The NYC Business Networking Group (NYCBNG) and The NY Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) invite you to our Business Bootcamp.

The 4-hour event is part conference, part mini-expo & part networking event to connect you with NYC Industry Professionals. (See Schedule Below for Speakers)

Presentations geared to business owners, executives and entrepreneurs who are already successful and are looking to ramp up. Get you out of your comfort zone to achieve bigger goals.

Attend 8-10 short, informative 20-minute seminars on cutting-edge business products and services. Learn to quickly achieve success beyond your current business goals. Discover affordable technology to automate your business to free up your time. Seminars provide practical strategies to implement immediately. Tips & tools will drive business growth, revenue and ROI and save you time by operating your business more effectively.

Rapid-Fire Tech & Business Bootcamp Speaking Schedule


1) Citrix Online: Using Technology to Save Time and Money in Your Business

Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMB) are faced with many challenges in a rapidly evolving market. Managing distributed teams and leveraging technology for intimacy is key to acceleration and maintaining profitability. Continuing to embrace mobility in SMB with tools that support Workshifting and Collaboration will be mandatory to be successful. Learn about tools from Citrix Online that address these challenges in today’s business environment.


2) Constant Contact: Get & Keep Your Competitive Edge with Constant Contact Email Marketing

• Definition
• Why Email Marketing is an important marketing tool
• How to write a newsletter so it will be opened including: Subject, Content, Images, Links
• Using Analytics to stay on top


3) Blue Fountain Media: Websites that Work! The Art of Turning Site Visitors into Customers!

Do you realize you have less than 10 seconds to get your business’s message across online? Jon Gelberg, Blue Fountain Media’s Chief Content Officer, will lay out the principles of designing a website that is built to drive business. In his presentation, Gelberg will be discussing:

• Differentiation
• Navigation
• Social Media Integration
• Building Trust
• Calls to Action that Work


4) ConnectMeVoice: Business Communications in the Clouds

The world is quickly changing and migrating from traditional phone service to VoIP and Hosted IP PBX service. Just as in the consumer market, the world migrated from the Sony Walkman to the IPOD. Businesses are adopting cloud based services and migrating to VoIP at a rapid pace. ConnectMeVoice has been in business for 20 years with over 3,000 clients. Our customers range in size from home based businesses to large multi-national chains with thousands of locations. Customers adapt ConnectMeVoice services because it can save them over 50% on their phone service and equipment costs, while increasing operational efficiency. Mr. Seltzer will be available for questions after the seminar at the ConnectMeVoice booth.


5) Bruce A Hurwitz, Ph.D.: Obtaining & Utilizing Free PR to Build Your Business

In this presentation, Bruce Hurwitz will explain how he has been able to obtain free PR and to utilize it to grow his business. Participants will also learn his 10 rules for working with the media, as well as the risks of going public. The results of his efforts speak for themselves: He has been cited nationally in such papers as AM New York, Crain’s New York Business, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Miami Herald, The Star-Ledger, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and U.S. News & World Report, and on scores of websites including AOL, Career Builder, CBS Money Watch, CNN Living, Fidelity.com, Fox Business, Kiplinger, MSNBC, The Ladders and Yahoo!


6) Hotels.com will Showcase it's welcomerewards® loyalty program at the upcoming Rapid-Fire Tech & Business Bootcamp!

Stop by the booth to learn about the fastest way to earn Free Nights! Our representatives will be sharing the benefits of using welcomerewards® as a business professional, as well as giving away free instant prizes when you spin our prize wheel! Attendees who stop by the Hotels.com table and drop in a business card will also be eligible to enter into the iPad 2 sweepstakes!


7) Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer: Raising Venture Capital (VC) Investments 101: Key Terms & Concepts for Early Stage Financing

This seminar offers essential insight for entrepreneurs, business executives & business advisors involved in venture capital financing in today's markets. Topics covered will include the following, among others:

• Overview of the venture capital investment process
• Descriptions of common venture capital deal terms
• Essentials of venture capital term sheets
• Summary of venture capital transaction documents
• The importance of intellectual property assets in venture capital transactions


8) Mogulfish: The New World of DIY Marketing

Learn to use technology and social commerce to save time and money while increasing returns.

• The options are overwhelming, the sharks are circling to take your precious marketing dollars, the prices are just not viable in a tight economy and you’re sick of having to slash your prices to get new business.

• From day-to-day marketing needs to preparing for the big sales periods of the year, like the up-coming holiday season, we’ll show you how to make the right choices and stick to a tight budget.

• Know what to do, who to use and when and where to run the marketing your business needs to drive sales from existing and new customers.

• Also know that you’re not alone, as we show you the collective buying and marketing power you can achieve by working together with other small businesses.


9) Take A Chance TV: EYE CATCHING: How My Years of Experience in Hollywood Will Catapult You to Success

E Y E - C A T C H I N G: Why everyone needs a video résumé

• It’s A Post Paper World!
• A D D is endemic
• Snatching the brain’s attention
• Primate survival
• Still versus Motion
• The 3 C’s


10) New York Life: Seeking Career Opportunities with Record Breaking Growth in Recession Proof Industry

New York Life continues to enjoy the highest possible ratings for financial strength from every major ratings agency and we’ve proudly been fulfilling promises to our policyowners for more than 166 years. In short, we were built for all times! So if you’re looking for a new company or career, choose one that is strong today and will be well into the future. Bring your career to life with New York Life.

11)  Webgrrls International: 6 Tips On Building Your Brand On Social Media

•    How to define your brand…and develop your brand story
•    Tips for engaging with your community to build relationships
•    How to monitor what people say about your brand
•    How to create a Social Media Hub

EXHIBITORS & SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Citrix Online
  
• Hotels.com
• Constant Contact
• Blue Fountain Media
• Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer
  
• Mogulfish
  
• ConnectMe Voice 
• Bruce A Hurwitz, Ph.D. 
• Take A Chance TV
  
• New York Life
  
• Webgrrls International
  
• Bralan Consulting
• Discover Video
  

MEDIA PARTNERS:

• NY Enterprise Report
• Small Biz Technology
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
• SCORE
• NYXpo
• Expos Your Business
• Ellis Henican
• SobelMedia

ATTENDEES:

Why Attend ?

• 20 minute seminar to learn new tips & strategies to rapidly impact your business
• Seminars led by industry professionals
• Face-to-face contact with business owners, executives & decision-makers
• Attend live product & service demos
• Win a 1 minute video pitch for your business, to be taped at the event
• Direct access to your target market & demographic
• Connect with 400 attendees in 4 hours
• Free tickets in vendor table raffles

Who Should Attend?

• Owner Partner
• President Vice
• President Mid Management
• Senior Management
• Business Development
• Sales Executive
• Entrepreneur
• Established Startups Non Profits Government Agencies