Women’s Network sets Internet seminar

A seminar designed to help local entrepreneurs generate more business through their Web sites will be presented by the Central Coast Women’s Network from 5:15 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Historic Santa Maria Inn on South Broadway in Santa Maria.

Participants will learn how to build their brands through clever tools available on the Internet, said a Central Coast Women’s Network spokeswoman.

Tips and strategies to convert Web site visitors into customers, five techniques to drive targeted traffic to a Web site and effective use of Web analytics will be discussed by keynote speaker Gregg Towsley of Manhattan Beach.

Towsley has more than 10 years of combined experience in Internet-based software, product development, marketing and Internet marketing.

A question-and-answer session will follow the program.

The meeting, which includes dinner, is $30 for members and $40 for nonmembers. All net proceeds will benefit the organization’s scholarship program.

For more information and reservations, contact Jacky Lopez at 439-1013 or events@ccwnetwork.com or book

online at www.ccwnetwork.com.