Search Engine Land will host the first annual SMX Social Media conference next week in New York. The event will take place Tuesday October 16 and Wednesday October 17. Murdok will be there covering the event and will offer same day video interviews of the speakers.

SMX Goes Social

The SMX Social Media conference will focus on social media marketing and on social media search engines and how to reach communities at social media sites. The event will also examine how social media sites such as Digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpod, Reddit and others are appealing to a new and growing audience that wants to find information based on community interests, voting and sharing.

Some of the highlights include: Social Media Marketing Essentials

Linkbait – Chumming for Traffic on Social Media Sites

Extra! Extra! The Social News Sites

A Marketer’s Guide to Social Bookmarking & Tagging

Effectively Leveraging Social Networking

Evangelist – The Marketer’s Role in SMM