The Best Growth Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2024
Are you a growth marketing geek? So are we!
Whether you’re an aspiring growth hacker or on the path to building your disruptive startup, growth marketing conferences provide an excellent opportunity to get involved in the growth community and learn from the best.
But first of all…
Why is growth marketing important?
Growth marketing is the most effective way to increase revenue and the number of customers for your business. It involves using a variety of tactics, marketing channels, and experimentation to drive more traffic to your website and convert more visitors into customers. Unlike traditional marketing, growth marketing is a data-driven approach focused on understanding and optimizing customer behavior.
What is a Conference in marketing?
Marketing conferences are exclusive events designed for like-minded people from the same industry to discuss marketing strategies and to help them with their brand development.
They usually include high-profile speakers willing to share their knowledge and growth insights.
Why go to a growth marketing conference?
Growth marketing conferences and events provide a great opportunity to mingle and network face-to-face with active growth marketing practitioners, learn the latest tips and tricks from the trenches, and (probably) get a little tipsy.
Since these conferences are super valuable for anybody interested in marketing, growth, and startups, we’ve compiled a list of our top 12 picks for growth hacking and growth marketing conferences in 2023.
Growth Marketing Conferences in 2023
Growth Marketing Summit
Why you should go:
If you’re in Europe, you might be jealous of the San Francisco growth marketing conferences.
Don’t be – Germany has you covered!
If you want to attend a European purist growth marketing conference, check this out. With keynote speakers like Eric Ries, the best-selling author of the lean startup rest assured that you’re going to get top-notch content and insights from the leaders in agile and growth marketing.
Last year, 1,000+ growth marketers from over 16 countries showed up, and this year the organizers expect that number to be even higher.
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Speakers: Includes speakers from companies such as Instagram, Nextfil, Coop, and many more
- Date: June 22nd, 2023
- Cost: 599€
- Register: Purchase your tickets here
Search Love – San Diego
Why you should go:
Search Love has three conference locations, with San Diego being the most popular. Probably because, well, it’s San Diego. This sunny city is fantastic, so if you’re looking for an excuse to visit it, this is your perfect opportunity.
It’s been sold out three years in a row and had attendees from companies such as Addidas, eBay, Google, IKEA, and many more.
The theme of Search Love San Diego:
“Get up to speed on the latest in search, analytics, content creation, optimizing your website, paid promotions, and more.”
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: San Diego, California, USA
- Speakers: Includes speakers from companies such as SparkToro, Kick Point, SearchPilot, and many more
- Date: March 13-14, 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Analytics, optimization, content, and paid promotions
- Audience: In-house SEOs, Agency SEOs, Marketing Managers, and Business Owners
- Cost: $1299-$1599
- Register: You can purchase your tickets here
Chase Richards, Kaplan InternationalSearch Love jump started my career and changed the way we do online marketing. Anyone works in this industry needs to be there.
Social Media Marketing World
Why you should go:
Suppose you are a social media marketer or are interested in learning more about integrating social media into your growth marketing strategy. In that case, this is a great conference to check out!
It has attendees from over 50 countries each year, and it will help with your business growth by taking your social marketing skills to the next level.
KEY INFORMATION
Scott Duehlmeier, Communications Director at BrandHiveSocial Media Marketing World is the best thing that I’ve ever done professionally, and I love it!
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CXL Live 2023
Why you should go:
The CXL Institute is my favorite learning resource for all things data-driven marketing and CRO, so when I found out they had a conference, I knew I had to add it to this list!
All of the speakers are real-life practitioners of experiment-driven marketing. The tickets include everything you need. Hotel, food, and even alcohol (they have a pre-party and an after-party scheduled into the itinerary. How thoughtful!).
If you’re into experimentation and delving into the world of psychology-driven marketing then this is a great one for you!
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Austin, Texas, USA
- Date: Fall, 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Marketing and Building a network
- Cost: To be announced
- Register: You can sign up for their newsletter to get notified once tickets are available
SMX Munich
Why you should go:
If you live in Europe and want to network with the brightest minds in search marketing, visit Munich in mid-March for SMX Munich. SMX has been the leading conference for search marketing professionals for more than 15 years.
KEY INFORMATION
Hero Conference Austin
Why you should go:
If PPC is what you do, then this conference is great for you (rhyme intended). You’ll get to network with like-minded PPC practitioners and talk shop about Adwords, Meta ads, and other PPC platforms like TikTok, Quora, and Reddit.
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Austin, Texas, USA
- Speakers: A list of 2023 speakers is provided here
- Date: April 13-14
- Primary areas of focus: PPC
- Cost: N/A
- Register: Online registration is currently closed, but you can sign up by email to be notified of updates
Search Love Conference – Philadelphia
Why you should go:
We mentioned the Search Love conference in San Diego. The Philadelphia version of this conference is perfect for anyone living on the East Coast who opts for growth marketing conferences closer to home.
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Date: Summer 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Seo and Web marketing trends, Social Metrics, PPC marketing, and many more
- Cost: TBD
- Register: You can register here
Nathan Turner, Author at iPullRankSearch Love is still the best Conference event the industry has to offer. Fantastic time, with great speakers and amazing networking events.
Digital Elite Camp
Why you should go:
Not only it’s organized by the CXL Institute. It also takes place in breathtaking Estonia by the Baltic Sea. What better way to start your summer than networking with CRO and growth marketing practitioners next to the sandy beaches of Estonia?
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Laulasmaa, Estonia
- Date: June 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Experimentation, CRO, B2B demand generation, and growth marketing
- Cost: $1560
- Register: You can register here
MozCon
Why you should go:
MozCon is the go-to conference for the latest in SEO and content marketing. It’s a three-day event and features the best of the best of hand-picked speakers. Great for networking and learning the latest in SEO and content strategies.
KEY INFORMATION
Lily Ray, Director of SEO at AmsiveI’ve made MozCon an annual ritual. I leave each year feeling invigorated with new ideas, new skills, and a refreshed approach to my own client strategies. The information I’ve learned at MozCon has significantly improved my abilities as an SEO and has led to better results for my clients.
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INBOUND 23
Why you should go:
Each year thousands of people, from over 161 countries attend INBOUND.
By attending this growth marketing conference, you have the opportunity to learn from leaders in marketing and sales and connect with top professionals from all over the world.
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Speakers: A list of this year’s speakers is yet to be announced, but here is a list of previous speakers
- Date: September 5-8, 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Marketing, sales, customer success, and operations
- Cost: $899-$1,699
Tyrona Heath, Director, Market Engagement, The B2B Institute at LinkedInI’ve been coming to the INBOUND conference for a decade now… Never looked back.
Strategic Marketing 2023
Why you should go:
With over 50 speakers and 30 sessions, Strategic Marketing 2023 definitely is a sure-fire growth marketing conference.
It includes Marketing leaders from the world’s most recognizable brands such as Spotify, Microsoft, and Samsung with only one goal: To motivate and empower marketing leaders.
KEY INFORMATION
Marketing Manager, WLR Automotive GroupThe 2022 Strategic Marketing Event was amazing. The quality of the speakers and agenda were just what I needed to get excited about marketing. It validated many things we are doing and helped me form goals for 2023!
Collision
Why you should go:
It is a can’t-miss event with some of the fastest growing companies like Airbnb, Slack, and Booking.com attending growth marketing conferences like Collision.
It includes over 4,000 attendees from over 140 countries and is known to be one of the world’s biggest tech conferences.
KEY INFORMATION
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Speakers: A list of this year’s speakers is provided on their website
- Date: June 26-29, 2023
- Primary areas of focus: Networking, Lead Generation, Learning, and Exposure
- Cost: $481
- Register: Purchase your tickets here
Can’t attend growth marketing conferences?
Let’s be honest, most of these conferences are pretty expensive. Factor in the cost of traveling and the number of hours (or days) you’ll have to block off your calendar. Most mortals won’t be able to justify the +$1,000 investment necessary to attend a high-end growth marketing conference.
But let’s back up for a second and recount what the core benefits of these conferences are:
- The ability to mingle and network with growth marketing peers
- Awesome personal stories that you’ll hear either from keynote speakers or from the people you’ll meet at the after-parties
- Networking opportunities, perfect for business development.
Obligatory sales pitch here, but you can do all of the above from the comfort of your living room while wearing your favorite pajamas. Plus, if you prefer to reach out to successful startup founders, growth hackers, SaaS founders with proven strategies, or even share ideas with people from different companies that share the same passion as you, you can always join our City Squads.
Click here to browse available growth mentors.
You’ll find:
- VP’s of Growth
- Founders of SaaS startups
- Expert growth hackers
- Content marketing strategists
- VC’s and angel investors
And they’re all just waiting to have a friendly conversation with you, no pitches, no weird, awkward expectations for you to upgrade to their “course,” just an honest 1:1 conversation with a singular goal of helping you with business growth!
