BizTechDay - Technology Bootcamp for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs October 25, 2008

Join Tim Ferriss. Put the Web to Work For You.

October 25th, 2008 | San Francisco, CA

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It's show time! BiztechDay kicks off in San Francisco this Sat, October 25th 8am!



Take charge and attend this packed 1 day of education, keynotes and genius hour exploding with the latest Web 2.0 business ideas with 500+ business owners in two rooms. It is the must-attend entrepreneurs and small business event of the year.





Over 30 "been there, done that" business owners, entrepreneurs, technologists and strategists including Tim Ferriss (4-Hour Work-week), Nish Nadarja (Chief Editor of Yelp.com), Christine Comaford (Google Angel Investor), Scott Heiferman (Founder of Meetup.com), Megan Casey (Cofounder of Squidoo.com), are coming together for 1 day to answer all your technology questions:

* How to Collect Money Online
* How to Create Your Web Presence
* How to Create Your Own Social Network
* How to Promote Your Event & Get Hundreds of People to Show Up
* How to Create an Effective Marketing Campaign
* How to Create Your Own Podcast/YouTube Video
* How to Bring People to Your Website
* How to Leverage Social Network to Promote Your Business
* Any many more!



And if that wasn't enough our sponsors have donated some really cool prizes you will want to take home!

* Two $100 Visa Gift Card
* ViewSonic FlatScreen HDTV
* HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One Printer!
* Microsoft Zune
* Microsoft Office
* 4-Hour Workweek signed by Tim Ferriss
* Rules of the Renegades signed by Christine Comaford
* And many more!





Here is the agenda on Sat:



Continental 4&5


Continental 2&3
8:00 a..m

Registration
8:45 - 9:30 a.m.

Welcome & Keynote Interview - Tim Ferriss & Edith Yeung
9:30 - 10:25 a.m.

Email Marketing 101 - 10 Secrets to a Successful Email Marketing Campaign

* Stu Carty, Constant Contact



Money 101 - How to Collect Money Online Using PayPal, Google Checkout & Amazon Payment

* Allen Weinberg, GlenBrook Partners

10:30 - 11:25 a.m.

Website/SEO 101 - Setup a High Traffic Business Website & Basics to Search Engine Optimization

* Stephan M. Spencer, Netconcepts.com



Online Branding 101 - Use Linkedin/Facebook/Yelp to Create Your Web Presence + 20 More Sites

* Nicole Nicolay, Effektive Solutions
* Rick Rochon, AdSymetrix.com

11:30 - 12:25 p.m.

Ning 101 - How to Create Your Own Social Network

* Ann Evanston, eWomenNetwork



Multimedia 101 - How to Develop Your Own YouTube Video & Podcast?

* Ian Griffin, Pro-Podcaster, NSA
* Pam Strayer, Media Creator

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

Lunch
1:15 - 1:55 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote - George Wright, Will It Blend?/Blendtec
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Social Networks Panel

How to Use and Leverage Social Networks for Your Business

* Hazel Grace Dircksen (Moderator)
* Yaniv Bensadon, Fixya
* Megan Casey, Squidoo
* Alex Craddock, Visa
* Scott Heiferman, Meetup
* Dan McComb, Biznik
* Nish Nadaraja, Yelp



Business 2.0 Panel

How to Run Your Business on the Cheap?

* Gwyneth J Borden, IBM (Moderator)
* Udi Chatow, MagCloud/HP
* Mark O'Leary, Comcast
* Paul Jensen, Microsoft
* Jim Carrillo, Public Wi-Fi Project

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Event Marketing Panel

How to Promote Your Event & Get Hundreds of People

* Alison Covarrubias (Moderator)
* Angie Chang, Women 2.0
* Elsa Chang, Yahoo!
* Ann Evanston, eWomenNetwork
* Vincent Lauria, Silicon Valley NewTech
* Jack Mardack, Eventbrite
* Christian Perry, SFbeta
* Nancy Tubbs, FullCalendar
* Myles Weissleder, SF New Tech



Viral Panel

How to Make Your Blog, Video, Podcast, Social Network Viral?

* Kelly O'Neil (Moderator)
* Jason Billingsley, Elastic Path Software
* Adriana Gascoigne, hi5
* Chris Pareja, B2B Power Exchange
* Scott Sigler, Pro-Podcaster
* George Wright, Will it Blend? / Blendtec

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.


Genius Desk - Ask the Expert Round Table
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Keynote - Scott Heiferman - Founder of Meetup & Wrap Up
6:00 p.m. till late


No Host Happy Hour & Networking





It's this Saturday!

Official Website: http://biztechday-sf.eventbrite.com