Call to speak

Continually challenging the idea of “traditional marketing conference”, Hero Conf is the largest and most comprehensive all-PPC conference.  With experts and attendees from around the world, Hero Conf offers dynamic opportunities to inform, inspire and shape the industry. From the basics of PPC to the most advanced strategies being used today, we are looking for content that will resonate with digital marketing professionals.

The call to speak is rolling, meaning this form will remain open at all times. Please select where you’d like to speak (or select multiple locations, if you are open to more than one).

We welcome people of all backgrounds and experience to pitch to speak – we strive to have a variety of voices and perspectives on stage.

Feel free to submit as many pitches as you’d like on whatever topics you believe you can bring the most dynamic display of expertise.

** Please note we only get back to successful speakers, we never fully decline a talk, we invite speakers in waves and like to have options in case slots open up nearer the event, we also roll forward pitches to future events, this means you may not hear back from us if you are unsuccessful**

WHEN PITCHING YOUR TALK IDEA

• We need you to provide a title for your proposed talk, avoiding vague areas of expertise like ‘social media marketing’
• We also need a description of what your talk will cover and for you to include who would be the ideal audience for your talk and what they would take away from attending. Tell us what the audience will take home and implement.
• Pitch one idea at a time – send over as many pitches as you have ideas!

Why speak at Hero Conf:

• Free passes: Speakers receive an all access two-day ticket with Friend ticket perks, plus two complimentary conference passes to share with friends or colleagues. We’ll also provide a discount to share with your network.
• Private Speakers reception: Begin your time with us at the VIP reception, get to know your fellow speakers and industry professionals.
• Pre-event tour: Surprises aren’t fun as a session leader. We allow you to get to know our event space and the room where you’ll be speaking before you face attendees.
• Valuable exposure: Creating and maintaining a brand is a trade that does not come without exposure. Put all eyes on your company and put your brand out there in a creative way.
• Be a thought-leader: Share your ideas with the movers and the shakers of the PPC world.
• Networking: Hero Conf grants you access to hundreds of like-minded people. Here’s your chance to make powerful and lasting connections with some of PPC’s greatest!
• Talk recordings: Speakers at the UK event will receive access to all the talk recordings from the Brighton conference.
• Extensive speaker support: Access to speaker confidence and deck-design training either in-person or virtually. Speaker guidelines including all deadlines, AV provision and accessibility support are all provided in the weeks leading up to the event.
• Professional photography: We work with incredible photographers at all of our events and they endeavour to capture every aspect of the event. That often means you’ll have some professional speaking photos to take away from the show. We also offer headshot photography sessions at many of our events which speakers can take advantage of.

Some other important tips:

Make your talk actionable – Our audience always asks for practical how-to information our attendees can learn from. The perfect outcome from a talk is a list of tasks for an attendee to add to their to-do list, tools to investigate and books to read.

Avoid the basics – While there are some beginners in the audience, it is best to avoid general or basic, obvious tips or theorising on abstract subjects. Our audience is not new to the digital marketing field.

Don’t pitch self-promotional talk ideas – “how to use our tool” or “here’s our great client results” won’t appeal to our audience.

Use relevant & timely research data – If you’re able to include the results of a study or some research, you should. This will help the likelihood of us programming your talk.

Be authoritative – the speaker must ‘know’ their subject and it should be obvious in the delivery. If you don’t know the topic inside and out, you might be better to pitch on a different topic.

Keep your topic tight – Our main track talks last twenty minutes, which means you need to have a very tight and specific idea of what you’d like to cover. If in doubt the narrower the topic the better. You can then be detailed in that small area rather than too general.