SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, has launched its sixth annual “State of Search Engine Marketing” survey. Search marketing professionals — either in-house or at an agency — are welcome to participate, and you don’t need to be a SEMPO member.

The study will project planned spending across the industry for search, advertising, and social media campaigns in 2010. Its goal is “to assess the economy’s effect on year-to-year online marketing spending and investigate new trends.”

The survey is open until February 22nd. All participants will get a free copy of the final report (a $249 value) when it’s released in March.

You can access the survey at http://bit.ly/SEMPO-search. SEMPO says it should take about 10 minutes to complete.

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