PENSACOLA, FL - ITGulfCoast, an Information Technology Association for the Gulf Coast, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Mar 26th 2008 at PJC Downtown. Alan Woods, represnting DigitalFX International will discuss how businesses can utilize streaming media to increase their sales, to strengthen relationships, decrease advertising and marketing cost. 

Multimedia & Streaming Video Technology for Today’s Business

Small business are looking for ways to use streaming media to increase their sales, to strengthen relationships, and to decrease advertising and marketing costs. Alan Woods will discuss some important issues for entrepreneurs who are seeking to grow their business with streaming media. 

• How do you effectively and efficiently market with video?
• How do small businesses thrive in the YouTube world?
• Why do some videos soar and others crash?
• What are some of the guiding principles to a good video?

Speaker Information

Alan L. Woods is a media consultant representing Helloworld and DigitalFX International. He has been in real estate acquisitions and a small business entrepreneur for over 20 years. His love for technology applications was born in a college basics programming course and he has been utilizing it in marketing and sales since 1985. Alan is a designated e-Pro, has been awarded the Rising Star award for innovative marketing and sales. He is a past member of the Pensacola Association of Realtors Business Development Committee. He consults with and trains Realtors and small business owners in streaming media marketing techniques.

DigitalFX International, Inc., operates as a digital communications and Web-based social networking company. Its products include Video Mail, Video IM, Live Webcasting  Podcasting. The company also hosts and markets HELLOWorld.com, a Web portal that provides subscribers with a spectrum of streaming video content, as well as an integrated suite of consumer-oriented streaming media applications, including video email, video chat, and live Web-casting; and offers Web 2.0 communication tools that enable users to create, transcode, send, manage, and store various forms of digital media content.

Meeting Details

This meeting will be held at the PJC Downtown Center http://www.pjc.edu/includes/maps/PJCMapDTC-s.pdf. The meeting starts at 11:30am and ends at 1:00pm.   The cost for lunch is $12 per person.  Cold lunches will be provided by Aegean Breeze.

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The meeting is open to all ITGULFCOAST members, guests and to the public. For more information call 850-932-4713 or visit the organization’s website at www.itgulfcoast.org.