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Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaker at Texas Business Centers

Social Media and Internet Marketing Speaker, CEO, Jennifer Bagley will be educating the Texas Business Center about proper techniques to utilize social media to develop and grow online.

About Jennifer Bagley

Jennifer Bagley, is a keynote speaker and CEO for CI Web Group www.ciwebgroup.com, a Dallas digital marketing company specializing in web design, development, SEO services and social media integration.  With her enormous experience in supply-chain, business logistics and strategy she offers in her presentations to business owners nationwide a clear path of focus, clarity and execution.

Event Details

7/8/2011

11:30 – 1:00 pm CST

1308 Teasley Lane

Denton,TX 76205

(located in the one story building with green roof behind the Texas Workforce Solutions building)

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More about the Texas Business Centers?

Started in 2010 in Denton, Tx  our company was founded with one mission in mind:

To help businesses succeed by  providing affordable and convenient office solutions and business  services.

Texas Business Centers are available to the start up and small business community, assisting in the growth and development of local economies for many years to come.

The best service providers are contracted around to provide economical yet professional service options to help business leaders reach their goals.

The center director and chief business development consultant is Anthony Jones of ABC Solutions and supplementary business services are provided through a number of partnerships to bring you a variety of options to suit your business needs.

If you are a business service provider and would like to work with Texas Business Centers, go to their Resources and Partners page to get an application.

We look forward to speaking to this great group of business leaders.

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CI Web Group

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The Plano Chamber of Commerce Features Social Media Marketing Speaker, Jennifer Bagley

Date:  7/13/2011

Time: 11:30 – 1:00 pm

Where: Glen Eagles Country Club

5401 West Park Boulevard

Plano, TX 75093

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Digital Marketing Trends with ATW: Alliance of Technology and Women. http://www.dfwatw.org/ ,with Jennifer Bagley, CEO and Keynote speaker with CI Web Group.

CI Web Group is a dallas internet marketing company focused on keeping up with Digital Marketing trends, specializing in web design, development, SEO services and social media integration.

Using technology to maximize your business productivity creates the platform to realize true business success. Business productivity software ensures organizations have the tools to overcome the challenges of executing on strategy every day and prospering in today’s economic times. Increased business productivity can be traced to the automation of processes allowing for faster communication of strategy, increased time spent on strategic priorities and greater project completion rates.

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Here is a great article that may give you some great tips about developing your current business.

Technology is powerful. That power can be translated into dollars and cents, when it helps you run your business more efficiently and more profitably. The good news is: there’s a lot of technology out there that is cost-effective and packs a punch for a small business. The bad news is: there’s a lot of technology out there – making things very confusing.

In my line of business I receive on average 4 to 6 press releases or announcements each day about new technology offerings for small businesses. You can find technology to do nearly anything today. But if I had to choose just 10 technologies and say ‘use these to run your business more effectively without spending an arm and a leg’ my list would include the following:

1. Business website - If you already have a website, super! Consider improving your site — and skip on to no. 2. But if you’re one of those still on the fence about a website – don’t be. A website gives your business reach to a larger audience and potential customer base. Today, customers and prospects expect businesses to have an online presence. They look for businesses online. Even if they learned of your business some other way, they go online to check your business out – whether to get directions, find your hours of operation, or research your products and services.

2. Anti-virus software - Every computer you and your staff uses needs to be equipped with an anti-virus software package – if you wish to avoid hours of headaches, lost productivity and unusable computers due to malware infections. Get a package that includes anti-spam protection, along with Internet security to protect users from malicious websites while surfing the web. Be sure to keep such software up to date with a subscription. That’s your protection against new viruses and malware that are released all the time.

3. Accounting software - Any seasoned business owner will tell you that a keen understanding of your financials increases your odds of success. For that you must have up-to-date accounting records. Luckily, technology automates and takes the drudgery out of keeping your books. Even better, today’s software gives you reports and dashboards to intelligently use your financial data to make business decisions. Plus, most of the software vendors make it easy for you to share your records with your accountant or tax preparer. Intuit’s QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Accounting Express, Peachtree, and a growing variety of simpler bookkeeping or accounting applications, such as LessAccounting and Outright, are just some of the many choices.

4. Google account - Google offers a collection of tools, products and services that I consider essential for small businesses. Set yourself up with a Google account and you can get access to a free business listing in Google Local; free calendars and email; free spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software; free analytics software to analyze the traffic to your website; the Google Webmaster tools panel to help you monitor your presence in the Google search engine; and much more. Did I mention most of the tools are free? ‘Nuff said.

5. File backup system – One of the biggest ‘gotchas’ for small businesses is having a computer meltdown and losing your hard drive – only to realize that you just lost years worth of precious customer and financial records. Ouch! Don’t get caught this way. Make sure you have a fail-proof infrastructure in place to back up computer files. There are a number of ways to do this. You can use a Flash thumb drive or CDs to manually copy your files. I prefer either an external disk drive along with automatic backup software, or an online backup service. In the latter two cases you don’t have to remember to do a backup. Once you have verified your automatic backup schedule, you can forget it until you ever need to restore your files.

6. Virtual switchboard - Technology can help you manage your telephone presence much more efficiently and cost effectively. With a virtual switchboard software application, you can easily arrange for a custom-recorded greeting for your main phone line; routing to departments and employees; advanced voice mail options; follow-me call forwarding with call screening; and toll-free numbers. These applications are called ‘virtual’ because you manage them through a Web-based admin panel and they do not require buying expensive equipment. They typically provide more powerful ‘presence management’ options than your phone provider alone offers for a small business budget.

7. Smart phone - One of the biggest productivity tools – and a liberating tool than enables you and your staff to be mobile and not tied to the office – are smart phones and handheld devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry, or Palm. Armed with such devices, your employees can complete transactions outside of the office, stay in communication at all times, and increase overall efficiency and productivity.

8. Laptop - Assuming your organization has a full complement of desktop computers, let’s talk portable laptops for a moment. Having at least one shared laptop in your business serves several practical purposes. It allows you or someone else to take it on visits to clients; give marketing presentations; and hold meetings offsite. Giving employees the use of laptops of their own allows them to be more productive while on business travel — or even to work from home on occasion. Hardware prices continue to drop and with careful shopping you may find laptops in the $500 range on sale.

9. Intranet or team collaboration space - With so many teams working from multiple locations, or with outside vendors and contractors, online collaboration spaces are growing in popularity. These are private Web spaces where you can access shared files, manage project deadlines, and communicate/work together. Think of it as your office space online. Google Apps for Business; Central Desktop; Basecamp and Box.net are just some of the choices. Compare features carefully and test drive a few offerings if you can — there’s surprising variance in the offerings in this space.

10. Web conferencing solution and webcam - Finally, I’d suggest having a Web conferencing solution, along with a webcam, for live meetings held at a distance. This could range from free applications such as Skype for online chats/meetings and YuuGuu for screen sharing, to low cost apps such as Go to Meeting and Webex. By holding online meetings instead of in-person meetings, you can save big. You avoid excess time and money spent traveling, especially plane travel.

Limiting the list to just 10 tools was tough. I could go on with another 10, and still barely scratch the surface. My hope is that this list will spur you to try just one or two new tools that can make your business more productive and profitable, and your workday more convenient and rewarding.

About the author: Anita Campbell is Editor of Small Business Trends, an online publication for small businesses.

We agree there are many other important digital marketing trends that need to be addressed, but the article above at least helps you with starting your goal of business organization digitally.

Kathy J. Marshall

CI Web Group

Community Manager

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JULY PROMOTION: Need a speaker for an event in July? No Speaker Fees in July!

If you have an event, with business and sales professionals in July and you need a great keynote or breakout speaker, we can help.  Our team of Dallas based social media speakers, Jennifer Bagley, Bob Heckman an Keith Morales are waiving their speaker fees for all July events held in Texas.  Our team loves to volunteer their time to educate local business owners (Dallas, Forthworth, Austin, San Antonio, Austin and Houston) and typically provides 5 – 10 free speaking events per year as a way to give back to their community.  They have a few dates available in July and all have a much lighter travel schedule, so now’s a great time to see if it works with your event needs.  This is great for groups, companies, associations, chambers, networking groups and so forth.

Our presentations can be broke into a motivational keynote, technical training or a powerful strategy session.  We have a few time slots available, so contact us now to book your speaker(s).  During the month of July, we will be giving all groups we speak to a free trial website and access to our web design, seo and social media bootcamps.