BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D
REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20210112T140000Z
DTEND:20210112T150000Z
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
SUMMARY:Business Support Series: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
DESCRIPTION:Business Support Series \n\nThe Business Support Webinar Series will explore timely topics with  industry experts to provide key insights and answers on the best ways to succeed as a business.  Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce\, this series will feature a wide range of topics on how to survive and thrive.   \n\n\n\nSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)\n\nIn this presentation you'll learn how to get a steady stream of new customers to your business by optimizing your website for Google searches.\n\n\n\nWith a 30 min Q&A you can have your website looked at in real-time and get instant feedback on how to improve. We'll also look at a case study of how a local solo-practitioner lawyer grew their business by 300% in 12 months.\n\nKey Takeaways:\n\n\n	What any business owner can do to get their homepage ranking\n	How to use the Google My Business app\n	How to check your position in a Google search (not what you expect)\n\n	 \n\n\n\n\nMark Taylor\n\n\n\nMark Taylor is the founder and president of Make Your Mark Today Inc. a tech and marketing agency specializing in SEO\, marketing\, and IT support for small to medium sized businesses. \n\n\n\nMark specializes in helping business's grow with Google.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h3 style="background-color: rgb(238\, 238\, 238)\; border: 1px solid rgb(204\, 204\, 204)\; padding: 5px 10px\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong>Business Support Series&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n<em><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{" default="" paragraph="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">The Business Support Webinar Series</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{" default="" paragraph="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">will explore</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-CA" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-parastyle="paragraph" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{" new="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" times="">timely topics&nbsp\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">with&nbsp\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">industry experts</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">to provide key insights&#8239\;and answers</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">on the best ways to succeed as a business.&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce\,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">this series will feature a wide range of topics</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="apple-converted-space" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-variant-ligatures: none !important\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">on how to survive and thrive.&#8239\;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{" default="" paragraph="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; background-color: inherit\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&#8239\;</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75841454 BCX4" data-ccp-props="{" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; -webkit-user-select: text\; -webkit-user-drag: none\; caret-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.847)\; line-height: 19.424999999999997px\; font-family: Calibri\, Calibri_EmbeddedFont\, Calibri_MSFontService\, sans-serif\; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important\;">&nbsp\;</span></em></span></h3>\n\n<h2><br />\n<strong>Search Engine Optimization (SEO)</strong></h2>\n\n<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">In this presentation you&#39\;ll learn how to get a steady stream of new customers to your business by optimizing your website for Google searches.</span></font><br />\n<br />\n<font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">With a 30 min Q&amp\;A you can have your website looked at in real-time and get instant feedback on how to improve. We&#39\;ll also look at a case study of how a local solo-practitioner lawyer grew their business&nbsp\;by 300% in 12 months.</span></font></p>\n\n<h4><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">Key Takeaways:</strong></h4>\n\n<ol>\n	<li><font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">What any business owner can do to get their homepage ranking</span></font></li>\n	<li><font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">How to use the Google My&nbsp\;Business app</span></font></li>\n	<li><font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">How to check your&nbsp\;position in a Google search (not what you expect)</span></font><br />\n	&nbsp\;</li>\n</ol>\n\n<div class="Paragraph SCXW189465 BCX4" paraeid="{a6f02e98-d2ed-49aa-9c6f-52bd206ed65c}{159}" paraid="834588367">\n<div paraeid="{a6f02e98-d2ed-49aa-9c6f-52bd206ed65c}{159}" paraid="834588367">\n<h4 style="background-color: rgb(238\, 238\, 238)\; border: 1px solid rgb(204\, 204\, 204)\; padding: 5px 10px\;"><strong><img alt="" height="250" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2481/Image/Webinars/Business_Support_Series/circle-mark-smiling-graphiti.png" style="width: 250px\; margin: 10px\; float: left\; height: 250px\;" width="250" /><font color="#000000" face="Calibri\, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Mark Taylor</span></font></strong></h4>\n\n<div style="background:#eee\;border:1px solid #ccc\;padding:5px 10px\;"><br />\n<span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.666666984558105px\;">Mark Taylor is the founder and president of Make Your Mark Today Inc. a tech and marketing agency specializing in SEO\, marketing\, and IT support for small to medium sized businesses.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nMark specializes in helping business&#39\;s grow with Google.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div font-size:="" segoe="" ui="">\n<div paraeid="{a6f02e98-d2ed-49aa-9c6f-52bd206ed65c}{159}" paraid="834588367">\n<div paraeid="{a6f02e98-d2ed-49aa-9c6f-52bd206ed65c}{159}" paraid="834588367">\n<div><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:*THE LINK TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING IS IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL*
UID:e.2481.2704
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260619T130900Z
URL:https://business.halifaxchamber.com/events/details/business-support-series-search-engine-optimization-seo-2704
END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR
