Time to Shine: MozCon 2022 Neighborhood Speaker Pitches Now Open

MozCon is heading again to Seattle this July, and we’re excited to announce the return of our annual name for up-and-coming group audio system!

Yearly, we take nice satisfaction in reserving house on our stage for brand spanking new voices. Are you the individual that everybody in your community appears to for digital advertising recommendation? Maybe you’ve been honing your voice on podcasts or blogs, all of the whereas dreaming of stepping onto the massive stage to share your modern concepts? Now’s your probability to submit your pitch for the chance to hitch business leaders on the MozCon stage in entrance of 1,500 of your friends. (No strain!)

Undecided what a group speaker is?

At MozCon, now we have a speaker choice committee that identifies practitioners on the prime of their skilled discipline with a imply talking sport. However these classes are by invite solely, and we all know the group is bursting on the seams with hidden gems able to share groundbreaking analysis, scorching suggestions, and website positioning checks that drive outcomes.

Cue our MozCon group speaker program! We reserve six 15-minute group talking slots all through our three-day convention. We encourage anybody within the website positioning group to submit their greatest and most enjoyable presentation concepts for MozCon. Not solely are these classes extremely well-received by our attendees, however they’re additionally a improbable method to get your foot within the door with regards to the website positioning talking circuit.

Fascinated by pitching your individual thought? Learn on for every little thing you must know:

Tips on how to submit

To submit a pitch, fill out the group speaker submission type beneath. Solely submit one discuss! We would like the one you’re most keen about.

Talks should be associated to on-line advertising and be a subject you’ll be able to cowl in quarter-hour. Submissions shut on Friday, February twenty fifth at 5pm PDT — no exceptions!

If chosen, you’ll be required to current your discuss July 11-13, 2022 at MozCon in Seattle, WA. Incomplete submissions is not going to be thought-about, and all selections are remaining. All audio system should adhere to the MozCon Code of Conduct and observe our Covid-19 well being protocols together with offering proof of full vaccination.

Submit my pitch!

In the event you submit a pitch, you’ll hear again from us no matter your acceptance standing, so please be affected person till you hear again — we’ll work onerous to make our selections as shortly as we will! Please be aware that as a result of quantity of submissions we sometimes obtain, we’re unable to offer particular suggestions on particular person purposes.

What do audio system obtain?

As a group speaker you’ll obtain:

• quarter-hour on the MozCon stage for a keynote-style presentation

• A free ticket to MozCon (we will difficulty a refund or switch in case you’ve already bought yours)

• The entire MozCon 2022 bundle of speaker movies

• Journey and lodging throughout MozCon

• Assist and suggestions as you construct your remaining presentation deck to ensure you ship the discuss of your life on our stage.

• And some extra surprises…

How we choose our audio system

We now have an inner committee of skilled Mozzers that overview each pitch. We analyze every subject to ensure there’s no overlap and to substantiate that it’s match for our viewers.

Subsequent, we take a look at everything of the pitch to assist us get a complete thought of what to anticipate out of your discuss on the MozCon stage and the way it may be acquired by the viewers. That is the place hyperlinks to earlier decks, content material, and movies of previous shows is useful (however isn’t required).

Right here’s the way to make your pitch stand out:

• Hold your pitch centered on digital advertising. website positioning subjects are nice however we additionally love subjects that go with or sit adjoining to website positioning. The extra actionable the pitch, the higher.

• Be centered and concise. What worth does your discuss present? We wish to hear the precise takeaways our viewers will likely be studying about and why it’s essential — not only a obscure reference to them. Keep in mind, we obtain a ton of pitches, so the extra clearly you’ll be able to clarify the tactical steps and studying goals for the viewers, the higher you’ll stand out.

• Do your analysis! Evaluate the subjects offered at previous MozCons, on the Moz Weblog and in our Whiteboard Friday movies for a way of what resonates with our viewers— we’re on the lookout for classes which might be new and that spherical out our agenda so as to add to the stage.

• Brush up on how to prepare for speaking.

• No pitches will likely be evaluated prematurely, so please don’t ask 🙂

• Utilizing social media to foyer your pitch gained’t assist. As an alternative, put your time and power into the precise pitch itself!

• Linking to a earlier instance of a slide deck or presentation isn’t required, however it does assist the committee.

Main as much as MozCon

In case your pitch is chosen, the MozCon group is right here to assist you alongside the best way. It’s our objective to ensure that is your greatest discuss up to now, whether or not it’s your first time below these vibrant stage lights otherwise you’re a seasoned speaker who feels completely at residence in entrance of a giant crowd. We’ll reply any questions you could have and work with you to ship a chat you’ll be pleased with. Listed here are only a handful of ways in which we’re right here to assist:

• Subject refinement

• Serving to along with your session title and outline

• Reviewing any session outlines and drafts

• Offering loads of suggestions round greatest practices — particularly with the MozCon stage and viewers in thoughts

• Complete present information

• Being obtainable to hearken to you follow your discuss

• Reviewing your remaining deck

• A full stage tour on the Sunday earlier than MozCon to satisfy our A/V crew, see your presentation on the massive display, and get a really feel for the present

• A tremendous 15-person A/V group to assist your presentation each second it’s on the massive display and past

We’ve bought our fingers crossed for you. Good luck!

Submit my pitch!