Ted Murphy to Keynote 2008 eCommerce Summit in New Orleans

    /24-7PressRelease/ - March 17, 2008 - New York, NY - The E-Commerce Merchants, a leading trade association of small and medium sized e-commerce businesses, announced today that Ted Murphy, world-renowned leader in interactive marketing and founder of IZEA will be a keynote speaker on Thursday at the eCommerce Summit in New Orleans on April 24.

Mr. Murphy will be a leading a discussion entitled "The Social Media Snowball". The presentation will explore how marketers can utilize Blog Posts, Diggs, Stumbles, Tweets and other social media tools and tactics to create a virtual snowball of traffic and exposure.

"Ted is a true visionary and we are thrilled be working with him at the eCommerce Summit," commented Cresta Pillsbury, Vice President of Business Development at E-Commerce Merchants. "He is at the top of his field and we are grateful that he has agreed to share his insights on Social Media at our event."

Ted founded IZEA in early 2006, under the name PayPerPost, a company that quickly became the world's largest Consumer Generated Advertising Network. IZEA is an exhibiting sponsor at the eCommerce Summit. For more information on IZEA and Mr. Murphy, please visit www.izea.com/ted_murphy.html.

The New Orleans eCommerce Summit will be hosted by E-Commerce Merchants (www.ecommercemerchants.org), PeSA (www.gopesa.org) and Infopia (www.infopia.com). The three day educational event is sponsored by many of the Internets leading companies. For more information on the event or to view the agenda, please visit www.ecommerce-summit.com.

E-Commerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA) "Improving E-commerce" is our mission. ECMTA provides best practices guidance, technology & infrastructure advice and sourcing & supplies solutions to online merchants around the world who use the internet to sell or promote products and services.

ECMTA is managed by a group of small business owners who launched the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA) in 2003, and quickly grew it into the largest and most respected trade association of top eBay sellers.

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