Hostway's
Free Web Seminars Offer Businesses Tips on How to Energize
Their Online Presence [May 9, 2005]
CHICAGO,
May 9, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The world of
Web logs, or blogs, has expanded beyond the realm of
personal online journals and into the business world.
To help educate small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs)
on the benefits of blogging as a business tool, Hostway
Corp., a Web hosting and managed services provider,
will hold two live audio Web seminars on May 17 and
May 24.
These Web seminars will explore the
various ways blogs can serve as useful and inexpensive
communication tools for SMBs and their customers. Whether
it is the strategy of adopting a blog, or using a blog
to increase SMBs organic search engine listing through
optimized content, Hostway's Web seminar will explore
many topics of interest.
Attend the Web seminar, "How to
Energize Your Online Presence" on May 17 at 10:30AM/CT
to learn about:
-- Blogs as an integrated marketing
communications tool
-- Various applications for blogs
-- Specific benefits of using blogs as marketing and
sales tools
Attend the Web seminar, "Business Blogging: Simple
Steps to Success" on May 24 at 10:30AM/CT to learn
about:
-- The simple steps in launching and
maintaining a blog
-- Tips on running a blog efficiently
To register for the May 17 Web seminar,
How to Energize Your Online Presence, please visit http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=28843
on the day of the event. To register for the May 24,
Web seminar, Business Blogging: Simple Steps to Success
please visit http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=28842
on the day of the event. To learn more about either
events please visit http://www.hostway.com/webinar /
.
All attendees will automatically be
entered in a drawing for a chance to win free Web hosting
for one year. Hostway will offer two free Gold Plus
Linux hosting packages per Web seminar.
"Blogging has moved passed the
early adopter stage and is widely accepted as another
form of media," said John Lee, vice president of
marketing, Hostway. "Many small- to mid-sized businesses
may not understand and realize the power blogging can
bring to their organization, and more importantly, the
information it can bring to its customers."
Bob Yovovich, technology writer and
marketing consultant who has held previous editorial
positions at Advertising Age, INC and CIO magazine,
and Joe Cullinane, sales and marketing consultant, educator
and author of 21st Century Selling: An anthology of
advice from top sales pros, are panelists for the May
17 Web seminar. They will discuss why blogging is the
next step to building and improving a business. Yovovich
and Cullinane will offer visual presentations during
the Web seminar, and answer questions from the remote
audience.
John Lee, vice president of marketing
and a co-founder of Hostway, and Sam Perry, Hostway's
SiteBlog product manager, are panelists for the May
24 Webcast. Lee will discuss the processes of blogging
and provide business professionals with various tips
to writing an effective blog. Perry will also provide
a demonstration of Hostway's new blogging tool, SiteBlog.
Hostway
now offers SiteBlog (http://www.hostway.com/siteblog/)
an easy- to-use tool that allows Hostway customers to
create and maintain an online journal, which can be
linked from their regular Web sites. Customers may create
unique profiles and choose from 12 changeable design
themes to appeal to their specific tastes and blogging
objectives.
Hostway's SiteBlog helps businesses
voice opinions on the Web, get feedback and add interactivity
to their Web site. The program is free with all shared
hosting and Advantage Dedicated server plans.
SiteBlog features include, but are not
limited to:
-- Customization options
-- Choice of 12 designed templates that can be changed
at anytime
-- No HTML knowledge is necessary, making publishing
easy
-- Built-in RSS feed reader to receive headlines and
updates from
favorite sites
"Blogs are one of the most useful business tools
available today," said Bob Yovovich, technology
writer and strategist. "Not only can a blog help
you to initiate business relationships, but you can
also use it to maintain effective, ongoing interactions
with current and prospective customers."
About
Hostway
Hostway
Corporation provides Web hosting and managed services
to more than 300,000 customers worldwide. Hostway helps
individuals, small businesses and large enterprises
achieve more value from state-of-the-art Web-based technologies
by reducing their complexity and cost. Founded in 1998,
Hostway is one of the five largest Web hosting companies
in the world with offices in North America (Chicago,
Tampa and Vancouver), Europe (London and Amsterdam)
Asia (Seoul) and Australia (Sydney). For more information
about Hostway Corporation, please visit http://www.hostway.com
or call 1-888-290-5170.
CONTACT: Drew Mitchell, Hostway, (312)
994-7714,
Drew.Mitchell@hostwaycorp.com
Tina Janczura, SlackBarshinger, (312) 970-5841,
Tina.Janczura@slackbarshinger.com
SOURCE Hostway Corporation
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