Upcoming Events

• Jan 30
  Ultimate SEO Mastery Workshop – 3-Day Advanced:

  Join Colleen Wright of the Search Engine Academy Northwest as she teaches the latest search engine marketing tips and tactics. In this 3-day course you will learn advanced strategies to capture your target market through the power of the search engines and the strength of compelling content.

   

  SEO Training Course Day 1

      * Review the 6-step optimization process taught in the Essentials class to help you retain this important information.

      * Work on advanced keyword research strategies.

      * Learn techniques that will help you write effective sales copy that gets results.

      * Understand how the personalization of search results is changing the rules.

      * Find out the best approaches for setting up a blog and learn about the art of blogging.

      * Creative ideas for implementing user generated content (UGC).

      * More custom website reviews.

   

  SEO Training Course Day 2

      * What is Latent Semantic Indexing and how can it help my website?

      * How to develop a unique selling proposition that retains your visitor's interest and gets them digging deeper into our web sites.

      * Why are database driven sites unique when it comes to SEO and how can we make sure we get maximum advantage from SEO?

      * What is Social Media Marketing and how can it help boost sales?

      * How to quickly gain exposure in Google, Yahoo!, and others within 24 to 48 hours

      * What is Pay Per Click and who are the players?

      * Learn how to implement Google Analytics on your website and why this is a must!

      * Find out about the tools offered by the search engines to increase your web site's success

   

  SEO Training Course Day 3

      * Learn about competitive intelligence and multi-variate analysis and how these tools can help increase your website's rankings

      * Learn about web analytics and how to analyze your progress with ClickTracks

      * Learn the power of article marketing

      * What problems might your site run in to and how can they be fixed? Will talk about technical issues that come up.

      * Sure fire strategies to build your SEO business

      * Group Q&A

      * Final Exam

      * Wrap-up and awards

  See the website for information on the 5-day Comprehensive course that combines the 2-day Essentials and the 3-day Advanced course material.

   

  Contact:

  Colleen Wright

  Phone: 503-530-8178

  Email: info@seotrainingnw.com

  Website: http://www.seotrainingnw.com/register

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• Jan 30
  How to Tell your Business Story in 30 Seconds or less:

  Do you ever get tired of making the inevitable elevator speech and waiting, hoping that someone will respond? Do you want to make a lasting impression on people in your networking group? Do you want to get more business and at the same time provide people a concise explanation of what you do and who you can help? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, then this Free Teleclass can help you.

  Instead of creating an elevator speech, learn how to tell a story in 30 seconds or less that explains to people who you help, how you help them, and demonstrates what your business does.

  Everyone hears taglines at networking meetings. Eventually the response you get is a vacant look, as the person impatiently waits his/her turn to give you the same treatment. Learn how to mix it up a bit! In this class you will learn:

  • How to tell a story in 30 seconds or less.
  • Why you need to have a variety of stories to grab people’s interest.
  • The power of a story in explaining what you do, and how you solve problems.
  • How to turn testimonials into stories

   
  This is a FREE teleclass that will occur on Monday January 30th from 4pm to 5pm Pacific Standard Time. You will get the following if you take this class:

  • A recording of the class for your records
  • You will be entered into a drawing to win a free hour of business coaching
  • a new technique for presenting what you do, how you do it, and who you help.

   
  To RSVP for this class, please contact me. I’d love to help you develop compelling stories to make your business stand out!

  When: January 30th from 4pm to 5pm PST
  Where: In the comfort of your office or home
  Cost: Free, and you get entered into a drawing for a free hour of business coaching.

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• Jan 31
  Take The Stop Dreaming: DO! Challenge:

  Are you ready to complete the BIGGEST dream you had for 2011 but did not achieve yet?

  Would you like to set and complete your BIGGEST dream for 2012?

  Is so…then this Challenge is for you!

  What is the challenge?

  It is simple!  All you need to do is tell me what your dream is…and start doing it!  This Challenge is an opportunity for you to define your dream and start working on it. 

  Participants Will Get:

  • Entry into a monthly drawing for Two FREE 1-Hour Strategic Coaching Sessions ($300 Value)! (3 drawings total)
  • Immediate information that will get you started on creating your dream!
  • Special access to tools to help you overcome your obstacles!
  • Custom supportive content specifically tailored to the obstacles and dreams of participants!'

  Full Details For Entry Here

  True Results Coaching
  Success & Mindset Coaching 
  Helping Business Professionals
  Create Highly Successful Habits 

   

   

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• Jan 31
  PDX Women in Information Technology Happy Hour:

  Join us for our debut Happy Hour networking event at H50 Bistro! No specific agenda, just network and have fun!

  PDX Women in Information Technology exists to celebrate professional women in the Portland-metro area who work with, manage, lead or have an interest in technology. Whether you are developing event-driven, non-blocking applications in node.js or setting technology strategy for a Fortune 500 company--or anything in between--come join us!

  Follow us on twitter: @PDXWIIT

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• Feb 01
  Google Plus for Beginners:

  Do you wonder if you really need a Google Plus Account? Do you want to know how Google Plus can benefit your business? Do you wonder if there is any difference between Google Plus and Facebook? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this class can answer those questions for you.

  Google Plus is the latest social media site out there, and its a site you need to be on! Google Plus gives you the opportunity to leverage search engine optimization with social media. In this class you’ll learn:

  What Google Plus is and how to set up a personal account and business pages.
  What circles are and how you can customize them to reach people with specific interests.
  The search engine optimization benefits Google Plus provides.

  A lot of people are unsure if they should join Google Plus, but now is the best time to join! I’ve been on Google Plus since it started, helping people understand how to apply it to their business. This hour and a half Webinar class will get you started on mastering Google Plus, for the small cost of $15.

  Where: In the Comfort of your home or office
  When: 3:30 to 5pm Wednesday Feb 1st
  RSVP: RSVP to attend this class. Please put Google Plus for Beginners in the subject line.

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• Feb 02
  Welldiggers Professional Networking:

  Title of the Event:  30 Seconds to Impact

  
  Event Description: 

  During this session you will conduct a quick assessment of your interpersonal skills based on how you present yourself to others. You will examine ways to narrow your presentation to focus on the qualities you want others to notice and plan your best approach to helping others discover your potential. You will have the opportunity to practice developing the momentum of your delivery as you revisit best practices for interviews, sales opportunities and your occasional “elevator speech” opportunity. This session is intended for all levels of executive personnel, independent professionals and employees returning to the workforce as well as students preparing for careers.

  Speaker:  Ron Karsten

  Ron gained his interpersonal skills experience in successive leadership roles. He served his country for 24 years first as a member of the US Marine Corps from the Vietnam era through the Persian Gulf incursion and subsequently as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard. He was a regional manager for Schneider National Transportation, then directed the sales effort for automotive diagnostic training in the Western United States for Snap-on Tools and was an owner of two successful training companies. Following that, he was the Director of Field Operations for Electric Lightwave Vancouver, WA and Vice President of Operations for Integra Telecom in Portland. He was most recently the Director of the Portland Campus of DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management in Portland.

  Date: Thursday, Thursday, February 2, 2012
  
  Time: 7:30 am to 9 am
  
  Location: Buffalo Gap, 6835 SW Macadam Ave

  
  Cost: $5 room fee per person, includes coffee, tea, muffins
  
  Be sure to arrive early!  And bring a friend or associate.

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