This year is sure to be a critical one in media and marketing. Here are 18 ways you can get more out of Digiday and start 2018 on the right foot. 1. Join Digiday+, our premium membership community. As a member, you'll receive quarterly issues of Digiday Magazine, a steady stream of primary research, access to our Digiday+ Slack community, invitations to exclusive member events (the next one is a live podcast recording at Bleacher Report) and much more. Make new connections by attending a Digiday event: 2. Apply to participate in our VIP program which brings qualified brand, retail, agency and publisher executives to our summits with a complimentary pass. 3. Generate new business. Wondering which of our events are right for you? Check out the Digiday Event Advisor, a tool that recommends events to meet your needs based on data collected from thousands of past attendees. 4. Speaking opportunities: Submit your information, or nominate a client or colleague. Subscribe to a podcast to hear from the people making change happen in media and marketing: 5. The Digiday Podcast: A weekly show in which editor-in-chief Brian Morrissey interviews the big names in the worlds of media, marketing and advertising. iTunes | Stitcher 6. Digiday Live: Featuring the best sessions from our global events. iTunes | Stitcher 7. Starting Out: We talk shop with leaders in the marketing industry to learn about their special powers, how they got to where they are in their careers and more. iTunes | Stitcher Recognize your team by entering one of our awards programs: 8. Digiday Publishing Awards, recognizing the best global digital publishing innovation by publishers, brands, agencies and technology platforms. Last chance deadline: This Friday, January 12. 9. Digiday Content Marketing Awards, recognizing the content that connects brands to audiences across channels including mobile, social, video and more. Early deadline: February 2. 10. Two new European programs this year: The Digiday Media Awards Europe and the Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe. Build your knowledge by downloading a guide: 11. The Digiday video dictionary: Your guide to the terms and acronyms defining the future of video. 12. Six ways Amazon will eat media and marketing. 13. From the editors at Digiday, a compilation of 11 WTF explainers. detailing programmatic advertising. 14. The juiciest of our agency confessions. 15. A special sample of a recent Digiday+ research report focusing on the state of the agency world. Other: 16. Subscribe to Digiday Media’s monthly Amazon Briefing, covering the retail juggernaut across media and marketing, e-commerce, finance and more. 17. Post - or apply to - a job with Digiday Careers. 18. Check out one (or both) of our sister sites, Glossy and Tearsheet. | 