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Planning your marketing roadmap for 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana? Known for tourism, festivals, hospitality, and a budding tech startup community. Here are 10 events:
1. New Orleans Digital Summit
Description: While not yet confirmed as a permanent stop, the Digital Summit series or similarly branded events may include NOLA, covering SEO, social media, email, and analytics.
Date (2025): TBA (Check expansions)
Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center or downtown hotels
Website: Digital Summit
Who Should Go: Digital marketers, brand managers, tourism/hospitality marketers, and local agencies.
Past Speakers: Typically includes Google, Moz, Salesforce, and local companies if scheduled.
2. New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) – Marketing & Branding Track
Description: A major festival for entrepreneurs, featuring marketing, branding, and social media sessions to help startups grow and scale.
Date (2025): Usually Spring
Location: Multiple venues around downtown New Orleans
Website: New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
Who Should Go: Founders, marketers, investors, small business owners, and local mentors.
Past Speakers: Local startup founders, marketing gurus, city leaders, and major brand executives.
3. AMA New Orleans Annual Conference
Description: Hosted by the AMA’s New Orleans chapter, focusing on digital marketing, branding, storytelling, and Louisiana-based success stories.
Date (2025): Spring or Fall
Location: Downtown hotels or conference spaces
Website: AMA New Orleans
Who Should Go: Marketers, agency pros, students, and corporate brand managers.
Past Speakers: NOLA tourism marketing leads, hospitality executives, local agencies.
4. Social Media Day New Orleans
Description: A local celebration of social media marketing, influencer campaigns, brand engagement, and platform innovations, aligned with the global event.
Date (2025): Around June 30
Location: Coworking spaces or downtown event venues
Website: Check local social media clubs or Eventbrite
Who Should Go: Social media managers, content creators, small business owners, and digital strategists.
Past Speakers: Local tourism/hospitality social leads, PR consultants, brand managers.
5. New Orleans Tourism & Hospitality Marketing Conference
Description: Focuses on destination branding, event promotion (Mardi Gras, festivals), and visitor engagement, critical to NOLA’s economy.
Date (2025): Mid-year or before major festivals
Location: Convention centers or major hotels in the French Quarter or CBD
Website: New Orleans & Company (industry resources)
Who Should Go: Hospitality marketers, hotel/resort managers, event planners, tourism boards.
Past Speakers: Local DMO reps, major festival organizers, marketing experts, and restaurant/hotel execs.
6. PRSA New Orleans Marketing & Communications Summit
Description: PR-based but includes integrated marketing, social media, brand storytelling, and crisis management.
Date (2025): TBA
Location: Downtown hotels or conference centers
Website: PRSA New Orleans
Who Should Go: PR professionals, corporate comms, nonprofit marketers, brand managers.
Past Speakers: Local journalists, PR agency founders, tourism/hospitality comms heads.
7. The Idea Village Marketing & Branding Workshops (NOLA)
Description: A nonprofit startup accelerator that hosts workshops on marketing, branding, and growth strategies for local entrepreneurs.
Date (2025): Ongoing events year-round
Location: The Idea Village office or local co-working spaces
Website: Idea Village
Who Should Go: Startup founders, small business owners, marketing freelancers, local mentors.
Past Speakers: Local entrepreneurs, marketing consultants, and community investors.
8. NOLAvate Black Tech & Marketing Summit
Description: An event championing Black technologists and entrepreneurs, sometimes including marketing, branding, and digital innovation sessions.
Date (2025): Likely in Spring or Fall
Location: Downtown NOLA or community centers
Website: NOLAvate Black
Who Should Go: Black-owned businesses, marketers, community leaders, and tech professionals.
Past Speakers: Local founders, DEI advocates, marketing pros, and corporate sponsors.
9. Freight & Logistics Marketing Forum (Given FedEx / Port of NOLA)
Description: NOLA’s significant port and logistics presence might spawn an event focusing on supply chain, B2B marketing, and shipping/transport promotion.
Date (2025): TBA
Location: Convention centers near the port or downtown hotels
Website: Check local logistics associations or Port of New Orleans news
Who Should Go: Logistics marketers, B2B sales, corporate comms, shipping/transport professionals.
Past Speakers: Port officials, freight marketing consultants, shipping brand managers, supply chain analysts.
10. Tulane / Loyola University Marketing Speaker Series
Description: Local universities host marketing, entrepreneurship, and brand-related talks, often featuring business leaders and subject matter experts.
Date (2025): Ongoing
Location: Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business or Loyola campus halls
Website: Tulane Business or Loyola Business
Who Should Go: Students, alumni, local marketers, and corporate sponsors.
Past Speakers: Professors, corporate marketing directors, entrepreneurs, and local brand executives.