18+ Years' Agency Experience
brightonSEO & Hero Conf Speaker
SEO & PPC, Unified to Commercial Objectives

Public speaking

Talks, webinars and conference sessions on search

I speak at industry conferences and on webinars about SEO, paid search, AI search and turning search into commercial growth. Below is where I'll be next, along with a few recent talks you can watch back.

Where I'm speaking in 2026

  • Writesonic logo Webinar
    Jul 8 2026

    Write-up coming soon

    Writesonic

    AI Search Is Driving Revenue: What Winning Brands Do Differently

    A live session with Writesonic's founder and CEO Samanyou Garg on how the brands winning in AI search turn visibility into revenue, what AI actually says about them, and where to focus effort in 2026.

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  • Sep 24 2026

    10 weeks to go

    eCommerce Expo

    Black Friday Starts in AI Search: How to Win Visibility Before Peak Demand Hits

    How e-commerce brands can build AI search visibility ahead of peak trading, on the AI-Powered Marketing Stage at ExCeL London.

    Session details View my speaker profile
  • MeasureFest, a brightonSEO fringe event Conference
    Oct 8-9 2026

    12 weeks to go

    brightonSEO and MeasureFest

    How Claude Code Helped Me Transform Reporting and Delivery for AI Search and SEO

    How I've used Claude Code to rebuild reporting and delivery for AI search and SEO, turning slow manual work into practical, repeatable workflows.

    Talk details View my brightonSEO profile
  • Weekly

    Search With Sean

    Weekly search and AI news

    A regular on Sean's weekly search news show, having first joined as a guest, breaking down what's moving across SEO, paid search and AI each week.

    @SearchWithSean Watch a recent session

Recent talks

Hero Conf 2026 · 30th April 2026 · Brighton

Spend Less, Win More Leads: a technical GA4 setup that cut ad waste by 50%

A lead-gen case study on fixing the signal in GA4, Google Ads and Data Studio, cutting a client's wasted ad spend by over 50% while lifting lead quality by 25.9%.

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brightonSEO and MeasureFest · October 2025

Winning Black Friday with CRO, PPC and AI

Practical, tried-and-tested tips for strong Black Friday and Q4 performance: CRO across the journey, paid search under pressure, smarter measurement and a sensible use of AI.

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Christian Goodrich, senior search marketing consultant

Speaking enquiries

If you're organising a conference, webinar or internal session and want a senior, commercially grounded take on SEO, paid search and AI search, I'd be glad to hear from you.

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18+ years in search · SEO · PPC · CRO · AI Search