I found these three excellent marketing education opportunities. I realize that many will claim that their company currently is facing some tough times and therefore are reluctant to put emphasis on your continued marketing education.  Read on for more.

Well, in my opinion, you should focus on obtaining new knowledge, get inspiration from people in the know and flat out look for better, cheaper and more effective ways to market your product.

Having been lucky enough to speak at many marketing conferences and marketing seminars in more than 15 countries, I have often been excited about the feedback conference participants have provided only weeks after attending.

It turns out, that often attendees are able to put the knowledge they acquire at a conference or seminar to good use immediately following the event. In other words,  time and money spend are often payed back many times over within weeks after attending.

Here are the three excellent marketing education opportunities I mentioned:

1. EADIM - The European Academy of Direct & Interactive Marketing - A certificate rewarding program founded by Drayton Bird in association with FEDMA

Established by the world renowned direct marketing guru, Drayton Bird, EADIM was founded in 2008. It is the first certified course in direct and interactive marketing to be offered to the European community as a whole. The EADIM certificate was granted official recognition after a formal review in Brussels in 2008 by The PEACC Committee of the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing Associations (FEDMA).

Now EADIM is ready to bid the next group of marketing students ready to join their 2009 course. The inaugural course had students from all over the world attending. And they were ecstatic about what they have experienced so far.

This is an excellent one year on/off campus programme designed to help you excel in direct and interactive marketing. Faculty includes a handful of the worlds foremost thinkers and practitioners. Go learn more.

And there’s more: It is increcible cheap. No. Really it is. You get one year of quality training for the value of two conference days. And. You can save £ 400 if you book your place before January 15th. 2009.

2.The International Senior Management Programme in Direct, Interactive & Relationship Marketing, June 2009 in Madrid in association with DMA, ICEMD and FEDMA

4 days in Madrid, Spain in company with likeminded marketing professionals and no less than 14 leading marketing practitioners from around the world. Taking place at ICEMD, The Institute of Direct & Interactive Marketing, the June 2009 summerschool will cover these three main areas:

	how to communicate more effectively using direct and interactive media
	how to market more competitively through data driven, relationship focused strategies
	how to sell more profitably by understanding and integrating offline and online channels

I will definately be there. Will you?

Go read more about this exciting summerschool.

3. Permission marketing ABC - a DVD and handbook set developed to teach you all you need to know about permission marketing legislation in more than 20 countries. EXCLUSIVE

In fact, you cannot find this information anywhere else. FEDMA and Fokus Integrated produced this 5 module course with an objective to teach you important components you need to know about permission marketing.  The legal factpack covers more than 20 European countries. The course covers online as well as offline channels including one module providing hands-on input to your permission based email marketing strategy.

Buy the DVD + Handbook at a very low price now. You will not regret you did. Guaranteed.

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