Convonix News

Convonix Sponsors ‘Search Engine Roundtable’ in SEMPO Asia Tour

anupama — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:17:33 +0000

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) Chairman and Board Members are touring Asia through 9-15 June, 09 to foster awareness, educate, and promote the search industry in Asia.

The India visit is on 15 June 09. The event would consist of a Workshop and a Roundtable for Digital Agencies & companies having a Digital Marketing Division. The event will bring together leading global and Indian practitioners from the Search Marketing discipline on a single platform. The event is an opportunity to:
• Gain insights on Enterprise SEO for large business ventures
• Learn how Global PPC Campaigns & SEM strategies accelerate growth businesses
• Discover the impact SEO, SEM & SMO can have in increasing the reach of businesses

Convonix is proud to sponsor the ‘Search Engine Marketing Roundtable’ Event in Mumbai on Monday, June 15th 2009.

Watch this space for more details on the event.

Crederity Chooses Convonix for Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Management

anupama — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:30:08 +0000

Crederity has appointed Convonix as its Internet Marketing Agency in order to improve its online visibility through Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click Management (PPC) and Social Media Optimization (SMO).

Crederity has developed proprietary fact verification technologies enabling people to verify identity and credentials through background checks, criminal checks and employment verification. Crederity’s comprehensive suite of verification tools is used to confirm pertinent Trust Facts™, and award each verified user a Crederity Card and the Crederity Trust Seal. This emblem of trustworthiness can be associated with the users’ resumes, online profiles, blogs, and other online presences, empowering them as a person of integrity.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay Per Click Management (PPC) are key strategies for Crederity in order to increase its user base which is the reason it has chosen Convonix, an expert in the area of SEO and PPC management to lead its online marketing campaign.

“We are extremely excited to work with Crederity which is a pioneering innovation in the field of background verification in India. We are committed to providing our expertise in Search Engine Optimization and PPC Management to Crederity as part of our comprehensive Search Marketing campaign.” commented Sarfaraz Khimani, Chief Operating Officer, Convonix.

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Convonix Announces 21 New Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Management Clients for February 2009

anupama — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:30:30 +0000

Convonix Inc., India’s first dedicated Internet Marketing Firm specializing in Search Engine Marketing Strategies announced the addition of 21 new clients for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay Per Click (PPC) Management services in the month of February.

The 21 new Search Engine Optimization and PPC clients are based across several verticals including electronics, financial services, human resources and travel. The new SEO and PPC clients are also spread across geographies mainly US, UK and India.

The phenomenal rise in the number of new SEO and PPC clients added by Convonix could be attributed to the customized Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click management that Convonix offers to its clients. A right mix of Search Engine Optimization and PPC strategies are required to improve a website’s online visibility on search engines.

“The huge increase in the number of clients opting for Convonix’s Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click management services reinforces our belief that in the current economic climate, most companies will move towards a more transparent and measurable form of advertising like Internet Marketing. Convonix being a leader in the field of Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click management is ideally placed to take advantage of this” said Sarfaraz Khimani, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Convonix Inc.

Convonix also announced that it had hired 10 new recruits to join their Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click management teams in order to meet the projected growing demand for its services.

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Search Camp 09 – Keyword Selection Session by Convonix

anupama — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:15:31 +0000

Abdul R Khimani, AVP – Search Marketing at Convonix Inc., speaks at Search Camp 09 about the importance of keyword selection and the process of selecting effective keywords in an SEO Campaign. SearchCamp was a two day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Search Engine Marketing space to talk about search engine advertising, including optimization and marketing issues.

Convonix as a Choice of Budding Entrepreneurs: Economic Times

anupama — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:06:14 +0000

In another article published by the The Economic Times, Convonix was mentioned as one of the choices of Management Graduates from IIM-C, a prestigious B-School in India for their placements.
The article was about budding entrepreneurs from top B-Schools in India turning to start-up companies to help foster their ambitions of entrepreneurship.

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Convonix Mentioned in Economic Times

shweta — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:21:19 +0000

Convonix was mentioned in The Economic Times in an Article about the new trend among Premier B-School graduates to take up innovative entrepreneurial opportunities in Start-Up companies.

Cconvonix Mentioned In The Economic Times

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Vishal Sampat Featured as Entrepreneur of the Week

anupama — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:02:09 +0000

Vishal Sampat was featured as the “Entrepreneur of the Week” on SME Lead, a leading electronic publication for Small Medium Enterprises.

Featured is an interview with Vishal, taken by SME Lead.

Excerpts from the interview:

What are the range of product and services which” convonix” offers?

Convonix is an internet marketing firm offering search engine marketing (search engine optimization and paid search marketing), web analytics and website usability consultancy.

What are your future plans?

Convonix is one of the very few internet marketing consultancy firms in the world. We cater to a slew of different businesses, ranging from mid-size companies to fortune 500 companies to the new age e-commerce firms. We have partnerships in the US and UK through whom we operate in those markets.

For Convonix, our future plans include adding more of high end value added services such as usability consultancy, custom web analytics and other intelligent platforms that will give an edge to our clients over their competitors.

We also plan to branch out into other domains online and be a facilitator of e-commerce businesses on the www.

According to you what makes a “Successful Entrepreneur”?

Belief in oneself, perseverance and a great team that can be banked upon in times of crisis.

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“Young Gun” Vishal Sampat at SIBM Pune

shweta — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:50:54 +0000

Vishal Sampat was invited by Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune as a panellist for “Young Guns”, a panel discussion.
Also part of the discussion were Mr. Aloke Bajpai, CEO, iXiGo.com; Mr. Sasikanth Chemalamudi, CEO, Habits Edutainment; Ms. Rashmi Bansal, Editor, JAM Magazine; Mr. Jay Gupta, MD, The Loot and Mr. Puneet Nanda, MD, Genesis Colors.
The purpose of the discussion was to expose students to start-up success stories – stories of people who realized their dreams of creating profitable business ventures at a young age.
Vishal shared his story – how he started his entrepreneurial journey while still in his college with an online streaming radio website www.Radiofm.cjb.net , his next venture, an online teens’ portal www.khopcha.com , and then finally Convonix – India’s first search engine optimization firm, just a month before he graduated from college!
He shared with the audience the challenges he faced while setting up Convonix without any financial backing or expert advice (since Convonix was the first SEO firm in India); and how Convonix grew from 3 friends working from a bedroom to being a successful profit making venture helping enhance the online presence of companies, big and small, all around the world.
He also gave his valuable insights about how he dealt with his initial roadblocks, learning at every step, and moving ahead. He spoke about how he created a work environment that fostered entrepreneurial qualities within his team by supporting and encouraging them to independently experiment with and execute new ideas.
He also discussed the responsibilities involved in entrepreneurship, the importance of taking calculated risks and to stay firm on one’s belief despite cynicism.
His advice to budding entrepreneurs was – “Believe in what you do, and go ahead and do it!”

Vishal Sampat invited by NEN

shweta — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:30:05 +0000

The Entrepreneurship workshop conducted by NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network) at Fr. Agnel, Bandra, had invited successful Entrepreneurs to talk to the students about their experiences while starting their own business. Vishal Sampat, CEO of Convonix was invited to share his experience as well.

Vishal spoke about how he started Convonix whist he was in college. He spoke about the risks he took, the challenges he faced and how he went about successfully establishing his own business.

Vishal told the students of his experience with his first venture, an online streaming radio, www.Radiofm.cjb.net, in 1999, something which sprung up from his bedroom without any financial backing. He then spoke about the challenges that come with starting one’s own business and how some of them can be resolved. In his talk, Vishal told the students to ‘believe in what you do and go ahead and do it!’

Vishal added that Convonix, started by 3 friends, was the result of his earlier 2 ventures and his experience has made him and the company grow over the years. As a result, Convonix has established itself as a powerful Search Marketing player in the industry. The key take away’s for the students were the live entrepreneurial example that Vishal set in front of them and learning’s from his experience that he shared with them.

Convonix Inc.’s “SEO for Manufacturers” Leads to 300% Increase in Leads for HRP Industries

anupama — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:30:40 +0000

Convonix Inc., India’s first dedicated Search Engine Optimization firm, recently launched a vista of customized search engine optimization programs that would benefit manufacturers and exporters in India increase their online reach leading to an increase in leads through their websites.

“These SEO programs are designed for small and medium enterprises that would like to use their website as an active marketing tool rather than a passive address on their visiting cards. These are fluid SEO programs that include, not only helping companies identify the right keywords and get them rankings for these, but also tracking traffic patterns and leads and reworking the SEO strategy based on these statistics”, says Vishal Sampat, C.E.O of Convonix Inc.

Trying this customized SEO strategy on the website of HRP Industries, fullersearth.com, has led to a dramatic increase in the traffic and leads generated through this website. “Our lead flow has increased by over 300% since the time we started around 4 months back. The SEO experts at Convonix have done a stellar job at optimizing the website for search engine rankings and also by helping improve the user experience through their website usability consultancy service,” said Hiten Lilani, director of HRP Industries.

“We have seen our clients’ achieve a great increase in their lead flow through their website after just a few months with us. We hope that through our SEO for manufacturers and exporters we can help many small and medium companies grow rapidly online,” Sampat said.

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