eBay Radio 6th Anniversary Event Las Vegas!

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
8:00-9:00 – Registration
9:00-9:45 – Janelle Elms – How to set up an eBay Store
9:45-10:00 – Networking Break
10:00-10:45 – Cindy Shebley, Photography for eBay
10:45-11:00 – Networking Break
11:00 -1:00 – eBay Radio Show Live Broadcast
1:00-2:00 – LUNCH
2:00-2:45 – Debbie Levitt – Growing your eBay Business with Marketing, Strategy and Software
2:45-3:00 – Networking Break
3:00-4:30 – eBay Town Hall
4:30-5:00 – Networking, Q&A

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
9:00-9:30 – Speed eBaying
9:30-9:45 – Networking Break
9:45-10:30 – Lynn Dralle – Product Sourcing at Garage Sales
10:30-11:00 – Break – CONTEST RESULTS
11:00-11:45 – Carolyn CJ Jacinto – Packing & Shipping
11:45-1:00 – LUNCH
1:00-1:45 – Melinda Jackson – How to start eBay Seller’s Group
1:45-2pm – Networking Break
2:00-2:45 – Marsha Collier – eBay Sales Tips and Strategy
2:45-3:00 – Networking Break
3:00-5:00 – eBay Radio Show Live Broadcast

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Mad eCommerce Panel

Panel: Mad eCommerce
If you are familiar with Jim Cramer, you will like this. We have pulled together a Mad eCommerce session scheduled for the last session of the event where you will have a chance to ask rapid fire questions to a panel of experts to create our very own lightning round!

Let the sparks fly!
• Brandon Dupsky, Managing Director of eCommerce Merchants
• Jonathan Garriss, CEO of Gotham City Online
• Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit PCI Compliance

PCI Compliance and the Online Merchant
Maintaining a safe and secure shopping experience is critical to ensuring consumer confidence. It is also a mandate of the credit card industry, officially known as PCI Compliance, for any merchant who processes, stores or disseminates credit card data. Merchants who are not compliant risk substantial fines and loss of merchant account privileges, so you do not want to miss this important session.
• Melanie Beam, Director of Business Development for Mountain Media
• John Jacobs, Business Development Manager for Moneris Payment Solutions

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Cloud Conversion

Harnessing the Power of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for Your Online Business
Gain valuable insight into how you, as an online retailer, can take control of your customer service and support operations, returns/RMA processes and even grow your business through effective email marketing. Learn tips and tricks on how to increase customer satisfaction and gain valuable insight into your business operations.

Jon Jessup, CEO/Founder of Cloud Conversion, Inc.

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Michael Miller

Finding your right Match: Identifying the right partners & solutions to grow your eCommerce business

When putting together an eCommerce capability & technology portfolio, how do you decide what’s important? How to identify what’s working and NOT working in the market? How to avoid simply copying the mistakes of your competition? In this intensive session you’ll learn technology selection best practices (both platform-wide & point solutions) from rigorous diligence, to selecting the “best fit” provider. We’ll discuss best practices, making data driven investment decisions, and formulating a proper technology and eMarketing budget. We discuss what other folks are paying, who you should be looking at (vendors), etc. This session will also review a comprehensive list of the Top 10 eCommerce mistakes which are likely costing you money today.

Michael Miller, Fit For Commerce

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Buy.com with Randy Smythe

The Buy.com Marketplace – Your Next Selling Channel
Buy.com is a leading e-commerce company with more than 12 million customer accounts, focused on providing its customers with a rewarding shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality product at competitive prices.

Under the Buy.com umbrella is the Buy.com Marketplace. Launched in 2006, the Marketplace has provided an opportunity for online merchants to offer millions of products in a range of categories. While Buy.com may not be your first marketplace channel, it should be your next. If you are an established retailer with products to sell, the Buy.com Marketplace program allows you to leverage Buy.com’s customer reach and infrastructure to sell your products through the Buy.com website.

Randy Smythe, Buy.com

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Navigating the Amazon

Navigating the Amazon
This session focuses on leveraging Amazon Seller Central to sell your products to millions of Amazon customers without any listing fees. It will also cover Amazon marketplace differentiators, the various product pages available on Amazon plus best practices for data, cross selling products, marketing promotions and customer service.

Jay Shaffer, Infopia

ECMTA/PESA 2009 Summit Social Media Panel

Panel Discussion: Profits Through Social Media Marketing
Get the greatest opportunity to market to your target customer prospect without coming off as a “spammer”. You get to learn from a panel comprised of the BEST in social marketing. Need we say more?

• Moderator: John Lawson, ColderICE.com
• Jay Berkowitz, Founder of Ten Golden Rules
• Chuck Hester, Communications Director of iContact
• Brent Leary, Co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC

ECMTA/PESA Summit 2009 PRWEB.com

Use the News to Drive Web Traffic
Online press releases are one of the most cost effective ways to increase traffic to your website. Join Sophie Shiatis of PRWeb, the leading online newswire, as she explains how more than 20,000 search engine marketers and online merchants use online press releases to increase their online visibility.

In this session, Sophie will explore how online press releases can be used to enhance your search engine marketing and lead prospects back to your website by:

  • Incorporating keywords, multimedia and links to increase your visibility with search engines
  • Magnifying the impact of the release through syndication sites to build linkssophieshiatis
  • Generating coverage with journalists and bloggers

Sophie Shiatis, PRWeb