The digital and interactive marketing space moves fast and as both companies and individuals scramble to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage, it can be a challenge to find resources and likeminded individuals to help make that happen. Associations offer education, networking and in some cases, advocacy for members and sponsoring companies. The question is, where can you find interactive marketing associations are in your area?
We’ve listed regional Interactive Marketing Associations in the past and thought it would be time for an update. This post will be a work in progress, so please share in the comments the name and working URL of other interactive marketing associations that we’ve missed. We decided not to include groups and meetups that are primarily dedicated to SEO/SEM or social media. You can find a list of local Social Media Club chapters here and a list of Social Media Breakfast cities here. You can find abundant internet professional meetups here.
- Association of Internet Marketing and Sales Canada
- Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association – (AIMA)
- Arizona Interactive Marketing Association – AZIMA)
- Refresh Bmore (Baltimore)
- Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization Arizona – (SEMPO AZ)
- Austin Interactive Marketing Association – (Austin IMA)
- Baltimore Chapter of the American Marketing Association – (AMA Baltimore)
- Boston Interactive Media Association – (BIMA)
- Charlotte Interactive Marketing Association – (Charlotte IMA)
- Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA)
- American Advertising Federation Cleveland (AAF Cleveland)
- Dallas Fort Worth Interactive Marketing Association
- Dayton Marketing Community
- Internet Marketers of the Delaware Valley
- Direct Marketing Association (DMA) National
- Internet Marketers of New York – IMNY
- Houston Interactive Marketing Association – (HiMA)
- Las Vegas Interactive Marketing Association – (LVIMA)
- Milwaukee Interactive Marketing Association – (MIMA)
- Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association – (MIMA)
- 212 New York’s Interactive Advertising Club – (212)
- Internet Marketers of New York – (IMNY)
- Triangle Interactive Marketing Association – (TIMA) central North Carolina
- The Web Association – (NE Ohio)
- Philadelphia Interactive Marketing Association (PhIMA)
- Gateway Interactive Marketing Association – St. Louis, MO
- San Diego Ad Club
- San Diego iMarketers
- Bay Area Interactive Group
- Northwest Internet Advertising Group – Seattle
- South Florida Interactive Marketing Association
- WebGuild Silicon Valley
What interactive marketing associations and organizations did we miss? Please share in the comments.
Thank you to the following Tweeple for making suggestions:
@DJLitten
@tornow
@davidebowman
@DavidWallace
@Juliesquires
@AussieWebmaster
@cathymccaughan
@kroonoverdrive
@melgallant
@Jlee350
@AaronGoldman
@hifisamurai
@chriswinfield
Hey Lee,
Atlanta’s got a new SEMPO Working Group:
Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization Atlanta (SEMPO Atlanta)
http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-SEMPO/
Thanks Allison, we’ll create a separate list specifically for search.
Lee, how about SEMpdx? http://www.sempdx.org.
SEMpdx is a great resource and also search specific.
This is a nice list of organizations! Thanks for sharing.
Hi,
Thanks for a great presentation today, Lee. MITX and The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council in Boston both offer a lot of programs on Interactive Marketing. That said it’s not the focus of the Mass TLC.
Just noticed that the New England Direct Marketing Association is not on the list either.
Best,
Barbara
Thanks Barbara, I’ll take a look. The organizations need to emphasize or focus on Interactive Marketing. We’re working on a much larger list of general marketing/PR associations, groups and meetups though. Glad the SEO Crash course went well 🙂
Please note that the AIMS Canada association (Association of Interactive Marketing and Sales) is no longer active and has been dormant (probably dead) for at least two years