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Be My Valentine?
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It’s Valentine’s Day! Will you be mine? Remember the days of passing Valentine’s to everyone in the class? Or how about making chains of cupids or homemade Valentine cards? Now we “passs” Valentine’s online via Facebook and the other social networking sites. I love all the pretty flowers, hearts and puppies I have received the last few days.
Social networking has made it much easier to stay in touch with the ones we love – friends, family and even those online friends that we have never even met IRL (in real life). Will you get a video valentine this year, or will your best gift still be a box of chocolates?
Valentine’s Day started in the middle ages and is regarded as a celebration of love and affection between lovers. It is celebrated by many countries and is the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. Of course, now it may become a high Internet traffic day with all the online greetings.
Let me know how you are celebrating Valentine’s Day. I look forward to seeing you on the social networking sites!
GNTC Spring Social Media Lab
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Do you want to learn how social media can help your business reach existing customers and build relationships with new ones? If so, bring your laptop and join us for a fun and exciting Social Media Lab at GNTC (Georgia Northwestern Technical College) in Rome, Georgia. This hand-on lab will help you start using social media immediately.
Social Media Lab is a six-week program offering the “how to” basics for promoting your business through social networking and blogging. Each week we will cover building a different site in a 3-hour lab. Find out from the experts how to build your business as you build Friends, Fans, and Followers.
Labs will be held on the Floyd Campus on Monday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon. The spring Lab will be held April 12 – May 17. Classes can be taken separately, but for the best overview and value, register for all six weeks together! Register for individual weeks for $79 each ($158 for 2-week blogging session), or for all six for $349. Register for the complete program and bring a friend, and get $10 off the second registration. Register five or more people together and receive a 5% discount on all registrations! Register at GNTC.
Lab Overview – April 12
What is it? What’s in it for you? How can engaging in social media help your business? Do you know the difference between LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook? And just what in the world is Blogging? In this introductory class you will learn the basics and the purpose of each of these, and how integrating them will give you the greatest ban for your buck. This first week sets the stage for the remaining sessions. Read More→
I’m Thinking S’Mores at New Homes Camp
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REtechSouth is right around the corner! But if you have procrastinated and not bought your ticket, no worries, there is still time to register. REtechSouth is March 25 and 26 and to make it easy, here is the link to my ReTech discount code!
During REtechSouth mRELEVANCE is sponsoring New Homes Camp on Thursday, March 25 from 9:30 a.m. – noon. Bring your tent and we will supply the s’mores, ReTechSouth’s New Homes Camp focuses on how you can use blogging, social media and other tech tools for a competitive advantage. Whether you are a marketing director, new homes sales agent, broker or are simply interested in learning more about the new homes industry, be prepared to leave new homes camp with a notebook or laptop full of ideas. This is one not to miss adventure in new technology. Bring your business card for raffle prizes to be given away throughout New Homes Camp. Check out our All Star line up and make sure to select New Homes Camp on your ReTech Show Planner.
Take Aways include:
• Positioning your blog as the engine of your social media program
• How to sell to the savvy dot com consumer
• Interacting with consumers through Trulia Q&A and your Trulia blog
• How to position your social media content to show up higher in the search engines
• How online conversations can lead to building long-term trusted client relationships
• The most commonly used social media tools for engaging customers
Social Media The Ultimate Open Source
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Open source software and code has changed the way programmers develop enabling them to build programs and launch sites off already existing and usually free code. As the Internet has grown, sites built from consensus have increased in number. Wikipedia is a dictionary built on consensus, Google Wave documents can be created by a team of people located anywhere and with Google Sidewiki you can comment and converse “on” any Website.
With this online evolution, it is really no surprise that the practice of social media marketing and its best practices has become the Ultimate Open Source. At conferences like SoCon (which I attended yesterday), Tweet ups and even Twitter chats, those who participate in social media come together to share and learn from one another. Promoting the discipline of social media and creating a set of best practices, while sharing knowledge and educating one another is the ultimate goal. Whether you striving to learn more about social media to network with friends, promote your boutique business or Read More→
