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Search Engine Marketing Seminar in Hawaii: Why Search is Necessary for Hawaiian Businesses
Grant Crowell, CEO of Grantastic Designs.com, will be speaking on "An Intro to Search Engine Marketing," at the University of Hawaii's College of Business in Honolulu, Sept. 30th. Special focus be given on how search impacts Hawaii, along with how local business, organizations and entreprenuers can achieve financial success with a carefully-planed search marketing strategy
(PRWEB) September 26, 2004 -- FREE 'UNDERSTANDING SEARCH MARKETING SEMINAR' OFFERED: Search Marketing Expert Shows Why Search is Necessary for Hawaiian Businesses
If you only sell products or services locally, do you still need to worry about your search ranking? Does a company already doing yellow page advertisements and direct mail want
or need to get involved in search engine marketing? Can your web site's search engine ranking have a positive or negative impact on your business?
The quick answer to all of the questions above is 'yes.'
In-depth answers to these questions and more will be provided in a freem seminar on Thursday, September 30 from 5:45 -- 7:00 PM, at the University of Hawaii campus, College of Business in Room C-101.. Reservations are requested, as seating is limited -- please call 808.956.6902 or e-mail dolly@cba.hawaii.edu to reserve your seat.
Leading the seminar is search engine marketing expert Grant Crowell, principal of Grantastic Designs, Inc. An international speaker and regular columnist for industry portal SearchEngineWatch.com, Grant is widely recognized as one of the leading sources of information on search engine marketing, and has a unique perspective on how search impacts Hawaiian
businesses-his own business started in Honolulu more than a decade ago.
Seminar attendees will learn:
• What is Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
• How SEM is different in Hawaii than in the continental US
• Why SEM is essential to you and your business...and how you can benefit from it
• The differences between free and paid search
• The secrets behind how search engines *really* rank web sites
• The top 5 mistakes people make when marketing their web sites
"If Hawaiian businesses ignore search marketing, their customers will soon begin to ignore them," noted Grant Crowell, Grantastic Designs' CEO. "Even businesses who are using the web as a lead-generation tool, rather than directly selling products or services online, can feel the effect solid
search engine marketing will have on their bottom line. Whether you're new to the world of online marketing, or are a veteran marketer, my 'Understanding Search Marketing' seminar will offer valuable advice gleaned from my work with hundreds of clients since 1992."
About Grantastic Designs
Originally founded in 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii and with headquarters now in Chicago, Grantastic Designs offers marketing, design and search related services to
clients ranging from start-up businesses to Fortune 500 organizations.
Grantastic principals are reknowned authors within the search engine industry -- publications include the top-selling book 'Search Engine Visibility' and columnist duties for search marketing portals ClickZ, WorkZ, WebProNews and SearchDay. Grantastic principals have been featured in USA Today, PC World, Entrepreneur Magazine, Business 2.0, Crain's Chicago Business, Internet Retailer, Inc. magazine, Wired, MacWorld, and ComputerUser.com, among other publications.
About the Featured Speaker
Grant Crowell, 34, has strong cultural and familial ties to Hawaii. Born and raised in Honolulu, Grant is a graduate of of Kalani High and the University of Hawaii-Manoa. His local background includes working for U. of Hawaiis CBA College Relations Office, serving as editorial columnist and cartoonist for the the UH Newspaper Ka Leo O Hawaii, and as a talk show host for KWAI 1080 radio.
Grants wife, Shari Thurow, is also former instructor at the University of Hawaii, where the two originally met. She now works as Grantastic Designs Director of Search Engine Marketing Division, and is a the author of Search Engine Visiblilty," the #1 selling book on Search Engine Marketing (available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.)
Both Grant and Shari now reside in Chicago, and regularly travel and speak at Search Engine Marketing events for the business and academic public.
• SearchEnginesBook.com
• SEMRoadShow.com
• GrantasticDEsigns.com
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