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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

UBC’s International Business Conference: November 12th

What does it take to lead a global brand? This year’s International Business Conference (IBC) is focused on marketing and branding strategies that will help us answer this question. IBC is the longest running full day conference organized by the Sauder School of Business at UBC. This year’s speakers come from companies such as HSBC, MacLaren McCann, Microsoft, Pepsi Co., Best Buy, UNICEF, Labatt and the Canadian Tourism Commission.

Details
November 12th, 2009
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2R7

Cost
$35

Register
For details visit the IBC website.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

IMC Vancouver: September 16 - 18, 2009

Need something to do this week? Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Vancouver is in town and, although the training day (Sept 16) is sold out, the conference and workshop days (Sept 17 -18) still have room left.

IMC Vancouver will cover everything you need to know to successfully do business online, including analytics, strategy, content, SEM, SEO, email marketing, social media, on-site behavioral targeting, and multivariate testing. It’s a great event for both new and seasoned Internet marketers.

This year’s speakers include:

  • Google’s analytics evangelist Avinash Kaushik, author of the best-selling book Web Analytics: An Hour a Day
  • Facebook’s newly appointed Canadian representative Louise Clements
  • Linkedin’s head of advertising sales and operations organization, Steve Patrizi
  • SEOMoz’s Gillian Muessig
  • Google’s Sandra Cheng and Rob Torres
  • Yahoo’s Adam Muscott
  • Vancity’s William Azaroff
  • Bell Canada’s Adam Muscott
  • VKI Studios’ John Hossack

Details from the website
The program will mix presentations with discussion panels and networking opportunities. Meet with those who have dared, pioneered, and succeeded. Learn from mistakes by others. Whether you’re an advertiser, a marketer, or a business analyst, our goal is to provide you with valuable and actionable knowledge. Newbies and seasoned Internet marketers alike will find something they can take back to the office. IMC is produced by experts, for experts, and for all of you who’d like to become experts. Over the past nine years, it has been held in eight North American and European cities.

Location
Four Seasons Hotel
791 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
September 16 - 18, 2009

Cost
Tickets for Sept 17 and 18 cost $995 CDN. You can also buy tickets for individual days.

For more information visit the IMC Vancouver website.
Register here.

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

IMC Vancouver

Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Vancouver will be in town September 16 - 18.  This year’s event includes keynotes from Google, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Location
Four Seasons Hotel
791 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
September 16 - 18, 2009

Cost
A full access ticket for all 3 days costs $1,095.00. You can also buy tickets for individual days.

Why Should You Go?
There will be 50+ speakers from the web’s top companies, including Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Linkedin, Bell Canada, Overstock, Aircell, BazaarVoice, Vancity, and Tribaldd.
You’ll learn how to get your company to take advantage of the new way that media is being consumed - with social media and blogs, rather than TV and newspapers.
You’ll learn industry best practices for converting more of your site visitors to spend more time on your site, achieve better sales and user signup conversion, and better site engagement overall.

Still not convinced? Take a look at photos from last year.

For details visit the IMC website.
Register here.

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

EE Roadshow Announcement: Come Learn ExpressionEngine

imageExpressionEngine is one of the tools that we at Boxcar love to use to create websites. We’re advocates for sure, which is why we’ve decided to join with Hop Studios and Venn Communications to bring you the EE Roadshow: an ExpressionEngine training event.

  • If you’ve ever wondered how to make ExpressionEngine work better for you in your job, this is the event for you.
  • If you’ve ever wondered how the other developers make EE jump through hoops and rool over, this is your event.
  • And if you also happen to wonder what EE developers look like in person, well, don’t miss the EE Roadshow.

EE Roadshow is an event for ExpressionEngine users and developers. It is part training, part brainstorming, part networking and all wonderful. ExpressionEngine’s online community is friendly and productive and supportive, one of the best on the Internet. EE Roadshow is our way of bringing ExpressionEngine users and developers together in a real-world way.

EE Roadshow Event Details
Friday, September 26th
Vancouver, BC
1-5 p.m. (then stay for the part-ee!)
$50 per person

Yup, you can make it here from out of town, you can get out of the office on a Friday, and you can come to a great event for the low price of $50. Why wait? Register today!

Check out the EE Roadshow sessions. We are covering everything from basic EE setup to developing your own module. And there’ll be special guests from EllisLab (the folks behind ExpressionEngine), as well as interesting prizes.

There has never been an EE Roadshow before so come be part of the inaugural one!

About EE Roadshow
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EE Roadshow is brought to you by Boxcar Marketing, Venn Communications and Hop Studios, three passionate EE development companies who want to help bring ExpressionEngine to every Web site in the world.

Have questions? Contact Monique.

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

QuickLearn: Search Marketing 101

Many thanks to everyone who participated in QuickLearn: Search Marketing 101, and extra thanks to Workspace: A Better Place to Work, who provided the boardroom, projector, whiteboard, and fantastic coffees!

Session notes to come, but in the meantime, rap it out with Chuck, the Poetic Prophet on search and coding.

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