Below is the 2013 Seminar Schedule for the New York Business Expo & Conference. The updated 2014 Seminar Schedule will be posted soon!
| Room #1 – Sales Strategies | |
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| Negotiate Your Way to Success: Using Negotiation Strategies to Get What You Want
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Speaker: Greg Williams, The Master Negotiator/Body Language Expert | Details |
| How to Double Sales in the New Economy
Location: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Speaker: Marc Wayshak, Sales Strategist & Author | Details |
| 5 Things You Must Know To Close the Sale
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Speaker: Carolyn Herfurth, Business Development Strategist | Details |
| Mobilizing Commerce | Successful Sales strategies in the Post PC-Era
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Speaker: Sid Jhunjhunwala, CEO, Web Spiders | Details |
| Room #2 – Business Growth & Development | |
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| Step into the Global Marketplace: Expand Your Business & Open New Markets Today!
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Speaker: NYC International Trade Agencies and Organizations | Details |
| Using Technology to Drive Innovation & GROW Your Business
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Speaker: Panel Discussion | Details |
| INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY! Creating a ‘Virtual Office’ for Your Small Business
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Speaker: Carl Mazzanti, CEO, eMazzanti Technologies | Details |
| Selling to the Government: New Markets, New Customers, New Opportunities for Business Growth
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Speaker: Panel Discussion | Details |
| Room #3 – Marketing & Advertising I | |
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| Creating the Perfect Online Marketing Strategy: Customize Your Content and Where You Deliver It
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Speaker: Panel Discussion | Details |
| Smart Networking: Attract a Following in Person & Online
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Speaker: Liz Lynch, Author, Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online | Details |
| Local Advertising: Reaching the Right Customers in Your Area
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Speaker: Ezra Kucharz, President CBS Local Digital Media | Details |
| How Blogging Can Boost Your Credibility, Generate More Following and Help You Make More Money
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Speaker: Deborah Shane, Career Author, Professional Branding Catalyst, Content/Social Media Strategist, Media Host, Speaker | Details |
| Room #4 – Startup & Entrepreneurship | |
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| Writing Your Business Plan: A Roadmap to Success
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Speaker: Judy Katz, Consultant & SCORE Mentor | Details |
| Show Me The Money! Accessing Capital & Securing Adequate Financing for Your New Business
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Speaker: Panel Discussion | Details |
| Roadmap to Entrepreneurship – A Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Dream Business!
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Speaker: Panel Discussion | Details |
| Internet Marketing for Startup Businesses: How to Get Customers Right Away
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Speaker: Michael Flaminio, VP of Digital Solutions, New York Daily News | Details |
| Room #5 – Marketing & Advertising II | |
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| Off the Wall Marketing: Ideas for Creatively Marketing Yourself and Business on a Shoestring
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Speaker: Nancy Michaels, Small Business Consultant, Speaker, Author | Details |
| Interactive Session: Build Your Own Marketing Plan
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Speaker: Jessica Lyon, Senior Vice President, Co-Communications | Details |
| Search Engine Optimization: How to Get a Page 1 Listing in Google
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Speaker: Maisha Walker, President, Message Medium and Contributing Editor, Inc. Magazine “The Internet Strategist” | Details |
| 6 Reasons Why Over 50% of Local Businesses are Failing Online and What You Can Do to Fix These Mistakes
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Speaker: Ari Monkarsh, CRO, Marketecture | Details |
| Room #7 – Running Your Business | |
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| Smart Phones, Social Media, Email and You: How to Successfully Manage Your Time, Your Communication and Your Life (in 60 minutes or less!)
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Speaker: Andrew Mellen, Organizational Expert, #1 Best-Selling Author of Unstuff Your Life! | Details |
| What Every Small Business Owner & Employee Needs to Know About Healthcare Reform
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Speakers: Marjorie A. Cadogan, HRA Executive Deputy Commissioner, Mark DeRosa, Founder and President, Vantage Point Benefit Administrators and Stana Nakhle, Regional Coordinator, New York State of Health, the Official Health Plan Marketplace | Details |
| Privacy, Security & ID Theft Prevention: Tips for the Vigilant Business
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Speaker: Brian Rauer, Executive Director of the BBB Serving the Mid-Hudson Region and General Counsel of the BBB Serving Metropolitan New York | Details |
| Room #8 – Get2Modern: Technology & Innovation | |
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| Demystifying Cloud Computing: 3 Ways Cloud Technologies Can Help YOU Run a Better Small Business
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Speaker 1: Neil Holme, Owner, Impact Business Technology Speaker 2: Todd Sweetser, Microsoft Partner Technology Strategist | Details |
| Using the Power of the Microsoft Cloud to REDUCE Small Business Costs & INCREASE Productivity!
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Speaker: Todd Sweetser, Microsoft Partner Technology Strategist & Guest Speakers | Details |
| How to Run My Small Business Anywhere, on any Device, at any Time Using the Cloud
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Speaker: Todd Sweetser, Microsoft Partner Technology Strategist & Guest Speakers | Details |
| Room #9 – Get2Modern: Digital Marketing | |
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| Grow Your Business with Email and Social Media – Marketing Strategies Workshop
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Speaker: Wendi Caplan-Carroll, Area Director – Northeastern United States, Constant Contact with Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert Guest Speakers: Sandy Feder, JD, MA, Susana Fonticoba, Nancy Shenker & John Tully | Details |
| Simple Strategies of Email Marketing
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Speaker: Naini Nakagawa, Founder, matchmyspirit.com and Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert | Details |
| Social Media Marketing Made Simple
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Speaker: Vikram Rajan, Founder, Practice Marketing, Inc. & phoneBlogger.net and Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert | Details |
| Getting Started with Constant Contact
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Speaker: Maria Semple, Principal, The Prospect Finder LLC and Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert | Details |