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Must-Have WordPress Plugins

WordPress expert Matt Medeiros highlighted “Must-Have WordPress Plugins” to the Newport Interactive Marketers audience at the International Yacht Restoration School. Some of the topics discussed included:

  • Search Engine Optimization
  • E-mail newsletter signups
  • Photo sliders
  • E-commerce
  • Membership site
  • Security
  • Backup & more

Meet WordPress Plugins Expert, Matt Medeiros

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Matt is the Co-founder of SlocumStudio.com, a leading WordPress agency. Also, he is the co-host of popular WordPress podcasts MattReport, PressThis and Week in WordPress.

 

 

 

 

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Networking, Drinks, and Views Over Newport

Newport Interactive Marketers gathered on Hotel Viking’s rooftop for the annual Networking, Drinks & Views night. Attendees were encouraged to network and catch up over free light appetizers and drink specials.

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Better Business With Better Internet

At this #NIMRI event, a panel of local officials and hi-speed broadband experts discussed the significance of bringing fiber optics to Aquidneck Island. The Aquidneck Island Broadband Project is initiating speed tests around the Island and raising awareness among the community about fiber optics. This alternative serves as a faster and more efficient system than older broadband networks.

Meet The Panelists

  • Stuart Freiman– Director of Broadband at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, and Program Director of Broadband Rhode Island
  • Andrew Cohill– President and CEO of Wide Open Networks and Design Nine. He is a broadband architect who has worked with many communities to build out similar successful projects.
  • Matthew Wainwright– Technology Director for the Town of Middletown, 2nd VP on the GMIS International Executive Board, BostonSIM Providence CIO Roundtable co-chair. Also, a key stakeholder in the Aquidneck Island Broadband Project.
  • Paul Carroll– Economic Development Director for the City of Newport and supporter of the Aquidneck Island Broadband Project
  • Ron Corriveau– Vice President of Business Development at COS Systems AB,

In the United States, more than 1,200 communities have fiber optics. Plus, Google is deploying gigabit networks in over a dozen more communities across the nation. The panelist’s engaged the audience by expressing the benefits of fiber optics and encouraging others to support the initiative for better Internet on Aquidneck Island.

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Ana Raynes gives tips on how to improve social media strategy through things like outreach and social engagement.

More Social Media Agency Secrets

Newport Interactive Marketers hosted Ana Maria Raynes, a social media specialist at Inceptor, to educate small business owners on how to improve their social media strategy.

With Raynes’ tips, the audience learned how to:

  • Deliver beyond Facebook with Influencer Campaigns
  • Utilize Google Plus and its applications (Google Hangouts, Google Circles)
  • Track social media outreach using free tools
  • Understand social engagement has ROI

Aside from providing “techy” information, Raynes’ talk gave small business owners insight on social branding and customer relationship management.

Meet Ana Raynes

Ana Raynes gives tips on how to improve social media strategy through things like outreach and social engagement.
A native of Colombia, educated in fashion design at the London College of Fashion, @StylinAna has a honed her talent for following trends and introducing new concepts.

Previously Ana was responsible for social media and information technology at the internet fashion startup “Smart Is Cool”. Also, she was featured in Glamour Magazine, appeared on FOX Strategy Room, and toured the East Coast as a motivational speaker for young girls alongside the nonprofit Girls Take Charge.

Since Smart Is Cool, she has worked in social media at New York and Boston agencies. As Inceptor’s social media manager, Ana focuses on clients’ strategic social media planning, blogger relations, and identifying news, trends, and best practices. Based in Boston, Inceptor is a Didit company.

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Build Your Brand with Tips from Award-Winning Book Coach

#NIMRI hosted Award-Winning Book Coach Lisa Tener to speak about the possibilities of writing and publishing a book. Writing a book is not for everyone, but many people who think they are not writers find out that they have something to write about after all.

Tener’s presentation discussed:

  • How to know if writing a book is for you
  • 5 compelling reasons to get started now
  • 3 keys to get past overwhelm and make it easy
  • The critical first 3 steps

Meet Lisa Tener

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Award Winning Book Coach, Lisa Tener, specializes in helping experts/enlightened entrepreneurs write/publish a compelling how-to, self-help book or memoir. She takes you step-by-step through her award-winning process. Her clients have signed 5- and 6-figure publishing deals with Random House, Simon and Schuster, Charles Scribner’s Sons, & more—as well as self-published. You’ve seen them on the Today Show, Oprah, CBS Early Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, CNN and in national publications, such as Parade and the Atlantic.

A graduate of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Lisa Tener teaches on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s CME publishing course, at URI’s Ocean State Summer Writing Conference. Additionally, in her own private Award Winning 8-week Bring Your Book to Life Program by highly interactive teleseminar, using cutting edge technology. She blogs on writing and publishing for the Huffington Post. Also, she was on ABC World News, PBS TV and been quoted in Glamour, USA Weekend, The Boston Globe, Providence Journal and much more. Lisa has received two American Business Awards and her Bring Your Book to Life Program won a Silver Stevie award for Best New Service of the Year in Media.

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Analyzing Analytics, with Google!

#NIMR hosted CEO and Managing Director Jay Murphy of Trionia, Inc to learn how Google Analytics works.

Through the instruction provided by Murphy and NIM, the audience learned how to:

  • Add and use Google Analytics
  • Interpret results from Google Analytics
  • Make solid business decisions from the data

Attendees were asked to think of questions prior to the event about Google Analytics. Also, how to attract more traffic to their business. Murphy’s expertise extends from social media strategy and search engine optimization to website development and analytics.

Meet Jay Murphy

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Jay works with large and mid-sized organizations to successfully convert business imperatives to effective online marketing results by delivering analytics, website development, social media strategy, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and display advertising all optimized with measurable results.  Additionally, he is the founder of Trionia, Inc., and has worked with GE, Raytheon and Janus Mutual Funds. He previously worked at Sapient Corporation as a director of program management and led projects in a variety of industries including financial services, energy, and higher education. Also, Jay holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University and an M.S. in Electric Engineering from Tufts University.  He received a Draper Fellowship to attend Tufts University and took doctoral level coursework at MIT in Aerospace Engineering.

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Francisco Samuel helps business owners become aware of the inexpensive web services available to them.

Know Before Paying for Web Services

In February, internet expert Francisco Samuel explained to NIM what we’re doing right, wrong, and what we could be doing better. We learned how to avoid being overcharged on development, domains, and hosting. We also found out the secrets to search engine optimization with quick tips on how to enhance your website without getting cheated out of your money.

Audiences learned all about:

  • Internet Consultants (Who is good? What is a good price?)
  • Mobile sites (my website on the iPhone, iPad, & other mobile devices )
  • SEO (search engine optimizations)
  • Domains & Hosting (Must I pay?)
  • Analytics (How to track your traffic)
  • Launch, Maintain, Blog, & Repeat (Ways to keep the flow of your site)

Francisco Samuel was a great guide to being web smart! #NIMRI better understand what services you should get for the price you pay and how to avoid spending $$$ for web services. This NIM talk was empowering and taught audiences to make better decisions for the future of their businesses.

Meet Francisco Samuel

Francisco Samuel helps business owners become aware of the inexpensive web services available to them.
BS Computer Science 1987 from UMass Dartmouth (SMU)

10+ years in software development and project management

5+ years in internet development & dot com

3+ years teaching CS and soft skills at ITT Tech

Started Abacus Software in 1995

Hobbies: golf, cycling, photography

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Maximizing your Multimedia Output

Donna Mac of DMacVoice & Media shared her expert advice on how you can you bring your website alive AND help boost SEO by turning boring text into exciting audio/visual content.

At this NIM event, audiences learned how to create their own professional production with a few simple tools and techniques that will bring your market alive with exciting new content.

Audiences received advice on how to obtain a more interactive and appealing selling point through subjects like the following:

  • Importance of multimedia, such as video and podcasts
  • Responsive design and material
  • Understanding the audience
  • Authentic delivery & what to include
  • Do it yourself production overview
  • Implementing production and your final product

Meet Donna Mac

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Donna Mac is a pioneering female broadcaster with live, on-air experience as a news producer, editor, and radio personality. She’s led countless events as a keynote speaker and facilitator. She’s owned DMacVoice & Media since 2003, giving her clients the ability to create high-quality multimedia products that promote businesses and educate audiences. She also coaches executives on improving their presentation skills. This way, their messages are concise and compelling, whether delivered live or virtually.

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2nd Annual Social Media Social: Through the Eyes of the Professional

Newport Interactive Marketers attended the University of Rhode Island Public Relations Society’s 2nd Annual Social Media Social. The event began with a panel of professionals, who discussed the topic in the agency setting–how to manage campaigns, how to build a strategy for paying clients, and how to track ROI–followed by networking.

Panelists:

Moderator: Adam David Roth, Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at URI

Sponsored by the Harrington School of Communications and Media and the URI Communication Studies Department

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How Much Should a Website Really Cost?

Donna Mac of DMacVoice & Media shared her expert advice on how you can you bring your website alive AND help boost SEO by turning boring text into exciting audio/visual content.

At this NIM event, audiences learned how to create their own professional production with a few simple tools and techniques that will bring your market alive with exciting new content.

Audiences received advice on how to obtain a more interactive and appealing selling point through subjects like the following:

  • Importance of multimedia, such as video and podcasts
  • Responsive design and material
  • Understanding the audience
  • Authentic delivery & what to include
  • Do it yourself production overview
  • Implementing production and your final product

Meet Donna Mac
DonnaMac

Donna Mac is a pioneering female broadcaster with live, on-air experience as a news producer, editor, and radio personality. She’s led countless events as a keynote speaker and facilitator. She’s owned DMacVoice & Media since 2003, giving her clients the ability to create high-quality multimedia products that promote businesses and educate audiences. Also, she coaches executives on improving their presentation skills. This way, their messages are concise and compelling, delivered live or virtually

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