Must-Attend Marketing Events of 2014

2013 is coming to a close, which means it’s time to get a jumpstart on your 2014 event plan. Are you ready for the many marketing events taking place in the new year? Your presence at physical events is great for generating leads, but it also gives your audience opportunities to interact with your brand. Whether you’re hosting, attending, or sponsoring an event, your company’s focus, perspective, and personality will be on display.

As usual, there are hundreds of marketing events you could attend this year, so we’ve decided to help you narrow down the list. So get your marketing swag in check, double-check your business cards, and throw on your lanyard! These are our top marketing event picks for 2014:

January

• Affiliate Summit West (January 12-14) – Las Vegas, NV
• RevTalks – The Revenue Marketing Summit (January 27) – San Francisco, CA
• Pubcon (January 28) – Austin, TX

February

• MarketingSherpa Email Summit (February 17-20) – Las Vegas, NV
• Tech Marketing 360 (February 18-20) – Dana Point, CA
• Inbound Marketing Summit (February 19 – November 5) – multiple cities
  

March

• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence (March 4-7) – Atlanta, GA
• South by Southwest Interactive  (March 7-11) – Austin, TX
• Search Marketing Expo (March 11-13) – San Jose, CA
• Conversion Conference (March 17-19) – San Francisco, CA
• Context (March 18) – San Francisco, CA
• Pubcon (March 18-20) – New Orleans, LA
• Adobe Summit (March 24 – 28) – Salt Lake City, UT
• ad:tech (March 26-27) – San Francisco, CA
• Social Media Marketing World (March 26-28) – San Diego, CA

April

• The Marketing Nation Summit 2014 (April 7-9) – San Francisco, CA
• OptiCon (April 17) – San Francisco, CA
• SugarCon (April 28-May 1) – San Francisco, CA

May

• Confab Central (May 7-9) – Minneapolis, MN
• SiriusDecisions Summit (May 21-23) – Orlando, FL

June

• Marketo Marketing Nation Roadshow (Dates Coming soon!) – Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Toronto, Canada; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO 
  
• Integrated Marketing Week (June 3-4) – New York, NY

July

• Marketo Marketing Nation Roadshow (Dates Coming Soon!) – New York, NY; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Silicon Valley, CA
• MozCon (July 14-16) Seattle, WA

August

• Affiliate Summit East (August 10-12) – New York, NY

September

• Content Marketing World (September 8-11) – Cleveland, OH
• HubSpot’s Inbound 2014 (September 15-18) – Boston, MA

October

• MarketingProfs B2B Forum (October 8-10) – Boston, MA  — Details Coming Soon!
• CRM User Group Summit (October 13-15) – St. Louis, MO
• Dreamforce (October 13-16) – San Francisco, CA
• DMA (October 25-30) – San Diego, CA

November

• ad:tech (November 5-6) – New York, NY

Did we miss any events you’re looking forward to? What were your favorite events of 2013? Feel free to share your thoughts below.