In Person Marketing Events | The Marketing Meetup

If you would like to learn from the greatest marketers in the world or meet your fellow marketing people in a kind environment – TMM is for you.

Every event we run puts listening, saying hello, and being positively lovely at its core. The result is a place where you hopefully feel part of something – rather than having something happen to you.

We run a schedule of events and webinars for marketers that hopefully put a smile on your face and new thoughts in your head. Find the full schedule below

Date	Time	Speaker	Name	Location	Get yo' space
25 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Lottie Namakando, Director of Behavioural Science and Innovation at Reflect Digital	TMM IRL: Using your Competitors to Supercharge your Search	Reading	Sign up here
25 Jun	18:30 - 20:00 BST	Panel discussion with Úna Herlihy, Founder & CEO at The Indie List; Sinéad D’Arcy, Founder at Future Roots; Andrew Murray, Executive Director at FEED by TBWA; moderated by Diana Byrne, Founder & CMO at Clarity	TMM IRL: Stand Out & Succeed. Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Most Important Brand – YOU	Dublin	Sign up here
26 Jun	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Max Hoppy, Founder of The Keynote Club	TMM IRL: Why collecting courage receipts will change your life (and it will)	Sheffield	Sign up here
1 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Speaker: you and your peers! Get involved in an Open Space group discussion 😊	TMM IRL: Choose Your Own Marketing Adventure	Southampton	Sign up here
3 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	A panel discussion with Fiona O’Donoghue, Emily Waddell and Jim Lewis	TMM IRL: Marketing & Community – What Really Matters Now	Hertfordshire	Sign up here
3 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Thomas Reeve, Head of Design at Zyte	TMM IRL: Decoding the Human Touch – Practical Tips for Engaging User Experiences	Northampton	Sign up here
7 Jul	17:30 - 20:30 BST	Kladi Vergine, Sr Creative Cloud Evangelist at Adobe	Adobe Create Now	Bristol and Bath	Sign up here
8 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Ashleigh King, Founder of Flamingo Heights Podcast Studio	TMM IRL: Stand Out from the Crowd – The Power of Podcasting and its Place in the Marketing Mix	Newcastle	Sign up here
8 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	James Sandbrook, Co-Founder of The Marketing Meetup	TMM IRL: Manchester	Manchester	Sign up here
8 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Jon Torrens, Communication Coach	TMM IRL: How to Train Your Fear Dragon – Becoming an Authentic Hero	Cambridge	Sign up here
8 Jul	18:00 - 21:00 BST	A panel of lovely people including Lucy Street, Adobe Express Evangelist & Community Advocate	Adobe Content Circles	Bristol and Bath	Sign up here
9 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Lyndon Nicholson, CEO and Founder of the Future Group	TMM IRL: The Hollywood Method – crafting blockbuster brand stories that sell	London	Sign up here
10 Jul	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Tom Garfield	Cowork Crew: How to sell without selling your soul	Reading	Sign up here
10 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Charli Hunt, Co-Founder at The Lime One	TMM IRL: How to use LinkedIn to generate leads	Winchester	Sign up here
10 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Speaker to be confirmed!	TMM IRL: Lancashire (Chorley)	Lancashire	Sign up here
10 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Karen Kerr, Founder at chicken/egg	TMM IRL: The brief is broken – Why marketing needs better questions, not more answers	Buckinghamshire	Sign up here
11 Jul	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Emily Jones	Cowork Crew: 6 steps to website success	Cambridge	Sign up here
14 Jul	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Steve Folland	Cowork Crew: Being Freelance – The Best Advice I’ve Stolen from 10 years of Podcasts	London	Sign up here
15 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Jorun Bork, SEO Account Manager at GIMO	TMM IRL: The Evolution of Search and AI’s Impact on SEO	Leeds	Sign up here
15 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Tom Hastings, Co-founder of SINE Digital	TMM IRL: The Smart Marketer’s Guide to AI (and the Future You Need to Prepare For)	Brighton	Sign up here
15 Jul	18:00 - 21:00 BST	Chima Mmeje, Founder at The FCDC; Crystal Carter, Head of SEO Communications at Wix;Luke Carthy, Ecommerce SEO Consultant & CRO Specialist; Ryan Law, Director of Content Marketing at Ahrefs	Sip & Search Free London SEO Meetup: Is Traditional SEO Becoming Obsolete?	London	Sign up here
16 Jul	17:30 - 19:30 BST	Hannah Stapley-Parker, Marketing Consultant & Trainer at Well I Never	TMM IRL: How to Practise Curiosity for Better Creative Thinking	Bristol and Bath	Sign up here
16 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	David Patrykowski, Director at Backona Analytics	TMM IRL: Stop wrestling with spreadsheets, and start having conversations with your data	Milton Keynes	Sign up here
16 Jul	18:30 - 20:30 EDT	Sarah Stockdale, Founder of Growclass; and Quinn Palmer, Senior Manager of Growth Marketing at Growclass	TMM IRL: Faking Human – What Marketers need to know about AI	Toronto	Sign up here
17 Jul	09:00 - 16:30 BST	Coworking, Cake & Charlotte Sargeant	Cowork Crew: Unlock These Audience Insights to Make Buying a No-Brainer	Northampton	Sign up here
17 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Sarah Clarke, Business Director – Data & Strategy at McCann Media	TMM IRL: What can marketers learn from bees	Birmingham	Sign up here
22 Jul	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Katie Neal and Lauren Martin, Co-founders at The Piñata Lab	TMM IRL: From chaos to clarity – why strategy matters	Liverpool	Sign up here
28 Jul	18:00 - 20:30 BST	Dr Julia Jones, Founder of health-tech startup Holidity	TMM IRL: The Art of the Pivot – when, why and how to change your plans	Ashford	Sign up here
2 Sep	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Rae Dixon, Senior Brand Manager at Gattaca	TMM IRL: Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Sign up here
2 Sep	18:00 - 20:00 BST	Abi Sea, Content and Messaging Specialist	TMM IRL: Fife	Fife	Sign up here
19 Mar	09:00 - 17:00 GMT	lots of wonderful speakers from the TMM community 💜	The Marketing Meetup Conference 2026	London	Sign up here

“If any of you haven’t engaged with The Marketing Meetup yet, now’s your chance. And believe me, you do not want to be left out.”

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Some of our previous marketing speakers

Our speakers include some of the world's most famous and most effective marketing practitioners and thinkers. From Oscar Nominees to Disability Rights champions, to well-known names - we've had them all on our stage.

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy

Hannah Anderson, Co-Founder of Social Chain

Mark Ritson - Founder of the Mini-MBA & Marketing Week Columnist

Mark Ritson, Professor of Mini MBA

April Dunford, Author of Obviously Awesome

John Espirian, Relentlessly Helpful Technical Copywriter

Dave Gerhardt - CMO of Privy & Founder of DGMG

Dave Gerhardt, VP of Brand of Drift

Louis Grenier, Founder of Everyone Hates Marketers

Nathan Anibaba, Founder of Agency Dealmasters

Catherine Newman, CMO of Manchester United

Find more of our speakers and their talks just here

Why attend marketing events like The Marketing Meetup and what makes them among the best marketing events?

Marketing, when done well, can be a noble act. It matches a problem to a solution for customers and communicates it creatively.

But why attend events like The Marketing Meetup? Very simply, marketing doesn’t have to be a solo adventure. We can all make each other better. We can help each other along. We can learn, collaborate and grow together. Marketing done well is an amazing thing.

The Marketing Meetup is a friendly, inclusive and welcoming place to be. You leave feeling informed and welcome. That’s why they feel like some of the best marketing events and webinars around.