Agenda
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Day December 2012 – June 2013
We will be joining other Toolbox networking groups to have some fun, do some shopping, and raise some $$ for Interfaith Social Services.
The event is FREE, suggested donation of $10 will get you 3 raffle tickets!
Starting at 6p at Whole Foods, we will gather & check in, there you can purchase raffle tickets for a great drawing, donate an unwrapped toy for Interfaith SS, and receive a goodie bag from Derby St. Shoppes, filled with discounts from the shops. Shop and take a hayride…
At 7:15 we will reconnect at Summer Shack for some appetizers, a cash bar and the drawing.
Interfaith Social Services is a non-religious multiservice center serving the residents of Massachusetts’s South Shore region. Our mission is to … strengthen family life and offer assistance to anyone in need.
Join other savvy, sophisticated women & men at i-Network for Cocktails and Conversation. Our next event is hosted by Bridgette Barbato, of MiniLuxe Hingham at Derby St. Shoppes, a new – just opened location for MiniLuxe.
Come mix and mingle with other professional women (and men) meet some new people.
If you’d like an opportunity to speak about your business for a minute, feel free to donate a little something that an attendee may win when we do our free raffle drawings. See me when you arrive!
$10 for friends and future members of i-Network
*FREE for i-Network members. A member means you have paid the yearly fees at i-Network.biz and have a listing on the web directory on the i-Network.biz site. Joining this meetup group as a “friend” means you are on our mailing list, but are not a member of i-Network.biz(yet).
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MiniLuxe is the nail and beauty lounge that caters to you and what is going on in your life at the moment.
We believe that ”me time” is critical to a balanced life. You never need an excuse to take care of you. Whether it’s your weekly beauty fix or a much-needed pick-me-up, let us work our mani/pedi magic.
MiniLuxe brings out the beauty in life and the beauty in you.
****Special for i-Network Members****
Book services for 1/28 or 1/29
Mention that they are a member of I-Network at Checkout to receive 20% off all services!
Book online at www.miniluxe.com or call 781-556-5769!
Interested in social web, business, social meda, or marketing? This is the place to meet-up!
Get More Done. Adapt to Change. See Measurable Results.
What is Agile Marketing…
We will have a short introduction to Agile Development, how it evolved, then Frank will introduce us to Agile Marketing, what it is and why it it a growing trend for marketers.
Agile marketing is in it’s infancy and looks like it will impact how we work and market as much as social media did five years ago. If you are one of the many that is overwhelmed with the amount of time social media takes, agile is the answer for you. Join us for this powerful presentation by agile marketer Frank Days and learn how to get data driven results to your marketing. If you are like me it will be the most powerful meet-up you’ve been to in years.
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Frank is currently VP of marketing at Correlsense. He spent the last 10 years as a marketing vice president for a series of high growth-technology firms including Experian-QAS, FirstGiving and Ipswitch.
An active blogger, podcaster and social media pragmatist, he also served as Director of New and Social Media for Novell. His formal education includes an MBA from the MIT-Sloan School of Management and a BA from Bowdoin College.
He has run agile marketing at several companies include Novell and his current company, Correlsense, he is also co-founder of the agile marketing podcast.
What is This?
- The largest gathering of Technology experts in South Central Massachusetts- Ever!!
- It is a full day of workshops delivered by technology professionals.
- 30+ Workshops, time for networking
- It is Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Quickbooks, PhotoShop, Google Apps, blogging & more for your business and personal use.
- It is personal technology questions answered at the Tech Day Help Center.
- It is learning how and what to do with your websites, photos and videos, effectual social media, and so much more.
Don’t fight it…come to Tech Day Camp – United Regional Chamber, the one day event to learn how technology can work for you!
Learn More: http://techdaycamp.com
Find out about our Speakers, and Schedule and workshops
Interested in spreading the word about YOUR business?
Sponsor our Event! Lots of exposure and many opportunities starting at just $75! [more Information here]
Contact Reiko at 781-987-1655 or at reiko@thetoolboxinc.com to discuss the sponsorship opportunities that are right for you.
Would you like to earn money for your organization by promoting this event through our Affiliate program? contact info@techdaycamp.com
This month we will be doing some critiques on websites, we will have a panel to review in advance, then make some suggestions. Some of the areas that will be reviewed are, branding, design, usability, and more… If you would like your site to be one of the lucky ones to be analyzed, please signup for the event, and leave us your web info.
Panelists include: Matt Ulvila, and Shea Baker from 3thought, Reiko Beach from TRB Design.
We are holding a social media tweet up to chat about business, social networking and social media here on the South Shore..anyone interested in social web, or learning about it is welcome!!
Habitat for Humanity welcomes i-Network and will provide some tasty appetizers and drink for us. Come mix and mingle with other professional women (and men), learn about Habitat and what they are doing on the South Shore.
South Shore Habitat for Humanity is a faith-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to building simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.
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If you’d like an opportunity to speak about your business for a minute, feel free to donate a little something that an attendee may win when we do our free raffle drawings. See me when you arrive!
$10 for friends and future members of i-Network
*FREE for i-Network members. A being a member means you have paid the $50 at i-Network.biz and have a listing on the web directory on the i-Network.biz site. Joining this meetup group as a “friend” means you are on our mailing list, but are not a member of i-Network.biz (yet).
We are holding a social media tweet up to chat about business, social networking and social media here on the South Shore..anyone interested in social web, or learning about it is welcome!!
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Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools
With Tricia White (MSBDC) @FriendsFoodFam
Google Analytics can help you monitor what people do when they land on your website – how many people visit? how many pages do they go through? What are they looking for?
Webmaster Tools can help you understand how the Google bots search your website from a software perspective. Together, they can give you powerful web statistics that can help you make marketing decisions for your business.
This session will include:
1. What is Google Analytics? How do I register?
3. What does it do? (Live demonstration of the system)
4. Looking for web results
5. What is Webmaster Tools? How do you combine this with Analyics?
6. Understanding search engine bots
7. What does it do? (Live Demonstration)
8. Using statistics to get results
Curious about WordPress and how it can help you build and manage a better blog or website?
WordPress is a state-of-the-art web publishing platform, developed by hundreds of community volunteers and used by over 25 million people. Best of all, WordPress is free! With thousands of themes and plug-ins available on the web, anyone can launch a feature-rich website in minutes. First, you will learn the fundamentals of how WordPress works, how to get it up and running, and how to start publishing content immediately. Then we will explore the Administrator’s Dashboard, including how to organize your content and configure certain features & behaviors of your site. Finally, you will learn how to install themes and plug-ins to alter the appearance of your site and add additional functionality for improved social integration, search engine optimization, and backup/security. (Note: We will be working with the self-hosted version of WordPress at http://wordpress.org, not the hosted service at http://wordpress.com.
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Our Workshop Presenters:
Kurt Eng is a co-organizer of the Boston WordPress Meetup and Founding Organizer of WordCamp Boston. Kurt has been very active in podcasting and video, publishing free content to enable others to learn. Kurt focuses on people beginning WordPress and blogging, empowering them with the knowledge and enthusiasm to get started from installation to themes to writing.
Jon Bishop is a Web Developer, Public Speaker and Internet Marketing Specialist from Boston, MA. I specialize in the understanding and developing of up and coming web technologies. As a social-networking analyst, my expertise with online social patterns and the usage of interactive communication technologies allows me to provide value when discussing strategies with customers.
I’ve been developing websites since 1999 and developed an early fascination with interactive technologies like Flash and JavaScript. Over the years I have acquired in depth knowledge working with a variety of assorted web, mobile and software specific languages. A lot of my work is with WordPress where I maintain several plugins in the WordPress repository. In an effort to educate and enable others with WordPress, I help run the local WordPress meetup and speak at conferences and meetups.
Afternoon: Intermediate WordPress Workshop
Intermediate WordPress Workshop
Do you already have a self-hosted WordPress site? Do you know the basics, but want to harness the power of WordPress? Do you want to step up your skills, find out the capabilities of WordPress. Then this is the workshop for you.
You will learn:
- Plugins: how to select and test
- Review of some basic and advanced plugings
- Themes, how to choose and properly edit themes
- Theme evaluation
- SEO – on-site preparation and how to
- Security – how to protect your site from Spam, robot attacks
- Backup and Recovery – updates, how to implement your own process
This class assumes you know the in’s and out’s of navigating the WordPress Dashboard as an administrator, and have a self hosted site (not WordPress.com)
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Our Workshop Presenters:
Kurt Eng is a co-organizer of the Boston WordPress Meetup and Founding Organizer of WordCamp Boston. Kurt has been very active in podcasting and video, publishing free content to enable others to learn. Kurt focuses on people beginning WordPress and blogging, empowering them with the knowledge and enthusiasm to get started from installation to themes to writing.
Jon Bishop is a Web Developer, Public Speaker and Internet Marketing Specialist from Boston, MA. I specialize in the understanding and developing of up and coming web technologies. As a social-networking analyst, my expertise with online social patterns and the usage of interactive communication technologies allows me to provide value when discussing strategies with customers.
I’ve been developing websites since 1999 and developed an early fascination with interactive technologies like Flash and JavaScript. Over the years I have acquired in depth knowledge working with a variety of assorted web, mobile and software specific languages. A lot of my work is with WordPress where I maintain several plugins in the WordPress repository. In an effort to educate and enable others with WordPress, I help run the local WordPress meetup and speak at conferences and meetups.
Morning: Beginners WordPress Workshop
Now that you know how to use Google analytics from last month, this month we are going to be talking Google Adwords with Dave DeBlasio:
An AdWords campaign can either cost you a lot of money or it can make you a very large return on investment. When done properly it can be the final piece of a well managed online presence. In order to get the most out of your money when it comes to AdWords spending it is absolutely necessary to understand how AdWords works and how it can consistently bring new customers into your business.
Presented by: Dave DeBlasio
Working directly with business owners since 2005, I help large and small companies grow their customer base using the latest new media marketing technologies. I understand that you have enough going on without dealing with designing and managing your website, getting your business seen and found on Google, updating FaceBook and Twitter, all while maintaining your current client base; that’s why I am here to help. Learn more about Dave and DeBlasio Marketing at,DeBlasioMarketing.com.
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We are holding a social media tweet up to chat about business, social networking and social media here on the South Shore..anyone interested in social web, or learning about it is welcome!! Free - just purchase your own food & beverage.