B2B Marketing Events Around The World - Mar 2011
The changing nature of our industry propels us to stay on top of the latest trends. Meeting and learning from other professionals helps us do our jobs better. Here's what's on tap for marketing industry events for March 2011.
March 1-2, TFM&A
London, UK: The UK’s largest and longest running multi-channel marketing, media and advertising event.
March 2, Seth Godin
Orange County, CA: Spend an evening with best-selling author, 
speaker and marketing expert, Seth Godin.
March 2-3, Innovative e-Marketing
Barcelona, Spain: Learn from some of the most experience e-Marketers in the world, and learn how to put your ideas to work.
March 7, The Art of Marketing
Toronto, Ontario: Join Guy Kawasaki, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Gary Vaynerchuk and more at Canada’s #1 marketing conference.
March 7-9, Android Developers Conference
San Mateo, CA: The world’s premier independent event dedicated to building, marketing and managing apps for the Android platform.
March 8-9, Enterprise Social 2.0: CRM
Brussels, Belgium: Attend this conference to share knowledge, challenges and experiences of social media CRM.
March 8-10, Search Marketing Expo – SMX West
San Jose, CA: Maximize ROI from paid search advertising, optimize your website content and expand your local and mobile advertising skills.
March 10, BMA Atlanta - The Truth About Leads: Driving 
Revenue through Sales and Marketing Alignment
Atlanta, GA: Dan McDade, CEO of PointClear will discuss ways to nurture the relationship between sales and marketing.
March 13-18, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit
San Francisco, CA: Learn to turn customer touchpoint data into insight using search terms, ad response, web behavior, social media attitude and more
March 14-17, Strategic Internal Communications
Chicago, IL: This Advanced Learning Institute’s 3rd forum will be based on how to use social media and traditional communication tools to engage employees, drive performance and add value.
March 15, AMA Signature Luncheon
Atlanta, GA: Guest speaker, Russ Umphenour, joined FOCUS Brands as CEO in 2009. FOCUS brands is comprised of Carvel, Moe’s Southwest Grille, Schlotzsky’s and more.
March 15, Digitalize Your Marketing Strategy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Speakers from Dell, Intel and Microsoft will share their success stories on how they built their brand and reputation online.
March 17, The Georgia Aquarium – Marketing Innovation Revealed
Atlanta, GA: Learn how the world’s largest aquarium utilized all marketing verticals to announce their biggest expansion yet.
March 18, L2
New York, NY: This full-day event will immerse marketers and senior management on Facebook.
March 21, Mobile Web and Apps World Forum
Orlando, FL: Top minds from around the world will discuss how to develop, market, deploy and monetize mobile web applications.
March 21-25, SES New York Conference & Expo
New York, NY: Learn how to power your online campaign through search, social media, behavioral targeting, mobile and video.
March 23, The Social Consumer: Case Studies and Roundtables
New York, NY: Reps from companies such as PepsiCo, Sony and Kotex will showcase their case studies on how they engaged, influenced and serviced consumers through innovative social programs.
March 23-24, Social Pulse 2011
Las Vegas, NV: Don’t miss this corporate social media marketing event featuring the latest insights and case studies on social media strategy.
March 24, 2011 Atlanta Marketer of the Year Awards
Atlanta, GA: The awards ceremony recognizes companies and individuals who have made their mark on the Atlanta marketing scene.
March 24, Social Media Tulsa Conference
Tulsa, OK: One day of sharing knowledge, sparking ideas and networking from the best in the social media business.
March 28-29, Marketing 2.0 Conference
Paris, France: Leading social media experts will discuss and learn about the social media initiatives from a variety of brands, advertisers, researchers and analysts.
March 29, BlogWell New York: How Big Brands Use Social Media
New York, NY: Corporate social media case studies shared by GE, H&R Block, Scholastic, Walmart and more.
March 29-30, Social Media World Forum Europe
London, UK: In its 3rd year, this event will provide a format for networking, engagement and a lot of social media debate.
March 31-April 1, Socialize: Monetizing Social Media
New York, NY: Business leaders unite from gaming, virtual goods, social mobile, marketing and mobile for two-days of learning and networking.
April 13, Social Slam
Knoxville, TN: This one-day conference will teach both experienced social media practitioners as well as newbie’s how to evaluate measure and track its importance to a business’ revenue. Plus, MLT Creative’s Billy Mitchell will be a panel member.
Sources: Mashable, aima, AMA Atlanta, BMA Atlanta, DMA Atlanta
Elizabeth Baker is an account coordinator for MLT Creative, an Atlanta advertising agency which specializes in B2B marketing.
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