TechBiz Connection Sponsors Forum on State of Search Engine Optimization with Live Site Reviews

TechBiz Connection will host a forum on the current state of search engine optimization to include live site reviews on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the law offices of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in Irvine.
By: TechBiz Connection
 
Sept. 12, 2012 - PRLog -- IRVINE, Calif. – Celebrating 10 years of hosting networking and educational events for the Southern California business and technology community, TechBiz Connection will host a forum on the current state of search engine optimization to include live site reviews on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the law offices of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in Irvine.

According to Jack Bicer, TechBiz Connection president, everyone knows that search engine optimization (SEO) is a critical strategy to anyone's success on the internet. However, since 2011, both Google's Panda and Penguin have completely changed the game while eliminated old strategies and provided new strategies for success.

“In order to push the needle, it’s all about content marketing, social media signals, and analytics,” Bicer said. “This is one of our most popular events of the year because we also include live site reviews where the audience can provide live feedback on their sites by the panel.”

The session will also help provide knowledge on how to utilize content in SEO projects; how to stay competitive and active in social media; and what the best SEO practices are in today's marketing industry.

The panel moderator will be Michael Bonfils, international managing director of SEM International. Mr. Bonfils was one of the early pioneers in the search engine industry. Starting in 1996, he worked in-house for a multinational firm; in 2000-01, he was in charge of search engine strategy at Business.com. In 2001, he opened up his own firm and an office in Asia after recognizing that U.S.-based online marketing agencies needed outsourced solutions to providing services to their clients outside of the United States. As the demand for his company’s services expanded into other countries, he spread out further into Asia, Europe, and eventually Latin America. Today, SEM International (a subsidiary of International Media Management Corporation) is providing search agencies and clients with a one-stop, centralized solution for international search engine marketing.

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• Joel Tanner, co-founder and principal, GigaSavvy, has his hands in everything GigaSavvy does, from business development to SEO and social media—and they’re pretty experienced hands. He grew up alongside the technology that now keeps his clients’ companies growing and among the top-ranked sites on search engines. An entrepreneur from the age of 12, Mr. Tanner’s broad knowledge base encompasses IT, entertainment, automotive, retail and everything in between. His nearly 20 years of industry experience dates from pre-Google SEO and the earliest forms of social media and has continued through to the latest digital and mobile technology.

• James Dolan is vice president of business development for WebCertain, specializing in providing international and multilingual search engine marketing management services for global advertising agencies, search engine marketing and Fortune 1000 firms. Since 2001, he has been a leading expert in the search engine marketing and optimization community with a passion for staying current with this ever changing industry and cutting edge strategies. Before working at WebCertain, Mr. Dolan worked as director of search marketing at the agency level providing optimization strategies to e-commerce, publishing and corporate internet properties. He has worked on SEO campaigns from a broad base of clients in a number of industries including: technology services, education, healthcare, hospitality and retail.

• Stuart Atkins, adjunct professor of marketing, Cal State Fullerton, is a speaker, marketing consultant, Constant Contact authorized local expert, author, SBDC business adviser, and adjunct professor of marketing at Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. He teaches marketing research, advertising, internet marketing strategy, digital & social media marketing, consumer behavior, entrepreneurship marketing, and principles of marketing on both the MBA and undergraduate level. After working in corporate marketing for over 20 years with companies such as Toshiba America and Kingston Technology, Mr. Atkins founded Atkins Marketing Solutions, (www.AtkinsMarketingSolutions.com), a small business marketing consulting company located in Orange, California that helps businesses find their customers, tell their story, and audit their marketing. He is the author of Small Business Marketing: A Guide for Survival, Growth, and Success.

The TBC Forum’s discussion and subsequent question-and-answer session is sponsored by Daly-Swartz Public Relations (http://www.dsprel.com); Haynes and Boone LLP (http://www.haynesboone.com) ; Latisys (http://www.latisys.com); Septium Corp.(http://www.septium.com); Smith Micro (http://www.smithmicro.com); and Knobbe Martens, Olson & Bear (http://www.kmob.com).

Admission to the TechBiz Connection event is $20 prepaid and $40 at the door. For further information and RSVP, visit http://www.techbizconnection.org or e-mail president@techbizconnection.org.

TechBiz Connection (http://www.techbizconnection.org) was created to support Southern California business and technology professionals, companies and entrepreneurs by providing timely education and networking opportunities. The organization focuses on where technology and business intersect; everything a successful high-tech company would want to do.

Contact:
Daly-Swartz PR for TechBiz Connection
Jeffrey Swartz, 949-470-0075
jeffreyswartz@dsprel.com
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