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 2011?

• In 2011 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 2011 hadn't attended Pub Expo or PPA conference 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

Find out more about the opportunities to exhibit, or contact Sonja on 07799 792201 or emailsonja@thespecialistmediashow.com.

Who has exhibited at the show?

AASM - Magazine Fulfilment Centre

Adestra - email marketing

Anicca Solutions - SEO and PPC agency

Beyond 2010 - training for creative businesses in East of England

Brad Insight - provide media sales teams with intelligence and contact management systems that give them a real revenue edge

Bubble Events - make your event attendance or your entire event run smoothly

CDS Global - offering innovative and flexible customer and data management solutions that enhance the subscriber experience and drive revenue for the world's leading publishers

Circdata  - provide data solutions for publishers and event organisers, from registration to ticketing to email marketing

Copper Kite - The Marketing Management Company

DHL Global Mail - provide distribution and fulfilment solutions to publishers

Digital Publishing Company - technical services and tools for publishers creating digital editions for web, mobile and tablets

Dupree Creative - online and offline design and web build

Edigitalresearch - online research surveys

Exec Peterborough - flexible events venue

Essential Media Events  - provide a complete events sales and organisation service for media owners. Launches a speciality!

Garnett Dickinson Print - print and digital

Greenwoods - lawyers specialising in the media sector

InPublishing  - magazine and website serve the UK newspaper, magazine and online publishing sector

Intermedia - circulation marketing solutions for publishers

Jellyfish -  a leading PPC search agency and offer a pay-per results service to magazine publishers seeking new subscribers

McNaughtons - offer publishers indepth consultancy on their paper requirements, and can simplify their whole production supply chain.

Merit Group - data services and outsourcing

Metro Publisher - online content management systems

Netcopy - helping publishers make money from digital archives

Magazine Cloner.com. - White Label Digital Publishing Solutions

PageSuite -  digital edition software and customised Smartphone and mobile application development maximises publishers' content

Papermule - Media Production, DAM & Workflow solutions

Penmaen Media - Practical strategic advice for media owners on creating a bespoke digital strategy

Pixel Mags  - create bespoke iphone and ipad applications for specialist media owners

PPA -  the trade association for the publishing industry, across magazines, events and digital media

Prime Group - print on demand

Response Consulting - subscription marketing and copywriting

Silvertoad - media agency: print and digital

StreamExchange -  an online video communications company providing a complete internet broadcasting platform for the professional content marketplace

Trinity Conferences - venue finding, accomodation and event management

UDL - specialist media group provides clear, concise and cost effective advice on all aspects of intellectual property

Video Direct  - helps publishers of all sizes make money from online video

Warners  - provide a personalised print service for independent publishers. They also offer subscriptions marketing and fulfilment advice, using their experience on their own specialist magazines and events

We Are Direct mail - print and fulfilmenbt solutions

YUDU Media - an award winning provider of innovative ePublishing solutions for magazines, newspapers, books and catalogues

What did they 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 2012!"

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