Fee range: $5 - $10,000*
Travels From: Austin, TX

Scott Allen

Web 2.0 - blogs, social networks, podcasts, web conferences - has transformed e-business. Are you ready to make a 'virtual handshake' with customers, partners, and employees?

Scott Allen is not a run-of-the-mill speaker on technology or sales/marketing issues. An entrepreneur for 20 years, he is a maven of the virtual world with an expertise in using and growing business networks with Internet tools. With his insights, sales reps, mid-level managers, and senior executives alike, will forge new online business relationships and better maintain existing ones. Scott translates new and sometimes overwhelming concepts into clear and concise how-to-steps. Audiences leave his programs fully equipped to conduct meaningful business in a virtual environment.

Scott empowers his program participants to find the solutions they need to achieve critical organizational objectives, as well as personal career goals. His greatest pride is teaching professionals how to successfully leverage the Internet and its tools to create bottom-line results.

The Internet offers powerful tools to find the right people, connect with them, and close deals quickly and cost-effectively. While the simplicity of "social software" tools is much of their appeal, trying to figure out how to fully and effectively employ them is a bit more challenging.

Scott explains in plain English how to use the latest and emerging tools: blogs, social networks, relationship capital management, and biography analysis software, as well as maximizing more familiar technologies like email lists, instant messaging, web conferences, contact management software, and personal web sites to build better business relationships. While many use today's most common technology tools, most are employing only a small fraction of the power of these tools.

Because relationships cut across every aspect of a company's business, Scott can provide a multi-functional overview or tailor his message to entrepreneurs building their term, marketers wanting to generate buzz and leads, business development professionals looking for partners, researchers, or consultants seeking to better share knowledge both internally and with customers or recruiters trying to find great candidates. He can also cover a broad range of tools or focus on specifics, such as blogs, podcasting, MySpace, LinkedIn (the most popular business networking site with 10 million members) or communicating effectively via e-mail.