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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Workshop 2008
Dubai, UAE
on Sunday, August 10, 2008

SEO Workshop 2008: Overview | Description | Benefits | Agenda
Past Internet Marketing Workshops | Upcoming Workshops & Seminars
Who should attend
| Who has already attendedAbout the Speaker
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Overview:

This workshop will provide you with the strategies, practices, online tools, and practical exposure you need to become (and remain) a top performer in Search Engine (Google, Yahoo & Live) marketing. In the end, you will not only walk away with the knowledge and skills you need to be a successful search engine marketer, you will also jump-start your career and enhance your professional know-how. Whether you are a consultant, site designer, website owner, in-house marketing professional, or business owner having a business web site, you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to experience firsthand the latest developments in search engine marketing industry. No matter where you are in the SEO & SEM process, you will leave these intensive workshops with the necessary skills and tools to improve your business results and take your search engine marketing to another level.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Workshop 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
with 1-hour Lunch Break

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SEO Workshop's Description:

A search-engine friendly Web site is a user-friendly, search-friendly, and compelling site that converts visitors into buyers.

In order for a site to be search-engine friendly, it must meet the terms and conditions describe by the search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, Ask, etc.) Additionally, the site must satisfy the needs of site visitors. Ultimately, the site must be profitable for the Web site owner. Can a single site satisfy all of these groups?

This presentation will show these skills are essential for building a user-friendly, search-friendly, and persuasive site that converts visitors into buyers.

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SEO Workshop's Benefits:

  • Build a Web site that satisfies both your site's visitors AND the search engines

  • Design dos and don'ts

  • Successful Web site information architecture - learn what search engine marketers don't know

  • Avoid costly copywriting and design mistakes

  • Link development research: tips and tools

  • Learn proven techniques and strategies for long-term results

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Who should attend?

Everyone who promotes Web sites as part of their work should attend these workshops! Web marketers should understand all parts of a search marketing campaign - optimization, paid inclusion, and pay-per-click solutions.

Participants come from many different industries, including:

  • Web site designers and developers

  • eCommerce

  • Business development

  • Advertising Executives

  • Web site usability

  • Direct marketing

  • Media buying

  • Affiliates

  • Public relations

  • Web analysts

  • Sales and marketing consultants

  • Business Executives

  • Non-profit agencies

  • Or any job that requires site development and promotion.

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Who has already attended?

The following companies have sent their delegates in our previous workshops:

  • Gulf News

  • Dubai Media City

  • Choueiri Group

  • Motivate Publishing

  • MyStayinDubai.com

  • DubaiBFA.com

  • Proctor & Gamble

  • Siemens

  • Internet Vision - US

  • Wateen Telecom - a Warid company

  • Dawn Group

  • Jang Group of Companies

  • Pakistan Software Export Board

  • ECommerce Gateway

  • Institute of Chartered & Management Accountancy

  • Emaar Pakistan

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SEO Workshop's Agenda:

Understanding search engines:

  • The major search engines and how they work

  • Anatomy of search engine results pages (SERPs)

  • Types of search engine marketing

Defining the full SEO process:

SEO Process - Keyword Research - the foundation for SEO & Paid Marketing

  • Get it right and you can easily build upon that foundation. Get it wrong and you'll waste valuable time, money and resources going down the wrong road.

  • Finding the right terms - The criteria for good keyword selection

  • Resources - Free and paid tools you can use along quick demos and evaluations.

  • Can I compete? - How many others are trying to rank for your terms(s)? Who are they? What do you need to do to beat them? More tools and demos.

SEO Process - Site optimization

  • The ABC's of the Algorithms - While there are more than a hundred factors that we believe influence Search Engine rankings, some are definitely more important and more powerful than others. Which ones should you concentrate on?

  • On page optimization - title, tags, headers, content, links

  • Off page optimization - links, links, links - quality, quantity and reputation

  • Slam dunks - easy-to-do things that can give you an edge

SEO Process - Site Submission

SEO Process - Monitoring - Managing expectations

SEO Process - Site architecture and page design:

  • Site architecture vs. page design (interface)

  • Why architecture and design are important for search engine visibility

  • Components of an optimized site:

    • Site navigation schemes

    • Other types of page links

    • Types of Web pages and how to optimize them

    • Web address

SEO Process - Link development:

  • What is popularity?

  • Why link development is important for search engine visibility

  • Characteristics of effective link development

  • Competitive link development strategies

  • Submission guidelines

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About Workshop Speaker - Najam Ahmed

Najam became a Qualified Google Advertising Professional in November 2005. Since then he has helped numerous clients build and optimize their AdWords campaigns. Najam has nine years experience managing online marketing campaigns. He is currently working as Search Marketing Consultants for ECom Worldwide, an internet marketing company focused on search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM).

Najam has extensive experience training people how to understand and effectively utilize search marketing strategies to achieve their business goals.

Najam started his career in Karachi, Pakistan in 1999. Before moving to Dubai in 2007, he worked for a wide range of clients, including Proctor & Gamble, Siemens, Internet Vision - US, Wateen Telecom - a Warid company, Dawn Group, Jang Group of Companies, Pakistan Software Export Board, ECommerce Gateway, Institute of Chartered & Management Accountancy and Emaar Pakistan.

Najam was recently invited by the UK management of Dubai Lynx 2008 - 1st  Dubai International Advertising Festival, at Dubai International Exhibition & Convention Centre, Dubai to conduct an Internet Marketing workshop.

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Registration Information

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Workshop 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
with 1-hour Lunch Break

Participation Fee: AED 950/- per delegate

Special Group Discount: 3 or more delegates from the same organization, registering at the same time qualify for 25% off their total registration fees.

Participants will be provided with:

  • A CD containing all workshop materials

  • Refreshments

  • Participation Certificate

Please note:

  • Seats are limited and available on first-come-first basis.

  • Pre-Payment is required to register NO LATER than 20 July 2008.

  • Payment is accepted online by any major credit card i.e. Master, Visa, Discover or through Paypal.

  • Cancellation - if you must cancel for any reason, notify our registration department by 25 July 2008. Your fee will be refunded less a AED 200/- processing fee. Cancellation after 25 July 2008 are non-refundable.

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Contact Information:

For questions regarding registration, please e-mail our Registration Department at registration@seointl.net

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Past Internet Marketing Workshops:

Understanding Search Engine Optimization, Dubai International Exhibitions & Convention Centre, Dubai, UAE - April 1, 2008
SEO & Google AdWords Workshop, Avari Towers, Karachi - July 21-22, 2007
Google AdWords Workshop, Holiday Inn, Islamabad - February 4, 2007
Google AdWords Workshop, Avari Towers, Karachi - January 21, 2007
Search Engine Optimization Workshop, Avari Towers, Karachi - November 12, 2006
Google AdWords Workshop, Holiday Inn, Islamabad - September 3, 2006
Search Engine Marketing Workshop, Avari Towers, Karachi - May 13 - 14, 2006
Search Engine Marketing Workshop, Holiday Inn, Islamabad - March 25 - 26, 2006
Search Engine Marketing Workshop, Pearl Continental,  Lahore - March 18 - 19, 2006
Search Engine Marketing Workshop, Avari Towers, Karachi - March 11 - 12, 2006
Search Engine Marketing Workshop, MCB Bank Ltd., Karachi, June 30 - July 4, 2003

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Upcoming Workshops:

SEO Workshop, Dubai, UAE - August 10, 2008
Link Building Tactics, Tools & Techniques , Dubai, UAE - August 17, 2008
Local Search Engine Marketing Strategies, Dubai, UAE - October 3, 2008
PPC [Pay Per Click] Advertising Workshop, Dubai, UAE - November 2, 2008
Search & Analytics Workshop, Abu Dhabi, UAE - November 24, 2008
Social Media Marketing Strategies - Dubai, UAE - December 7, 2008

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