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You know you've asked yourself that question - and the answer isn't as simple as you might think.

Come join Griffin Technology's app development team to hear their input on how the iPad will impact the world of app development, user interface, and social networking – and give your own input in the free-form Q&A to follow.

All level of developers and non-developers welcome.

Content strategy is an emerging practice, and it involves a lot more than just text - it also includes images, video, and audio. We'll talk about content inventories, qualitative content reviews, learning what your users want, how social media and analytics fits in, and designing a workflow for the content creation process. We'll see who's doing it right, and what you can learn from their sites. You'll leave knowing how to create high-quality content that meets users' needs and that reinforces your company's brand.

You have a Facebook profile, a Facebook page, a blog or two, three Twitter accounts, Google Wave, Google Buzz, as well as profiles on lala, Blip, MySpace (still) and a few others you can't remember your password to. So now what? How do you find and build your audience beyond your current followers and fans without losing those you already have or the few brain cells you have left?

On the web, just being present longer cuts it. Instead, you've got to deliver content and value to your customers in ways that leave them thrilled. Unfortunately, in the fast paced world of web design and development, the design of the user experience - the work dedicated to making sure the website serves the customer in the best way - often gets neglected or omitted. In today's marketplace, better usability equals bigger revenue, as is being proven time and again.

Sam Miller, an intellectual property attorney with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, will explain the basics of intellectual property law as it relates to digital content. Topics will include:

- Trademarks: What is a trademark? How does one use a trademark? How does one protect a trademark? What is the relationship between trademark law and domain name selection?

- Copyrights: What is a copyright? What are the exclusive rights of a copyright holder? How does one protect a copyright (or conversely, avoid being accused of copyright infringement)?

Have your website reviewed by a panel of SEO experts. We'll review sites for architecture, content, and linking.

This is not a presentation session.

This is an opportunity to learn from the successes and mistakes of others; as well as getting your specific SEO questions answered.

Bring your business cards to any panelist at the beginning of the session.

The SEOs:
John W. Ellis, http://www.JohnWEllis.com
Justin Briggs, SEO Manager, Paramore|Redd & http://spurrmarketing.com/

Few Content Management Systems, or blogging platforms, manage SEO quite like Wordpress. Learn how to setup Wordpress to manage the majority of on-site SEO.

Justin shares tips, plugins, code, and actionable items to help you optimize your Wordpress blog.

Justin is the SEO Manager at Paramore|Redd Online Marketing. In August, Justin received national recognition for his article on search engine friendly design. His post "9 SEO Tips for Attractive Search Engine Friendly Web Design" won Marketing Pilgrim's 4th Annual SEM Scholarship contest.

Lets take a look at location-based services. Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and more.
Mobile applications are the current craze in social media. Are they the flavor of the week, or is location here to stay?