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Planning your marketing roadmap for 2025 in Memphis, Tennessee? Known for logistics (FedEx HQ), music heritage, healthcare, and a growing startup culture. Here are 10 events:
1. Digital Summit Memphis
Description: Potential or new addition to the Digital Summit roster, covering digital marketing, SEO, social media, email, and analytics.
Date (2025): TBA (Check if Memphis gets added)
Location: Renasant Convention Center or downtown venues
Website: Digital Summit
Who Should Go: Digital marketers, brand managers, e-commerce professionals, and local agencies.
Past Speakers: Experts from Google, HubSpot, major marketing platforms (if confirmed).
2. AMA Memphis Annual Marketing Conference
Description: Hosted by AMA Memphis, focusing on branding, digital strategies, local success stories, and creative campaigns relevant to the region.
Date (2025): Often Spring or Fall
Location: Downtown Memphis hotels or business centers
Website: AMA Memphis
Who Should Go: Marketers, agency folks, students, and corporate leaders.
Past Speakers: Execs from FedEx, AutoZone, local ad agencies, and nonprofits.
3. Memphis Entrepreneur Week (Marketing & Growth Track)
Description: A multi-day celebration of Memphis entrepreneurship, with sessions on marketing strategies, branding, social media, and startup growth.
Date (2025): Likely Fall
Location: Coworking spaces, local accelerators (e.g., Start Co.), downtown venues
Website: Start Co. or local event boards
Who Should Go: Founders, marketers, local investors, and business mentors.
Past Speakers: Memphis-based startup founders, marketing automation pros, city officials.
4. Social Media Day Memphis
Description: Part of global Social Media Day, focusing on platform-specific strategies, community engagement, and influencer partnerships.
Date (2025): Around June 30
Location: Downtown Memphis or coworking/event spaces
Website: Local social media clubs or Eventbrite
Who Should Go: Social media managers, small business owners, content creators, and brand storytellers.
Past Speakers: Local influencers, marketing consultants, tourism/hospitality social leads.
5. Memphis Tourism & Hospitality Marketing Conference
Description: Focuses on promoting Memphis music, culture, and attractions, with sessions on destination branding, event marketing, and visitor engagement.
Date (2025): Likely mid-year
Location: Renasant Convention Center or hotels near Beale Street
Website: Memphis Travel or local tourism associations
Who Should Go: Hotel marketers, event planners, tourism boards, and hospitality professionals.
Past Speakers: Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau reps, local venue managers, brand strategists.
6. Mid-South PR & Marketing Summit (Memphis Edition)
Description: A regional event featuring integrated marketing, PR strategies, social media, and brand communications tailored to Mid-South businesses.
Date (2025): TBA
Location: Downtown Memphis hotels or conference centers
Website: Check PRSA Memphis or local AMA updates
Who Should Go: PR professionals, marketing managers, corporate comms, nonprofits, and agency staff.
Past Speakers: Local journalists, PR agency owners, brand marketing directors, and philanthropic organizers.
7. E-commerce & Retail Forum Memphis
Description: With FedEx based in Memphis, logistics and e-commerce are huge. This event covers online retail, last-mile delivery marketing, and omnichannel strategies.
Date (2025): Likely mid-year
Location: Convention centers or downtown venues
Website: Retail TouchPoints or local business listings
Who Should Go: E-commerce marketers, brand managers, supply chain specialists, and marketing ops pros.
Past Speakers: FedEx marketing leads, shipping/logistics experts, local online retailers, analytics vendors.
8. Music & Marketing: Memphis Edition
Description: An event exploring how the local music scene (blues, soul) intersects with brand partnerships, influencer marketing, and creative campaigns.
Date (2025): TBA
Location: Music venues near Beale Street or event spaces
Website: Check local event boards or Choose901
Who Should Go: Music industry marketers, brand sponsors, venue promoters, and creative agencies.
Past Speakers: Record label reps, local festival organizers, brand managers, and social media strategists.
9. University of Memphis Marketing Speaker Series
Description: The Fogelman College of Business & Economics might host marketing-focused lectures, panels, or mini-conferences, open to students & community.
Date (2025): Various
Location: University of Memphis campus
Website: Fogelman College event listings
Who Should Go: Students, academics, local marketers, entrepreneurs.
Past Speakers: Professors, corporate marketing directors, local startup founders, PR specialists.
10. MEMSBDC Small Business Marketing Expo
Description: The local Small Business Development Center might host workshops on digital marketing, social media, and branding for SMB owners.
Date (2025): Throughout the year
Location: SBDC offices or community centers
Website: Tennessee SBDC (search Memphis branch)
Who Should Go: Entrepreneurs, small business owners, freelance marketers, and nonprofits.
Past Speakers: SBDC advisors, Google digital coaches, local marketing consultants.
