The 2015 Digital Marketing Conference Guide

2015 DIGITAL MARKETING CONFERENCE GUIDE Affiliate Marketing Analytics Brand Marketing CMO Marketing Innovations Content Marketing Customer Relationship Digital Management Event Inbound Marketing Strategies Marketing Marketing SEATTLE MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND BOSTON DALLAS NEW YORK CLEVELAND LAS VEGAS SALT LAKE CITY CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO DENVER WASHINGTON NASHVILLE LOS ANGELES TULSA PHOENIX ATLANTA SAN DIEGO KIAWAH ISLAND SCOTTSDALE ORLANDO AUSTIN MIAMI Sales and Digital Marketing SEO Small Business Social Media Video Marketing and Web Design PPC Public Technologies Marketing Business Development Marketing Relations February Digital Summit Phoenix Scottsdale, AZ 2/4-2/5 Who should attend? $245 - $445 Digital marketers, web strategists, internet executives, creative professionals in the digital community (Since 2007) Content marketing strategies, social media innovation, B2B digital marketing conferences in the country, held in multiple locations throughout the year, covering a wide strategies, multi-channel engagement Sponsored by TechMedia, Digital Summit has become one of the premier digital marketing variety of topics from social media to B2C communication channels. Who should attend? Executives, social media strategists, marketers $495 – Social Media Strategies Summit Las Vegas, NV 2/10 - 2/12 $3180 (Since 2012) Social Media Among the most broadly ranging annual social media conferences, SMSS offers something for everyone from assistants and interns to experienced marketers and executives. Anyone with a hand or interest in social media strategy and analytics will find something of value here. Content2Conversion Who should attend? $395 - B2B marketing professionals $1095 Scottsdale, AZ 2/16-2/18 (Since 2012) Content Marketing C2C offers a conference focusing on B2B marketing with a particular focus on real-world case studies and the actionable takeaways they can provide. An Event Apart Atlanta Atlanta, GA 2/16-2/18 Who should attend? $545 - Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design March AMA 2015: Analytics with Purpose: Insight, Inspiration & Action San Diego, CA 3/1-3/3 Who should attend? $250 - $1300 Marketing professionals One of the oldest and largest associations of marketing professionals in the world, the AMA hosts a variety of conferences annually, ranging from fairly focused topics that change from year to year, to theory based conferences for academics. This particular conference is focused on analytics, and is held annually. (Since 1970) Analytics Who should attend? Summit: the Digital Marketing Conference $1495 – $1895 Digital marketing professionals of all sorts A large conference with an average of more than 5,000 attendees, Summit covers topics ranging from analytics to campaign management to advertising to personalization. Digital marketing professionals of all sorts will find something of value here. Salt Lake City, UT 3/9-3/13 (Since 2011) Digital Marketing Who should attend? SXSW Interactive 2015 Austin, TX 3/13-3/17 $1095 Digital marketing, design, and development professionals of all sorts Calling itself an "incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativities," SXSW Interactive does for emerging technologies what the film and music branches of SXSW do for their media: present new and promising technologies and designers to established professionals and those with a desire to learn. (Since 1994) Digital Marketing Who should attend? Sales 2.0 Conference Philadelphia, PA 3/16 - $445 - $625 Sales and marketing professionals and executives (Since 2007) Sales and Digital Marketing One of the premier sales conferences in the country, Sales 2.0 focuses not only on sales, but on the interactions between sales and marketing, and the professionals who work in these areas. Social Media Marketing World San Diego, CA 3/25- 3/27 Who should attend? $1497 Social media marketers of all sorts (Since 2012) Social Media With an expected attendance of 2500 marketers, this conference represents a major networking opportunity with speeches on a variety of social media topics from marketers, bloggers, executives, and others involved in social media and its marketing. SES Miami Who should attend? SEO specialists and developers $495 - $995 Miami, FL 3/26. (Since 1999) SEO and PPC Along with its sister conference, ClickZ, SES is among the oldest SEO and PPC focused conferences in the country. Who should attend? Social Media Tulsa 2015 $250 – $350 Social media marketers, content creators, UX designers/developers Tulsa, OK 3/26-3/27 O (Since 2011) A conference based in the heart of one of the burgeoning hubs of social media, SMTulsa is an affordable and worthwhile conference on a variety of subjects in the realm of social Social Media media. ClickZ Live New York New York, NY 3/30 - 4/1 Who should attend? $1195 - Experienced social media marketing and advertising professionals $2295 As one of the longest tenured conferences on topics related to internet marketing, ClickZ Live represents an opportunity to draw from unprecedented amounts of experience. They also utilize an innovative method of "tracks" tailored to the various experience levels of attendees, ensuring that no matter one's experience level, they get the most out of the conference. (Since 1999) Digital Marketing Ignite 2015 Las Vegas, NV 3/30 -4/1 1095 - $1295 Who should attend? Content creators, marketing professionals One of the country's major conferences in video marketing, Ignite has drawn the attention of major content producers, developers, and marketers in its short time on the conference circuit. (Since 2014) Video Marketing Who should attend? $549 - An Event Apart Seattle Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 Seattle, WA 3/30-4/1 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design Who should attend? Small business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants, marketing/sales strategists, developers $399 - ICON Phoenix, AZ 3/31-4/2 $599 (Since 2012) Small Business Technologies InfusionSoft is a dominant presence in the world of small business technology, providing everything from networking to product training to around 2000 attendees. April NMX (New Media Expo) Who should attend? $397 - Content creators from every variety of web media $797 Las Vegas, NV 4/13-4/16 NMX is one of the country's premier conferences for digital content creators and, with a pedigree dating back to 2006, is also one of the longest running conferences of its kind, with nearly 10,000 attendants expected for this year's conference. (Since 2006) Content Marketing DIGIMARCON Cruise 2015 Who should attend? Marketers, entrepreneurs, developers, any specialist in digital media $295 – $1046 Orlando, FL 4/26-5/3 One of the more affordable general purpose digital marketing conferences held annually, the DIGIMARCON Cruise combines out-of-the-office networking opportunities with innovative and actionable presentations. (Since 2014) Digital Marketing Who should attend? $499 - Loyalty Expo Marketing, user experience, and customer service professionals $1499 Orlando, FL 4/27-4/29 Loyalty Expo is an important annual conference for professionals who specialize in direct customer engagement, whether on the user experience end of products or at the customer service/relationship management end. The conference focuses on theory and best practices in building and maintaining customer loyalty. (Since 2008) Customer Relationship Management HeroConf 2015 Who should attend? $750 - Digital advertising professionals $2375 Portland, OR 4/27 - 4/29 (Since 2012) PPC Marketing Claiming to be the world's largest conference focusing on PPC, HeroConf focuses on immediate usability and actionability when developing its annual conference. Social Media Strategies Summit Chicago, IL 4/28-4/30 Who should attend? $495 - $3180 Executives, social media strategists, marketers (Since 2012) Social Media Among the most broadly ranging annual social media conferences, SMSS offers something for everyone from assistants and interns to experienced marketers and executives. Anyone with a hand r interest in social media strategy and analytics will find something of value here. Who should attend? Searchlove Boston, MA 4/30-5/1 $899 - $1199 Digital marketers of all sorts Known for the exceptional lineup of speakers that they bring in every year, Searchlove is considered a must-attend conference for SEO specialists. (Since 2010) SEO May Experiential Marketing Summit 2015 San Francisco, CA 5/11-5/13 Who should attend? Event Marketing professionals and executives $1095 - $1940 (Since 2014) Event marketing Despite being a relatively new conference, EMS offers a unique "flex learning" format, allowing attendees to take in information in a variety of diferent sessions based on their preferred style of learning. An Event Apart Boston Who should attend? $549 - Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 Boston, MA 5/11-5/13 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design Conversion Conference Who should attend? Digital marketers, web designers, optimization/analytics professionals $175 – $1197 Las Vegas, NV 5/12 -5/14 Conversion conference offers a very focused conference and networking experience, a must-attend for analysts and conversion optimization professionals. (Since 2010) Inbound Marketing Strategies Sirius Decisions Summit Nashville, TN 5/12 -5/15 $1895 - $2195 Who should attend? Executives, business/marketing leaders This year's Sirius Decisions conference focus primarily on strategies for growth, with topics ranging from marketing to analytics. (Since 2005) Marketing and Business Development Authority Rainmaker Who should attend? Content creators, digital marketers $999 - $1495 Denver, CO 5/13-5/15 (Since 2014) Content Marketing A newer conference on the scene, Authority Rainmaker has assembled an incredible lineup of speakers, and uses focused tracks to ensure the most focused possible experience. Incite Summit: West Who should attend? Brand marketing professionals and executives $1400 - $1900 San Francisco, CA 5/18-5/19 Incite Summit is a conference focusing on innovation in the realm of brand marketing, attended by representatives of more than 200+ brands, 94% of whom report that they (Since 2013) CMO Marketing innovations have learned something useful at the conference. CONFAB Minneapolis, MN 5/20-5/22 Who should attend? $999 - $1249 CONFAB attracts a wide variety of attendees, from content creators, social media strategists, to librarians (Since 2011) Content Marketing CONFAB is small and consistently sold-out conference covering every aspect of content strategy, attracting a more varied pool of attendees than most larger conferences could hope to. June SMX Advanced Who should attend? $50 – $1795 Experienced SEO professionals Selling out on an annual basis, SMX Advanced is a conference known for its fast paced, Q&A based presentations. Presentations are often known for innovative and controversial ideas, which, taken with the fast paced natural of the conference, gears it toward experienced SEO professionals. Seattle, WA 6/2-6/3 (Since 2007) SEO CRMC 2015 Chicago, IL 6/3-6/4 $595 - $1995 Who should attend? Retail marketing professionals, customer service professionals Attended by over 600 professionals representing 150 brands, CRMC is the Midwest's premier retail marketing and CRM conference. (Since 2012) Customer Relationship Management Who should attend? $549 - An Event Apart San Diego Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 San Diego, CA 6/8-6/10 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design Social Media Strategies Summit New York, NY 6/9-6/11 Who should attend? Executives, social media strategists, marketers $495 - $3180 (Since 2012) Social Media Among the most broadly ranging annual social media conferences, SMSS offers something for everyone from assistants and interns to experienced marketers and executives. Anyone with a hand or interest in social media strategy and analytics will find something of value here. Search Insider Summit Who should attend? $2795 - $3395 Search marketing professionals, SEO professionals Kiawah Island, SC 6/10-6/13 (Since 2006) Brand Marketing Considered a must-attend event by many professionals in the realm of search engine marketing, Search Insider Summit is among the oldest such conferences, and occurs twice a year. July Who should attend? Moz is a company specializing in SEO, but their conference offers a wide variety $1499 of presentations that can be of use to digital marketing specialists of all sorts MozCon $639 - Seattle, WA 7/13-7/15 (Since 2010) SEO, Social Media, Community Development, and more MozCon is a relatively new conference that offers a wide variety of sessions, known for being both innovative and actionable. August $249 - $2249 Affiliate Summit East 2015 Who should attend? Marketing professionals New York, NY 8/2-8/4 (Since 2012) Affiliate Marketing The premier affiliate marketing conference and trade show in the country brings together marketing professionals and potential affiliates, who account for nearly a third of attendees. An Event Apart Washington D.C. Who should attend? $549 - Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 Washington, D.C. 8/10 -8/12 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design SMPS Build Business Who should attend? Content developers, marketers, business leads Los Angeles, CA 8/19-8/21 (Since 2011) Marketing and Business Development Build Business is the only conference in the country focusing on business development and marketing for the design, building, and other technical industries, bringing together business leaders and clients all in one inclusive networking experience. An Event Apart Chicago Chicago, IL 8/31-9/2 Who should attend? $549 - Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 Among the most broadly ranging annual social media conferences, SMSS offers something for everyone from assistants and interns to experienced marketers and executives. Anyone with a hand or interest in social media strategy and analytics will find something of value here. (Since 2011) Web Design September $695 - $2235 Who should attend? Content Marketing World Cleveland, OH 9/8-9/11 Content Marketing World is geared toward those who have some hand in developing, executing, or curating the content of marketing initiatives (Since 2011) With an average of 3000 attendees from more than 50 countries, CMW is the world's largest content management conference. Marketing and Business Development NEPA Blog Con Who should attend? $16 Bloggers, social media marketers Dallas, PA 9/12 (Since 2012) Content Marketing A small, but wildly popular conference in its first three years, NEPA is extremely affordable, allowing bloggers on the rise to rub elbows with established professionals. Inbound Who should attend? $1499 Boston, MA Mid-September Inbound, as its name suggests, is a fairly focused conference, and, therefore, inbound marketing specialists stand to get the most benefit from attending (Since 2012) Though a newer conference, Inbound has quickly grown, with an estimated 7500 attendees coming to the 2015 conference. As such, it presents an exceptional networking and learning opportunity for those engaged with inbound marketing. Inbound Marketing Strategies Content Jam Chicago, IL 9/24-9/25 Who should attend? Content Strategists, Content Marketers, and SEOS A two-day content marketing conference with experts in content strategy and creation, SEO, analytics, promotion, conversion, and measurement will share their smartest tools and techniques. You'll learn how to create, manage, promote, share, and measure your content. (Since 2012) Content Marketing October Who should attend? DMA 2015 $1099 - $2199 Marketing professionals, executives Boston, MA 10/3-10/8 (Since 2004) Digital Marketing The country's premier direct marketing promotion conference provides informative prese something new and useful, and 30% being of vice presidential position or above. with unparalleled networking opportunities, with 90% of attendees learning $549 - An Event Apart Austin Who should attend? Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 Austin, TX 10/5-10/7 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design Pubcon Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 10/5-10/9 Who should attend? Pubcon offers sessions on a wide variety of topics and, as such, social media marketing specialists of all sorts $699 - $5499 I find something for them at Pubcon (Since 2013) Social Media Marketing, SEO, Digital Advertising Pubcon is another must-attend conference for digital marketing specialists of all sorts, offering a huge variety of sessions by top speakers from around the world. It also offers a variety of sessions types, from panels to breakouts to one-on-ones. Who should attend? BOLO (Be On the Lookout) Phoenix, AZ Mid-October $699 - BOLO is a conference focusing primarily on the future of digital marketing, and $1035 offers something of value to any digital marketing specialist who can gain an invite to attend (Since 2013) Digital Marketing BOLO is a very exclusive conference, giving 250 picked attendees the chance to see presentations by some of the brightest stars in the world of digital marketing. November WOMMA Summit Who should attend? Marketing professionals of all sorts $995 - $1695 Miami Beach, FL 11/2-11/4 WOMMA Summit is a conference focusing primarily on ethical word of mouth marketing practices, allowing attendees to gain a very deep understanding of this intricate aspect of marketing over the course of only a few days. (Since 2004) Marketing and Business Development An Event Apart San Francisco Who should attend? $549 - Web designers/developers, user experience/interface professionals, marketers $1390 San Francisco, CA 11/2-11/4 A conference with multiple events throughout the course of the year, An Event Apart is one of the premier annual web design and development conferences, focusing both on the aesthetic and coding aspects of web design, and provindg networking opportunities to professionals in these areas and others. (Since 2011) Web Design PRSA International Conference Who should attend? $1095 - $1795 PRSA is a conference primarily aimed at public relations professionals Atlanta, GA 11/8-11/10 (Since 2010) Public Relations With an average of 3000 attendees, PRSA International is one of the premier public relations conferences in the world, offering significant networking opportunities and a variety of innovative sessions and presentations. Incite Summit: East New York, NY 11/12 -11/13 Who should attend? Brand marketing professionals and executives $1400 $1900 (Since 2013) CMO Marketing Innovations Incite Summit is a conference focusing on innovation in the realm of brand marketing, attended by representatives of more than 200+ brands, 94% of whom report that they have learned something useful at the conference. DIGITAL THIRD COAST