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7.8.08
Leslie Carruthers will be speaking to the Women in Business group at 8 A.M. on July 8th, 2008.

Nonmembers are welcome to attend – please RSVP via email or phone 216-337-2106.

6.10.08

Leslie Carruthers will participate in a panel discussion at the upcoming Women Entrepreneur Open House sponsored by Norma Rist, a long time proponent of women business owners and president of Athena International. The event is Tuesday, June 10 at the Women’s City Club in Akron. Cost is $5 to BoardRoom Group members and $10 for all others. RSVP to norma@normarist.com. See you there!

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6.6.08

Leslie Carruthers of The Search Guru was quoted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer regarding Business and Blogging.

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Audience List

Internet marketing and SEO expert Leslie Carruthers is known for dynamic sessions and sharing practical tips and tools at leading industry association conferences, as well as with small groups. A partial list of her audiences includes:

  • Coremetrics Client Summit

    Leslie Carruthers presented a case study on behalf of Brookstone.com with YourAmigo.com at the 3/07 Coremetrics Client Summit in New Orleans. The Summit drew attendees from more than 80 industry leading companies, including Anthropology, Ann Taylor, Kodak, Victoria's Secret, QVC, IBM, Ecklers, Pottery Barn, Circuit City, JC Penney and more. Coremetrics is a leading provider of on-demand web analytics and precision marketing solutions.

  • Direct Marketing Association

    Leslie moderated Site Review sessions at The Direct Marketing Association's Annual Catalog Conference held in Chicago, Illinois, May 2004. Light bulbs went off all over the packed sessions, as Direct Marketers "got" what Search Engine Marketing could do for their bottom line.

  • AICI (Association of Image Consultants International)

    The AICI (Association of Image Consultants International) tapped Leslie to show them how to look their best with Google, Yahoo! and MSN in August, 2007.

  • Tourism Expo 2007 Trade Show hosted by the Ohio Small Business Development Center

  • COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises) Tech Fair
  • Entrepreneurs and Marketing and Technology officers attended Leslie's seminar on Search Engine Optimization in March 2007.

  • Holmes County Lodging Association
  • Leslie addressed Inn Keepers and Bed & Breakfast owners in beautiful Holmes County, Ohio, in the middle of Amish country.

  • eMarketing Entrepreneur conference
  • Leslie participated on two panels, addressing more than 300 entrepreneurs on May 4th, 2007. Topics included: Marketing in the Real World: Case Studies in eMarketing For Entrepreneurs; and
    Advanced SEO topic: Online Reputation Management.

  • The Web Association

    Leslie moderated and organized this group's Content Development and Strategy session, held in Cleveland, Ohio, July 2004. The most common answer audience members gave when asked what they learned from the panel discussion: "a lot!"

  • WIN - Women In Networking

    Leslie presented to this dynamic group of women business owners and executives at their November, 2003 meeting, held in Beachwood, Ohio.

Book web marketing, and SEO expert Leslie Carruthers today. Her focus is on helping small and medium sized business owners prosper online. She's an accomplished, engaging speaker who consults with and teaches both entrepreneurs and business executives about effective search engine optimization, including copywriting for conversions, site design, online marketing and tracking results. Your group or event participants will discover how to drive targeted traffic to their web sites, and then convert them into customers. Leslie Carruthers is based in Cleveland, Ohio and is available to speak in North America.

Search Marketing Speaking Testimonials

"The Small Business Development Center at the Kent Regional Business Alliance would like to thank Leslie Carruthers for helping our clients make the best use of their websites. Her presentation at our workshop was informative, instructional and extremely interesting. From the use of best practices to the importance of choosing the right keywords Leslie ensured that our clients were aware of all aspects involved in search engine optimization. This is one workshop which we will definitely be repeating."

—Susan Bacon, Kent State University
Small Business Administration

"Leslie proved to be one of our best panel moderators. She is not only very knowledgeable but she was able to draw on all of the panel members knowledge. If you need a speaker on this very "hot"topic I would rate her as "The Best"!"

—James B. Cookinham, President, NEOSA
(Northeast Ohio Software Association)

"Thank you very much for coming to speak at WIN. I have received nothing but positive feedback about your engaging presentation and enthusiasm. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us."

—Barbara L. Baxter, LUTCF, Founder and President

Women in Networking (WIN)

"Leslie moderated and organized our Content Development and Strategies event. Her hard work, knowledge and energy made it a huge success, and she'll do the same for your event!"

—Paul Elliott, President
The Web Association

"Leslie's use of relevant statistics and real-world examples keeps an audience engaged and enthused about the topic. She not only guides panelists through a discussion, but adds a lot of value herself. She doesn't hold back, and really shares the insider tips and proven techniques in an effort to make sure that every audience member walked away with tactics that could be implemented immediately."

—Jeffrey K. Rohrs, President
Optiem, LLC

"Thank you for providing great information for the group. I have received any number of thanks for a good evening “filled with great information.”
You were right on the mark."

—Norma J. Rist
President Athena International, No-Nonsense Business Coach, Author: Small Business Savvy, President Norma J. Rist CEO Consulting, Inc.

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