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With more than 20 years of experience, the Connected Worldstaffhastheexpertise,reputation,andrelationshipstohelpbuildrecognitionforouradvertisers.Seebelowforinformationonsomeofthethingswecanoffer.Weareonly limited by our imaginations.

WEBINARS/WEBCASTSConnected Worldmagazinewillcreateamarketingplanto promote your webinar to our audience (including banners, emails, digital content, and social media). We will capture leads, which will be provided to you, one ofoureditorialstaffwillmoderate/leadtheevent,andthe audio will be archived and shared with you and attendees. Additional promotions are available.

CONTENT MARKETING MANAGEMENTLetustakeyourcontenttothenextlevel.Letuspromote the items you have created to reach decision makersintheIoTspacethroughsocialmedia,ourwebsite, digital issues, our app, and to our email subscribers.Notonlywillyourawarenessinthemarketbe boosted, but you will reach a new audience that will hearyourstoryinanewandeffectiveway.

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SPONSORED AND CORPORATE EVENTSAre you in need of experienced editors to participate inyourevents?Looknofurther.Connected World magazine has talented and more than capable editors whocansharetheirknowledge.Theycanmoderateorjoinapaneldiscussionofyourchoosing.Thestaffbrings years of combined experience and as a result areabletosharethatwealthofknowledgewithanyaudience.

CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONSConnected World can promote your press releases or even help you create releases to gain the exposure youdesireinthespace.Letustakeonthechallengeofpromoting your company and brand.

LEAD GENERATION AND NURTURINGIfyouarelookingforleads,letushelp.Wehavetheability to set-up a gated registration that will capture information on any reader who signs up for what you havetooffer,whetheritbeanebook,awhitepaper,access to your custom page, etc.

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CONTENT LICENSINGUse our third-party endorsement of your product/company and purchase the rights to use our content either digitally or in print format.

Our corporate and awards logos are also available. Contact your sales rep to learn more about this and our award-marketingprograms.

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CUSTOM CONTENTWhitepapers and reports can help validate why your company has the best IoT solution and technology story.Letusspeakwithyourexecutives,gatherindustrydata, and create a custom piece for what your company is all about.

CUSTOM COLLATERALSpecialty Publishing Media, the parent company behind Connected Worldmagazine,hasthebenefitofbeingafullmediahouse.Thatmeansifyouarelookingtogetsomething written, designed, printed, and/or promoted, we can help. We provide the third-party voice to help grow or promote your business.

Wehaveafullstaffofemployeesthatcanwritecustomarticles,createcustommarketingpiecesinprint,digital,banners, mailers … you name it.

WEB CONTENTOneofthemosteffectivemethodstoreachConnected World’s audience is through our website. Your message will be seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors seekingtounderstandyourproductsandservices.

We can also help to create your messaging and the materials needed to have a presence on our site. We workinbothstandardandrichmediacontent.

RESEARCHWe can develop, design, gather, and put together a complete report with analytics and facts on any IoT-related topic you are interested in.

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ADVERTORIALSAdvertorials provide a platform for companies to present their products and services in your voice from your perspective. Advertorial copy can be tailored to your company, alongside a call-to-action banner ad.

DIGITAL MARKETINGDo you have content that you want to promote? Blast your message out to more than 43,932 opt-in email subscribers.Digitalmarketingthroughcustomemailsallow you to send your message to Connected World readers in a custom HTML email.

TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAreyoulookingtoeducateyourstaffabouttheIoT?ThePeggy Smedley Institute can help. The Peggy Smedley Instituteisatop-rankedprofessionaleducationorganization focused on providing comprehensive assessments of each clients’ roles within the IoT, throughitsteamofexpertsanditsexpansivenetwork.

The Peggy Smedley Institute provides specialized educational opportunities for “in-house” training for clients’ teams where understanding the IoT ecosystem isanessentialfirststeptotheIoTparticipation.The Peggy Smedley Institute brings the perspective of IoT enterprise leaders to a full day of education and networkingonthecriticalIoTtopics.learnitiot.com

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SOCIAL MEDIAConnected World has a presence on social media platformsincludingTwitterandLinkedIn.Reachourmore than 38,600 followers to promote your company and product. We can also help create the messaging, research the hashtags, and supply analytics as recorded by the third-party services of these companies.

ANALYTICSOur mission is to provide clients with analytics for your web content, banners, enewsletter sponsorship, etc., to findthebestwaytoreachyourdesiredaudience.

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