Sponsors

PLATINUM

R2integrated is a high growth, next generation digital, social marketing and technology agency specializing in creating meaningful customer engagement in the ever-changing world of peer-to-peer interactions. Publish. Engage. Connect. Understand. Every day, r2i helps brands design and execute content-driven customer engagement strategies that produce measurable results.

GOLD

Millennial Media is the leading independent mobile advertising and data platform powering the app economy. Millennial Media has focused on delivering innovation and thought leadership in mobile advertising since we were founded in 2006. Our business is built upon our unparalleled data & technology, strong partnerships with global media and application developers across all operating systems, and trusted relationships with the world's top brands. We deliver creative ideas and solutions with the understanding that technology and partner collaboration enable our business, while our people power our business. We are innovators, creators and pioneers. At every level, our motivated team strives to act with integrity and a desire to drive the app economy forward.

Zoomph software runs & analyzes social content from Facebook, Twitter & Instagram in real time. It maximizes social engagements for brands by tracking trends, the competition, and the market @ large with up-to-the-minute analytics and streams. It provides clients customized, data-rich visual displays and social mashups to present on websites or at events. Its social collaborative modeling capabilities are available for organizations of all sizes.

SILVER

Allinio is a Marketing Automation professional services firm helping organizations plan and implement web-based platforms to better gather, store, analyze, share, and act upon data that maximizes marketing ROI and drives higher revenue. Start aligning your sales & marketing processes to develop better quality leads and achieve more sales today by visiting www.allinio.com or calling 410-929-7644.

Sapling Pictures - A good story needs to be told well. It’s not just about beginnings and endings—it’s about characters, perspectives, rhythm and life. You need the whole story to get a great picture. And that’s where Sapling comes in. Our creative talents and technical skills give your story a voice that speaks to your audience.

At Hy.ly, we know conversions. From understanding what motivates people to share content with their friends to reaching web users across multiple channels, we‘ve got lead generation down to a science.

For B2Bs, we create content marketing campaigns such as eBooks, White Papers, Webinars Mailing List Builders, etc. to acquire leads.
For B2Cs, we build Sweepstakes, Photo and other Contests to acquire fans and spread the word about your brand across their social networks.
For nonprofits and associations, we design petitions, donation campaigns, etc. to acquire advocates.

Hy.ly’s conversion engine helps our customers achieve their conversion goals at multiple stages of the conversion funnel. All of our campaigns are optimized to reach the right audiences, whether they’re on Facebook, LinkedIn, or a mobile phone. Combined with multi-channel publishing technology and the analytic tools to optimize your campaigns, our clients get the most conversions for the lowest cost.

WB&A Market Research is a full-service market research firm which has been serving clients in a wide range of industries since 1987. From health care, financial services, education, and transportation, to energy, associations, and travel & tourism, we've helped hundreds of organizations uncover the insights and opportunities critical for their success.

WebMechanix is one of the hottest SEO & internet marketing start-up companies to come out of the Baltimore, Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia area for years. We’re young, hungry, motivated, and razor sharp. We eat, sleep & breathe SEO, PPC, social, email marketing, analytics, & conversion so you don’t have to. Learn more at WebMechanix.com or give us a call at 443-927-7195.

At 15Four we build solutions. We begin by understanding you, your customers and your competitors in the context of your industry. We then create unparalleled content, and the means to distribute and measure it. To put it simply, we build video strategy.

Marketo uniquely provides easy-to-use, powerful and complete marketing software that propels fast-growing small companies and global enterprises alike. Marketo’s marketing automation and sales effectiveness software – including the world’s first integrated solution for social marketing automation – streamlines marketing processes, delivers more campaigns, generates more win-ready leads, and dramatically improves sales performance. With proven technology, comprehensive services and expert guidance, Marketo helps thousands of companies around the world turn marketing from a cost center into a revenue driver. Known for providing breakthrough innovation and fueling explosive growth, Marketo was recently named one of “America’s Most Promising Companies” “by Forbes, the #1 Marketing Software Vendor on the INC 500, and #1 fastest-growing private company of 2011 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. In both 2011 and 2012 the company received the CRM Market Leaders Awards Winner for Marketing Solutions by CRM Magazine. Salesforce.com customers also honored the company with two AppExchange Best of ’11 Awards, for Best Marketing Automation Solution and Best Chatter Exchange.

BRONZE

Carousel30 is a digital agency that focuses on building audience engagement and conversions for top brands. Our diverse team translates business objectives into digital strategies that incorporate websites, mobile apps, social media marketing, email marketing, display advertising and other efforts. Since we were founded in 2003, we have had the opportunity to work with and help grow our clients’ business, while leading the digital marketing industry as it continues to mature. We've worked with top brands around the world, including Toyota, AOL, Geico, CQ Roll Call, The Nature Conservancy, United Nations, National Audubon Society, AARP, MTV, and more. We consistently provide clients with engaged audiences and tailored experiences that connect them to the people, brands, causes and products they love.

The BOSS Group is an award-winning, creative staffing agency that provides interactive, creative and marketing talent. We've been supplying temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire professionals to leading organizations across virtually every industry for more than 20 years. Our clients attest to our expertise in creative staffing, the high caliber of our talent and our track record of service excellence. The BOSS Group has local offices in many major metropolitan markets and is a certified Women's Business Enterprise.

Thomas Snyder,

Branch Manager

email: t.snyder@thebossgroup.com

phone: 410-244-0944

Network for Good is the Internet’s leading charitable giving resource, matching people and charities in 4 ways: • Fundraising tools: Network for Good helps nonprofits (NPOs) raise money on their own websites and on social networks with free and low-cost fundraising tools • Online donations: Network for Good enables giving to any charity registered in the US (more than one million) at www.networkforgood.org, through fundraising widgets on social networks, and via partners’ websites • Research and Volunteerism: At www.networkforgood.org, users can research any charity and search from among more than 40,000 volunteer opportunities. Individuals can also search for volunteer opportunities through our state Volunteer Network sites: California, Louisiana and New York. • Star power: Network for Good links people with celebrity philanthropists including Kevin Bacon, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Duvall, Colin Firth, Ricky Gervais, Joaquim Phoenix, in the ‘Six Degrees.org’ initiative

MEDIA PARTNER

Citybizlist replaces the ever-shrinking local business section of the newspaper and more by reporting on, as well as finding, aggregating, and curating, essential local business news and financial information relevant to business owners, executives, and professionals all in an easily digestible 21st Century format.

Capitol Communicator is a highly targeted and networked community in the greater Washington Baltimore region that connects with communicators in the professions of public relations, advertising, marketing, online/offline media, graphic design, video, photography, Internet and the multitude of support professions by providing them with news; insights; education; and opportunities for networking, career enhancement and a marketplace.

Potomac Tech Wire is an independent news organization that covers technology stories in the greater Washington D.C. region in an objective and independent manner.

STRATEGIC PARTNER

Storyfarm is helping a broad spectrum of clients communicate more effectively through the use of exceptionally well-crafted video. We believe every organization has a story to tell, and no one can tell it better than we can. We are masterful video storytellers, working with businesses and other organizations large and small.

Be memorable. JWatson Creative is an award winning, full service graphic design firm built upon a strong foundation of delivering high quality creative work that will produce results for our clients. We've worked with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, MyCity4Her Media, and Capitol Communicator. We specialize in branding, website design and development, and marketing collateral. Let us tell your story.

Ainsley & Co. is an advertising agency headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. We help our clients communicate effectively and creatively with the audiences that matter most. We blend advertising, brand development, public relations, digital marketing and Customer Experience (CX) programs into a powerful combination that delivers for our clients.

Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI) is the worldwide organization dedicated to ethical standards, continuing professional development, knowledge sharing, mentoring students and advancing free enterprise.

The American Advertising Federation Baltimore is the voice of the ad industry in central Maryland.

The Baltimore Chapter of the AMA is the area’s leading provider of continuing education, networking opportunities and industry resources for marketing professionals.

Plan Ahead Events, a full service meeting and event management company can conceptualize and implement meetings and events of all sizes and calibers. As experts in our industry, we maintain national strategic relationships and an extensive knowledge base that allow us the resources to execute meetings and events at any level. Our understanding of customer service and commitment gives us a significant advantage above the rest. We are very flexible with the services that we offer and can offer our complete list of services in coordinating your meeting or event, or we can offer our services on an individual basis, depending on your needs.

Sawmill Marketing Public Relations is a Baltimore PR and social media marketing communications agency established in 1995 specializing in the development and execution of marketing public relations programs as business development strategies for business-to-business, business-to-consumer and professional services clients. The Maryland public relations company specializes in social media, traditional media relations, media training, and crisis communications.

WhatCounts is an email marketing service provider dedicated to helping you find and grow your email marketing ROI. We accomplish this by providing our clients with flexible deployment options (SaaS or appliance), a dedicated account model where you work with the same team all of the time instead of a random call center employee, campaign production services for full service email marketing when you need it, and enhanced email with the latest video and social options. We are dedicated to helping you send relevant, timely, targeted, awe-inspiring email that grows your business and helps you achieve your email marketing ROI goals.

Coyle Studios is a full service digital imaging company. Established in 1996, Coyle Studios produces award winning images in the specialties of architectural, aerial, publication, public relations, product photography and executive portraiture. The company recently expanded its services to include full HD digital video production to corporate clients and non profits.