Specialist Media Show * Exhibition * Workshops * Conference * Intelligence * Networking * 24 May 2012 ThinkTank Birmingham

Why exhibit at the Specialist Media Show?

There are over 1000 specialist media businesses in the UK: print and digital publishers and event organisers.  Many are independently owned and based outside London.

Most don't attend London publishing and media events and aren't PPA members.

They work in different markets but all face the same challenges; how to increase the efficiency of their core business and take advantage of the opportunities created by new media technology with limited skills and resources.  All are searching for the perfect balance between print, digital media and events for their specialist market.

They value learning from the experiences of their peers - other independent specialist media businesses who don't have access to large budgets or in-house specialists.

They increasingly need to outsource key functions and work with experts in print, paper, distribution, web design, email marketing, SEO & PPC, media sales, databases, digital editions, mobile apps, workflow solutions, video production, event organisation, ticketing........

They are spread across the UK and rarely get together.  The Specialist Media Show is a unique opportunity to meet their peers, share ideas and tips, learn about new opportunities and grow their business. Visitors know that all the exhibitors will be relevant to their business.

Who attended in 2012?

• In 2012 40% of show visitors were MDs, CEOs, Publishers or Directors.
• They represented over 100 different media owners. 
• 76% were based outside London and the South East; many from the East Midlands, Home counties, Eastern counties, North and West.
• The majority had a turnover <£10m.
• Over 76% of visitors in 2012 hadn't attended Pub Expo or PPA events in the previous 2 years.  Fewer than 10% had attended IPAC awards, Media Pro or SIPA events.

The Show is a unique opportunity to start personal conversations with senior people from this geographically diverse group

Contact us to discuss your needs:  sales@thespecialistmediashow.com

What do exhibitors say about the show?

"MagazineCloner.com attends many Publishing shows each year both in Europe and beyond, but yet again the Specialist Media Show is our most productive. In fact, I had a meeting this morning with a major publisher as a direct result of exhibiting and they have just signed on the dotted line!
The recent show was the second time we have attended and again we have picked up more business at your show than we have at many of the big international ones... for considerably less money!
I would therefore have no hesitation in recommending the Specialist Media Show to anyone involved in Publishing... and please can you reserve us the same space for next year!"

Ian Remmer, Sales Director, Magazine Cloner

"The show was very successful for us. We got some extremely good leads with a couple looking like they'll produce business pretty soon."

David Nutt, Response Consulting

'SMS 2011 gave us the opportunity to talk to key players about how, when it comes to the legals, it pays to work with lawyers who understand and have real experience of the sector. It's not always easy to fix up those discussions - SMS 2011 provided a great vehicle for us to get our message across.'

David Woods, Director and Media Specialist, Greenwoods Solicitors LLP

"Well done to all the team on an impressive and well organised show. With the impressive line-up of speakers, and the carefully targeted audience, this show is sure to be a success for us for years to come. We're looking forward to next year."

Reena Mistry, Marketing Director, Adestra

'We found the SMS show to be a perfect stage for us to showcase our wide range of specialist media solutions and came away having made a number of very good connections. We particularly like the fact that all the visitors we met were all what we would consider perfect prospective clients which was good for us as an exhibitor and of course the visitors. A genuinely successful event for Silvertoad!'

Toma Habashi, Director, Silvertoad

We think the team at SMS have done a terrific job.  We are sure this event is set to be even bigger year on year.   Rose Benjamin, PPA

StreamExchange was delighted to exhibit at the inaugural Specialist Media Show. The quality of the visitors and delegates was superb and we generated firm interest in our digital video solutions and especially in our new video on demand player for ipad. We'll be back next year. Fiona Ryder, CEO Stream Exchange

Lots of enthusiastic media people spoke to us about our fulfilment services. I'm quite sure we'll be working with more new customers as a result. See you next year. David Alliston, MD, AASM

Thank you for organising a great show – Video Direct met some excellent contacts and we really enjoyed it. Andrew Petheridge, Video Direct

The show delivered exactly what we had hoped for, a well presented and organised event attended by interesting and open minded Publishers Jonathan Hunt, Divisional Director, McNaughton Publishing

Just wanted to say a big thank you for today, I thought you put on a great event, very professional and  a great group of publishers! We would love to be able to support you guys on a bigger scale next year, hopefully some of those leads will turn into great clients for us : )  Really appreciate everything you have done...Mark Stubbs, CEO Pixel Mags