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***UPDATE*** Congratulations to our winners! Susan DeRemer won the blog contest with this post and Mariam Mobarak won the Twitter contest. ***
Want to win a free ticket to the industry’s largest social media marketing conference of the year?
Social Media Examiner has been working hard to bring you our third-annual physical conference.
And we’ve come up with two fun ways for you to get involved.
First, what is this event?
Social Media Marketing World 2015 is the world’s largest physical social media conference dedicated to helping marketers and business owners master social media marketing.
Watch this video for a quick overview.
More than 100 of the world’s most respected social media marketing experts will share their strategies with you—and you can meet them face to face.
Imagine chatting with Guy Kawasaki, Mari Smith, Chris Brogan, Jay Baer, Ann Handley, Michael Stelzner, Michael Hyatt, Laura Fitton, Joe Pulizzi, Mark Schaefer, Cliff Ravenscraft, Nichole Kelly, Ted Rubin, Chalene Johnson, Darren Rowse, Paul Rand, Joel Comm, Lee Odden, Kim Garst, Martin Shervington, Marcus Sheridan, Gini Dietrich, Pat Flynn, John Jantsch, Christopher Penn, Tom Webster, Andrea Vahl, Dan Miller, Steve Spangler, Ekaterina Walter, Pam Moore, Jason Miller, Todd Wheatland, Steve Dotto, Sue Zimmerman, Peg Fitzpatrick, Brian Clark—and many, many more.
Your presenters also include top social media marketers from brands such as LinkedIn, Whole Foods, Adobe, KLM, Century 21, Cisco, Tyson Foods, Cox, Citrix, Save-A-Lot, Cabela’s, BMC Software and the Boston Celtics. These world-class experts will be sharing their in-the-trenches knowledge and experience from a variety of industries and types of businesses.
You’ll choose from 100+ pitch-free sessions presented in 7 social media marketing tracks (you get access to all of them). Pick up actionable ideas to improve your marketing with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, visual marketing and SlideShare. Discover new social strategies; tips for including podcasting, blogging and video in your content marketing mix; measurement techniques that work; a glimpse at what’s coming up in the quickly evolving realm of social media; and real-world solutions to issues you face as a corporate or small business marketer.
One of the best parts of Social Media Marketing World is the opportunity to network with 2,500 fellow marketers. We’ve built networking right into the schedule, with dedicated networking times after lunches and keynote sessions, an enormous Networking Plaza where you can connect with experts and peers between sessions, networking walks and runs, and two networking parties, including the Opening Night Networking Party aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier and Social Beach Networking Party, an indoor Southern California beach experience.
Experience Social Media Marketing World Without the Travel
Imagine learning from the world's top social marketing pros without ever leaving your home or office.
Attend Social Media Marketing World virtually with an On-Demand Ticket. Watch all the sessions, keynotes, and workshops when and where you want! You’ll walk away with real business-building ideas without having to deal with the stress or expense of travel.
CLICK TO LEARN MOREWe expect to sell out before the event starts on March 25, 2015. People attending represent large and small companies just like yours and some attendees are flying in from places like Australia, Brazil, Norway, United Arab Emirates, India, Peru, France, New Zealand, Israel, Panama, Venezuela, Canada and the United Kingdom.
How can you win tickets?
We’re giving away two free tickets to the conference (retail value: $1497 each), plus the opportunity to be promoted to more than 330,000 of your peers!
Get Expert Social Media Marketing Training from the Pros
Want to get ahead of the competition or learn how to diversify your strategy?
Learn from dozens of the industry's most trusted experts, rub elbows with other smart marketers, and take your marketing to the next level during this 3-day event in sunny San Diego, CA.
CLICK TO LEARN MOREThere are two tickets up for grabs and two ways to win:
#1: Twitter Entry
Simply click the button on the right or tweet what you see below for a chance to win one ticket:
You can tweet up to two times per day. Each tweet is an entry to win.
All tweets must have the #winSMMW15 hashtag included.
We’ll randomly draw one winner who will be awarded a free ticket to Social Media Marketing World 2015.
#2: Written Entry
Simply write about your biggest social media marketing challenge and why you should win a free ticket in the comments box below (scroll down).
Our judges will select one winner who will be awarded a free ticket to Social Media Marketing World 2015, two free nights at the San Diego Manchester Grand Hyatt, PLUS a mention in the Social Media Examiner newsletter (330,000+ subscribers)!
The judges—Lee Odden (founder/CEO, TopRank Online Marketing and author, Optimize), Gini Dietrich (founder/CEO, Arment Dietrich and author, Spin Sucks) and Neal Schaffer (founder/president, Maximize Your Social and author, Maximize Your Social)—will select the winning entry. Their decisions are subjective and final.
What you need to know:
- You can enter to win either or both prizes.
- Tweets must contain #winSMMW15.
- The entry deadline is Wednesday, February 11, 2015, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
- If you’ve already purchased a ticket, no worries. If you win, we’ll either give you a full refund or you can give your spare ticket to someone you really like.
- No purchase is necessary to win.
We look forward to seeing your comments and tweets. Good luck!
Experience The World's Largest Social Media Conference
Quality marketing training, actionable takeaways, and beneficial connections—that's just a fraction of what you can expect at Social Media Marketing World! Join thousands of smart marketers in sunny San Diego this spring and level up your marketing.
🔥 Sale ends Friday! 🔥
