Digital Marketing Experts from Yahoo Finance, Lyft, Birchbox, Pinterest and Forbes to Join Rakuten Marketing at EXPERIENCE 2016 in NYC on November 1

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Marketing, a leading technology company that enables brands to thrive and profit through digital marketing, today announced EXPERIENCE 2016 ─ a premier industry event for media influencers, marketing executives and industry experts. Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group, and co-star of ABC's Shark Tank, will keynote the one-day event, which will be held November 1^st at the New World Stage in New York City.

EXPERIENCE 2016 delivers a highly educational and engaging forum to explore pressing and top-of-mind topics for modern marketers, like data-driven strategies, emerging technologies, social influence, and more. Sessions will feature CEOs, CMOs, online influencers, media and digital activists that include Casey Neistat, Director, Filmmaker and YouTube Star; Alex Maybank, Founder, Project September and Gilt; Evan Cohen, East Coast Regional Director, Lyft; JP Mangalindan, Sr. Correspondent, Yahoo Finance; Alex Skatell, Founder, Independent Journal Review; Kelly Liyakasa, Sr. Editor, AdExchanger.    

Sessions are as follows:

• Emerging Tech and the Future of Reaching Customers;
• From the Streets to the Runway: The Evolution of Influencer Marketing;
• Digital in the Name of Public Service: What Retailers Can Learn from Politicians and Activists;
• The Empowered Marketer: Turning Inspiration Into Action;
• Will Social Rule Advertising?;
• The Rise of Convenience Commerce.

"Marketers have a more complex job than ever before; we see the day-to-day challenges they face as they strive to excel at their jobs by balancing the roles of artist, data scientist, technologist, and even fortune teller," said Tony Zito, CEO, Rakuten Marketing. "The inspiration behind EXPERIENCE is the truth that all marketers are adapting to and navigating these rapid-pace evolutions at the same time. Marketers have so much to gain from an opportunity to network, collaborate and learn from each other, while experiencing an agenda committed to objective thought leadership and unbiased education." 

To RSVP visit http://jointheexperience.today/.

About Rakuten Marketing
Rakuten Marketing's industry leading solutions empower marketers to thrive in their evolved role and achieve the full potential of digital marketing, efficiently and effectively, with data-informed insights that create consistent, engaging and influential experiences across screens. Offering an integrated solution, along with unique insights and consultative partnerships, Rakuten Marketing delivers the tools that marketers need to increase efficiency, productivity and performance.  Rakuten Marketing is a division of Rakuten Inc. (4755: TOKYO), one of the world's leading Internet service companies. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Australia, Brazil, Japan, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States. Follow us on Twitter or learn more at http://rakutenmarketing.com.

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