Instead of the conventional placement of an advertisement, Online Seminars provides a link to your company website. We will also accept links to special sales or promotions you may be having. You do not need your advertising department to create a new ad for the Seminars.  All we need is your company logo and the site you want linked.

The Seminars have proven to be a very successful link to arborists throughout the US and around the world. All Online Seminar members receive an email at the start and the half-way point of each new Seminar reminding them to visit the website and our vendor's links.

The ISA is so pleased with the concept they have extended the scope of the Seminars to include certification CEU's for Municipal Specialists, Utility Specialists, Tree Worker Specialists, Certified Arborists, Aerial Lift Specialists, and all BCMA credits. The CaUFC committee offers CEU credit to all California Certified Urban Foresters who pass the test at the end of each Online Seminars article.  ASCA members can also earn CEU credits for their educational requirements by sending their ISA-CEU report that lists all their Seminars earned credits.

According to a recent poll conducted from our website when asked how often do you purchase goods or services from Online Seminars vendors, 53% replied more than once a year.  Thirty three percent indicated they purchase goods or services from vendors less than once a year and the remaining never made a purchase from the Seminar vendors.
However 60% of the readers also visited vendor websites for future purchase reference.  

This information clearly indicates that vendor linkage is effective for generating sales, if not right now, certainly in the near future. One of our members recently wrote, "I love your website. In a better economy I will not only visit your vendors, I will actually buy from them. Don't let the website fall apart -- it is a wonderful educational resource! Thank you!"

According to SuperGreen our website host:  
 

• There were 2,424 unique visitors and 64,212 hits on the website during the last Seminar (a new record for visitors and hits),
• Of the 64,212 hits, 77% were from the US, 6% from Canada, 4% from the Ukraine, and the rest, from all over the world,
• 76% of the hits came from direct address or bookmarks, the remainder came from search engines,
• Currently there are over 1,500 active Seminar members who receive a monthly reminder to visit the Seminars and our vendor websites.
• Another participation measurement includes 189 ISA certified arborists who took tests to earn 526 CEU's during the last Seminar. 
• And most importantly, there was an increase of 493 hits to one of our vendor websites in just the first week of a recent Seminar.  In fact, one vendor was overwhelmed with business this past summer.  They attribute much of their success to a couple of articles on the Seminars as well as their linkage.

Some endorsements that I have received include:

• Jon Thompson "This is great! Out here in the boondocks of Montana, it is very difficult for me to provide quality training and education to my staff without expensive travel. We definitely take advantage of this." 
• Sean Novak "Thank you, this will be great for me, I have a lot to learn and have just been given the top arborist position at my municipality." 
• Oliver Hein "... as your online seminars become more popular I can see the potential for both vendors and participants." 
• Norm Schilling "My CEU's have been received and my total updated. I thank you so much for your help and prompt response. You provide a VERY valuable service in this, and my hat is off to you, sir!" 
• Jeanne F. Peterson wrote, "As a newly certified arborist I appreciate learning from those who have experience in the field. I wanted to say thank youfor the articles and opportunities to earn CEU credits while picking up some information that I can use in my field." 
• Craig Rasmuson "Thanks for the cool site. As I understand it I can accumulate all 30 CEU's by doing a year's worth of on-line-seminars. Thanks for your website as I cannot afford to pay for a lot of CEU's and neither could most people." 
• Eric Wiseman, Assistant Professor in the Forestry Dept. at Virginia Tech "You have probably seen a flurry of posts from the Blacksburg, VA area. These are students in my Urban Forestry course at Virginia Tech. I have assigned them to read your articles.  As urban foresters, we are often isolated in our day-to-day worlds and I want them to see the value of online venues such as this. Keep up the good work."
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  If you are interested in being linked from our website, the cost is $100 per seminar.  There are 6 seminars a year.  If you are interested, please contact me at: lenphillips@on-line-seminars.com to tell me the website address you want linked from our site.  You should also indicate your preferred method of payment.  We are happy to invoice.  If you wish to pay by credit card, please use the buttons below which link to PayPal.
  
  Len Phillips
  Administrator 

1 Seminar – $100  

 6 Seminars – $500