Well, I don’t know about the others but I’m about ready for next week’s trip to the SMX Search Marketing Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Although the show doesn’t officially start until Tuesday February 10th, I decided to fly out there a few days earlier for some much needed R & R exploring the West Coast.

I’ll start out by flying into San Francisco on Friday, renting a car and taking the scenic route down the Pacific Coast Highway to Los Angeles. I’ll be joining the rest of the LinkWorth team in Santa Clara for the actual show on Monday.

I’m really looking forward to a night of fun in San Francisco, a relaxing and inspiring drive down the coast to LA and a fun couple of days getting to know the greater Los Angeles area… I’ve never been to LA, so I’m sure most of my time will be spent driving around getting to know the area and just sight seeing. I was a bit confused and undecided where I should stay, but after checking out some pics of the area, I did a search for Santa Monica hotels and found a great place at a great rate right across from the Santa Monica beach and pier… so, we’ll see how it goes – I hope its as nice as it looked in the pics.

After my long weekend exploring the west coast, I’ll drive back up to the San Jose / Santa Clara area and meet up with the rest of our team. Attending the show from our Dallas office will be a group of dedicated account managers and all around search marketing experts:

• Matt Baker
• Jerri Koltruja
• Vanessa Sifuentes.

If you’re planning on attending the show, please do stop by our SEMA booth and say hello!

We’ll have plenty of shwag to go around for everyone. Also, if you haven’t registered yet, you can use our SEMA discount code to save 10% on your registration fee.