Listing of 2013 social and emerging media conferences.

Theres growing importance to Social Media signals as lead generation tools, search engine signals and for customer service options. With this comes an increase in Social & Emerging Media Conferences activity and this marks our continuing attempt an ongoing list of social media events intended for those of us in sales and marketing roles in all industries. Below is an early listing 2013 social media conferences for emerging media professionals. We’ll expand the list as appropriate. Suggest your favorites or let us know about your event in the comments.

If you’ve attended any of these events or others and would like to contribute reviews or recaps for possible publication here, contact us – or use comments below.

• 2013 Social Media Business Summit Las Vegas Jan 6-8, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
• 2013 EmMeCon Emerging Media Conference San Francisco Jan 28-31 Hotel Kabuki in Japantown
• 2013 SMSS Social Media Strategies Las Vegas Feb. 5-7
• Social Media for PR and Corporate Communications Conference February 6-8, Yacht Club (Walt Disney World) Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
• iConference Social Media Expo February 12-15, Fort Worth Texas
• 2013 Media Summit March 5 – 6, 2013 McGraw-Hill Building 49th St. & 6th Ave, New York City
• 2013 SXSW Interactive: March 8–12
• 2013 Social Media Tulsa Conference– March 14-15
• 2013 EmMeCon Seattle June 3-6
• 2013 Corporate Social Media Summit June Date TBD
• 2013 Summer Conference The June 4-7 conference Hilton Head, South Carolina! The New Media Consortium
• 2013 Search & Social Hawaii September 17-20

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