Little change up today (and who doesn’t like a change up now and then?) These are four talks from this past month’s RISE Lunch in St. Louis, Missouri which brings together entrepreneurs, forward-thinkers, marketers and innovators for some schmoozing, great food from Araka Restaurant and short, powerful, actionable presentations. Here are the presentations in their entirety (I will get some slides for you as well up soon). The next RISE Lunch is May 5th and is going to be a heck of a good one focusing on Sales 2.0: Online, Offline, Everywhere. From lead generation to closing the deal. Tickets for these events fly (limited to 50) and last time it sold out with just one email…tickets will go on sale later today. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE (Nab ‘em before they are gone!) Note: This are a little low-rez. I’ll have high-rez up soon. In order of appearance: #1: Picking The Experts Brain: Search Engine Optimization. Three buzzwords heating up this year in the business world. But what can SEO do for your business? JoAnna Dettman and Kaysha Kalkofen co-founders of tSunela (a top search engine firm in St. Louis and disclosure: Sponsor of RISE) join David to discuss the current state of SEO as well some basics for business owners…without getting too techy: Bonus: As mentioned in the video, if you want a free website audit (sweet) from tSunela, they have generously offered it to the RISE community. You can take ‘em up on it here. #2: Building… Read More

This is a special presentation from RISE Lunch. The next RISE Lunch will take place on May 5th at Araka Restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri. Details and tickets will be released next week (and those of you attended the past two know…they go freaking quick). Brad Hogenmiller is my secret geek (that is a good thing). He often sends me a quick note to let me know about the latest cool tool or website and has been a big asset to my business. I asked Brad to speak at this past month’s RISE lunch because I figured he could share this amazing knowledge with the audience and boy did he deliver. A bit about Brad and the talk: How to use the newest online tools to harness your inner geek with Brad Hogenmiller. It doesn’t matter if you are tech-savvy or a little tech-confused, Brad will lay out what you need to know in an easy-to-understand fashion. Besides being an online marketing strategist, speaker, networker and Dad, Brad is the Director of Social Media Club St. Louis and consultant RehabCare Group (and you can find him on Twitter). Presentation Prezi (like Powerpoint..only not at all..) Cracking the Geek Code  View more presentations from Brad Hogenmiller. Links Mentioned: Data http://www.metricly.com http://www.gist.com http://www.oneriot.com http://www.blippy.com http://www.wakoopa.com Smart http://www.dropbox.com http://www.expensify.com http://pipes.yahoo.com Tech http://www.layar.com http://www.tagwhat.com http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles http://www.prezi.com Toys http://www.boxee.tv http://www.rainmeter.net http://www.spotify.com/int/ NOTE: The other three presentations (the ladies of tSunela talking search, Chris Reimer on building an online brand, and myself on social media mistakes… Read More