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September Luncheon: Increasing Your Business's Reach Through Better Website Design and SEO

About this event

The co-presentation featuring Christy Stark Freeman and Terri Noel, will explain the behind the scenes, best practices of website design, programming, and SEO results, including:

  • Site structure to be sure the site is easy for visitors and search engines to navigate.
  • Improve Content readability with the best font size so your content is easy to read on all devices.
  • Find Keywords that users type into search engines to find relevant results. 
  • Meta description should include your keywords and accurately describe your content to entice potential visitors to click.
  • Site speed, is how long it takes for users to interact with your website's elements. Slow site speeds is a ranking factor on both desktop and mobile.
  • Backlinks that show search engines that your content is valuable and trustworthy, which can improve your search result rankings. 
  • Natural backlinks are created with exceptional content and becoming an industry expert, or you can ask other companies to include links to your site in their content.
  • Internal linking that helps search engines understand your site's structure, and you should pay close attention to the internal links in your body content and the anchor text you use.
  • How to avoid intrusive ad pop-ups, that lower the website ranking
  • Search Engine Eco System: What is it? 
  • Why it is important to have Listing Management to improve SEO AND organic website ranking

Our speakers for this event:


Christy Stark Freeman is the owner of Dig-It-All Designs, offering graphic design and custom website programming. With a background in marketing, print and web design, and community relations, she has used her creativity and modern technology and resources to enhance her client’s business growth needs. 



Terri Noel, is the owner and principal consultant of  Encore Consulting and Publishing, LLC, providing business growth strategies and implementation of Print and Broadcast Advertising, Website content, SEO and Listing Management, Social Media campaigns, Marketing and Public Relations since 2003. She is also the writer and publisher of two, local Best Version Media Neighbors Magazines, since 2013. 
 

Date and Time

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM

Location

Illinois Educators Credit Union
https://www.iecumember.org/
3101 Montvale Dr.
Springfield, IL  62704
USA

Event Contact(s)

Terri Noel

Category

Meetings

Registration Info

Registration is required
Payment in Full In Advance Or At Event
We are unable to offer refunds if you register and then cannot attend.