SEPTEMBER 3-5, 2025 - DALLAS, TX
Join your fellow niche media LEADERS for two days of expert speakers, panels and roundtables focused on revenue growth and business strategy. ONLY media leaders may attend.
INDUSTRY EXPERT KEYNOTE SESSIONS!
2024 SUMMIT TOPICS BELOW - 2025 COMING SOON!
Don Harkey: Are you Prepared For The Perfect Storm?
The Perfect Storm describes two major forces reshaping the job market: the retirement of experienced Baby Boomers without enough Gen Xers to replace them, leading to less experienced Millennials filling key roles, and an unprecedented labor shortage with more jobs than unemployed people due to low birth rates. This situation threatens organizations with talent shortages and a decline in expertise, affecting various areas such as payment collection, quality, and satisfaction. Join us to explore the impact of these trends and strategies for companies to protect themselves. As the CEO of People Centric, Don loves to help media companies adjust their machine to produce better results. He is highly strategic, process driven, and an engaging Keynote Speaker.
Cost-Cutting Strategies that Don't Kill Your Company!
Power Panel - Moderator: Ryan Dohrn
Hear from fellow publishers on some of the best cost-cutting moves they’ve made — that didn’t cause quality loss, employee burnout, or actually create more work! Moderated by Ryan Dohrn, this panel will share overall strategies and specific cuts, then we’ll all join in for questions and to share cost-cutting experiences. Bring the ideas that worked at your company!
Colleen McKenna: Unlocking the Hidden Powers of LinkedIn
It's business, not social! In a world increasingly shaped by AI, your authenticity and presence on LinkedIn have never been more critical. Join Colleen McKenna, founder of Intero Advisory and a leading expert in LinkedIn strategy, for an engaging, practical session that will redefine how you leverage LinkedIn for your business. Whether a novice or power-use, Colleen's insight will encourage you to think differently or more critically. (Colleen received a 100% 5-star ranking from attendees at the 2023 Niche Media Conference!)
Tim Hermes: Maximizing Your Company's Net Worth
Tim is a multi-million dollar publishing giant that started and managed some of the most profitable magazines in the tech space. Then... he sold them ALL! Now, he is the founder of one of the fastest growing watch brands in the nation, Monterey Watch Co. Tim will share his top lessons learned in over 30 years in media for maxing your media brand or company’s net worth to ensure top dollar for any reason: business sale, financing and expansion, or simply to grow profit and put money back in your pocket! >>BONUS: We will randomly draw to give away watches from Tim’s new venture, Monterey Watch Company!
MEET YOUR 2024 ROUNDTABLE MODERATORS
B2B Media Roundtable
Matt McCallum, CEO, Great American Media Services
Consumer Roundtable
Jon & Erin Westman, Owners/Publishers Coastal Style
Sales Leadership Roundtable
Nancy O'Brien, 30 Year Sales Leader, Aviation International News
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE SUMMIT?
Niche media Publishers, Owners, and C-Suite Executives
VPs of Sales, Sales Directors, and top-level sales managers
VPs and Directors of Audience, Events, and Editorial
This is a high-level media operations attendee group ready and willing to share business details and talk the same language with each other, without confidentiality or competitive cautions.
This 2-day roundtable event has a primary focus of networking and sharing among the participants. All roundtables are moderated by industry professionals and broken down into niche groups like Consumer, B2B, City & Regional, and Sales Management to create very detailed and actionable discussions. Sample topics: managing print costs, paid content, new technologies, hiring/firing, finding salespeople, event revenue, building an editorial board, new revenue ideas, overhead and company management, and more. Pro moderators will guide topic selection and discussion.
