A marketing conference with a positive ROI
14th August 2025 in Tallinn
Fresh.
Practical.
No-fluff.
A marketing conference that's all about growing with limited resources.
Inspired by startups and the tech world, it's all about strategic, analytical, and cost-effective marketing — with a healthy dose of creativity.
This is an event for bold, ambitious, strategic, and analytical marketers who don't want to do marketing the same way it's always been done.
If that's you, it's an event you can't miss.
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Full-day stage program
One day of insights, practical knowledge, and fresh takes—with an evening networking session.
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Hands-on workshops
Before the main event, you can attend 3 intimate pre-events to learn hands-on marketing skills.
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Marketers' community
We're all about bringing marketers together—to share experiences and learn from each other.
Only for marketers
with 2+ years experience
WHY ATTEND?
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Practical knowledge
Practical, up-to-date marketing knowledge—shared by people who are world-class professionals.
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Fresh perspective
Marketing is changing. If you want to stay ahead, this is your chance to learn from the trailblazers.
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Professional network
We're bringing together the best marketers in Estonia—to share knowledge and learn from each other.
LEARN FROM THE ABSOULTE BEST
Speakers
Carine van der Heijden
(Interim) Sr. Marketing Leader,
ex N26 & Booking.com
Raitis Purins
Chief Growth Officer at
Mapon, ex-Printful
Kertu-Liina Lehismäe
CMO of Mintos
ex-N26
Maksymilian Malicki
Head of Brand
at Bolt
David Blinov
CEO Finland,
Partner at Precis
Annika Helendi
Fractional CMO,
ex-Toggl
Fiona Alston
Journalist and
moderator
Tarmo Virki
Communications at PowerUP Energy Technologies, journalist
Eia Uus
Creativity Coach,
Mentor, Writer
Sander Rebane
Actor, Marketing Director in Tallinn City Theatre
...and others
More speakers
to be announced
PROGRAM
Let's start with
pre-events
5th June at 5 PM
at Elisa Stage
"The Art of Storytelling
in Marketing"
Learn how storytelling techniques from the film and TV world can be leveraged in marketing.
17th June at 5.30 PM
at PRNEWS.IO
"How to Get Media Attention: Straight from Journalists"
Press releases, DMs, phone calls — what do journalists appreciate? What gets ignored? Learn straight from the journalists.
Soon to be
revealed
The third side event
is soon to be revealed
It will be a practical meetup to learn hands-on marketing skills and meet other marketers.
14th august: full day of
actionable content
“7 Specific Ways to Save Time in Marketing with AI – Based on Your Challenges”
What’s your most time-consuming marketing task? We’ll get it solved 🤝🏼
Based on your input, Annika Helendi will show you 7 ways to use AI to save time on the tasks that slow you down the most.
Drinks and Marketing Talks 🥂
The biggest value of the event is the people we’re bringing together. We have so much to learn from each other—and the evening networking event is made for sparking those conversations.
Enjoy the warm summer evening with some drinks and marketing talks.
Only 300 tickets
available
TICKETS
Get your ticket
Regular Bird tickets are available until June 20
for 449€ + VAT (548€ in total).
BACKSTORY—
about the event
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Evolved from the
grit. podcast
Since 2020, we've interviewed
over 40 startup marketers from
top Estonian startups.
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive—and now it's time to bring to the stage.
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By the people who built sTARTUp Day
The grit. conference is founded
by Marelle Ellen, Mart Lättekivi, and Ermo Tikk.
Together, we built the sTARTUp Day festival—and now we're building a world-class marketing conference.
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Made together with
the community
The conference is created together with the community, for the community.
The program is curated in collaboration with our partners, community, and podcast guests.
SILVER PARTNERS
BRONZE PARTNERS
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Interested in a partnership? Write hi@gritconf.com ↗
See you
there 👋🏼
FAQ
• Full-day stage program
• Lunch and coffee breaks (with some sweets)
• Organized matchmaking
• Evening networking session
• 3 pre-events to learn hands-on marketing skills
• Community of like-minded marketers 💕
The Regular Bird tickets are sold until June 20.
We don't limit participants by industry. Sometimes it's good to find inspiration from other fields! For example, if you're a SaaS marketer, you probably don't want to do marketing the same way as every other SaaS company.
We're sure you'll get some fresh perspective and new strategies for cost-effective growth.
If you have any issues with your purchase, feel free to reach out hi@gritconf.com 💌
What's in it for you?
1. A chance to reach the boldest, most innovative, and future-oriented marketers in Estonia. Mostly C-level, from the technology and finance sectors.
2. You'll support our mission to bring together top marketers, share experiences, and advance local marketing knowledge.
Get in touch with us via hi@gritconf.com ↗ – let's have a short call and take it from there!