Joomla Chicago CMS Group

January: Analytically Speaking, With Avery Cohen

SEO Success: On Line. On Message. On the Money With Google Analytics!

Joomla Chicago: Google Analytics Presentation

Learn how to measure the effects of SEO success. Get to Know Google Analytics! Professional web marketer Avery Cohen will share tips and tricks of how to best use Google Analytics to help you in your web-based-marketing efforts. We will recap the basics of Search Engine Optimization (from Avery's summer presentation), then take a step forward into measuring the effectiveness of your campaigns with Google Analytics.

Do NOT MISS this important and valuable presentation!

Brief Agenda | Wednesday, January 14th, 2009:

11:00 AM - Noon: Joomla 101 Basic Training (optional)
11:55: Lunch & Extension of the Month
12:10 - 1:00 PM: Advanced Joomla - Analytically Speaking, With Avery Cohen

1:00 - 1:30 PM: After Half-Hour Business Networking (optional)
1:30 - 2:30 PM: NEW! Professional Hour (1:1 consultation by appointment only)

Click here to RSVP for the JoomlaChicago meeting

Location: Offices of The Acquity Group
500 Madison Street | Suite 2200 | Picture ID required

Whether you're just starting out, or more advanced in the Joomla world, come to the 22nd floor of the Ogilvie Transportation Center, for our monthly meeting, put together by Joomla professionals here in Chicagoland. We've got "real people" in our group - admin's, business people, content producers and developers all learning together, using common everyday language, in one heck of a CMS group we call JoomlaChicago. Ask your friends and colleagues to join you! While you're here, enjoy a delicious complimentary lunch from Corner Bakery, care of our sponsor, the web development firm, Arc Technology Group

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Detailed Agenda for Wednesday, January 14th, 2009:

11:00 am: Joomla Basics
Created for people new to Joomla CMS, Joomla Basics gives attendees a great insight on how to install, set-up and manage your Joomla-powered site.
Kendall Cabe, from JoomlaCoaching.com / Chicago
Nick Martinelli, from Sourcebooks.com / Chicago

11:50: Brief Announcements & Extension-Of-The-Month
Grab lunch from Arc Technology Group and interact in this brief discussion on key extensions.
Group Discussion led by John Coonen from CMS Association

Noon: Advanced Joomla! - Google Analytics With Avery Cohen
Come learn from one of Chicago's best web marketers, Avery Cohen, about how you can benefit from Google Analytics. First, Avery will recap his summer marketing presentation on SEO, then move right into the nitty gritty of Google Analytics. Whether you're just starting out or you're an old pro (is there such a thing yet?) at Google, this is a MUST-ATTEND information-packed hour which will give you a great head-start on Google Analytics.

Led by Avery Cohen

1 pm - 1:30 pm:"After Half-Hour" Networking
The meeting is officially over at 1:00 pm, so if you need to head back to work after the lunch hour, that's fine. Or, stick around and do a little networking of your own. Make professional connections, follow up with our speakers with specific questions and build trust with fellow members by getting to know them personally. Come interact with fellow JoomlaChicago CMS Group Members. We open it up for everyone to get to know each other better, and make those vital business and social contacts. Bring your business cards!

If you want to take the NEXT step - if you're seeking to hire professional Joomla talent - we've just added a NEW service, from JoomlaChicago, called "The Professional Hour." Read on!

NEW!1:30- 2:30pm:"The Professional Hour"
(Optional, by appointment) For just $75.00 you can pre-arrange a one-hour appointment with a qualified Joomla! professional to help you achieve your goals.

Are you looking for a qualified hoster? Need a qualified solutions provider? Integrator? Designer, Developer or Writer? Then the Professional Hour was created just for you. When you attend a JoomlaChicago meeting, from 11:00 am until 1:30 pm (2. 5 hours), you'll receive 2.5 hours of excellent Joomla instruction, insights and business networking activity for free. Plus, you get lunch as an added bonus! Then, at 1:30, if you want to get down to business, sign up for the "Professional Hour."

This is your opportunity to take to set an hour appointment for only $75, to pay a pre-qualified JoomlaChicago member to provide a one-to-one consultation with you on one of many subjects you need to be up-to-speed on to achieve your business goals. That's less than it costs to repair your refridgerator, and you're getting money-making, money-saving advice to help you build your business!

Sign up for a 1 on 1 consultation with a Joomla expert now!

Click here for more information - whether you're interested in providing a service, paying for a service or both!

Location:
Offices of The Acquity Group

500 Madison Street | Suite 2200
Picture ID required

 

 

 
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Come share your knowledge with others in the Open Source CMS arena!

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The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.7 [Wovusani]. This is a security release and contains a number of bug fixes, improvements as well as security fixes. It is strongly recommended that users immediately upgrade. It has been nearly four weeks since Joomla 1.5.6 was released on August 12, 2008. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

See instructions and more here.

 
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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.5 [Mamni]. This is a quick turnaround release to address the Duplicate Title error from 1.5.4 . This release also contains important SEF URL improvements and fixes for com_content in addition to a number of bug fixes and improvements. It has been nearly three weeks since Joomla! 1.5.4 was released on July 8, 2008. The Development Working Group 's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! community. 

See more at www.Joomla.org.

 
Chicago Group Tops 200 Members

JoomlaChicago Group

The 22nd floor of the Ogilvie Building in Chicago's Loop is getting to be one popular destination during lunch hour on the second Wednesday of every month. Sure, the free lunch is nice, but most folks would agree, the reason this group is so popular is 1) there's valuable information being shared among members who are hungry to learn more about Joomla; and 2) we're a hell of a lot of fun.

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Legal Disclaimer: The Joomla! logo is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc, in New York, NY. The JoomlaChicago CMS Group is a service of the CMS Association. The CMS Association is not affiliated with Open Source Matters, Inc.

 

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