Networking Seminar with George Dubec and Mike Owen - Oct 18, 2008

"How to Network Successfully for Business"

Presented By

Mike Owen
LearnBusinessNetworking.com

Special Guest

George Dubec
Senior VP Sales and Marketing of Securenet Systems
Radio Show Personality on "The Internet Business Hour"
Presenting "How to Use the Internet for Networking"




George Dubec & Mike Owen

Learn How to Network Successfully

Join South Florida’s top business networking professionals and get an education on how to be successful in networking to increase your business.


Mike Owen has been networking in South Florida for over 14 years, met thousands of people through networking, and has successfully built a network of contacts for his businesses. During this time, he has attended or orchestrated over 1,000 business events. He has successfully applied his networking system to getting more business. Come and learn the ins and outs of networking, avoid dreaded networking pitfalls, and what to say and do when meeting business people. Mike Owen will also invite up a few guest speakers who have successfully built their businesses through networking. Right after the seminar put your newly learned knowledge to use at our networking event!


George Dubec has been an Internet Marketing Consultant for over ten years. He is also a radio show personality, national speaker, past Director of the Nightingale-Conant Speaker’s Bureau and sometimes referred to as “The Voice of the Internet.” Learn how to use the Internet to find prospects, get leads, promote your business, brand your name, and refer business to others. Find out how to use the Internet as a virtual networking tool.

Date:
Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00 am - 12:30 pm: Seminar with Mike Owen and George Dubec
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Networking

Location:
Sheraton Suites Plantation
311 N. University Dr.
Plantation, FL 33324

Special Price - $25
Register at http://www.learnbiznet.citymax.com/HTNS.html

For more info contact Securenet Systems at 866-568-9402, or email info@securenetsystems.net.

Budgeting for your Website Project Including Internet Marketing

The following is a rule of thumb on how to distribute a budget for a web project (first year):
a) - Design, layout, and developing specifications (5%)
b) - Web development (40%)
c) - Adjustments, changes, additions and maintenance (10%)
c) - Web marketing and promoting (40%)
d) - Web hosting (5%)

Specifications:

1. You need to have your specifications developed with professionals and have a schematic design layout of the prominent pages with all the required elements displayed.

Web Development:

1. If you want a site built by a “Web Guy” who learned how to use Dreamweaver and Photoshop, expect to pay anywhere from $50 to $65 per hour and about $50 to $100 per page. Expect to have it finished whenever. They are also available to do any extra work, if you can get a hold of them, at your “beck and call.” There will also be additional cost for features, functions, backend programming and databases.

2. If you want a site built by a 5-10 person, *boutique-style agency, expect to pay anywhere from $65 to $100 per hour and about $100 to $200 per page based on elements required and optimization. There will also be additional cost for features, functions, backend programming and databases.

3. If you want your site built be a *top-notch agency, expect to pay anywhere from $100 to $300 per hour and about $200 to $400 per page based on elements required and optimization. There will also be additional cost for features, functions, backend programming and databases.


* These are experts and they deserve to be paid as experts. These companies require specifications and you will have to pay for additional work and ongoing maintenance. The work will be queued in their normal work schedules for completion.

Web Marketing and Promoting:

1. You will need to establish a budget for monthly SEO, SEM and online marketing work. That being said, much of the online marketing work can be done in house if you and your staff know what to do and how to do it? Anything you don’t want to do, know how to do or can’t do will have to be outsourced. Some companies use interns from local colleges to do a lot of the online marketing work.

If you need help in establishing a budget for your project contact George Dubec at 866-568-9402 #222 or gdubec@securenetsystems.net.

The Latest Online Marketing Trends for Business

Come visit George Dubec and Securenet Systems' staff at the ITEC Conference and Expo!

Visit us at Booth #212 for two days.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center
1950 Eisenhower Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316

For more info contact Securenet Systems at 866-568-9402, or email info@securenetsystems.net

41 Percent of Adults Click Away From Problems

emarketingandcommerce.com
September 18, 2008

When consumers run into transaction problems online, 41 percent say they switch to an online or offline competitor or abandon such transactions entirely.

This was a key finding from a recent survey commissioned by Tealeaf Technology, a San Francisco-based customer experience management software provider, and conducted by Harris Interactive.

The survey was conducted online between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7, polling 2,010 adults age 18 years and older, and focused on shopping, banking, travel and insurance Web transactions.

Results reveal that nearly nine out of 10 consumers (87 percent) conducting transactions online have experienced problems. Here are some other key findings:

- 84 percent feel an online transaction should be completed on the first try;

- 84 percent have conducted an online transaction in the past year and 35 percent prefer to conduct their business online;

- 22 percent of those who've conducted an online transaction in the past year expect better customer service online than when shopping in person;

- 87 percent of respondents who experience problems when conducting online transactions get frustrated, and 41 percent said they come away feeling angry;

- 47 percent of respondents have contacted call centers after encountering problems using Web sites. Among those, 64 percent felt that call center reps weren't knowledgeable about the Web sites, while 38 percent said their issues didn't get resolved over the phone;

- Among the 72 percent of those who said they've experienced poor customer service from call centers when calling about Web site issues, 45 percent stopped doing business with those companies entirely, 37 percent decreased the amount of business they were doing with the company and 13 percent said they lodged a complaint with the Better Business Bureau;

- 84 percent who said they had problems with online transactions share their experiences with others.

If your website is that is not properly e-commerce enabled and has an ineffective or poorly structured shopping cart you will lose business. The key to making money with your website is increasing your conversion rate. As you can see by the statistics above, if you have any glitches on your site you will lose customers and that directly affects your bottom line. Contact the e-commerce experts at Securenet Systems to get your website up to speed and working efficiently and effectively to get more business. Call 866-481-9402 or info@securenetsystems.net.

Free Online Marketing Seminar

Strategic Business Institute

presents

George Dubec

"How to Get Targeted Traffic to Your Website"

6:00PM - 8:00PM: Presentation

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Securenet Systems Corporate Offices
356 SW 12th Ave.

Deerfield Beach, FL 33442

Find out:
*How to develop a twelve month online marketing plan
*How to design a website that is search engine friendly
*How to select effective keywords
*How to optimize your website for search engines
*How to establish an Opt-in E-mail program
*How to develop a link building program
*How to use blogs, newsetters, press releases and RSS feeds
*How to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
*How to get more targeted traffic to your website

Seating is limited, please RSVP
For more information, call Securenet Systems @ (866) 568-9402 or email info@securenetsystems.net

Free Online Marketing Seminar

iConsulting, Inc.

presents

George Dubec

"How to Get Targeted Traffic to Your Website"

5:30PM - 6:30PM: Networking
6:30PM - 8:00PM: Presentation

Wednesday September 17th, 2008

Ana G. Mendez University System
South Florida Campus
3520 Enterprise Way
Miramar, FL 33442

Find out:
*How to develop a twelve month online marketing plan
*How to design a website that is search engine friendly
*How to select effective keywords
*How to optimize your website for search engines
*How to establish an Opt-in E-mail program
*How to develop a link building program
*How to use blogs, newsetters, press releases and RSS feeds
*How to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
*How to get more targeted traffic to your website

Seating is limited, please RSVP
For more information, call Securenet Systems @ (866) 568-9402 or email info@securenetsystems.net

Link popularity is "page specific," NOT "site specific

Link popularity is an important part of obtaining top rankings in major search engines. In fact it accounts for almost 60% of why the search engines rank your site highly or not. But don’t think that link popularity is only about your site.

Link popularity is "page specific," NOT "site specific."

Which of your pages are prominent and should be considered as part of your SEO (search engine optimization program)?

Create a plan to work on increasing link popularity, directly to those pages individually. Part of the problem with link building is that it sometimes seems overwhelming. Not only does the work seem too involved but there is a never ending stream of strategies, information and advice about link building.

I recommend that you start with some initial pages and do it in phases. Make a consistent effort over a period of time and you will start seeing results.

So what's your plan? If you don’t have one, call the experts at Securenet Systems and find out how they can help you with your link building program, either outsource it to them or let them educate you or your staff. If you would like to schedule a consultation about link building contact me, online marketing specialist, at 888-481-9402 # 222 or gdubec@securenetsystems.net.