PAII 2002 (Professional Association of Innkeepers International) — Chicago, IL
Think your website is the best it could be? Step back and take an objective look
at your website and identify its weak points in the areas of branding, usability,
security, legal, search engine findability, design, content, and more. A magazine
columnist, international speaker, and founder of multinational web design firm
Netconcepts will provide insider information on “best practices” in online
marketing from corporate clients like Birds Eye, Gorton’s Seafood, Wella, and
Midwest Express.
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A Wellington-based organisation doesn’t get its website’s traffic statistics from its web vendor until it asks for them. An Auckland company can’t wrestle its website’s source code from its vendor, which subsequently goes under. Another Auckland company is billed over $10,000 for a fairly generic website redesign specification, which contains a costing with a $60,000 margin of error. These sorts of names-withheld horror stories start innocently enough …
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You know your Web site needs an overhaul and you know you don’t want to do the work in-house. It’s time to write a Request For Proposal, or RFP, which you will then send out to prospective Web design firms for
bids. Be sure to also visit my article How to Write a Killer RFP (Request for Proposal) for Hiring An SEO Firm for more information.
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American Marketing Association - Madison Chapter — Madison, WI
Through the Internet, your competition is just a click away from the customer. As a business executive, you need to assess whether it’s easier for customers to do business with you - or your competitors - online. The problem is, you may be too close to your site to most objectively analyze it.
You need practical recommendations that can help decrease abandonment rates while boosting traffic, leads, and online sales. By conducting an independent website evaluation, you can gain a fresh perspective and key insights for a competitive online advantage.
Brian will share his insights into what makes a website work. He’ll
explore website strengths, weaknesses, and best practices; touching on categories like usability, security, visibility, content, legal exposures, e-commerce, public relations, and customer service.
Bring your questions and a notepad for a timely and information-rich session.
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Having just spent US$250,000 on an e-commerce system, the cosmetics company heard the news. Three weeks after their site going live, they would lose everything because the ASP was using leased hardware. These mistakes can be avoided if companies follow some basic principles says Stephan Spencer, President of Netconcepts.
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Alexis D Gutzman, author of “The Online Marketing Report”, used her website as a test case for AuditIt.com a free online assessment tool and got some valuable information in return.
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Beauty Online 2001 — San Francisco, CA
Are you absolutely sure that your web site is running at peak efficiency, dazzling customers, coming up high in search engines, generating an adequate ROI, and not leaving you exposed to unnecessary litigation?
Step-by-step, you’ll learn what areas to audit in your Internet presence, including: legal and procedural, public relations, financial, performance and reliability, customer service, Internet marketing task force, technical, user experience, accessibility, content, community, “findability”, e-commerce, privacy, and last but not least, security.
This interactive workshop will give you hands-on experience with:
- Where and how to begin the evaluation process
- What to audit and how often
- Tools and resources to use in auditing
- Benefits of auditing, risks of not auditing
- Turning measurements and recommendations into an Implementation Plan
- Applying all these tools and principles to your specific needs.
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“…In my six years association with you, I appreciate that you and members of NetConcepts have met those stress points and acted only with grace and understanding.”
“Every one of our over 9,000 product pages are in Google, most of them with great rankings.”
“We definitely think the Netconcepts web site audit provided value and is an excellent working document. I have a new hire who is busy incorporating thoughts and ideas from the audit into our internet marketing plan.”
