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<title><![CDATA[The ICCA hosts Internet Marketing Expert, Todd Miechiels, in a May 22nd webinar for small to mid-sized businesses on how to avoid the pitfalls that waste time and money when trying to use the Internet to generate demand and sales.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[St. Louis, Missouri - Any business can quickly benefit from online lead generation, but there are pitfalls that can needlessly waste precious time and money. Todd Miechiels will lead an interactive session to help attendees use the Internet as a way to generate demand and sales opportunities more efficiently while avoiding the confusion and disappointment that undermines so many small and mid-sized business efforts.  Todd Miechiels is one of the nation's most widely recognized experts on Search Engine Marketing.  Attendees will learn exactly what to do to stay out of danger and capture more business. Mr. Miechiels will provide examples of websites and analyses of why some are good and some are poor sales tools. Plus, Mr. Miechiels will show attendees tools and resources (many free) that will enable better control of search engine marketing efforts. Mr. Miechiels has also made several of his published articles available for pre-reading to help give potential attendees a flavor of the advice and insights at the webinar.  Both articles are available through the ICCA's website (www.icca.org):a4Spring Cleaning Online: 7 Steps for Freshening Up Your Website and Web-Based Marketing  a4Why You're Probably Mismanaging Your SEO and Online Ad Placements To learn more about the May 22nd webinar and register, visit http://www.icca.org today.Todd Miechiels is a business-to-business search engine marketing consultant who helps businesses get more out of their search engine marketing.  Mr. Miechiels specializes in working with companies who need customized and special attention in one or more areas of search engine marketing.  Many times, Mr. Miechiels serves his clients as the liaison between busy business owners and marketing agencies.  Mr. Miechiels speaks regularly to various groups on the subject of Internet and search engine marketing, including Salesforce.com's annual user conference and MarketingSherpa's B2B Demand Generation Summit.  To learn more about Mr. Miechiels, visit www.miechiels.com The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) is an international not-for-profit trade association that provides professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants and their business clients worldwide. For additional information, contact the ICCA at 11131 South Towne Square, Suite F, St. Louis, Missouri, 63123 a4 314-892-1675 a4 email: execdirector@icca.org a4 website: www.icca.org.# # # # <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Computer Association Holds 31st Annual Conference]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:20:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) will hold its 31st annual conference June 6-8th in Washington, D.C. Focused on how to &quot;recession-proof&quot; the computer service and consulting businesses, this year's conference will offer a variety of work sessions designed to help small to medium size business owners develop and hone their business skills.The conference will kick-off with a special presentation by Robin Robins, one of the most well-known marketing consultants for small business owners in the world.  Ms. Robins will outline the nine critical elements of a comprehensive marketing plan, including the creation and proper targeting of high rate of response mailers.  She will also tell attendees how to tap into trends to create new revenue.Following Ms. Robins' marketing seminar will be a panel discussion by five best-selling authors on the habits that make a successful service business.Saturday's program begins with a keynote by Robert Clements, colleague of Michael Gerber.  Mr. Clements will speak on &quot;E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It.&quot;The rest of the day is devoted to work sessions on making money from blogging, triggers on when and how to hire, moving from a one or two-person shop to a multi-person business, making the transition to managed services, and reducing anxiety for small business owners.  Speakers include Stuart Crawford, Robert Clements, Matt Makowicz and George Sierchio.Saturday's program concludes with a keynote by David Gerwitz, author, editor and forensic specialist, that will discuss how the White House email problems mirror those of other organizations, and how the Homeland Security really begins at home.On the final day of the conference, the recession proofing focus continues with keynote speaker Erick Simpson's &quot;Maximizing Service Delivery Profits during Economic Downturns.&quot;Other speakers and sessions include:  Karl Palachuk on perfect project management, Kimberla Fairley on projecting confidence, credibility and professionalism when verbally speaking to your clients and capturing customer attention and loyalty, John Avellanet on marketing without cold calls, and August Bequai on avoiding legal pitfalls.The original founder of the ICCA, Steve Epner, will close the conference with a keynote speech on innovation and business survival.Throughout the conference, technology vendors will be exhibiting new tools to help small business owners and consultants.The conference will be held at the Crystal City Marriot Hotel.  To learn more and register, visit http://www.icca.org/conferences.php The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) is an international not-for-profit trade association that provides professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants and their business clients worldwide. For additional information, contact the ICCA at 11131 South Towne Square, Suite F, St. Louis, Missouri, 63123 a4 314-892-1675 a4 email: execdirector@icca.org a4 website: www.icca.org.# # # # <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[International Not-for-Profit Computer Association Announces New Board of Directors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:46:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[St. Louis, Missouri - The not-for-profit Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) announced several of its new board of directors members ahead of the ICCA's three-day national conference June 6-8 in Washington, D.C.Joyce Burkard, the long-suffering executive director of the ICCA, announced the selection with a sigh of relief.  &quot;Finally,&quot; she said, &quot;someone else to share the glory.&quot;Members of the new ICCA board of directors include:John Avellanet, Managing Director of Cerulean Associates LLC, based in Virginia.  Mr. Avellanet is an internationally renowned expert on computer compliance and preventing intellectual property theft by company insiders and independent contractors.Kevin Fessenden, President of UnitedWare LLC, based in Ohio.  Mr. Fessenden is an expert on customer relationship management (CRM) software for home builders and the agents that represent them.  He also trains information technology (IT) students in entrepreneurship and the steps necessary to build their own computer consultancies.Wendy Gaunt, President of CIO Services, LLC in Missouri.  Ms. Gauntt provides small businesses with website design and network management support.  She is an avid blogger on business technology tips at http://techzestblog.com.Jeffrey Hansbury, Vice President of YTBE Inc., based in New Jersey.  Mr. Hansbury is an expert in ASP.Net web application development, websites and corporate intranets for small to medium-sized businesses.Dave Zimmer, PMP, Chief of Staff, American Eagle Group, based in Pennsylvania.  Mr. Zimmer is an international expert, speaker and author who helps companies more effectively manage all types of projects and changes to their IT infrastructure using industry best practices, Project Management Institute (PMI) techniques and IT Infrastructure Libraries (ITIL) to drive better quality, cost effectiveness and project success.When asked if she expected the new board members to help the ICCA continue its championship of small business owners and independent computer experts, Ms. Burkard replied, &quot;We should be so lucky.  Anything would be better than the fist fights at the last board meeting.&quot;The ICCA will be celebrating its 31st anniversary this June 6-8th in Washington, D.C. with such seminars as &quot;Best Computer Monitors to Throw Out the Window,&quot; &quot;Steps to Take if You Still Can't Get a Date in Second Life&quot; and &quot;Is Windows Vista Really Better than DOS 6.0?&quot; plus the all time favorite, &quot;Translating Business Jargon into Technobabble:  A Geek's Guide to Confounding Colleagues and Co-Workers.&quot;  To learn more and register, visit the ICCA conference website at:  http://www.icca.org/conferences.php The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) is an international not-for-profit trade association that provides professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants and their business clients worldwide. For additional information, contact the ICCA at 11131 South Towne Square, Suite F, St. Louis, Missouri, 63123 a4 314-892-1675 a4 email: execdirector@icca.org a4 website: www.icca.org.# # # <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[International Not-for-Profit Hosts Online Records Management Workshop for Small Business Owners]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:22:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[St. Louis, Missouri - The ICCA is kicking off its Webinars for Small Business Owners series on April 17th with a special guest talk by international lean compliance expert, John Avellanet, who will be discussing how entrepreneurs and small business owners can manage their records to help prevent lawsuits and prove intellectual property ownership.A former CIO of a Fortune 50 subsidiary, Mr. Avellanet was accountable for information management and litigation discovery compliance prior to founding his current consulting firm, Cerulean Associates LLC.  He is one of the few executives who have ever built an ISO-15489 compliant records department from scratch, and has been interviewed on records management compliance topics on the radio program My Technology Lawyer and in the international journal, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.  Mr. Avellanet publishes the monthly executive newsletter SMARTERCOMPLIANCEa4, and is the compliance columnist for the international Journal of Commercial Biotechnology.Attendees of the April 17th on-line, interactive workshop will receive several four free reference guides to help them easily manage their business records:a4list of records retention rules;a4systematic checklist for closing out the year; a4the &quot;six-minute a week&quot; guide to managing records consistently; anda4a set of guidelines for preparing records in the &quot;worst case situation&quot; of a lawsuit.To register, visit the ICCA website at:  https://www.icca.org/community.php?Webinars Mr. Avellanet's firm, Cerulean Associates LLC, is a small, private compliance consulting company that helps clients achieve cost-effective lean compliance, prevent intellectual property theft and secure electronic data integrity.  On the web at www.ceruleanllc.com.  The Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) is an international not-for-profit trade association that provides professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants and their business clients worldwide. For additional information, contact the ICCA at 11131 South Towne Square, Suite F, St. Louis, Missouri, 63123 a4 314-892-1675 a4 email: execdirector@icca.org a4 website: www.icca.org.# # # # <br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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