station: Chancery Lane (Central Line).

FaceBook Group: LondonSEO - April 2008

(images courtesy of Streetmap and Beer In The Evening)

That’s right, SEO Chick Lisa has highjacked LondonSEO, and I’m organising the party for the last day of SES London. This is going to be ONE awesome party. Still can’t believe they are trusting me to organise this, mowhahahaha…

We got two fantastic sponsors for the party, RedFly Marketing and Altogether Digital.

Myself and Evilgreendonkey were out scouting for a venue last week and have decided on the Camden Head in Islington, it is located just 2 min walk from the Business Design Centre where SES is being held. The pub was used for a previous LondonSEO party 2 years ago for anyone that remembers that far back =) Wayyyy before my time, I was wearing SEO nappies back then!

So put this in your diaries:

Date: Thursday 21st Feb 2008

Time: 17:00 - until late

Venue: Camden Head, Islington

Nearest station: Angel

I have also opened a Facebook Group for the party, please feel free to join.

Oh and I would appreciate RSVPs either through comments or the Facebook group, now lets show the Americans and Europeans how the LondonSEO crowd party =)

For the regulars, will be nice to see you all again, for those of you that haven’t been to a LondonSEO party before, you won’t regret it =)

After an in-depth analysis of pubs in the area; Jay, Julie, Steve and I unanimously agreed on the perfect after-show party venue for the first ever Search Marketing Expo in London.

Chris Sherman has been organising a fantastic line-up of speakers and topics for the inaugural event, including 2 SEO Blokes and an SEO Chick taking the podium. Make sure that you get your conference passes now, before they’re sold out! LondonSEO Members get a 10% discount by using the coupon code “LONDONSEO” during registration.

So where is the venue of this auspicious event? We’ve selected The Harcourt Arms, less than 5 minutes walk from the conference location. The fact that the pub is Swedish themed is in no way me trying to get back at Lisa :cough:

So you have no excuses for not attending, here’s everything you need…

Date: Friday 16th November 2007 from 6pm onwards.

Venue: The Harcourt Arms, 32 Harcourt Street, London, W1H 4HX [Ask.com Map] [Streetmap].

Nearest Stations: Marylebone (Bakerloo), Edgware Road (District, Circle, H&C, Bakerloo) and Baker Street (Jubilee, Bakerloo, Metropolitan, Circle and H&C) [Tube Map].

We’ve got a private room booked upstairs with a private bar, plus we can spill out into the rest of the bar if needs be. For those of you who enjoy inhaling poisonous gasses, a rainy beer garden is available for you to kill yourself in (Yanks - we’ve banned smoking in enclosed public spaces now).

We will be announcing an event sponsor shortly for the beer buying, ensuring that your business networking time is suitably lubricated.

Sorry people, but the party for tonight is cancelled

A4U has announced their own party tonight which is in the same venue we were planning to use, so we couldn’t hold ours. I think you need a conference pass to get into the A4U one.

We could maybe meet up somewhere else tonight? I’ve got one hell of a hangover right now though, so not feeling top notch.

Two of our very own LondonSEO regulars are planning to tie the knot!!

Rob (evilgreenmonkey) and Lisa Ditlefsen (SEO-Chicks.com) have decided to take the plunge at this December’s WmW PubCon in Las Vegas.

The only potential hold up could be: that for it to go ahead, Rob needs to be ranking top ten on Google for ‘weddings’ by then.

So they thought that this little clause would save them, but alas no, I have taken it on myself to spam the SEOsphere getting people to link to Rob’s site with the anchor text of weddings.

So, to qualify for free drinks at the next LondonSEO party (SES@A4U - 25th October) you need to drop the link and help spread the word: digg it & sphinn it