Ramp Up Your Sales and Marketing Through the Internet October 14, 2008

Ramp Up Your Sales and Marketing Through the Internet

Co-sponsored by Gaithersburg/Germantown Chamber of Commerce

PRESENTED BY



JENNIFER ABERNETHY, PRESIDENT, THE SALES LOUNGE

AND

DANIE BIERMAN, GREAT FALLS EBUSINESS SOLUTIONS





Are you sitting on the sidelines and failing to make effective use of the Internet to promote your firm’s products and services? This exciting seminar will teach you how to use this explosive medium that is driving the growth of so many firms. The seminar is appropriate for companies in all industry sectors and of all sizes. It will be fun as well as informative about how to make use of this dynamic medium. Topics covered will include:



• Why you need to care about using the Internet for sales and marketing

• Growing your business and brand on the Internet

• Social media sites—what they are and how they can help your business

• The technical side—easy points to consider in building your Internet presence

• Email marketing—how to get your message out





ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS



Jennifer Abernethy is America’s First “Sales Stylist” to Business and Creative Professionals. She brings over 23 years award winning sales experience to her clients and has sold tens of millions in products and services over her nearly 25 year career. In 2006 she vowed to make professional development hip, fun and highly results oriented. Thus, The Sales Lounge.com was born. Since early 2007 she has worked with hundreds of Independent Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Corporate Sales Teams to help them look at fresh new ways to do business, learn the “new sales” process and have more focus and clarity on what needs to be done to achieve more revenue. She makes the sales process easy and, yes, fun, and her programs are highly effective. Jennifer was honored to be selected as the National Vice Chair of the Sales Professionals Experts group for the National Speakers Association. She also serves on the Leadership team for E-women network and services on the Board for Success in the City. You can visit her at http://www.thesaleslounge.com



Danie Bierman started his career as an Information Technology Professional twenty-three years ago working in the Enterprise Software arena consulting to Fortune 500 companies. In recent years he has turned his attention to the open source industry and small- to medium-sized business sectors. Utilizing his industry experience, he now assists businesses become successful by creating a professional Internet presence that generates revenue. He achieves this by utilizing his knowledge in the areas of Search Engine Management, Email Marketing, Social Networking, eCommerce, Website Design and Web Application Development. Danie has created a six month training program for college graduates and a three-year IT training program for underprivileged youths that allows them to earn income while receiving formal training and mentorship help. He may be reached at www.GreatFallsSolutions.com.



Sign in and refreshments begins at 7:30AM

Program begins at 8AM

Official Website: http://rampup.eventbrite.com