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SES Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) Training Workshop


7:30am-8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am-12:00pm Call to Action Workshop - Conversion Optimization Training Part 1
Howard Kaplan, Future Now, Inc.
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm-5:00pm Call to Action Workshop - Conversion Optimization Training Part 2
Howard Kaplan, Future Now, Inc.

This workshop will provide you with the practices, applications, and hands-on exposure you need to become (and remain!) a top performer in your field. In the end, you will not only walk away with the knowledge and skills you need to be a successful search engine marketer, you will also jump-start your career and enhance your professional know-how. This in-depth training in a small class setting means that your instructor is readily accessible for informal one-on-one or small group discussions. Whether you are a consultant, site designer, website owner, or in-house marketing professional, you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to experience firsthand the latest developments in search engine strategy. No matter where you are in the SEO & SEM process, you will leave this intensive workshop with the necessary skills and tools to improve your business results and take your search engine marketing to another level.

Call to Action Workshop - Conversion Optimization Training
Training type: Optimization Training
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Status: Spaces Limited
Time: 8:00am-5:00pm (Lunch will be served from 12:00pm-1:00pm)
Description:

Landing page optimization and conversion rate improvements are no longer simply buzzwords. The rising cost of driving online traffic means marketers are paying more for less return on their ad dollars.

To keep up, online marketers must roll up their sleeves and dive into conversion optimization. Optimizing your landing pages and your website is a proven means of increasing your conversion rates and realizing improved ROI.

The Call to Action Workshop includes the information you need to know to achieve dramatic results from your online efforts. Are you planning for top performance? Are you accurately evaluating that performance? Are you setting the best benchmarks for measuring success? How well are you communicating your value proposition? Are you structured for change? Can you achieve the momentum you need to get the results you want? If you have the desire and commitment to create phenomenal online results, then this training will be your own Call to Action. This workshop will demonstrate how these skills are essential for building a user-friendly, search-friendly, and persuasive site that converts visitors into buyers.

Who should attend?

Everyone from beginner to experienced optimizer will benefit from this training.

Benefits

The Call to Action Workshop will help you understand the roles of web analytics, web design, usability, social media, information architecture and search engine optimization in the context of conversion rate marketing.

**Bring your laptop - you'll want to work on your website at the seminar.**

About the Instructor

Howard Kaplan is the COO of Future Now Inc. As the COO, Howard is ultimately responsible for delivering end-to-end delight to all those who engage our consulting services, partner with Future Now, or license our software tools and methodology. In addition to providing thought leadership in the space through writing and blogging, he's also spoken about marketing optimization at leading conferences like Internet Retailer, Shop.org, Ad:tech, Marketing Sherpa, and Search Engine Strategies. He was designing search engines and engineering content management systems for PriceWaterhouseCoopers' global web team before they were industry buzzwords, and has first hand knowledge of why B2B exchanges never survived the fall of the Nasdaq - the visitors' needs were never met. Howard is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the holder of three Vince Lombardi trophies.


 
"SES San Jose really lived up to its name — Search Engine Strategies. The Day 1 content got us out of the
weeds and focused on high-level strategic concepts. Day 2 and beyond activated the tactical and practical discussion that's also crucial for those looking to master all things search."
 —Aaron Goldman, VP, Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, Resolution Media

 
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 —Bruce Clay, President, Bruce Clay, Inc.

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 —Ginny Redgate, VP Marketing, Hitwise


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