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Attend a Local Meetup, Win Free Tickets
Posted by admin in 2010 Conference News, business on February 17th, 2010
One of our speakers, Russ Henneberry, hosts a Meetup once a month. Each month there’s a different topic. In February it was ‘How to Promote Your Business with Little or No Money’ and in March it’s ‘Ink For Your Printer’. If you’re a small business in the Saint Louis area, this Meetup may be just what you need.
And to make the March meetup even cooler, Russ is going to be giving away two tickets to our conference at the event!
And yes, there’s a catch – Russ’s free Meetup room only holds 50 people, so the RSVPs stop when he hits that mark.
So if you want to meet some great local business execs, hear some great information (this time its all about ink) and maybe even win a free ticket to our event, check it out!
http://www.meetup.com/Tiny-Business-Mighty-Profits/calendar/12627217/
Saint Louis Needs This
Posted by admin in 2009 Seminar News on June 24th, 2009
I’ve been in the computer business since 1997. I’ve always been a smalltime, under-the-radar kind of guy, and up until the last few years it’s suited me just fine. But now my business is growing like mad. Why? Because in 2004 I discovered Search Engine Optimization thanks in part to a prank that I had no idea how to market.
Once I started really getting into SEO, I realized what a HUGE thing it was for businesses – both in St. Louis and nationally. Businesses really can grow their customer base and revenues by being online.
But not just being online, but being found online.
It’s incredible how I can take a small mom & pop store that’s been in business since the 80′s and help them realize new markets and post eleven straight record months. And it’s incredible that any business can do the same thing.
But they don’t.
Why? Because they don’t understand how to do it. As I’ve tried to market my SEO services, I’ve realized that most business owners in Saint Louis think you’ve fallen off the crazy train when you tell them that there is an entire industry out there based around helping businesses climb to the top of Google for searches their customers are doing daily.
Some areas of the US are much more knowledgeable about SEO. Say ‘SEO’ in Seattle, Phoenix or LA and most business owners know what you’re talking about. Say it in Saint Louis, and they’ll just look at you with suspicion.
Saint Louis needs a seminar/workshop/conference like MarketSTL. We aren’t New York. We aren’t LA. But we’ve got some of the coolest businesses in the US right here, and they have no idea how to market themselves. That’s something I believe this event will help change.
The Look at Me event in August will show St. Louis area businesses how to be aware of search, how to build or modify a website so that the search engines ‘like’ your content, and even how to start engaging customers through social media. It will be in a classroom-type of setting, and there will even be plenty of time for handing out business cards to others.
The speakers won’t be trying to sell their services during our sessions (something we made them agree to when signing up), we will simply try to explain (in limited time) how you can take your business to a new level by paying attention to your website.
