{"id":25745,"date":"2021-06-14T17:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T22:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/?page_id=25745"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:06:32","slug":"rocks-digital-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/rocks-digital-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocks Digital Marketing Conference 2021 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25745\" class=\"elementor elementor-25745\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-574192f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"574192f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9ce967\" data-id=\"f9ce967\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aab341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8aab341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zoom-2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-1024x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26513\" alt=\"2021 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference in Dallas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zoom-2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-1024x320.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zoom-2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-300x94.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zoom-2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-768x240.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/zoom-2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference.jpg.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c125185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c125185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rocks Digital\u2019s 2021 Digital Marketing Conference Went Online This Year<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8e2f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5e8e2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fed3b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fed3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the world is still trying to get back to \u201cnormal\u201d and businesses are trying to recover from the global pandemic, the Rocks Digital Marketing Conference organizers decided that an online conference was the way to go for 2021. This annual Social Media Day &amp; Local Search Day celebration was held via Zoom, with 17 speakers presenting in a Rocks Talk style format.<\/p><p>At Rocks Digital, you can trust that our conference organizers are going to bring a new angle to the conference each year. They accomplished that yet again for 2021 in two ways. First, by waiving registration fees for attendees who donate to a non-profit and secondarily, by having all the sessions presented in a quick, Rocks Talk format <em>(think TEDx)<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c09bbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c09bbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-260b2c9\" data-id=\"260b2c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc834f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc834f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 2021 Registration Fees Were Waived in Lieu of a Charitable Donation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4433b33 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4433b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a07dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a07dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last year was tough for businesses as well as charitable organizations. Non-profits across the country were tapped beyond their capacity in trying to help those that had lost their income during the pandemic.<\/p><p>Rocks Digital decided to give back, and waived the registration fees for all attendees who committed to making a donation to a non-profit of their choice within 7 days of registering. Our amazing attendees did not disappoint. In fact, over 130 different non-profits received donations! The list of non-profits the attendees chose was quite impressive. Many of them were on the list more than once. We removed the duplicates so it\u2019s easier to share here with you.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-rocks-digital-non-profits-supported-FB.gif\" alt=\"2021 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference Non-Profits Supported List\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p><p>Here are a few of the charities that made the list repeatedly:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ntfb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Texas Food Bank<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alzheimer&#8217;s Association<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjude.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Research Hospital<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">SPCA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Cross<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happyhippies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Happy Hippie Foundation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Thank you to all the attendees and speakers for giving back in such a meaningful way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7eeddf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7eeddf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2978091\" data-id=\"2978091\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e18b80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e18b80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Conference Sessions Featured All Rocks Talks, All Day, Online<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ad030 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1ad030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed8567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ed8567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Rocks Talks have been a conference favorite for years, but in a single day there\u2019s usually only around 5 of these mixed amongst the longer presentations, breakouts and workshops. This year, every speaker presented a Rocks Talk.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lissa-duty-rocks-digital-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Lissa Duty, Organizer for 2021 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lissa-duty-rocks-digital-2021.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lissa-duty-rocks-digital-2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lissa-duty-rocks-digital-2021-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p><p>As co-organizer, Lissa Duty said \u201cthe Rocks Talks are all meat, no fluff. Since each presentation is in a quick format, the speakers focus on the most important items, the low hanging fruit \u2013\u00a0and skip the fluff, which is great for everyone.\u201d<\/p><p>This year&#8217;s digital marketing conference took place via Zoom. This allowed everyone to participate in the conference while still being able to manage their businesses as needed. As an added bonus, it allowed for some new faces to join the conference this year \u2013 those who in years past may simply have been unable to attend live.<\/p><p>Each speaker gave a 15-minute presentation with 3\u20135 action items that attendees could immediately put to use in their digital marketing strategies. Attendees were able to ask questions of each speaker, and the speakers were able to share links and other information throughout the day via the chat feature.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-faf1cb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faf1cb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4588df2\" data-id=\"4588df2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5f5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb5f5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-All-Speakers-FB-1024x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26504\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-All-Speakers-FB-1024x536.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-All-Speakers-FB-300x157.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-All-Speakers-FB-768x402.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-Online-Digital-Marketing-Conference-All-Speakers-FB.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d864826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d864826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Speakers ROCKED Digital<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c2375 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f9c2375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ce3e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63ce3e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year there were 17 rockin\u2019 presentations, and the speakers packed an amazing amount of information into each one of them.<\/p><p>Check out the list of speakers and their topics below.<\/p><ul><li>Eric Shanfelt of Local Marketing Institute \u2013 Why and How to Claim Your Apple Map Listing<\/li><li>Grant Simmons of Homes.com \u2013 Humantics. Writing Content That Doesn\u2019t Suck.<\/li><li>Patty Farmer of Patty Farmer International \u2013 Marketing Your Media in Minutes<\/li><li>Chris Snellgrove of Reputation Sensei \u2013 Don\u2019t Just Manage Your Reputation, Market It!<\/li><li>Robin Moss of ribit \u2013 Living in a Mobile-First, Page Experience World<\/li><li>Scott Simson of Video Marketing World \u2013 5 Impactful Ways to Use Video That Will Make Your Parents Proud But Might Get You Banned in Small Countries<\/li><li>Lissa Duty of Rocks Digital \u2013 Creating a Google My Business Listing That Rocks<\/li><li>Bernadette Coleman of Advice Local \u2013 Yes, Voice Search Optimization Is a Thing<\/li><li>Eddie Reeves of Vianovo \u2013 3 LinkedIn Ninja Hacks That Will Set You Apart<\/li><li>Marcela De Vivo of Gryffin \u2013 How to Optimize &amp; Amplify Using SEO<\/li><li>Bill Hartzer of Hartzer Consulting \u2013 Domain Names and Their Role in SEO<\/li><li>Ali Mirza of ISocialYou \u2013 How to Put the Tik Into Your Tok to Get More Business<\/li><li>Kristine Schachinger of Sites Without Walls \u2013 Core Web Vitals \u2013 Moving Forward and Surviving the Updates<\/li><li>Kelsey Jones of Neil Patel Digital \u2013 On-Page SEO \u2013 What Your Content Writer Needs to Know<\/li><li>Navah Hopkins of Justuno \u2013 Retain Retargeting and ROI in a First Party World<\/li><li>John O&#8217;Grady of Rise Local \u2013 Why Localized Hosting Is the Best Option<\/li><li>Sarah Ciociola of PCG Digital \u2013 How to Make Your Facebook Page a Microsite for Your Business<\/li><\/ul><p>Co-organizer Bernadette Coleman said that she \u201cloved how quickly the day went. The day went fast, which is a good thing when attending an all-day online conference. We all had the opportunity to learn something new every few minutes.\u201d<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocksdigital.com\/category\/live-blogs-rocks-digital-2021\/\">Read the live blogs<\/a> from the 2021 conference.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c7b407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c7b407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The attendees seemed to really enjoy the fast-paced online conference this year as well. Some of the feedback received is included below.<\/p><p><em>The Rocks Digital Marketing Conference was epic yesterday and Lissa Duty did an amazing job as usual of organizing it and is indeed the &#8220;ROCK&#8221; in #RocksDigital. All the speakers were on their \u201cA\u201d game, the attendees were engaged and asked great questions in the chat, and the content was top-notch. If you missed it, be sure to add it to your \u201cmust attend\u201d list for next year. <\/em>~ Patty Farmer<\/p><p><em>Outstanding! You rocked it!<\/em> ~ Kris O\u2019Connor<\/p><p><em>Really nice job putting this together, <\/em><em>Lissa<\/em><em>. <\/em>~ Eric Shanfelt<\/p><p><em>What a great event today. Thank you Lissa and all the fantastic speakers who shared so many tips and resources to help us all navigate through the digital marketing space these days. I will look forward to future events and also meet new friends.<\/em> ~ Jodie Wallace<\/p><p><em>What a wonderful day!! Cheers to you, Lissa! <\/em>~ Sarah Ciocola<\/p><p><em>Another great Rocks Digital Conference! Lissa Duty does an incredible job finding knowledgeable speakers and imparting pertinent information. Get 2022 on your calendar now! 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