JDate.com

FriendFinder.com

PerfectMatch.com

Date.com

EliteMate.com

Of course, SalemGlobal isn’t just a match-maker. Our real passions are website marketing and search engine optimization. We count among our affiliate partners such companies as WebCEO and ConstantContact. Visit our Affiliate Marketing page to learn more about our well-known partners.

The All-Jewish Cartoon Collection makes an ideal holiday gift. And guess what? If you buy 3 or more copies, the shipping and handling is free, and you get an additional 10% off! Is that a good deal or what? You can also visit booksbyzeus.com and sign up to receive a daily cartoon. Just note that, quickly enough, these cartoons become addictive, and you will want to upgrade to the real thing…. Trust us, The All-Jewish Cartoon Collection really is that good.

Sundberg & Associates (www.sundbergassociates.com) supports clients by creating strategic communications that deliver high-impact, high-return results.

Our extensive success in corporate identity, annual reports, collateral and Web development gives our clients the security and benefits of in-depth strategic thinking, original perspectives and compelling design.

Founded in New York City in 1986, Sundberg & Associates is a trusted partner of clients around the globe, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups.  One of Sundberg’s larger projects includes News Corp.

This users group session will be of interest to Internet, marketing, and IT professionals. Please forward this to colleagues in your agency who could benefit from this program.

Website Users Group presents
Driving Traffic to Your Agency’s Website

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
UJA-Federation of New York
130 East 59th Street, Room 302
(between Park and Lexington avenues)
New York City

Program highlights:

Bringing users to your website is an art and a science. Optimizing your website for search engines like Google and Yahoo is one way. However, what methods are used to make that happen? What other techniques are available to market your website? These questions and others will be covered over the course of the program.

Presented in an interactive and easy to understand format, the workshop will include:

* Search Engines Optimization (SEO)
* Pay-Per-Click campaigns
* Online Press Releases
* Email Blasts/Newsletters
* Blogs
* E-Zines
* Online Directories
* Online Communities & Social Networks
* Lead Brokers

Presenter:
Dov Weinstock is president and chief consultant of SalemGlobal Internet LLC, which he joined in 2006. SalemGlobal offers website optimization (SEO) and internet marketing (SEM) services – boosting clients’ ranking in Google and other search engines, driving more internet traffic to clients’ sites, and helping to convert the increased traffic to increased business. SalemGlobal’s strategies also include marketing via Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, shared video, social networks, and online communities.

Dov previously spent many years as a software programmer and business analyst, in both consulting and staff roles. As an SAP consultant in the 1990’s, he managed large Enterprise Resource Planning systems projects, before moving into the small business market. His first entrepreneurial venture was Advantage Consulting, a software Value Added Reseller (VAR) for SYSPRO software, specializing in small- to mid-sized manufacturing companies.

Dov received a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in Computer Science and Economics. He has worked and consulted for companies as diverse as Bell Canada, IBM, Federal Express, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Montefiore Medical Center, and Ogilvy and Mather Advertising.

Fee: $10 per agency
(Please make checks payable to UJA-Federation of New York. Fee payable day of program, or mail to Alla Farberova, UJA-Federation of New York, 130 East 59th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022.)

For further information and to RSVP, please contact Alla Farberova at farberovaa@ujafedny.org or 1.212.836.1406.

These programs are intended solely as an educational tool for information technology professionals and personnel. Because the programs are not intended as legal advice, your organization may need to retain counsel and address specific needs and requirements respecting contracts, licensing, intellectual-property issues, and any other legal matter.

So the Alyn Hospital Bike Ride from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is over but our work out continues. Amazing how we have been able to ride up to Yad Kennedy from Baka at 5 am and get back before 7am to get the kids (and wives) ready for school. But as one of my friends says “Raphi – you don’t ride at 5…you ride at 5:15!” (I am consistenly 10-15 minutes late and end up NOT catching up to the guys. But 50% of the time I do enjoy getting there relatively on time.

But this post is not about me this time. It’s about one of my friend’s fathers. He has to be AT LEAST 60 years old and he is kicking our butts up the hills. But wait, there’s more. He doesn’t have padded spandex lycra biking shorts. He doesn’t have a water bottle. He has a basket on the back of his bike. And, wait for it, he wears SOCKS AND SANDALS instead of sneakers or clip on bike shoes and he doesn’t use straps.

So now that I am in the mode of being jealous of the creator of facebook, lets just say that when I am 60, I will be able to beat the young 37 year olds up the hills of Jerusalem. I am glad I am starting now because in another 23 years WATCH OUT!!!

Thanks to Ken Mole and Barbara Viola for arranging the event and for the invitation. We will be contributing a quarterly piece to the AITP-LI newsletter, and possibly going back in 2008 for a more in-depth presentation of SEO/SEM.

Michael had an amazing coffee hour with Bill Sobel of Sobel Media and the New York Media Information Exchange Group, a networking and event group fostering positive change within the high-tech and media world.   I encourage everyone to attend their November 14 Event on Israeli Technology:

 SobelMedia World Headquarters
4 West 43rd Street/Main Ballroom (just West of 5th Avenue)
New York, NY 10036

More info at www.sobelmedia.com

It was a very impressive meeting, learing about his past Members, you may recognize these household names who help shape the Media Landscape on a daily basis:

ABC News , CBS Sports , NFL Network , NBC/Universal , The Food Network , GE Commercial Finance , Intel Capital , CNN , Showtime , NEP Studios, Smith Barney, JumpTV , MTV Networks , ESPN , National Geographic , Warner Brothers Television , Paramount , and many others.   

And their speaks are 1st class, they have included: 

Bob Pittman: Member of the Pilot Group LLC, former President and COO of America Online, Inc. and known as the innovator who created MTV;  Fred Seibert : President/Executive Producer at Frederator Studios, Founding Creative Director at MTV and former President of Hanna/Barbera; Shelly Palmer: Founder of Palmer Interactive Media and Head of Advanced Media at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; Chris Wagner: Co-Founder and EVP NeuLion, an IPTV company; Glenn Adamo: VP/Broadcasting and Media at the National Football League and the NFL Network; Ken Aagaard: SVP/Production and Operations CBS Sports; Jack Myers: Publisher of “The Jack Myers Media Business Report” and www.mediavillage.com

NY:MIEG

New York: Media Information Exchange Group 

Founded and organized by Bill Sobel in June 2006, NY:MIEG is a group of media (and related) professionals who meet monthly in New York City in order to explore ideas and offer wisdom to the most profound changes in Media’s history that are occurring every day. On a deeper level, NY:MIEG stays abreast of frequent industry changes maintains their relevancy on any given topic, providing a forum for continuing education for all professionals. The membership attracts Media Professionals primarily from New York City; however, membership continues to grow nationally as far California and beyond.