If you’re a regular Marketing Pilgrim reader, you’ve likely taken advantage of the cool reports and whitepapers that AdGooroo has been sharing via their ad on the right. Over there ====>

Well, now AdGooroo CEO Richard Stokes is spilling the beans in his brand new book Ultimate Guide to Pay-Per-Click Advertising.

The book is picking up rave reviews–including a perfect 5 stars on Amazon–and promises to share:

• The “$100 Bidding Myth”: why outbidding competitors rarely results in more traffic
• Simple website changes that can increase sales by 500%
• How to drive 80% or more of online revenues with rare superconverter keywords
• Winning strategies of the world’s top search marketers
• The best ads on the internet and how to write them

If you’re debating which of the remaining 2010 internet marketing conferences you should attend, I have a suggestion for ya: PubCon!

PubCon is returning to Las Vegas November 8th thru 11th and it promises to be better than ever! The four day event is packed with great sessions, great speakers, and great networking. In fact, the last day is all about the drinking networking!

Whether you’re a beginner or pro, you’ll find just about every aspect of online marketing is covered, including:

• SEO/SEM
• Reputation management <– my favorite!
• Web 2.0 (Social Media)
• Affiliate marketing
• Domaining
• Video/Multimedia

Perhaps the best thing about PubCon is the price tag. Despite the awesome content, PubCon is just $849 for a full week pass!

<oprah voice> It. Gets. Better! </oprah>

It’s been a long time since we took the time to show our thanks to the advertisers and sponsors that help keep Marketing Pilgrim going–and growing.

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You could attend a conference that costs $2,000+ for registration and travel expenses.

Or….

You could spend $97 on registration and use the other $1,903 to cover the cost of your travel to….HAWAII!

On October 5th, I’ll be speaking at the The Hawaii Social Media Summit at the Ala Moana Hotel in Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu. It’s the excuse you’ve been looking for to tell your boss you absolutely need to visit Hawaii AND the math above will help you justify the expense!

As for the conference, in addition to my presentation on Online Reputation Management, the event will cover:

• How to effectively integrate social media to help grow your business
• Best practices for gaining exposure, website traffic, and visibility with Social Media Marketing

Scott Stratten is not your normal marketer.

Actually, he may even take offense at being called a “marketer.” Instead, he’s known as the “UnMarketer” and his book UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging, just hit bookstores today.

I had the pleasure of seeing Scott keynote PubCon South and I’ve been in constant awe of this enticing, engaging, and …Canadian unmarketer ever since. His book will be a bestseller, there’s no doubt about it, and the book’s description should give you an idea why:

For generations, marketing has been hypocritical. We’ve been taught to market to others in ways we hate being marketed to (cold-calling, flyers, ads, etc.). So why do we still keep trying the same stale marketing moves?

Jim Kukral is the master at getting attention.

I remember when BlogRush had the entire blogging community in a tizzy. Jim jumped on the overhyped-widget-bandwagon and grabbed thousands of email sign-ups for his alternative “BlogBucks” service. BlogBucks promised untold riches but ended up being nothing more than a spoof. Jim deleted all the subscribers but in just a couple of days proved that he was the master at gaining Attention!

If I listed out every instance of Jim’s ability to get you to “click” then we’d be here all day. Instead, how about we just give away 3 copies of Jim Kukral’s awesome new book Attention! and you can see for yourself?

Filled with case studies and real-world examples, Jim explains strategies and techniques, including: