Conferences are a great opportunity to catch up with your peers, network and learn from some of the industry’s best and brightest marketing leaders and influencers around the world. The post The Best Marketing Conferences Of 2016 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. As we wrap up 2015, it’s that time of the year again to start thinking about the marketing events to attend next year. MORE
We’re excited to be an exhibitor at the 2017 LIMRA Marketing Conference on May 31st. For a full agenda of the 2017 LIMRA Marketing Conference you can visit the official agenda page on the LIMRA’s website. Plane tickets booked? Check. Hotel rooms reserved? MORE
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Sales and Marketing Alignment- Don’t listen to the Marketing Consultants, presented by CMO of SmartBear, Bryan Semple. MORE
In the last two weeks I’ve had about 10 people ask me “ what are the best marketing conferences? I even invited people to rank which marketing conferences in 2014 they thought would be the best marketing events in the coming year. MORE
I had the great fortune to speak twice at the Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas on March 30. I said to a colleague there that the conference agenda fit into the bull’s-eye of my skills and interests. MORE
I spent last Tuesday and Wednesday at the MarTech Conference in San Francisco, where close to 1,000 marketing technologists heard sage advice, shared experiences, and otherwise frolicked with their peers. That said, the conference was still tremendously valuable, with a wide range of speakers covering the organizational, operational, and technical issues surrounding marketing technology management. The full list is available here on the MarTech Conference site. MORE
On April 13, 2017, I attended the #OutBound conference in Atlanta, GA. Here are inspiring snippets from Jeb from the conference: “The pipe is life.”. At the conference, Laura talked mostly about her success with social media: “Post with a purpose – teach them something.” (An Remarkably, despite the road destruction in downtown Atlanta, everyone got there on time – about 400 attendees. MORE
Sometimes it seems that the number and size of Internet of Things conferences, tradeshows and other events is growing as fast as the Internet of Things itself. MORE
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As usual for me, I spent much of conference prowling the exhibit hall checking out old and new vendors. Marketo held its annual Marketing Nation Summit this week, hosting 4,000+ clients and partners. The event seemed relatively subdued for Marketo – I didn’t spot one costumed character – but the over-all atmosphere was positive. The company made two major product announcements, expanding the reach of Marketo campaigns into mobile apps and display ad retargeting. MORE
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One of my first orders of business in any new year is to figure out which conferences I will attend as part of my personal development plan. With that in mind, I asked my social media connections “what are the best marketing conferences?”. 20 Best Marketing Conferences 2013. MORE
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How to Measure Your Social Media Activities Using Google Analytics by Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner. Number one challenge all social media users face is measuring. MORE
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The nice thing is, conference organizers also know this so they hold conferences in warm places like Arizona and Florida. As we kick off 2017, several KoMarketing team members will be getting out of the cold and making their way across the US to attend a number of conferences, including Digital Olympus , Discover Global Markets , HIMSS , Pubcon SFIMA and SMX West. Digital Olympus is a one-day, online digital marketing conference. MORE
I consistently hear from clients and colleagues how hard it now is to drive attendance to annual customer and user conferences. Many of us remember when customer conferences were all the rage in the early-to-mid 2000s. Customers hungered for the vital information and vendor connections conferences gave them—needs that weren’t met in other ways at that time. So vendors raced to launch inaugural annual conferences, despite the years it usually took to break even on them. MORE
We are pleased to announce we will be joining other top brands at the 2017 LIMRA Distribution Conference for Financial Services. As a longtime LIMRA partner and exhibitor at the event, we can tell you firsthand how impactful attending the conference can be on your business strategy. MORE
I recently attended a marketing conference in Indianapolis, IN called Connections - “Inspire the Future” The event was put on by ExactTarget , an international email marketing service provider. Inspired by how well this event was executed, I thought I’d share 5 tips from what I saw at the conference that in my opinion made it successful. Design your conference so they you can close, up-sell, and cross-sell your products. MORE
If you’re in the food and beverage business, here are 10 must-attend conferences and networking opportunities that cover everything from wine, natural products to restaurant technology. ” Have you been to any of these conferences? MORE
“I have to admit I’m Twitter stalking you because I’m intrigued that this conference has you turned into a tween at a Harry Styles concert,” she wrote. Last night, a close friend who works in content marketing DMed me on Twitter. She was very concerned. MORE
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Which marketing conferences are you attending this year? One of my most popular posts this past year was The 20 Best Marketing Conferences of 2013. So this year, I am giving you even more control over which should be labeled best marketing conferences in 2014. MORE
I spent the early part of this week at Demand Gen Report 's Content2Conversion conference. This connects to another theme that I did actually hear articulated at the conference: the need to move beyond “quality” content to appropriate content. This tailoring will be enabled by behavioral and intent data, which were also popular topics at the conference. MORE
The Neuroscience of Memorable Content, by Dr. Carmen Simon from Rexi Media. Dr. Carmen Simon is a cognitive scientist, who has applied the latest neuroscience research finds to develop why audiences naturally forget most of the content you create. MORE
The internet understands; that’s why there are almost 400,000 Google results for “conference icebreakers” with suggestions for how to make a great first impression. Pre-conference. After all, this was a business conference. The conference. MORE
I travel a lot, either to present at conferences or to facilitate workshops. The difference between hosting a memorable, worthwhile marketing conference and an expensive waste of time lies in the planning. This seems so simple, and yet so many conferences start late. MORE
The Relevance Imperative: B2B The Way It Should Be, Presented by Russell Glass from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. MORE
I’ll be joining an all-star cast of Account Based Marketing experts when the FlipMyFunnel Festival visits Austin on June 7. You can register here – it’s free. My own talk, not surprisingly, will be about the technology behind ABM – or, more precisely, how to build an ABM marketing technology stack. MORE
And in today’s case, marketing conferences. Marketing conferences are a lot like ice cream. There are a great variety of marketing conferences to choose from. If you have been to a marketing conference lately, you will likely find sessions organized in tracks. MORE
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I snuck down to Washington DC yesterday for a few hours at the CRM Evolution conference, where a critical mass of industry experts triggered a chain reaction of interesting thoughts. Despite these issues, several practitioners and vendors at the conference said they were using the approach and had found it more practical than moving all customer data into a central repository. MORE
The business-to-business marketing mix is always changing, but there’s one tactic that consistently proves effective for B2B companies: conferences and tradeshows. The post The Best Ways to Drive Conference Attendance this Spring appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. MORE
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MAY 20, 2015
Going to a conference filled with socially awkward persons. Last weekend I returned from the DNX, Europe’s only Digital Nomad Conference for online biz owners who also want to travel the world. Any other conference introverts out there?
grow - Practical Marketing Solutions
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I travel a lot, either to present at conferences or to facilitate workshops. The difference between hosting a memorable, worthwhile marketing conference and an expensive waste of time lies in the planning. This seems so simple, and yet so many conferences start late.
B2B Marketing Insider
JANUARY 26, 2015
In the last two weeks I’ve had about 10 people ask me “ what are the best marketing conferences? I even invited people to rank which marketing conferences in 2014 they thought would be the best marketing events in the coming year.
Beyond
AUGUST 20, 2013
A week apart from each other, the two big marketing automation players have been battling it out in customer and partner conferences – Silverpop Amplify and Eloqua Experience Europe 2013.
ViewPoint
APRIL 19, 2017
On April 13, 2017, I attended the #OutBound conference in Atlanta, GA. Here are inspiring snippets from Jeb from the conference: “The pipe is life.”. At the conference, Laura talked mostly about her success with social media: “Post with a purpose – teach them something.” (An Remarkably, despite the road destruction in downtown Atlanta, everyone got there on time – about 400 attendees.
Customer Experience Matrix
AUGUST 21, 2014
I got home late last night from the inaugural two-day MarTech conference in Boston, which was simply terrific. They had probably developed a secret handshake by the time the conference was over, although as a mere consultant I wasn’t told what it was.
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DECEMBER 15, 2015
Conferences are a great opportunity to catch up with your peers, network and learn from some of the industry’s best and brightest marketing leaders and influencers around the world. The post The Best Marketing Conferences Of 2016 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. As we wrap up 2015, it’s that time of the year again to start thinking about the marketing events to attend next year.
B2B Marketing Insider
JANUARY 10, 2013
One of my first orders of business in any new year is to figure out which conferences I will attend as part of my personal development plan. With that in mind, I asked my social media connections “what are the best marketing conferences?”. 20 Best Marketing Conferences 2013.
B2B Marketing Insider
DECEMBER 10, 2013
Which marketing conferences are you attending this year? One of my most popular posts this past year was The 20 Best Marketing Conferences of 2013. So this year, I am giving you even more control over which should be labeled best marketing conferences in 2014.
Customer Experience Matrix
APRIL 15, 2015
As usual for me, I spent much of conference prowling the exhibit hall checking out old and new vendors. Marketo held its annual Marketing Nation Summit this week, hosting 4,000+ clients and partners. The event seemed relatively subdued for Marketo – I didn’t spot one costumed character – but the over-all atmosphere was positive. The company made two major product announcements, expanding the reach of Marketo campaigns into mobile apps and display ad retargeting.
Hubspot
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Attending an international conference isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds. Luckily for you, I’ve attended my fair share of international conferences and have picked up a few handy survival tips along the way. Chances are, you can’t attend every single talk at the conference.
Customer Experience Matrix
APRIL 10, 2014
Marketo wrapped up its three day Marketing Nation conference yesterday, having once more displayed its own marketing prowess by attracting national media attention (see here and here ) with an appearance by Hillary Clinton. I wasn’t at the conference but Marketo briefed me on their plans.)
Vertical Response
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If you’re in the food and beverage business, here are 10 must-attend conferences and networking opportunities that cover everything from wine, natural products to restaurant technology. ” Have you been to any of these conferences?
Customer Experience Matrix
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
I spent the early part of this week at Demand Gen Report 's Content2Conversion conference. This connects to another theme that I did actually hear articulated at the conference: the need to move beyond “quality” content to appropriate content. This tailoring will be enabled by behavioral and intent data, which were also popular topics at the conference.
Hive9
APRIL 21, 2017
Our team had the chance to take part in the third-annual Workfront Leap User Conference last week in Salt Lake. The event was a great opportunity to connect with the Workfront community and discuss improving workplace collaboration and efficiency. Marketing Planning Hive9 B2B Workfront
Contently
MAY 19, 2017
“I have to admit I’m Twitter stalking you because I’m intrigued that this conference has you turned into a tween at a Harry Styles concert,” she wrote. Last night, a close friend who works in content marketing DMed me on Twitter. She was very concerned.
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
The Neuroscience of Memorable Content, by Dr. Carmen Simon from Rexi Media. Dr. Carmen Simon is a cognitive scientist, who has applied the latest neuroscience research finds to develop why audiences naturally forget most of the content you create.
Modern Marketing
APRIL 24, 2013
This was one of many central takeaways from Demand Gen Report’s B2B Content2Conversion Conference this week at the Times Center in New York. by Amanda Batista | Tweet this Who’s down with OPC? We’re not talking about the celebration song of early 90s hip-hop.
Contently
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
The internet understands; that’s why there are almost 400,000 Google results for “conference icebreakers” with suggestions for how to make a great first impression. Pre-conference. After all, this was a business conference. The conference.
distribion
MAY 26, 2017
We’re excited to be an exhibitor at the 2017 LIMRA Marketing Conference on May 31st. For a full agenda of the 2017 LIMRA Marketing Conference you can visit the official agenda page on the LIMRA’s website. Plane tickets booked? Check. Hotel rooms reserved?
grow - Practical Marketing Solutions
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Over the past two weeks I had the pleasure and honor of speaking at two premier content marketing conferences: Content Marketing World in Cleveland and Hubspot’s Inbound conference in Boston. The quality of both of these content marketing conferences was extraordinary.
Act-On
MARCH 15, 2017
I consistently hear from clients and colleagues how hard it now is to drive attendance to annual customer and user conferences. Many of us remember when customer conferences were all the rage in the early-to-mid 2000s. Customers hungered for the vital information and vendor connections conferences gave them—needs that weren’t met in other ways at that time. So vendors raced to launch inaugural annual conferences, despite the years it usually took to break even on them.
Writing on the Web
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Like you, I’ve had some bad conference experiences. I only attend conferences where I know and trust the organizer and expert speakers. There are a lot of book publishing conferences to pick from.
Biznology
APRIL 21, 2017
I had the great fortune to speak twice at the Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas on March 30. I said to a colleague there that the conference agenda fit into the bull’s-eye of my skills and interests.
KoMarketing Associates
JANUARY 26, 2017
The nice thing is, conference organizers also know this so they hold conferences in warm places like Arizona and Florida. As we kick off 2017, several KoMarketing team members will be getting out of the cold and making their way across the US to attend a number of conferences, including Digital Olympus , Discover Global Markets , HIMSS , Pubcon SFIMA and SMX West. Digital Olympus is a one-day, online digital marketing conference.
Contently
DECEMBER 13, 2016
But conference calls, the meeting’s bastard brother, are on a whole other level. Typically, conference calls consist of groups of disembodied voices, all with questionable phone connections, speaking over one another to make a point nobody is listening to.
Customer Experience Matrix
MAY 24, 2016
I snuck down to Washington DC yesterday for a few hours at the CRM Evolution conference, where a critical mass of industry experts triggered a chain reaction of interesting thoughts. Despite these issues, several practitioners and vendors at the conference said they were using the approach and had found it more practical than moving all customer data into a central repository.
Customer Experience Matrix
APRIL 2, 2015
I spent last Tuesday and Wednesday at the MarTech Conference in San Francisco, where close to 1,000 marketing technologists heard sage advice, shared experiences, and otherwise frolicked with their peers. That said, the conference was still tremendously valuable, with a wide range of speakers covering the organizational, operational, and technical issues surrounding marketing technology management. The full list is available here on the MarTech Conference site.
B2B Marketing Insider
MAY 3, 2017
The business-to-business marketing mix is always changing, but there’s one tactic that consistently proves effective for B2B companies: conferences and tradeshows. The post The Best Ways to Drive Conference Attendance this Spring appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Customer Experience Matrix
MAY 17, 2016
I’ll be joining an all-star cast of Account Based Marketing experts when the FlipMyFunnel Festival visits Austin on June 7. You can register here – it’s free. My own talk, not surprisingly, will be about the technology behind ABM – or, more precisely, how to build an ABM marketing technology stack.
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Measuring PR in the 21st Century: What Actually Works, by Christopher Penn SHIFT Communications. The primary responsibility of PR is to create awareness of the brand and establish trust, establish the beginnings of the relationship with the audience. Awareness equals audience.
i-Scoop
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Sometimes it seems that the number and size of Internet of Things conferences, tradeshows and other events is growing as fast as the Internet of Things itself.
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Power the Bottom of the Funnel with Sales Enablement, Deborah Farese, Hubspot. First and foremost, you need to understand your buyer persona, i.e. name, demographics, goals, habits, and needs. This will give you a sense of how you should talk to your prospect.
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
How to Measure Your Social Media Activities Using Google Analytics by Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner. Number one challenge all social media users face is measuring.
distribion
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
We are pleased to announce we will be joining other top brands at the 2017 LIMRA Distribution Conference for Financial Services. As a longtime LIMRA partner and exhibitor at the event, we can tell you firsthand how impactful attending the conference can be on your business strategy.
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
The Relevance Imperative: B2B The Way It Should Be, Presented by Russell Glass from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.
B2B Marketing Insider
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
For the last eight weeks, I’ve been traveling the world, hosting my Growth Chat dinners and speaking at conferences and other business events. The post The Disneyland Effect: How To Plan A Successful Conference appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
KoMarketing Associates
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
With September comes the first official day of fall and of course the wonderful things that come with fall, including apple picking, autumn leaves, sweaters, and of course…conferences!
Kaon
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Sales and Marketing Alignment- Don’t listen to the Marketing Consultants, presented by CMO of SmartBear, Bryan Semple.
Puzzle Marketer
OCTOBER 25, 2012
I recently attended a marketing conference in Indianapolis, IN called Connections - “Inspire the Future” The event was put on by ExactTarget , an international email marketing service provider. Inspired by how well this event was executed, I thought I’d share 5 tips from what I saw at the conference that in my opinion made it successful. Design your conference so they you can close, up-sell, and cross-sell your products.
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