Seminars and Roadshows Business Transformation and Wealth Creation

EBusiness Roadshow - Ebusiness Essentials

The sessions in detail:

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In Partnership with:
Yahoo! Search MarketingCorelHP invent

SESSION 1: Solid Foundations for Fast Growth

  • Customer relationship management and a centralised marketing database are essential considerations for today's modern business seeking fast growth
  • Allied to this we need a flexible and scaleable software infrastructure to allow us to grow and add new applications seamlessly
  • This session will focus on the latest applications and the latest tools and technologies complete with demonstrations, case studies, templates and examples - to help you lay this solid foundation for growth

Content includes:

  • Managing customer relationships in the smaller business for keeping and developing your customers
  • When to invest in a server
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 – A solid base for business growth
  • Building your own intranet, managing your content and integrating with other systems
  • Mobility solutions for maximum flexibility of remote workers
  • Security issues for a modern IT infrastructure - Highlighting the Microsoft Security philosophy
  • Case studies and success stories

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SESSION 2: Get Personal with in-house Marketing


As the pace of doing business and the pressure on people's time increase, the attraction of targeted marketing material grows. Providing a customer with specific information, produced as it is needed and in high quality, speeds their decision-making process and enhances your image as someone to do business with.

  • Save money and increase marketing impact by producing sales material on-demand.
  • Reduce wastage by producing today's information today, for 1 or 1000 customers.
  • The tools now available mean that in-house marketing is within everyone's reach, without the need for specialist graphic design or IT skills
  • Compare the printshop to the desktop, from quality to cost.
  • Moving to in-house marketing production can give you an instant return on investment.

What you will come away with:

  • Samples of commercial versus desktop printing
  • Free marketing software tools
  • Information on free online courses and resources
  • Case Studies on businesses already reducing costs and winning new business with in-house marketing
  • A chance to win an HP Colour LaserJet Printer

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SESSION 3: Professional Business in the Broadband Age

  • This seminar focuses on the latest broadband based technology, products, services and applications for small businesses who want to achieve growth, security and success in their chosen markets
  • Understand how broadband can transform the way you do business in the office, on the move, with your customers, partners and suppliers
  • Hear from BT Business on how their solutions cover everything required by small businesses to exploit the internet making them more efficient and professional
  • See how you can harness the power of Broadband whilst achieving a secure IT infrastructure with 24 x 7 comprehensive support.
  • Using an SME case study this seminar covers all you need to know to get the most from your Broadband and IT investments.

Content includes:

  • Understand the different broadband products available from BT Business Broadband
  • Work remotely working using WiFi broadband access from BT OpenZone
  • See how network convergence can improve the productivity and flexibility of your business
  • Get online quickly with a website, email and E-Commerce site using Internet Business Pack
  • How to get Firewall, Virus, Malware and VPN protection from BT's Internet Security Pack
  • Keep messages flowing using secure Hosted Business Email services
  • Get comprehensive support for your systems and applications with IT Support Manager
  • Hear all about the world's first combined landline and mobile phone using BT Fusion (Winter 05 onwards)

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SESSION 4: New Age Marketing for Sales and Profits

  • Getting high positions in search engines through website optimisation is a great way to generate new sales
  • Pay per Click has taken off providing ordinary companies with extraordinary results.
  • Learn how to use this powerful new form of marketing from market leader Yahoo Search Marketing
  • You will be shown a 5 point plan to guide you to success and a £50 credit to enable you to try it for yourself
  • See powerful case study companies who occupy top search engine positions to drive new sales and profits.

Content includes:

  • The 7 key principles for getting to the top of major search engines
  • Keyword and key expression selection strategies and tools
  • Where to place the keywords – metatags and keyword density issues
  • What is ‘pay per click' and how does it work?
  • When to use it and setting objectives
  • Controlling your visitor flow, your costs and your sales
  • Case Study examples of search marketing in action
  • How to do it – a DIY framework for successful campaigns
  • Tool s available to optimise your campaign
  • Tailoring your site and writing effective titles and descriptions
  • Managing your bids for optimum return on investment
  • Tracking from click to conversion
  • The Future for Search – Local search, content matching, mobileand major search engine developments

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