Another fast and furious trip to Seattle comes to a close. We met a ton of new friends and reconnected with some old ones this week at SMX Advanced.


We also sponsored the SEO Track for the second year in a row, did countless demos, and held another fun t-shirt contest that was — as always — a total gong show. (Photographic proof below.)

STAT lover with a gong
STAT lover with a gong

It was a total gong show

You didn’t win the watch, @mcnutty, but you did win our hearts.

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We launched a foxy limited-edition shirt, picked up by over 75% of the conference attendees. Everyone who got a one had a chance to win one of two Apple Watches—all they had to do was tweet a photo wearing their new STAT tee.

Congratulations to our two winners, BJ Bergey and Greg Gifford! (Greg has entered a few of our contests at different shows over the past year, so we’re happy he was finally pulled as our winner.)

Our Apple Watch winners at SMX Advanced
Our Apple Watch winners at SMX Advanced

Our two winners

Congrats to @BJ1SEO
and @GregGifford. Hope you love those Apple Watches!

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The contest entries never disappoint; this year we got 100+ photos. (Which makes the odds of winning an Apple Watch pretty good, right?) Thanks everyone for all of the awesome photos with your new shirts. Here are a few of our favourites.

SMX Advanced contest entries
SMX Advanced contest entries

Some of our faves

Thanks @shaunraines, @cbonix, @shannaclaws, and @KevinGetch. Better luck next time.

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Want to see more? Head on over to our Facebook page where we’ve compiled all the shots into an album. You can also see pics from our previous contests, including SMX Advanced 2014SMX East 2014, and SMX West 2015.

Where is STAT heading next?

The STAT team will be trekking back to Seattle to hang with Roger and the Moz team for MozCon, happening July 13–15. Moz has invited STAT to be a partner at the event, so we’ll have a station set up in the Partner Hub where we can show you all the cool stuff STAT can do. We’d love for you to stop by, say hello, and get a quick demo.