Conferences: Top Internet and Performance Marketing Shows

Affiliate Summit: the biggest affiliate marketing conference around. There are at least 2 a year in the US (one on the East Coast, one on the West Coast), and they’re going international now, too. More info…

Ad:Tech: this is the big daddy of digital marketing conferences, covering all digital media and performance marketing, but there is an increasing focus on internet marketing at this show. More info…

Commission Junction University (CJU) (http://cju.cj.com/)
CJU is very much an affiilate marketing conference, but it bills itself as a performance marketing conference so as not to overlap with Affiliate Summit. Either way, it’s a well respected, and popular annual conference that’s always located in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA.

BizTechDay (http://www.biztechday.com/)
A unique conference event for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Their slogan is they “put business before technology.” The information shared at this conference is intended to help attendees grow their businesses using the power of the Internet & Web 2.0 tools. Speakers include renowned writers, bloggers, podcasters, social media gurus, technology experts, and like-minded entrepreneurs and business owners.

PPC Summit (http://www.ppcsummit.com/)
PPC Summits have been teaching one day classes around the USA and internationally about pay per click marketing. The summits cover discussion, for sharing practices, networking with peers and solution providers, and sources of knowledge. They bring together facilitators and trainers who have experience working with pay per click. It gives an opportunity to interact with presenters, build peer relationships and get the questions answered.

Search Engine Strategies (SES) (http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/)
SES is a global conference & expo series that educates delegates on search engine marketing (SEM), including optimization (SEO) and advertising strategies and tactics. SES Search Marketing Events provide instruction from the Search experts, including representatives of the Search Engines themselves.

Search Marketing Expo (SMX) (http://searchmarketingexpo.com/)
SMX is the search engine marketing conference from Third Door Media. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower interactive marketers and others by providing the content.They contribute to the education, well-being and growth of the interactive marketing community.

PubCon (http://www.pubcon.com/)
PubCon is owned production of WebmasterWorld Incorporated. WebmasterWorld is the source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news and educational events. WebmasterWorld’s PubCon is an educational conference and industry trade show programmed for web professionals and website site owners. The topic areas discussed in the event are Search Engine Marketing, Optimization, Advertising, Website Publishing, Technical grit, Website, domain, and Ecommerce site management.

DomainFest Global (http://www.domainfest.com/)
DOMAINfest is an event built to serve the domain industry. Our goal is to inspire and support the industry, not only by providing valuable content tracks and informative conference sessions, but also by providing opportunities to network among the people who keep the domain industry moving. DOMAINfest was created with the industry as a whole in mind, and is open to all members of the domain community.

LinkShare Summit (http://www.linkshare.com/)
LinkShare Corporation provides ecommerce businesses with the quality pay-per-action marketing network, along with consultative services and technology. LinkShare’s cost-efficient pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation campaigns acquire new customers, increase revenue and drive results.

Social Networking Conference (http://www.socialnetworkingconference.com/)
Social Networking Conference is largest trade show and business conference for the social networking industry. Conferences cover the management, marketing and technology for the industry. The events cover - up to date forms of business management, internet marketing and new technologies. The events are designed to discuss new technologies as well as tactics, methods and strategies for managers of social networking businesses to run their operations.

eTail (http://www.wbresearch.com/etail/)
eTail provides knowledge to propel your retail enterprise into the next generation. It provides a view of the future of multi-channel retail and the eTail Program. This event provides the tactics to monetize your digital content and media spend in our brand new Emerging Channels and Media Summit.

Internet Retailer Conference (http://www.internetretailer.com/)
Internet Retailer conference covers a variety of e-retailing topics and solutions. It represents the diversity of the e-retailing market and players in that market. It provides the spectrum of web-based retailing trends, practices and issues.

NextMedia (http://www.futureofdigitalcontent.com/)
nextMEDIA is edge content creators, aggregators, and solution-providers meet to develop key business relationships. Achilles Media is a management organization for nextMEDIA ‘“ The Future of Digital Content. Achilles Media undertakes the organization of international events as well as training and development opportunities for content creators and other professionals in the television and new media industries.

Laredo Group Seminars (http://www.laredogroup.com/)
Laredo Group Courses (including “Intelligent Selling of Internet Advertising,” “Planning & Buying of Internet Advertising,” and “Digital & Interactive Marketing”) are non-technical and designed to enable students to understand and engage in interactive digital media and marketing in its many forms. They provide an understanding of basic and intermediate industry terms, concepts, technologies and internet & interactive advertising principles.

Supernova (http://www.supernova2008.com/)
Supernova brings together business, government, and technology leaders to understand how decentralization and pervasive connectivity are changing our world. Supernova conference has anticipated the developments on the path to the Network Age.

Interactive Local Media (http://www.kelseygroup.com/ilm2008/)
Kelsey Group is the provider of strategic research and analysis, data and metrics on yellow pages, electronic directories, local search, SMB advertising and local media. The event brings together executives to network and discuss topics of importance to their respective industries. They also provide networking and business development opportunities.

Email Insider Summit (http://www.mediapost.com/emailinsidersummit/)
The Email Insider Summit is an event where the brands and group of people discuss on state of email marketing. The Summit formats community building among marketers, agency executives and email service providers. The community shares experiences, new ideas, and strategies to improve both their own and other’s email campaigns and the channel as a whole.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo (http://www.blogworldexpo.com/)
BlogWorld is the tradeshow, conference, and media event to promote the industry of blogging and new media. The conference will feature blogging around the globe having panel discussions and keynotes on the edge of online marketing and internet-savvy business.

LeadsCon (http://www.leadscon.com/)
As we mentioned in this blog post about LeadsCon, the conference bills itself as “the pioneering conference and expo dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of those operating in the online lead generation industry.” The LeadsCon conference provides “a unique and collaborative environment designed for networking, innovating, and learning. Meet the people, gather the knowledge, and get the tools to gain the edge in the ever growing online lead generation space.”