The 10 Best Online Marketing Conferences

The explosion of internet business and the ability to make money sitting at home in front of your computer has never been more within your reach. There are people who make their livings and even their fortunes by learning how to market their blogs, their products, and their services to the whole world. Now it’s your chance to learn from their successes and their mistakes.

Here are 11 of the best online marketing conferences that are scheduled for this year. They take place across the country and each has a different spin on online marketing. Read through the descriptions we offer and see which one – or ones! – would be right for you and growing your online presence.

Past speakers:

• Alexandre Leite – Microsoft
• Tiffany Beltis – Intuit
• Eli Schwartz – SurveyMonkey

Who Should Attend:

The focus of this one-day intensive conference is how to grow your company. Topics this year included Growth Stories of Successful Companies, Moving from a Traditional to a Growth-Oriented Organization, Why You Should Hire for Sustainable Growth, and Intent-Driven Automation. Keep an eye out on the GrowthHackers Conference website to see when the next year conference is announced if you think this information would be helpful to grow your company!

Past speakers:

• Ryan Deiss – Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Marketer
• Daymond John – Founder & CEO of FUBU, Star of ABC’s “Shark Tank”
• Mari Smith – Facebook expert

Who Should Attend:

Thousands of marketers will be at this conference to talk about what’s new, what’s hot, and what is actually working now in the world of digital marketing. You should attend this conference if you want to know more about new traffic channels and how to leverage them to get attention, and new conversion breakthroughs. This conference features ultra-current breakout sessions on topics such as Facebook video tests, doing live video, Pinterest Promoted Pins, automated email followup, email marketing,  and much more.

Past speakers:

• Guy Kawasaki – Apple’s former chief evangelist
• Pat Flynn – Top Business Podcaster
• Mark Schaefer – social futurist
• Jay Baer – social customer service authority
• Michael Stelzner – Social Media Examiner’s founder
• Marcus Sheridan – leading content marketing ninja
• Christopher Penn – analytics guru
• Ann Handley – MarketingProfs’ chief content officer
• And many experts in Pinterest, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.

Who Should Attend:

If you need to build or fine tune your social media presence, this is the conference for you. You’ll get access to people who are experts in social media and for whom that is their business. This is a conference that “offers outstanding content infused with a truly social experience”, per their website. One thing that sets this conference apart is that they promise pitch-free content, meaning that the presenters are only focused on helping you with your business and not pitching products of their own.

Past speakers:

• Maish Gupta – Vertical Measurement Lead, Facebook
• Jason Neubauer – Generation Z Marketing, Brand & Digital Strategy Thought Leader for Sprint Wireless

Who Should Attend:

Attracting 3,000 people each year, this conference is design to give you unmatched insight and access to the top marketers doing business today. The goal of the conference is to teach you how to find, nurture, and convert quality leads to regular customers of your site. If that’s your goal too, this conference is one you should attend.

Past speakers:

• Richard Allen – Airways360
• Jim Kreinbrink – President, Hyper Dog Media
• Monica Valdez – Sr. Director of E-Commerce, Gray Line Worldwide

Who Should Attend:

If learning how to be the best digital marketer is what you’re looking for or getting a handle on doing the best search engine optimization for your site is what you want, this conference was designed for you! Topics to help you grow in those areas SEO optimization, internet marketing, social media, content marketing, conversion optimization, and digital strategy. Attending this conference will help you gain more knowledge in all of those areas and more.

Past speakers:

• Debra Jasper – Founder & CEO, Mindset Digital
• Rob Ousbey – VP, Distilled
• Tim Ash – CEO, SiteTurners

Who Should Attend:

Topics for this conference include “Using Social Media to Make More Money,” “Master Customer Marketing by Watching Romantic Comedies,” and “6 Website Traffic Growth Hacks.” With topics like these that are wide-ranging and fun, this conference is sure to both impress and set any website owner up for success. So many topics and so much growth potential for your site! Unleash the full power of your online business and learn how to attract the right audience, align business models with user experience, optimize client relationships, and see the latest marketing techniques to take your website to the next level.

Past speakers:

• Dave Gilboa – Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker
• Lori McDonald – President & CEO of Brilliance Business Solutions
• Bernadine Wu – CEO of Fit for Commerce

Who Should Attend:

This conference is your one-stop shop for top leaders, executives, and marketers in the e-commerce world. If you have any questions at all about e-commerce or want to explore how to build up e-commerce as part of your online business, this is the conference for you. The stats for IRCE are impressive: 130+ sessions, 200+ speakers, 600+ exhibits, 3,100+ companies represented, and 10,000+ attendees. You know if that many people are making it a priority to attend that it must be a valuable experience! Sessions include topics like “Amazon & Me,” Marketing: Proven Winners,” and “Marketing: New Tactics.” You can create your own unique conference experience to get exactly the topics you need to build your e-commerce business.

Past speakers:

• Terry Gross – host of “Fresh Air” on NPR
• Pat Flynn – Smart Passive Income host

Who Should Attend:

You will want to attend podcast movement conference if you have a podcast or are thinking about starting one. The comprehensive set of topics covers the needs of podcasters at all levels.

• Just getting started? Learn things like the basic technical terms, what kind of equipment you need, and what’s the best way to interview someone or tell their story.
• Have a podcast now? Learn how to fill the gaps in what you’re doing and take things up a notch. Refine your production techniques or discover new and different ways to monetize your podcast.
• Are you an industry professional? Learn from actual behind-the-scenes teams, the ones that are the most successful people in the podcast world today, as they share what did and did not work for them this past year as well as what their future expectations for the podcast industry are.

Who Should Attend:

This conference is for anyone seeking unparalleled networking and the inspiration to discover what’s coming next on the marketing horizon. At this online marketing conference, you’ll meet online publishers, bloggers, traffic sources, advertisers, tech firms, and agencies, and all are set to help you be the best affiliate marketer that you can be.

Past speakers:

• Andrew Davis – Author of “Brandscaping”
• Robert Rose – Chief Content Advisor of the Content Marketing Institute, and co-author of “Killing Marketing”

Who Should Attend:

This conference is ideal for marketing and public relations professionals who develop strategy or handle content execution for their business’s marketing initiatives. If you are the person in your company whose job it is to develop valuable, relevant, and compelling content in an effort to attract and retain customers, this is the right conference for you to attend.

Speakers Include:

• David Bach – Finishrich.com
• Jean Chatzky – TODAY Show Finance Reporter
• Pat Flynn – Smart Passive Income

Who Should Attend:

Anyone who is interested in building an online business related to personal finance should attend. This conference will help you do the following.

• Create good digital financial content for your blog, social media accounts, podcasts, etc;
• Teach you how to learn what’s current in the world of finance so that your content is relevant
• Help you establish your online platform and teach you how to promote it and market it so that you can build a community
• Sift through the best advice from proven experts on how to earn money through your online presence by freelancing, advertising, leveraging your influence, and creating your own products and services

If those are things that interest you, then this is the conference for you! This conference has been growing in popularity every year and prides itself on being relevant to the finance community.