Neal Schaffer

Neal Schaffer is a leading authority on helping businesses through their digital transformation through consulting, training, and helping enterprises large and small execute on social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives. President of the social media agency PDCA Social, Neal also teaches digital media to executives at Rutgers University, the Irish Management Institute (Ireland), and the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland). Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak about digital media on four continents in a dozen countries. He is also the author of 3 books on social media, including Maximize Your Social (Wiley), and in 2018 will publish his 4th book, The Business of Influence, on educating the market on how any business can leverage the potential of influencer marketing. Neal resides in Irvine, California but also frequently travels to Japan.

Panel Name: What’s in Your MarTech Stack?

Panel Date & Time: May 4, 11:50am – 12:30pm

Description: Join Neal Schaffer and three panelists that’ll review and discuss the the MarTech Stack used by the pros on the panel to create the type of content that moves big mountains with small budgets, saving tons of time and expense along the way. After a quick review of each panelists stack, we’ll open up the Mic for any and all to ask questions.

Session Name: How to Amplify Your Content Marketing with Influencers

Session Date & Time: May 4, 1:15pm – 1:55pm

Description: Influencer marketing has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. Is your brand riding the influencer wave that’s quickly delivering big ROI from the right spend with the right people and campaigns? That’s where Neal Schaffer comes in, author of the upcoming book The Business of Influence that promises to be the ultimate guide to influencer marketing. He’ll help amplify your company’s efforts by tapping into the influencer marketing channels to meet your objectives for engaging customers in mysterious and methodical ways.

Who should attend? Experienced influencer marketers or newbies to the game, everyone will learn the latest and greatest strategies, including:

— Choosing the right type of influencer marketing campaign
— How to identify, approach and select the best influencers
— How to motivate influencers, align goals and mitigate tension
— How to measure the ROI of your influencer marketing efforts