ASD Trade Show was established in 1961. They are one of the nation’s largest merchandise trade events in the industry, with over 3000 exhibitors and 45,000 retailers from all over the world, held in March & August. ASD Las Vegas showcases 4 major verticals—Gift & Toy, Jewelry, Style/Beauty, and Value & Variety. The Show runs February 27-March 2, 2010 at the Sands Expo Center. Sage Island’s CEO Mike Duncan will be giving two one hour seminars on Monday, Feb. 28th and Tuesday, March 1st. For more info on ASD Trade show visit their website at www.asdonline.com.

Mike is scheduled to speak on Feb. 28 and March 1st. His seminar “Strengthening Your Web Site’s Presence through an Integrated Marketing Plan” will teach business owners the tactics behind growing an online brand.

Strengthening Your Website through an Integrated Marketing Plan
Your website is a critical component of your business. At a time when online competition has never been so fierce, it’s crucial to ensure that qualified traffic is coming to your site. This seminar, presented my Mike Duncan, CEO of Sage Island addresses the necessity of a well designed, innovative website, and how to properly market it through a hands on approach of planning, analysis, and optimization. Mike speaks to the art of SEO and PPC tactics, successful eCommerce strategies, and how to properly utilize social media platforms to drive results and maximize your bottom line.

The BIZTECH CONFERENCE & EXPO is a two-day event featuring the region’s most successful people in business and technology. http://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/biztech/

Keynote speakers, seminars and the expo will help companies and their employees develop professionally, make new connections and reach new customers. Topics include:

Strategies to finance your business, social media marketing, search engine optimization, internet marketing and more!

Perspective Internet Marketing & Sage Island will be just a couple of the Seminar Sponsors. BIZTECH SEMINARS

• The Rise of Health Information Exchanges
• Microsoft’s View of the Cloud
• Facebook Marketing Campaigns — Strategy to Metrics
• Strengthening Your Website’s Presence through an Integrated Marketing Plan
• The Future of IT
• Lessons in Leadership
• Cyber Security
• How to value your business

We are excited to be a part of this special event featuring the area’s most successful people in business and technology,  including our very own Mike Duncan. The expo, held at the new Wilmington Convention Center will include keynote speakers, seminars, and over 100 exhibitors.  The event will help connect employees with new customers and will include an all start line up of educational internet marketing seminars.

Mike is scheduled to speak on the 14th from 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. His seminar “Strengthening Your Web Site’s Presence through an Integrated Marketing Plan” will teach business owners the tactics behind growing an online brand.

Don’t miss the areas largest business event! For full Biz Tech Schedule and to get your tickets click here!

Mike Duncan, Sage Island’s CEO, will be presenting a seminar on using Google Analytics to help drive your marketing dollars during the upcoming Surf Expo trade show. For more info please visit Surf Expo.

Surf Expo, Orlando, FL
January 6, 2011 – 11:30 a.m.

Let Analytics Spend your Marketing Dollars
Presented by Mike Duncan CEO Sage Island
Is your e-commerce website reaching its full potential? An effective and profitable site must contain the meta data and Search Engine Optimization tactics that drive qualified traffic. And once there, visitors must be greeted by an efficient site with optimal customer service. However what happens after that? Understanding your traffic analytics can allow you to fine tune your marketing techniques for a greater return on your investment. This seminar, presented my Mike Duncan, CEO of Sage Island teaches you key factors of your website’s data so that you can increase traffic and sales. Learn how to problem solve your marketing through analytics, and put your website to work for you.

Mike Duncan will be speaking at Board Retailers Certification Program, Survival of the Fittest, in Orlando, Florida on January 5th from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm for the Retail Finance and Retail Technology Courses. In its second year, Survival of the Fittest is designed to provide retail attendees an in-depth look at Retail Finance and Retail Technology, two areas of significance in today’s retail environment. For more info on this series please visit Board Retailers Association.

Click here for the complete agenda.

E-Commerce Strategies that Produce Results
Mike Duncan, CEO Sage Island
Your website is a vital extension of your business, so it’s crucial to have a marketing plan behind it that maximizes your investment. In this seminar Mike Duncan, CEO of Sage Island teaches effective strategies that help fine tune an ecommerce site into a profitable sales generating machine. As featured on CNNMoney.com, Mike speaks to the digital age of customer service in specialty retail and the necessity of a well designed website. By skillfully integrating Internet Marketing, social media, product recommendations, Live Chat, and more, Mike knows the successful e-Commerce strategies that make conversions and increase your bottom line.

Retail Technology
 Includes seminars, presentations and roundtables focused on eCommerce Integration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management and Inventory Controls, QR/Mobile Codes, PCI Compliance, POS Software and Multi-Channel Retailing. If you have an online and brick-and-mortar shop, this is the course for you. Confirmed speakers include leading retail technology experts RMSA, e-commerce and marketing guru Mike Duncan of Sage Island Marketing who boasts a number of industry retail clients including Ambush, ZJ Boarding House, Christy Sports, Modern Skate & Surf and Forerunner Ski. Also confirmed to present are Clarinova who recently announced deals with LSpace and Sanuk, Leisure Trends Group (LTG), the industry’s premier research market intelligence firm and Nationwide Payment Solutions.

We are excited to be a part of this special event featuring the area’s most successful people in business and technology,  including our very own Mike Duncan. The expo, held at the new Wilmington Convention Center will include keynote speakers, seminars, and over 100 exhibitors.  The event will help connect employees with new customers and will include an all start line up of educational internet marketing seminars.

Mike  is scheduled to speak on the 14th from 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. His seminar “Strengthening Your Web Site’s Presence through an Integrated Marketing Plan” will teach business owners the tactics behind growing an online brand. Don’t miss the areas largest business event!

Sage Island is excited to be a part of another great UNCW event this year. Today is the 4^th annual IT/OM Departments Career Day, an event that helps students determine if IT/OM is the best major for them, assists with internships, and even helps Juniors and Seniors achieve full time employment. Sage Island will be in great company, with over 20 local firms looking for interns, employees, or discussing what a day in the life of an IT/OM professional involves.  We’ll be talking about what we do, and will  have an “interview table” to talk with students this evening . If you are a UNCW student interested in an IT career, be sure to register for this excellent event—and stop by and talk to us! The event is being held in the new and super cool CIS building.

Industry Boot Camp November 8th, 11am. Huntington Beach, California
This is the first break-out session of the day!

It’s crucial to have a marketing plan for your e-commerce website that drives results. This seminar will expand on the necessity of a well-designed, innovative site, and how to properly market it through a hands-on approach of planning, analysis, and optimization. Learn the art of SEO and PPC tactics and how to expand your brand and increase your sales on the web. Presented by: Mike Duncan / CEO, Sage Island Marketing Agency