Social Media Marketing World:
Sponsorship Opportunities
Social marketers come to Social Media Marketing World for education, strategy, and solutions. Being in front of this audience with meaningful messaging, insights and education can help you reach and influence those marketers.
We offer two types of opportunities for your business:
- Booths (limited quantity)
- Experiences (sponsor parties or lounges)
Below you will find event demographics, sponsorship options, and pricing details.
Click here to contact our sponsor team
Who Attends?
Thousands of marketers travel from around the globe each year to learn from the pros at Social Media Marketing World.
Nearly all attendees are experienced social media marketers who work in or for small to medium-sized consumer businesses. Whether they're a consultant, agency, or in-house, they're always on the lookout for tools, training, and solutions that will make their lives easier and make them look like a rockstar.
Most often, attendees want to learn more about options that will help them save time, be more consistent, and generate more ROI.
Sponsors from 2023 include Cloud Campaign, GoBox Studio, HighLevel, Hootsuite, IZEA, Jasper, Justworks, Metricool, Rembrand, The Futures and Zoho.
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Why sponsor Social Media Marketing World?
Thinking about sponsoring Social Media Marketing World?
Year after year attendees, speakers, and sponsors alike return to Social Media Marketing World. Why? The content is bursting with value, relationships formed are priceless, and new business opportunities are forged, multiple masterminds are created and so much more.
Here are four strong reasons to sponsor:
#1: Increase brand awareness: Your brand is front and center among thousands of social media and business marketers who are seeking to take their marketing to the next level.
Attendees come to Social Media Marketing World looking for solutions. With your sponsorship, your investment puts you top of mind with the world’s leading social marketers.
“We closed business on-site at SMMW, which never happens. Overall, we were very happy and will be back next year!” said Laura Lilley, Hootsuite.
#2: Generate better leads: Imagine your ideal prospects, all in one location. No calling, no emailing, you simply smile at the line of people who want to talk to you.
If your goal is to directly reach social media and business marketers, you’ll find the most qualified audience at Social Media Marketing World.
How can we make this claim?
- Attendees are Social Media Examiner fans: Social Media Examiner attracts the industry’s largest and most loyal fans via its very large blog (nearly 2 million people a month) and podcast (500,000 monthly downloads).
- Quality speakers draw quality attendees: All speakers are carefully recruited based on their expertise and ability to teach. Often called the “Super Bowl” of social media conferences, we draw the largest quantity of deep domain experts.
#3: Develop stronger influencer relationships: You’ll connect with high-profile influencers and deep domain experts who can accelerate your awareness in the industry.
Getting discovered by the right influencer can be an accelerant that fuels your business growth. Among our world-class speakers and attendees, you’ll find influencers in every major industry and on every major social platform. Getting in front of a large gathering of influencers and developing new relationships will never be easier.
#4: Meet your customers in person: Imagine meeting your best customers, face-to-face.
Come join us for an amazing experience!
“What we like most about the conference is the ability to talk to our target audience, clients, and industry leaders, plus the overall experience of built-in networking,” said Kate Skavish, Wave.video.
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Conference Experience
The Conference Experience at Social Media Marketing World has become a hallmark of this event hosted for nearly a decade. Thousands gather from diverse industries and a multitude of locations to meet like-minded marketers and business partners, break bread, catch sessions, and meet sponsors. It’s where business learning and professional development takes place and deals get done.
We offer a limited number of targeted sponsorship opportunities, including:
- 10×10 Booths and 1800 sq/ft Lounges
- Parties, Badges, and more!
This year, sponsors are centrally located on the upper level of the Convention Center in the midst of the session rooms for maximum exposure and traffic flow.
Wondering who sponsors?
If your solution falls into any of these categories, Social Media Marketing World IS for you:
- Agencies
- Social analytics
- Social media management
- Social media monitoring
- Influencer marketing/management tools
- Social advertising apps
- Specialty social media apps/tools
- Photo/video/audio equipment manufacturers
- Visual apps
- Video or live video apps
- Customer support software
- Community management
- Marketing automation/email management
- Social sharing plug-ins
- WordPress plugins
Social Media Marketing World attendees are also interested in:
- Business productivity solutions
- Communication/workflow solutions
- WordPress and hosting companies/domain registries
- Financial services/digital payment solutions
- Design services
- Agencies
- Directory listings
- Local business apps
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Conference Map for 2024:
Your brand is part of the action happening on the upstairs level of the Convention Center as attendees travel to keynote sessions, track sessions, food and beverage, networking, and more!
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Booths:
10×10 Booth Space (5 of 12 remaining)
Your business has a dedicated booth in a prime location upstairs adjacent to session rooms.
- Booth: 10’ x 10’ exhibit space (prime traffic location) all three days of our event.
- Furnishings: Draped table (4’ x 2.5’), one stool, and black pipe-and-drape.
- Internet: Sponsor-only Wi-Fi access provided.
- Power: Dedicated 5 AMP power line and power strip.
- Tickets: Two (2) All-Access conference tickets. (Value $3,994).
- Lead retrieval app: A mobile app for scanning badges to collect leads.
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
PRICING: $18,000 each 10×10 space
Note: All booths come with Sponsor WiFi access and 5 AMP power line and power strip. Additional power or hard-line Internet is available at an added cost to the Sponsor.
Click here to contact our sponsor team
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OPTIONAL UPGRADES OR EXTRA TICKETS:
- All-Access conference ticket: Access to workshops, networking, keynotes, track sessions, and lounges. PRICE $1,297
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Experiences
Lounge Sponsor
Take the traditional booth experience and 18X it! Your business creates an exclusive lounge in the midst of the breakout sessions—all three days of our event.
- 1800 square feet of space: You get your own room where you can customize your own engagement experience. Make it a lounge, a classroom, meeting space, a cafe, or anything else you can dream up.
- Furnishings: 28'6″ x 57'6″ room comes with four walls, entry doors, overhead lighting, basic chairs, and round tables. Sponsor to provide all other furnishings to create room experience.
- Power: Dedicated 10 AMP power lines and power strips.
- Tickets: Four (4) All-Access conference tickets. (Value $7,988)
- Lead retrieval app: A mobile app for scanning badges to collect leads.
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
PRICING: Contact Our Sponsor Team
Click here to contact our sponsor team
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Host Exclusive Speaker Party
You become the “official sponsor” of the speaker party where you get to connect with our speakers in an intimate social gathering.
- Party: Host a private party exclusively for speakers.
- Speech: Give a short speech to all speakers.
- Tickets: Two (2) All-Access conference tickets. (Value $3,994)
- Signage: Your brand will be prominently displayed on signage at the event.
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
PRICING: Contact Our Sponsor Team
Live Band Karaoke Party Sponsor
You become the “official sponsor” of the second night party where social marketers enjoy desserts and beverages in one room, while extroverts dance and sing with the live band on-stage. Enjoy a party complete with selfies and networking inside one of San Diego’s premiere locations.
- Party: Host a three-hour party for All-Access ticket holders.
- Tickets: Two (2) All-Access conference tickets. (Value $3,994)
- Signage: Your brand will be prominently displayed on signage at the event.
- Event mobile app: Company listing as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
PRICING: Contact Our Sponsor Team
Official Lanyard Sponsor
Imagine your brand is in each selfie and every video all attendees take at Social Media Marketing World…
- Tickets: One (1) All-Access conference ticket. (Value $1,997)
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
- Includes all printing. The sponsor must provide a design meeting the specifications of the Social Media Marketing World staff.
PRICING: $22,000
Official Badge Sponsor
Imagine your brand and special offer on the back of every attendee name badge, which is the official pass to all activities at Social Media Marketing World.
- Tickets: One (1) All-Access conference ticket. (Value $1,997)
- Logo recognition: Your logo listed as a sponsor with a link to your special offer.
- Includes all printing. The sponsor must provide a design meeting the specifications of the Social Media Marketing World staff. Deadline for final art is Friday February 3rd.
PRICING: $22,000
Click here to contact our sponsor team
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