Austin Showguide 2018 by Small Business Expo

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December 6th | Palmer Events Center | Hall 1

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TODAY AT SMALL BUSINESS EXPO Small Business Expo is all about networking and building contacts. We encourage you to attend as many workshops, seminars and networking opportunities as possible.

Exhibitor Hall Check out great products and services provided by the top vendors in the industry to help your business grow and meet its goals. Speed Networking In these fast-paced and fun 45 minute speed networking sessions, you have 3 minutes to introduce yourself to one person (and listen to the other person’s introduction) and then exchange business cards. At the sound of the gong, it is time to meet the next person. By the end of this networking session, you will have met approximately 15 other business professionals. Speed Networking is first come, first serve.

Business Card Exchange Showcase your business card for all of the attendees in this convenient and central spot. Meet & Greet Lounge Come take a break, relax and “schmooze” some more in our comfy Meet & Greet Lounge. This is a great place to continue your important conversations and make some new contacts. Main Stage Presentations Join us for these incredible presentations: 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM: VIP Panel by Bill Walsh & Friends

Get Dotted® With our new color coded system, networking has never been easier. Upon arrival at the expo, attendees and exhibitors will be provided with colored “Dots” to indicate their industry affiliation. This is a great tool to break the ice and meet the right people in your field. Get Dotted® and start making those valuable business connections!

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Reach Customers Online With Google by Maria Elena Duron, Google

Workshops Informative 45-minute long seminars on a variety of topics led by industry pros.

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Ask An Expert Get free advice & your most urgent questions answered by leading small business industry experts. We have experts from industries such as PR, SEO, Social Media, Accounting, Web Design and everything in between!

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AGENDA & WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS Small Business Expo 2018 - Austin M Main Stage

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DECEMBER 6 • THURSDAY 9:00am – 5:00pm

9:45am – 10:15am

SMALL BUSINESS EXPO Exhibitor Hall Opens

Tag a SmallBiz Selﬁe with your colleagues by taking Palmer Events Center (900 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704) a picture of your group at the entrance to the Expo and posting to your social media with hashtag #smallbizexpo.

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Main Stage

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W 27 Year Old Internet Rockstar Shares How to Make Money Online Speakers: Austin Walsh

Workshop Room 1

In this workshop you will learn exactly how to drive more traffic to your website and increase your sales. This is great information if you own a brick & mortar business or conducting your business over the internet. Austin will walk through the key drivers that are required on your website to make it simple, functional & productive at creating qualified leads that become great customers. If you feel that that you are confused by all of the options including social media to generate traffic, you will love this fresh approach to optimize your internet marketing strategy.

10:00am – 10:45am

W Advanced Social Media “Hacks” & Tips to Dominate Your Industry Workshop Room 5 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Matt Ford When you attend this amazing workshop with one of the world's top underground internet marketer, you will be blown away with his tips on Facebook marketing. You will discover how to find your ideal prospects and customers on all social channels. In addition, you will learn for online & offline that you must begin to use social media ads to survive & thrive. One section of the talk is on the exact way you must use video in your business & how to stand out right now in your market. A special bonus will be on how to generate organic leads & sales from your personal profile.

10:00am – 10:45am

W Automated Referrals & Client Retention Workshop Speakers: Gina St. George, Andy Sokol

Workshop Room 3

In this workshop, Andy is going to show you How to Keep Your Customers Forever, How to Make Even More Money from the Customers That You Already Have, and How to Get Even More Referrals. He is going to share techniques that were a game changer in his 20+ year-old business, and why he still has customers from his ﬁrst year in business. This system helped him sell another business to a word-wide competitor, because they wanted those customer relationships. Imagine what your business would be like if you had never lost a customer. Andy is a Master of Client Retention, and is going to show you how to make that happen.

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W Business Growth via Social Media Speakers: Dan Swanson

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W Containers As A Service (CaaS) A Foundation For Next Gen Applications - Presented By: Cloud Workshop Room 4 Evolutions Inc. Speakers: Arun Dendukuri The popularity of containers is on the rise as more companies shift to a cloud native application architecture and a continuous delivery model. Running containers at enterprise scale is complex. Evaluate and run containers in production. Cloud Foundry enables enterprises to reap the beneﬁts of containers, support cloud architectures and continue to build a DevOps culture. Containers need a platform: Reduce operational complexity: Open and collaborative: Cloud foundry and Open shift Drive innovation through collaboration with other projects and standards, such as the Open Container Initiative (OCI) or the Container Networking Interface (CNI).

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W Expand Your Business, Go Global - Presented By: American Business TV Speakers: Yusef Muhammad

Workshop Room 2

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W Franchising 101 - How to Succeed in Franchise Ownership - Presented By The Franchise MBA Workshop Room 6 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Nick Neonakis #1 Bestselling author of The Franchise MBA and CEO of The Franchise Consulting Company shares his 20 years of experience in how to analyze franchise concepts for proﬁtability.

10:00am – 10:45am

W Health Insurance 101 for Small Businesses - Presented By: Sana Benefits Workshop Room 8 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Will Young Offering great employee benefits is a big part of attracting and retaining talent. As a small business, you need to know some basics to make good decisions. In this session, Will Young Sana Benefits’ CEO/Co-Founder will cover basic terminology and help you navigate this complicated landscape. Some topics we will cover: PEO’s, preliminary quotes, brokers, HMO’s & hospital networks, out-of-pocket expenses, premiums, workforce wellness, deductibles and employee health questionnaires. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and share practical examples in a safe environment without being judged. At SANA we believe in consumer education and hope y’all join us!

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W How to Optimize Your Career Transition and Find Your Perfect Career Workshop Room 9 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Kim DeCoste Kim DeCoste is a Career Transition Expert who will help her audience understand the important basics for making big career changes at every age and stage. Whether you are in a corporate role seeking a signiﬁcant advancement, looking to move into business for yourself, transitioning back into the workforce after time away, or even former military looking to enter the civilian world of work, her program can help. In the presentation, she will discuss the basics: 1 )understanding what is possible 2) the importance of communicating effectively about who you are, what you are great at and why you are right person to hire 3) understanding how to work on your personal professional roadmap for success.

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W The Power of the Inbox - Tips for Successful Email Marketing - Presented By Constant Contact Booth 500 Speakers: Dave Charest Can email marketing work for your business? Yes, it can.

Even if you don’t consider yourself a marketer, you’ll leave with a plan of tested tips to effectively market your business with email. This powerful presentation takes you step-by-step through the five keys to effective email marketing to deliver real results for your business. You’ll find out: How to create an email marketing plan that really works How to drive action with the seven essential elements of email design The simple, persuasive formula that works in any marketing email How to see the impact email marketing is having on your business or nonprofit How to grow a healthy and engaged contact list

10:30am – 11:15am

Speed Networking Session 1

10:30am – 11:30am

MAIN STAGE: Reach Customers Online with Google - Presented By Google Speakers: Maria Elena Duron

Speed Networking

In these fast-paced and fun 45 minute speed networking sessions, you will meet one-on-one with various small business professionals. Every three minutes the buzzer goes off and you switch tables to meet with the next person. This is a great way to network and cultivate many new business relationships in a short period of time.

Main Stage

Learn how customers ﬁnd your business online and how to promote your online presence using search engine optimization (SEO) and online advertising. We’ll also introduce tools that will help you run your business online, including Google Analytics and Trends.

11:00am – 11:45am

W Discover How to 10x Your Business Through the Power of Inﬂuencer Marketing Speakers: Matt Deulley

Workshop Room 1

W Earn 5-6 Figures in One Hour as a Public Speaker Speakers: Bill Walsh

Workshop Room 3

How many times have you or someone you know had a great idea, but were not able to monetize it? In this fun and informative session, inﬂuencer specialist and top business coach Matt Deulley will show you how to take advantage of becoming a inﬂuencer in your industry and turn your purpose into a wildly successful business. When you attend this session, you will learn: • How to evaluate your success plan through business intelligence • How to take effective action to make money from your idea • Proven steps for building your success from the HOW • More practical tips to get your best partners ever!!

11:00am – 11:45am

Come & Learn the key SECRETS on how to utilize public speaking to generate more leads and build your business. Bill will also share how to sell from the stage and turn what you are passionate about into a successful public speaker business. It is a must attend for authors, coaches and consultants as well as anyone that is seriously interested in making money as a public speaker.

11:00am – 11:45am

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Workshop Room 6 - Located Upstairs

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AGENDA & WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS 11:00am – 11:45am

W How to Expose Your Business to Millions of Potential Customers with Free Publicity Workshop Room 9 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Christina Daves Do you ever wonder how businesses get on local, even national, television, in magazines and newspapers? In this presentation, DIY PR Strategist, Christina Daves, will show you how to use media (social and traditional) to gain massive visibility, stand out from the crowd, and expose your business to potentially millions of new customers. She will share with you step-by-step her proven Get Famous Formula that she uses every single day in her own business that has allowed her to personally appear in over 1,000 media outlets and generate over 8 ﬁgures in sales from free publicity.

11:00am – 11:45am

W How to Get More Leads & Sales Using Radio, Print & Social Media Workshop Room 7 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Angel Tuccy Being interviewed on the radio, podcasts and traditional media opens new doors of opportunity, creates credibility and expands your inﬂuence. Angel has broadcasted over 2000 radio shows and she will teach you the steps to attracting journalists, writing a compelling pitch, and most importantly, how to turn your radio interviews into ongoing marketing campaigns to attract more leads and make more money. Let’s turn you into a media celebrity!

11:00am – 11:45am

W How to Overcome Your Biggest Challenges and Live Your Greatest Life Ever Workshop Room 5 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Merri-jo Hillaker When you attend this vital 60 Minute workshop you will discover the mental blocks you carry from early childhood and life experiences that stand in your way to maximize your health, and to have an amazing relationship in creating even more money. Once discovered, you will learn the tools to overcome these and free yourself, providing you the opportunity to achieve an even healthier you and and start creating even more wealthy NOW!

11:00am – 11:45am

W Rewiring the Small Business Economy - Presented By: Xero Speakers: Xero

Workshop Room 8 - Located Upstairs

The cloud isn't just a place to store music and pictures any more - it's an efﬁciency and productivity solution. The cloud is providing small businesses access to tools and information like no other time in our history. From anywhere at any time you can collaborate with advisors, source goods from across the oceans and provide world class service to your customers in your backyard. In this session, we'll discuss how to access your current technology, identifying... Cloud technologies Bigger views to your small Business ﬁnancials Improved productivity Accounting solutions

11:15am – 12:00pm

W Get New and Repeat Business on Autopilot with Email Marketing - Presented By Constant Booth 500 Contact Speakers: Dave Charest Your business thrives on bringing in sales from new and existing customers. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring in those sales more frequently without having to spend a lot of time doing so? We’ll show you some simple ways to repeatedly reach customers with email marketing. In this session you’ll learn: How to turn more website visitors into new email contacts How to automate timely engagement with new contacts How to do more business by sending more relevant emails

11:30am – 12:15pm

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W Advanced Social Media “Hacks” & Tips to Dominate Your Industry Speakers: Matt Ford

Workshop Room 3

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W Advertising Online - How To Buy Likes, Tweets, Clicks And More - Presented By: AT&T Workshop Room 6 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Ramon Ray Join a powerful and engaging presentation on how you can buy advertising to help reach more potential customers for your business. While organic (free marketing) has its place, owners of growing businesses know they must spend advertising dollars to reach a wider audience, more consistently. Join four time entrepreneur, global speaker and best-selling author Ramon Ray as he gives you the insight you need to advertise your product and solutions.

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W Cover Your Asset-Estate Planning Essentials For Your Business And Your Family - Presented Workshop Room 2 By: Attorney Kyle Robbins Speakers: Kyle Robbins Less than 1/3 of family owned businesses survive into the second generation, and most of them have no succession plan. Discover how a proper estate plan can provide stability and even asset protection for your family in ways they could never achieve it for themselves. As every business owner can attest, cashﬂow is king, and without it a business dies. Unfortunately, nobody has ever accused the probate court system of being “too fast.” In this workshop Kyle will also discuss ways to avoid having your assets tied up for months (or longer) when your loved ones need it the most.

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W Get Cloud Ready: Helping Your Small Business Make the Transition to the Cloud - Presented By: Workshop Room 4 Jungle Disk Speakers: Kyle Bartholomew, Jorge Rodriguez The Cloud in it’s modern context started becoming widely known in 2006 when large companies such as Google and Amazon began using “cloud computing” to describe the new paradigm in which people are increasingly accessing software, computer power, and ﬁles over the Web instead of on their desktops. Has your business made the move? Join Amanda Matthews and Jorge Rodriguez from Jungle Disk to hear more about what that means, why it’s a good move for a small business and how you can successfully start the transition.

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W How to Build an Automated Income System Over the Internet Speakers: Steve Nickerson

Workshop Room 9 - Located Upstairs

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12:00pm – 12:45pm

W How to Create Even More Success Through Building a Local Mastermind Speakers: Brian Nieves Workshop Room 5 - Located Upstairs At this amazing workshop you will learn how to team up with Powerteam and build your very own local mastermind in the local marketplace. If you enjoy working with people and elevating your business this workshop is a must attend! You will also discover about the power of building high level relationships with entrepreneurial super stars as a great way to scale and build your business.

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AGENDA & WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS 12:00pm – 12:45pm

W Learn How to Build Your Business Through Mobile Marketing Speakers: Tina Malsom, Kelly Vincent

Workshop Room 1

When you attend this workshop you will learn how get more leads for your business using the hottest new google technology, nearby proximity marketing. Imagine being able to get more eyes on your business directly to peoples mobile devices through their bluetooth...the more people you are around daily, the more exposure your business gains 24/7. Kelly and Tina are masters at lead generation through beacon marketing.

12:00pm – 12:45pm

W Managing Credit For Business Success - Presented By: Wells Fargo Workshop Room 8 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Val Jones, Lilly Magallanes Good credit is one of a business owner’s most valuable assets. But strong credit isn’t something that you simply have or you don’t have. Building credit is an active, ongoing process that takes careful management. This workshop we will be focusing on the credit and ﬁnancing needs of businesses like yours. We’ll cover how credit and lending work, explore the possibilities of credit ﬁnancing, and show you how to make the most of your credit opportunities – both traditional and nontraditional.

12:00pm – 12:45pm

W Sales & Communication Mastery: How to Become an Industry Top Producer Workshop Room 7 - Located Upstairs Speakers: Dawn Moore When you attend this workshop, you will learn how to accelerate your business growth with breakthrough results. You will discover the top 3 reasons people self-sabotage and how to stop. In addition, you will understand how to leverage a powerful communication tool to negotiate real life business deals to close more sales. Plus, you will accelerate your income when you know how to align your goals with your values using our cutting-edge technology. Dawn is a master at language & communication.

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1:00pm – 1:45pm

W The Power of the Inbox - Tips for Successful Email Marketing - Presented By Constant Contact Booth 500 Speakers: Dave Charest

Speed Networking

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Speed Networking Session 4

1:30pm – 2:30pm

MAIN STAGE: Using Data To Drive Growth - Presented By: Google Speakers: Maria Elena Duron

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W 27 Year Old Internet Rockstar Shares How to Make Money Online Speakers: Austin Walsh

Workshop Room 9 - Located Upstairs

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