Online Success Stories: Achieving Excellence on the Web

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Online marketing has really come of age in 2006, rapidly overtaking many of the more entrenched media channels as a source of revenue and new customers. Spend an evening with the IDM North and hear from two of the leading practitioners in the UK on their experiences of making web marketing really work.

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Programme Outline

Customers Do Want to Be Loyal
Jonathan Wall, Marketing Director, dabs.com
Recently bought by BT, dabs.com has grown from £20m to over £200m in just seven years, and is one of the UK’s best known dotcom success stories. As Marketing Director for the last eight years, few UK marketers know better than Jonathan how to optimise web channels. In this enlightening session he will share some of the knowledge and metrics essential to ensuring profitable customer recruitment.

The Future for Search
Richard Gregory, Chief Operating Officer Latitude
Richard is a dynamic and entertaining speaker on all things new media, responsible at Latitude for the largest team of search specialists in Europe. With interest in search engine marketing exploding, he will look at some of the emerging services and technologies in the search marketplace, including Pay Per Call, Local Search and Brand Impact.

Speakers

Jonathan Wall Jonathan Wall, Sales and Marketing Director of dabs.com, the UK’s leading Internet retailer of IT and technology products, will reveal the secrets of great online content management.

 

Richard Gregory Richard Gregory joined Latitude in November 2002 with 6 years prior experience in new media and marketing. Prior to his appointment, Richard worked for online agencies both in London and Leeds in the areas of account management, project management and business development for clients such as BT Cellnet (now o2), Yell, Volvo, DfES, MTV and Channel 4.

As Latitude’s COO, Richard is responsible for successful delivery of all clients’ campaigns as well as providing strategic advice on the European search engine marketplace. Since joining Latitude, Richard has been involved in the development of the company’s proprietary bid management software, COBRA, as well as building Europe’s largest team of search specialists. Richard is UK Chair of SEMPO, and is a frequent presenter at industry events. Recently, he has spoken at Haymarket’s Integrated Brand Building event, Jupiter Events’ Search Engine Strategies conference, the NMA Online Marketing Show, and a number of regional IDM events. This September he will be on the panel at Ad:Tech London.

Timetable

18.00 Registration, coffee & networking
18.30 The Future of Search - Richard Gregory
19.20 Short break
19.35 Customers Do Want to Be Loyal - Jonathan Wall
20.20 Q&A session
20.30 Networking
21.00 Close

Venue

The venue is Lecture Theatre 3, Aytoun Building, Manchester Metropolitan University. Please click here for an online map.

Networking

All delegates will receive an attendee list as part of their ticket purchase to help them network more effectively. In the meantime, here is a sample of the companies attending IDM events in the North:

Additions Direct
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank
Ashley Bolser Agency
Barrington Johnson Lorains
BJL
Business Link Staffordshire
Cain Limited
CDMS Ltd
CFS Marketing
Coad Cole & Burey Ltd
Concep
Cotton Traders Ltd
dabs.com plc
Derby House Group Ltd
DIGERATI
Direct Marketing Bureau
EuroDirect Database Marketing Ltd
JD Williams & Co Ltd
Littlewoods Football Pools
M&S Money
Marketing Innovation Group Ltd
MBNA Europe Bank Ltd
McCann Erickson Communications House
Medacs Healthcare Services Plc
Mediavest (Manchester) Ltd
Mobious
Moonfish

 

My Travel UK
Northern Production Management Ltd
Norwich Union Life
Otto UK
Paddy Power Poker
PC World Business
Poulters
Radford Advertising Marketing Ltd
Red C
Ripe Design (UK) Limited
Rowan Marketing Ltd
Royal Mail
RPM3
Sass
St Ives Direct
Starfish Advertising & Marketing Ltd
Synaxis Data Services Ltd
TequilaManchester
The Co-operative Bank
Thermo Electron Corporation
Totesport
United Co-operatives
Weightmans
Whitegate Consulting Ltd
WWAV Rapp Collins North
Yes Direct
Zopa

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