Raphi’s seminar was a terrific success.  A full house turned out to listen to him speak about how to “Make More Money this Year with Online Marketing.” His seminar was so successful, in fact, that he was bombarded with requests to make his PowerPoint slideshow available online, which he is, of course, happy to do. Just click here to redirect to the SalemGlobal homepage, where you can download the presentation as a pdf. You can also watch the video below and listen to Raphi dish some wisdom on SEO and optimizing your website.

Finally, congratulations are in order as well: they go out to Frank Manus of www.naa.cc; Valerie Mahoney of Live Your Life Travel; Gavin Sloane of Geneva Worldwide; Matthew Kiger of WCBS Radio; Ashraf Ezzeldin of the Egyptian General Consulate; and Valerie Delaportas of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. These are the lucky winners of the numerous raffles SalemGlobal held throughout the day. Enjoy your brand new 512 mb memory sticks — you earned it!

Entrepreneurs who hope to turn the “next big idea” into the next big fortune turned out by the thousands for this year’s New York Xpo for Business at the Javits Center. NY1′s Lindley Pless filed the following report on what sort of advice was on tap.

The city’s largest business-to-business event, the second-ever New York Xpo for Business, drew more than 15,000 people to the Javits Center on Wednesday.

Most in attendance were entrepreneurs hoping to get advice about how to help their businesses take off.

“I think that everyone is here for same purpose and that is to meet each other. To find out what the trends are. How we can get our products out into the market, as well as to come and make our own offerings,” said one attendee.

Time Warner Cable and NY1 News sponsored the event, and Howard Szarfarc, the president of Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey, says the company got involved because it realizes the value of nurturing small businesses and helping them succeed.

“Many of us think the heart and soul of New York and New York’s economic machine is small business,” he said. “And small businesses have challenges. They are aggressively trying to find new customers, run their business, and they need services. They don’t always have time to find the services they need at a good price and the right product for them.”

More than 600 booths filled the floor, offering everything from quotes for insurance coverage to a nifty little bike that can be hired to advertise for your company. President of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce President Nancy Ploeger says her outfit is also eager to help people grow their businesses.

“The real keys in today’s world to survive are to have a really good website,” said Ploeger. “Make sure it’s very vibrant. Make sure you have a very strong business plan and you stick to it. You have to have a good advertising package and good public relations.”

NY1 even had its own booth for people to learn how the station is run. The booth featured an appearance by NY1’s “Inside City Hall” anchor Dominic Carter and a life-size cutout of NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan.

The New York Expo otherwise known as NY Xpo at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City was a great trade show for Salem Global Internet Website Marketing and a great show for clients, partners and friends who had booths and/ or showed up. MedexSupply.com Medical Supplies, International Cell Phone Rental from TravelCell.com, Ramon Ray Small Business Summit, Rob Levin, NY Enterprise Report and much much more. Pictures and full report hopefully coming tomorrow and Friday.

Also great to see old friends and new ones, old colleagues and new and plenty of networking networking networking… We will certainly be back next year. We had the best booth on the floor and certainly will be taking advantage of that space again year after year…

It was great to see all of my friends and colleagues at BNI Chapter 12 at Club 101 this morning. I gotta say that when you are in a really professional business group for over 5 years, you make some good friends, colleagues and connections that really stick. Everyone had their smiles on and the food was bad as usual (the oatmeal is usually runny and too sweet). I have grown to apprecaite my friends at BNI and now my partner Michael Findling has taken then torch and brought the group to greater heights. He has updated the New York BNI website, gone on dancecards and really given a great boost to the group. They now have 40 members and I am very proud to be part of the legacy.

Then it was off to the truck rental place to get a truck to drive to the props place to get the furniture for the NY Xpo at the Jacob Javits center tomorrow. It should be a blast. Looking forward to seeing everyone there and picking up some new partners, contacts, connnections and clients for SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing.

Finally a “New York” sized Business-to-Business event will be held in NYC at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on November 28, 2007! 600 exhibits cover business to business solutions in extensive categories for our attendees. The largest business to business networking party in state history will close the show and keep traffic on our show floor all day

 Show Date: November 28, 2007   Show Time: 7:00AM – 7:00PM  Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

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Visit the SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing booth at the New York Business Expo!  We will be one of the first booths when you walk in the door, games, fun, food and raffle prizes (IPOD included!).
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Educational seminars and show admission are free of charge!
• Explore new products and services on the largest B2B show floor in the Northeast
• Learn about the latest available contracts announced from city, state and federal agencies
• Be the first to learn new business strategies from proven industry experts
• Personally interact with your most important cliental and suppliers
• Gain advantage over competitors by enhancing your visibility and image
• Meet influential decision makers throughout the day to amplify sales!

Show Date:

November 28, 2007

Show Time:

7:00AM – 7:00PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street — New York, NY 10001