About SME Cleveland

Cleveland’s Professional Networking Community

The Sales Club of Cleveland (now known as SME Cleveland) started in 1923. It was incorporated in 1955 as The Sales Executives Club of Cleveland and in 1961 became Sales & Marketing Executives of Cleveland.

Today we are focused on building our thriving community and network of sales and marketing professionals to enrich the Northeast Ohio business community through networking events, educational workshops, awards luncheons and a wide variety of other ways.

We have 300+ members, 30+ company members, 5 corporate sponsors and offer networking luncheons, educational workshops with a sales or marketing theme, Business After Hours Networking Events, Sales Training Events, 4 lead exchange groups and a Distinguished Marketing and Sales Award Banquet where we honor Northeast Ohio’s best sales and marketing professionals