upcoming

Dinner Meeting…Thursday, May 17…6:00-9:00 pm

Google Smarts...Nimbleness Wins Your Place at the Google Dance

Kathryn LeechABOUT P.J. and THE MEETING

P.J. Rutan helps clients maximize their web potential. She creates an integrated foundation of user-friendly content management systems, online databases, and ecommerce solutions, then optimizes their website for search engines, which raises her clients from obscurity to first-page positions in a matter of weeks or months. A web developer and designer since 1998, P.J. currently focuses her talents on training, speaking, and search engine marketing for clients in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. She has a knack for solving problems, building mutually-beneficial relationships, and presenting at AHB.

We invite you to attend.

P.J. will cover the following topics:
---25 eye-popping internet marketing statistics for 2012
---“Organic” searches vs. pay-per-click advertising – double your clicks with paid search
---Keyword research mistakes that can limit success
---Lessons from pay-per-click ad copy flops
---More bang for your buck with ad extensions
---28 simple marketing tests to improve your landing pages
---The overworked advertiser's guide to AdWords bid management
---Increasing click-through rates for better pay-per-click performance
---Save ad dollars with negative keywords
---Target your customers with match types
---AdWords performance accelerator tools
---Converting visitors to customers

MEETING TIME
6:00---Networking
6:30---Dinner
6:50---Attendee Introductions and AHB Business
7:15---Presentation
8:30---Mingling
9:00---Meeting ends
Meeting Details

MEETING PLACE
We meet at the S.M.I.L.E. Station, 8210 S.E. 13th Ave, in Sellwood. Map to AHB.

COST and RSVP
Meeting cost is $10 at the door, cash or check. First-time guests pay $10, the same as members. We encourage you to come and experience an AHB meeting. Please RSVP our President, Eric Norberg, at 503-232-2326, or email him. We buy food according to attendance. Thank you.

MAILING LIST
If you'd like to be added to AHB's meeting announcement mailing list, please provide your name and email address to Eric. We only use your email for this purpose and don't sell or provide your information to anyone.

MEMBERS and MEMBERSHIP
Our members provide a gamut of goods and services. See AHB Members. AHB costs $36 a year to join, which entitles you to the members' dinner meeting rate of $10, our free members-only picnic, a listing on our website, and multiple intangibles. Call Eric at 503-232-2326 to learn more.

AHB is a nonprofit organization for home business owners. We're based in Portland, Oregon, founded in 1992. We're governed by bylaws and have a Board and Officers.