Newsletter Top 5

Rubicon's Top 5 Marketing Conferences

April 24th - 26th, 2008 San Francisco, CA

This has become a flagship conference for virtually every marketer. You can network with industry players, form alliances, hear what,s on the cutting edge, listen to the best of the best, and spend some great time in the city that never sleeps. This is a must have on your calendar!

#2: MarketingSherpa B-to-B Demand Generation Conferences (S.F & N.Y)

Dates: TBD

For those of you interested in a conference that is focused specifically on demand and lead generation this is the place to be. MarketingSherpa, a leading e-publication to the marketing community has done an excellent job of building this conference into one of the best of the best. They have one on each Coast so for those of you on the West Coast you can attend without spending 20+ hours of travel time. Get this one on your calendar!

#3: CMO Summit

Dates: October, 2007- not confirmed

This is the premier summit for CMO's, VP's and heads of marketing. With as many niche conferences that are out there this refreshing conference is for those of you looking to discuss higher level strategies in a peer to peer environment. Topics include virtually every marketing practice under the sun but they bring a worldwide point of view very few conference or summits can provide. We strongly recommend this conference if this sounds like it something you would find valuable.

#4: DMA08- Annual Conference

Dates: October, 2007- not confirmed

This conference is put on by the Direct Marketing Association and is focused on the direct and interactive marketing community. One of the oldest of its kind, this conference provides something for everyone. Database marketing, web marketing, partner/channel marketing, e-tail strategies, lots and lots of case studies and the best speakers bring together some of the best or the best once a year to discuss what is happening and what will be happening over the next year.

#5: B2B Interactive Marketing Conference

Dates: TBD

This is a sister conference of the annual conference, co-sponsored by B2B magazine, and that focuses exclusively in the business to business marketing arena. Spend time at this conference and you will hear from the top B2B interactive marketing executives in the business. A solid program, great keynotes, and networking highlight the benefits of attending this conference. This is also an annual conference, the format is similar to that of the DMA Annual conference but the topics are 100% B2B and interactive related. If this is your space, put this on your calendar, it's a must attend!