Mark your calendar for these upcoming events with the Direct Marketing Association of Northern California.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Intermediate
What You’ll Learn in this Workshop
The relation between keywords, meta-tags, and search results. How changes to keywords and meta-tags can improve your ranking in search results.
Using an example of a fictional mid-size company, you’ll see how to add keywords to your page. How to edit the meta-tags, the page heading, the body text, ALT tags, and links. How to use the Excel spreadsheet to fit within Google’s limits. You’ll also see a quick way to test meta-tags so you’ll have the best ones. Which pages to SEO (you don’t need to SEO every page). How to find meta-tags in the HTML code.
We’ll also talk about the Google updates (Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird, HTTPS, and mobile) and how they affect your work. A list of what is banned at Google. Examples of beneficial Google updates. How to get Google to add your page again if it gets banned.
LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Marketers: How to Be Found on LinkedIn for Career, Contracts, and More
- How to edit each section in your LinkedIn profile. You’ll see examples for each section. We’ll cover the background image; your name; your name in your URL; your profile photo; caption; about; experience; education; volunteer experience; skills and endorsements; recommendations; accomplishments; languages; interests; and additional sections.
- Postings. Why write postings. How to write postings. How to get thousands of views for your postings.
- How to search for jobs, how to see salary information.
- How to be recommended as a contractor at LinkedIn.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Advanced
What You’ll Learn in this Workshop
We’ll look at how Google indexes and ranks web pages. Learn about Google AI Machine Learning tool and how Google uses 10,000 humans to score and improve its AI tool. We look at the elements that Google’s humans evaluate in websites. You’ll see that you can do to improve your chances of better page reviews. We then look at a powerful SEO tool.
Testimonials
This was great, answered 99% of my Google questions in an efficient 2 hour format.
Today’s workshop was timely, relevant and clearly explained with some actionable go-forward steps. Having access to the presentation ahead of the call is also effective for implementation post-workshop.
Very relevant and timely, presented in easy to understand fashion.
It provided a lot of usable information that can be applied to our business.
Presenters were knowledgeable and presented the topic well. I like that it was given adequate time to dig into the topic and didn’t skim over the subject just to fit it into an hour. It was also helpful that the slides had actual content, and not a bunch of stock images, so they’re useful to download and reference after the presentation.
Slides were very detailed and informative.
Lots of excellent data. Great actionable information tools and guidelines.
Great technical info – very usable! Thanks!
This workshop was perfect for me – just the right amount of information at the right level. I will take it back to the company and find out how we analyze and make some suggestions where necessary.
Discussed strategy and practical tips.
Smart use of language that lined up with the presentation.
Great preso!
This workshop is a great idea and great job pulling together.
Comprehensive coverage of available tools. Examples and best practices of different tactics.
Love all the case studies shared from the panelists.
My favorite presentation. You kept it REAL. Honesty is why I came here. I didn’t want a vendor pitch. I came here for subject matter expertise.
Insightful & timely actionable information I can take to the bank – great use case examples and fresh perspective on ABM.
Provided a great start to the presentation that was though out and beneficial.
The content and information of the presentation was awesome and the instructor clearly and effectively communicated the teaching, It would be great if the actual presentations slides had less words and were a bit more designed and polished to help visually assist the concepts and learnings.
DMA always provides great speakers on timely topics.
John clearly knows his area of expertise. A very broad topic with many layers is hard to convey in a brief timeframe, and he was quite effective in doing so.
Excellent subject matter and panel. Keep them coming.
Excellent overview , this made my time worthwhile today!
Important updates and discussion on critical B2B lead generating efforts.
A great collection of information that I [will] begin to implement immediately into my direct marketing strategies.
Well prepared presentations w/real world examples and speakers.
I found the material relevant, timely & current. This is info that you can’t get anywhere else. Audience participation makes the day.
Great presentation informing about a marketing strategy tactic that I wasn’t very familiar with. Will be considering in our mix for the future.
Yes! Every time I attend a DMA luncheon, I walk away pleased w/the investment of my time. It is always worthwhile for me to carve out the time.
Very valuable info that can apply across verticles.
Really liked the forum – panel discussion. Great, knowledgable speakers, work well together.
Just a bunch of great insights & tips.
Really liked the various backgrounds of the speakers & different perspectives they brought!
Very well run, comfortable setting to ask questions in & I appreciate the different perspectives of the panelists.
Incredible presentation! Engaging and insightful until the very end!
What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon – eating a delicious lunch and learning about valuable marketing topics.
Marketing changes so quickly with new technologies & approaches. DMA helps me keep up!
Detailed, in-depth information across social platforms that you can’t find elsewhere.
The depth of information was quite good and I particularly found helpful the focus on applicable marketing use cases.
Real-world true-life tales from the frontline of B2B marketing.
My favorite presentation. You kept it REAL. Honesty is why I came here. I didn’t want a vendor pitch. I came here for subject matter expertise.
A lot of info, mostly new to me but very educational. Will look for ways to implement what we learned into practice.
Very informative & entertaining. Learned a lot in two hours.
Excellent presentation about a very interesting business topic.
DMAnc continues to provide helpful, in-depth training that is applicable, relevant, and expert driven.
This workshop gave a great overview of the insight that Google Analytics can provide. Though I have been using Google Analytics for years this course still provided new ways of thinking and reporting that I will be applying when analyzing my company’s website.
Great guidance for targeting audience and making advertising more of a conversation.
Provided the foundational information necessary to be prepared for GDPR compliance.
You answered the questions we had going into the webinar.
Thanks for taking questions and providing responses.
Nice blend of legal versus non-legal.
Very knowledgeable presenters. Clear and well prepared structure.
