Saffire Events Presentation for Staff & Boards

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This presentation was developed for potential Saffire Events clients to help sell Saffire to their staff and boards for online marketing of their events, fairs, festivals and rodeos.

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INFORMATION ABOUTPARTNERING WITH

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Internet Wins Popularity Contest

• The amount of time people spend overall on the Internet has increased 121% over the past five years.

• In 2010, for the first time ever, Internet usage surpassed television usage.

Are you following this trend?Do you think your customers are?

Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Leadership

Kendra WrightPresidentOrigin:• Grew up in Texas and Branson, MOExperience:• Began building websites in 1995 for Fortune

1000 company• Started consulting in 1998 as a “one man

show”

Software for Rodeoswww.saffireevents.com

Copyright 2011 – Saffire Events

About Us

Aaron PedersonTechnical DirectorExperience:• Leads our team of highly

skilled programmers• Finds the perfect

technology for the job• A different breed of

techie – speaks English!

Jeremy EmersonCreative DirectorExperience:• A classically-trained artist

with 16 years experience in online design

• Makes everything we do beautiful

• Not a prima donna

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

The TeamChris LugarSenior Software Engineer

Jessica Bybee-DziedzicSenior Account Manager

Adam DispenzaQA Specialist

Chris HowardFront End Developer

Rebekah HardageMarketing Manager

Kirk WrightVice President, Marketing

Daniel BunnSoftware Engineer

Jonathan HopeSoftware Engineer

Cassie RobertsManager, Sales & Partnerships

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our Custom Development Clients

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

KEEN Footwear

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our History

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our History

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our History

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our History

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Our History

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Rodeo Austin

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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South Texas State Fair

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Belton 4th of July Celebration

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Brazos Valley Fair

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Partnership with WFA

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Our Partnership with IAFE

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Our Awards

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Simple, Well-Organized Homepage

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Interactive Event Schedule

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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A Detail Page for Every Event

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Great Publicity for Sponsors

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Ecommerce with Integrated Cart

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Content Management Dashboard

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Manage Your Homepage Features

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Manage Your Navigation

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Dynamically Create Unlimited Pages

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

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Create Unlimited Online Forms

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

The Importance of MobileOn average, Americans spend 2.7

hours per day on their mobile

phone

Women aged 35 to 54 are the most active

group in mobile socialization

Smartphones now make up 40% of all mobile phones in the US.

Source: Nielson

By 2014, more people will access the internet by mobile than

desktop.

Mobile commerce is increasing at 10% per year

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Mobile Site – Included!

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

The NEW Importance of Tablets

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Tablet Site – Included!

Software for Rodeoswww.saffireevents.com

Copyright 2011 – Saffire Events

Four Hours of Training Included

FIRST TRAINING

• Walk through of admin site– General site setup– Event Categories, Locations, Detail

pages• Items for sale, photos, sponsors,

PDFs, links, results, SEO info

– Other Site Pages– Registration Forms– Reporting (Saffire Commerce)

 

• Walk through of customer site, mobile site & tablet site– Homepage– Event Categories (Tabs)– About Us – Optional Pages

SECOND TRAINING

• Walk through of other included tools– Emailing tool– Wordpress blog– Google Analytics

Saffire also includes online help, which can be reached from every page on your admin site.

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

Hosting & Security

• Hosted on dedicated servers with Rackspace, a great international hosting company– Daily backups–Multiple uptime monitoring systems– 24/7 response to server interruptions– “Fanatical Support”

• Pre-scheduled maintenance windows• Developed to PCI compliance standards• Email hosting available

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

What’s Coming in 2012

• More user management• More ecommerce tools• Items from customer surveys– Custom admin site access levels– Image cropping within Saffire

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

A Quote from Rodeo Austin

Software for Events. Your Event. Online.

www.saffireevents.com

12/20/2011 © 2011 – Saffire Events

A Quote from Brazos Valley