Affiliate Marketing - Tips and Resources

December 17th, 2008

January 2009 Meeting - Tuesday, January 27

We start off in January with guest speaker, Michelle Wicmandy. She has worked on the Alley Theater website, and has handled the American Marketing Association email communications for many years. She is a member of the Houston Interactive Marketing Association, as well as a HALPC member.

Michelle will kick off the new year with a discussion on affiliate marketing. It’s an online marketing practice whereby website owners (affiliates) promote other businesses products to generate additional revenue from your site. Affiliates receive a commission when their website efforts drive sales for the associated organization. Because of its simplicity and effectiveness, affiliate marketing is booming and can be very lucrative.

Join us on as we explore practices, niches and resources of affiliate marketing and how it can help you generate revenue from your website.  

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader

Houston TechFest 2008

November 12th, 2008

Sponsored by the Houston.net Users group, The Houston TechFest 2008 canceled due to Ike, will now take place on Jan 24, 2009. Registration begins on November 12. To chose your sessions visit www.houstontechfest.com/.

I attended last year and it was a blast! There were at least 500 people in attendance. This year it is sure to be even better. I hope to see you there.

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader

Ike Cancels September Meeting

September 17th, 2008

Due to Ike, plus that I am starting on new job on Monday, I am canceling the September meeting. In October, we will discuss setting up a testing server on your PC.

Over the next few days, I will continue work on getting our website populated with useful content. I hope all of you fared Ike with minimal problems and I look forward to seeing you in October.

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader

A Little Testing Goes a Long Way

September 7th, 2008

September Meeting - Tuesday, September 23 (postponed until October 28th due to Ike)

As your web development skills advance, the benefit of using server side scripting becomes more attractive. However, do you want to run the risk of causing havoc on your live site while you experiment?

This is where setting up a testing server is important. It is not as hard as you think to install Apache, MySQL and PHP. Having the ability for contained testing makes it worth the effort. Join us as we go through a case study on setting up a testing server, installing WordPress and then launching the site live.

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader

Annual Tendenci User Conference

September 6th, 2008

Conference Canceled Due to IKE (Schipul will reschedule event for 2009)

For those of you who want a little inside scoop on a content management system or want to learn a little bit more of how to optimize your website, this conference is worth checking out.

It’s time again for the Annual Tendenci User Conference, where the Schipul team will help you utilize your website to its fullest extent and help you tell your organization’s story. There will be a wealth of knowledge sharing on Tendenci, Social Media, Search Marketing and Web Marketing.

The conference will be held October 2nd and October 3rd, 2008, and is full of good, good stuff.

Did we mention that it’s FREE?

View the conference agenda and register online today at http://www.tendenci.com/en/cev/?384

What Can Your Website Do For You?

August 1st, 2008

Meeting - Tuesday, August 26

You built it but who came and what happened? Google Analytics, a free tool for website analysis, is easy to install and provides a lot of information. But having website statistics is one thing, understanding what they mean and what you should do with them is quite another. Join us and learn how using Google Analytics can help you make more informed decisions about your website.

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader

Website Planning Guide

March 17th, 2008

No matter how small your website is, it is a good idea to sit down and do some planning. This website-planning-guide outlines key considerations you need to consider to ensure the success of your project. I use this outline for all my projects. It helps keep me on focus and helps prevent scope creep.

Rita Trelewicz
Web Design SIG Leader