The Great Debate: Making Sense of Digital Marketing Service Providers

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May 19, 2016

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The Great Debate: Making Sense of Digital Marketing Service Providers

Digital Rochester event offers unique perspective on digital marketing and advertising

Rochester, N.Y. - Digital Rochester is hosting a panel discussion on Thursday, May 26 to help businesses determine the right digital marketing solution for their company or clients.

Agencies, small businesses, marketers, and digital media reps are encouraged to attend "The Great Debate: Making Sense of Digital Marketing Service Providers."

Every company needs a digital marketing strategy. As possibilities for promoting businesses using the internet continue to become more efficient and effective - and more complex - companies are starting to ask, "Should we outsource our digital marketing or manage it internally?" The Great Debate will tackle this question and more, as it helps businesses navigate through the numerous vendors who assert that they have the right solution. Attendees will have the opportunity to cast their vote for the debate winner.

This fast-paced and lively "debate style" discussion will address big issues including:

Inhouse vs. outsource
Managing multiple digital marketing partners
How tactics align with business objectives
Optimal client / agency / vendor relationships
If agencies are needed
Where social media fits in
Developing reports that include analytics that matter
Search engine marketing - who should take the lead?
Common pitfalls - why campaigns fail

Meg Hartman , Director, Web Experience & Social Media, Roberts Wesleyan College, Peter Platt, CEO, PSquared Digital, and Stephanie Schnonbrun, Account Executive, Viant Inc. (a Time Inc. Company) will bring their unique perspectives to this dynamic discussion. Representing the publisher side (seller), the agency side, and the marketer's (client) point-of-view, this well-balanced panel of speakers will provide attendees with a unique perspective on digital marketing and advertising, as well as ideas to act on immediately.

The event will begin at 7:30 a.m, at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607. It will open with networking and registration, followed by a "debate style" panel discussion and Q&A session.

The event is $20 for Digital Rochester individual and corporate members and $35 for non-members. Registration is available online at: https://www.runmyclub.com/DR/eventcalendar.asp?id=209161

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About Digital Rochester

Digital Rochester was founded in 2000 and is made up of professionals and companies working together to strengthen the Greater Rochester Area's technology business community. DR events and community services include a wide array of educational and networking activities designed to support the growth and success of the Rochester business community.

In 2010, the organization grew with the inclusion of the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) and eBusiness Association (eBA). In 2012, DR entered into a strategic alliance with Greater Rochester Enterprise (GRE). This alliance enhances DR's ability to support the Greater Rochester Region's business community.

www.digitalrochester.com