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Big Discount for Upcoming Midwest Internet Conference

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

On April 1st I’ll be speaking at the Market Saint Louis conference about how any business can dominate their local area in search results. Along with myself are some other awesome speakers including Jason Tinnin from Saint Louis-based SimpleFlame and Derek Chew, former SEO lead at Yahoo!.

The conference only happens once a year, and there are only 100 tickets sold.  It’s a perfect fit for  small and medium business owners/execs.  There are two tracks – a beginner and an advanced, so no matter what you’re expertise level, you’ll learn a lot.

The tickets are $249 each, but I’ve been given the green light to offer a pretty sweet deal.  From now until tickets sell out, all purchases are Buy One Get One Free!  But that’s not even the best part – if you use the promo code ‘SPEAKER‘ you’ll get $50 off of the ticket price.  That means 2 tickets to this premier conference will only cost you $199!

How cool is that?

Like I said, this deal only lasts until all the tickets are sold out.

As if I need to sweeten it any more, the tickets also get you admission to the conference’s pre-event mixer on March 31st at 7PM.  You’ll get a few free drinks and will be able to meet the speakers and mingle with all the other business owners.

It’s going to be so cool.  I hope you can make it!

Details
Market Saint Louis
http://www.MarketSTL.com
April 1, 8am-4pm

Mixer (free with ticket purchase – sponsored by SimpleFlame)
HoteLumiere
March 31, 7pm

List of freebies: http://www.marketstl.com/register/freebies/

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Save $25 on the Market Saint Louis Conference

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I’m speaking on Local SEO at the upcoming MarketSTL Conference on April 1.  The full day event will feature some great speakers from the SEO/SEM industry.

If you were thinking about registering, use the code SAVE25 and save yourself $25 bucks off the registration.

http://www.MarketSTL.com/register/

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Upcoming Business Series Announcement

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

More and more businesses are getting online every day. Most of these businesses are doing so only because ‘everyone else is’.  This sense of urgency is good, but needs a foundation.  There’s nothing worse than a business that has a website simply because their competition does.  Online strategy should be learned, discussed and acted upon in order to succeed.

As many of you know, I’m the moving force behind Market Saint Louis, a twice-a-year business conference that focuses on teaching local St Louis businesses the ways of online optimization, advertising and more.  Speakers from around the country fly in to share their expertise on various subjects, from SEO to Pay per Click and Analytics.  2010 is going to be even bigger, with the conferences featuring two separate tracks – one for beginners and one for businesses that are already in the game to some level.

The event isn’t cheap (although the pre-agenda tickets aren’t very expensive) and some small businesses may have a hard time shelling out several hundred dollars in this economy just to learn how to spend more time and money on the Internet.  But it’s crucial for every business to be online now.

To help quell the fears of those business owners, I’ve partnered up with the Jefferson County Library to teach a series of free classes (yes, I said free) on Online Marketing, Social Media and more.  This series of classes will run January through March, and will be very limited both in amount as well as seating.

If you’re wondering just how your competition gets their website to the top of Google searches for items you sell, you’ll learn. If you know your business needs to be on Twitter or Facebook, but you don’t know how to use these tools, you’ll learn.  And if you want to grow your online sales, you’ll learn.

Scheduled Dates

Twitter Basics and Tips

Jan 14 – 9:30AM to Noon or March 4 – 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Learn how to set up a Twitter account and how to ‘tweet’.  You’ll learn about some great tools that will help you get more followers, find great information about your interests, and how to utilize some ‘behind the scenes’ tricks to get the most out of your new account.

Marketing Your Business Website

Feb 4 – 9:30 AM to Noon  or Mar 25 – 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Do you wonder why your website isn’t listed on Yahoo! or other search engines? Are you clueless about search marketing techniques that can draw customers to your site? We will cover topics such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO), online advertising tips and avenues, along with ways to increase your website traffic along with other offline marketing ideas.

Social Media for Business – Leverage Community to Build Your Brand

Feb 11 – 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Learn how to leverage blogging, video and social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to grow your business.

Download the flyer / schedule

Sign Up Now

All classes have very limited seating and will be at the Arnold branch of the Jefferson County Library.  To sign up, call 636-296-5171.

These will be the only classes offered this Spring.  For more information on the upcoming Market Saint Louis conference (and to get the cheap ticket price) visit MarketSTL.com

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Posting Will Be Light

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I’m pretty busy this week and next preparing for the Market Saint Louis seminar.  Are you coming?  This event is expected to sell out, so only the first 50 business owners/execs win.

http://www.MarketSTL.com

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C’mon Social Media, Help Me Create a Radio Spot

Monday, August 10th, 2009

As most of you know, I’m speaking at the upcoming Look at Me seminar in St. Louis on the 27th.  I also happen to be the guy that is (along with a very wonderful and supportive wife) juggling all aspects of the event, including marketing it, setting up the venue, agenda, everything.  It’s stressful, but I believe this event is going to bring some great awareness of the need for SEO to the STL business community.

As part of my promotion effort, I’m going to be doing a radio commercial on a local station that has a great demographic for the event.

Problem is, I’ve been so stressed about getting this all together, that I’m not feeling 100% creative at the moment.  So maybe you can help.

I need some ideas for a :60 second spot on the radio.  What do you suggest would work best, what ‘scenarios’ do you think would best resonate with my target audience (below), and what approach (two people talking/acting, one announcer, etc) do you think would work best?

Unfortunately, with the event coming up quickly, I’ve got to get a decent idea for a spot over to the radio station soon.  That means this post has a short expiration date, as in tomorrow.

Any ideas/suggestions that you have, just post below.  !

Information of Use

Seminar: Look at Me – Getting Your Business in Front of Online Customers
Target: Business owners, execs, maybe a few marketing managers, decision makers
Radio demographic: 76% male, educated, 75k+ yearly salary, ages 25-54
Summary of event: Getting targeted, buying traffic to your website
Longer explanation: Did you spend a bunch of money on a website that isn’t producing the ROI you expected? Or none at all? Are you frustrated with your competitors making so much online, but you don’t know how they’re doing it?  Hear professionals in Internet Marketing tell their secrets.

Let’s see how social media can really help create a fun and informative radio spot!

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SEO Seminar ‘Failure’ – Lessons Learned

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

For four years I’ve taught HTML, Blogging, Internet marketing classes and more at the local branch of the public library here in my town.  Over the years, I’ve fine-tuned my classes into two hours of jam-packed information.  I’ve received “rave” reviews since I started, and have been told many times that I need to get these presentations to bigger audiences.  Many that took my classes have said that they would have paid for the info they got in them.

Well, either it’s all gone to my head or there really is a market out there for business owners willing to pay for a solid, quality conference to learn how to get their websites rolling.  Or maybe a bit of both.

So after the spring session ended and my teaching classes was off until the fall, I thought I’d make a go of hosting a real seminar/conference, get some real industry professionals to speak, and host an awesome info-packed event for STL businesses.

But I failed.  Kinda.
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Upcoming Internet Marketing Seminar in St. Louis MO

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

speaking at upcoming internet marketing event in St. Louis MOI’ll be speaking at the upcoming Look at Me Internet Marketing Seminar in St. Louis on June 11.  I’ll be talking about SEO and how it can help your business create new streams of revenue.

This seminar is the first of it’s kind in the Saint Louis area, and was created for the purpose of helping businesses find new ways to wade through the recession.  It is for St. Louis area business execs, includes a nice lunch and a networking event afterwords.

The event is currently looking for other speakers on various subjects such as PPC, landing pages, and more.  Check it out and maybe you’ll learn something!

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SEO Seminar – New Venue Needed

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Last night’s seminar titled Marketing Your Business Website was a success. We had a wide variety of attendees, from a real estate agent, to a wildlife removal guy to a landscaper.

I really enjoy teaching at these events, and am now reaching a saturation point where the current venue is too small.  Every one of my seminars are now packed – and there’s a waiting list just as long.  So I’m looking to expand a bit, as well as perhaps move to a more central area near Kirkwood or West County/Clayton.

I’d love to partner up with a restaurant that could cater an event, perhaps in exchange for a large room with seating for up to 50.

If you can help me with a place (preferably with wireless broadband), I’ll bring the people.  Contact me and let’s work out a deal.

Current upcoming seminars (sorry they are full, but you can get on the waiting list in case there are cancellations)

Marketing Your Business Website – Feb 25
Social Media for Business – Feb 26

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Natural Living Expo 2009

Friday, January 9th, 2009

A client of mine received this notice in his email the other day.  What’s strange is that I couldn’t really find a mention of it on the Healthy Planet website.  How odd is that?  Nonetheless, I’ll take the rankings for it if they don’t want them.

The Healthy Planet magazine will host its 17th Natural Living EXPO, Sunday, February 22 from 10 am – 4 pm at the Webster Groves Recreation Complex at Elm and Glendale Road, just off highway 44.

Come enjoy live music, healthy samples, giveaways, free chair massages and plenty of information from over 70 exhibitors.  Each visitor will receive a FREE reusable shopping bag and the first 100 visitors will receive a FREE Missouri Botanical Garden ticket. There will be a number of drawings for prizes including a $600 family vacation to Trout Lodge YMCA of the Ozarks and an AMTRAK ticket giveaway to Kansas City or Chicago!

Admission is $8.00 for adults and children under 16 are free. Look for a 2-for-1 admission coupon in the October edition of The Healthy Planet magazine.

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Seminar Shout Outs

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Today was my last SEO seminar for the year, and I wanted to thank all of the people that attended.  We had a great time and the reviews were all positive.

I’d like to give a shout out to Larry over at Diversified Packaging, Jeanette at Crafts by You, and Chris at Home Furniture Savings.

Were you at the seminar? Let me know and I’d be glad to throw ya a free link =)

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