Archive for Seminars
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→
Sell to Women Through the Social Media Grapevine
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Did you know that the average household does 10 to 12 loads of laundry each week? What if you could use this information to Sell to Women more homes to women using the Social Media Grapevine?
Women influence 91% of homebuying decisions, and at the International Builders Show (IBS) Karen Dry, Dina Gundersen, Tammie Smoot and I will show you how to engage them through social media. Find out how social networking sites can help you spread your messages virally through the social media grapevine, build advocacy, create top of mind awareness, listen and engage.
Sell to Women through the Social Media Grapevine is sponsored by Professional Women in Building. Join us on Tuesday, January 19 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center South 221.
Cartersville Chamber offers Social Media Lab
Posted by: | CommentsDo you want to learn how social media can help your small business reach existing customers AND build relationships with new ones? Then join us in January for Social Media Lab at the Cartersville-Bartow Chamber of Commerce. Register for Social Media Lab here.
Social Media Lab is a four-week course offering the how to basics for promoting your business through social networking and blogging. Each Thursday we will cover building a different site in a 2- hour lab. Find out from the experts how to build Friends, Fans and Followers and create an effective strategy for your business. We will help you set up each of the sites and answer all of your questions.
- January 7 – Twitter – create a Twitter account and learn proper twittiquette. Tweeting is like text messaging to the world, just don’t say anything that you don’t want Grandma to see.
- January 14 – Linked In – from building your personal profile to participating in groups, learn the ins and outs for getting the most out of this online rolodex and resume.
- January 28 – Facebook – build a Fan page and find out ways to promote it to your friends and customers. This is one online cocktail party that you don’t want to miss.
- February 4 – Blogging – learn the basics of how to blog on WordPress. Your blog is the foundation of your social media program. A well-built blog will be one of your Web sites top 10 referral sources.
mRELEVANCE is booking Social Media Labs for 2010 in northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta. Contact me at 770-383-3360 x20 to book a lab or for details on a lab near you. As Labs are booked, we will update the seminar schedule.
Get Social in Chicago
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Social Real Estate Chicago is right around the corner. This web 2.0 conference offers something for everyone in the real estate industry. Whether you are just starting to use social networking or have been blogging for years, you are sure to learn something you can apply in your day-to-day job search. AND if searching for a job IS your day-to-day “job,” the afternoon session addresses how to use social networking to make your job search more effective.
The conference takes place at the Abbington in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, September 29. It’s not too late to get a ticket. . . You can register for the morning or afternoon sessions OR for the entire day. Tickets are just $25/session or $50 for the day.
I’ll be speaking on how home builders, developers and others in the industry are using social media to engage consumers, build networks Read More→
New Media Atlanta is Coming in September
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Are you planning to attend New Media Atlanta? I will be there! In fact, I’m excited to be speaking at New Media Atlanta. I will get my 15 minutes of fame on stage (literally) talking about Reputation Management. More specifically, how important it is to engage in social media not only to build brand but for reputation management. After all. . . When THEY Google your name, do THEY like what they see?
This conference is geared to business owners — from those who have already embraced social media to those who are trying to figure out how this powerful form of permission-based marketing can help their company.
This conference has an impressive line up of social media experts from Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs, who will discuss his new book, Trust Agents, which he co-wrote with Julien Smith.
Other presenters include some of my absolute favorite social media gurus: Jeff Turner, Nicole Nicolay, Reggie Nicolay, as well as Atlantans Toby Bloomberg and Desiree Scales.
Best of all, if you register now and use THIS link you can get a 10% discount, visit www.newmediaatlanta.com.
New Media Atlanta takes place Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Research Institute at 250 14th Street, NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30318. For more information, call 678-694-7001.
Social Media Lab
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Do you own a small business? How about a BIG business? Are you reaching your customers online? Do you want to learn how to effectively use social media to reach your existing customers AND build relationships with new ones?
Social Media Lab is a four-week course 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 90 minute lab. Find out from the experts how to build Friends, Fans and Followers.
- Linked In – from building your personal profile to participating in groups, learn the ins and outs for getting the most out of this online rolodex and resume.
- Facebook – build a Fan page and find out ways to promote it to your friends and customers. This is one online cocktail party that you don’t want to miss.
- Twitter – create a Twitter account and learn proper twittiquette. Tweeting is like text messaging to the world, just don’t say anything that you don’t want Grandma to see.
- Blogging – learn the basics of how to blog on WordPress. Your blog is the foundation of your social media program. A well-built blog will be one of your Web sites top 10 referral sources.
mRELEVANCE is booking Social Media Lab for fall in northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta. Contact me at 770-383-3360 x20 to book a lab or for details on a lab near you. As Labs are booked, we will update the seminar schedule.
No Bug Spray Needed at PR Camp
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I am looking forward to PR Camp Atlanta in the a.m. I’ll be moderating a session on what senior PR practitioners can learn from Gen Y practitioners. It will be fun to get ideas from multiple generations on how we can all work together for the good of clients.
With 200 people on the list to attend, Atlanta’s first PR Camp is not only SOLD out, but is set to be a great “unconference.” Pack your tent, bring some smores and come camp with us as we explore and embrace the online world. From getting your boss interested in social media to how to measure the success of social media marketing – we will cover the bases.
No bug spray needed, but bring your best campfire songs and social media ideas!
Getting Social in August
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August is going to be a busy month with lots of opportunities to engage audiences and speak about my favorite subjects – social media marketing and social networking. I hope that we can connect at one of the many fun events that I will be participating in. Here’s the line-up!
Jacksonville Private Blogging Seminar – August 10 – 11
I’ll be training my favorite Jacksonville Real Estate firm how to blog effectively – on their own blog, as well as ActiveRain and Trulia. Consulting clients and helping them to be successful with social media is one of my favorite things to do. Please let me know if you’d like to schedule a social media consultation!
EOC Conference – August 13 – 15
The NAHB’s Executive Officers Council conference is in Louisville and Mitch and I look forward to presenting Social Media: Engage in the Conversation and Social Media Lab: Building a Social Media Program from the Ground Up. Executive Officers will leave our seminars with a better understanding of how to build a social media program, and those who attend the lab will learn to blog, tweet and Facebook.
BHI RoadShow – August 18: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
This lunch and learn at the Atlanta HBA is designed to help you sell more homes. I will be presenting with Blair Kuhnen with BHI, Erik Cofield with BuildTopia and Shannen Manso will be our moderator/emcee. I’m putting together a brand new, action-packed presentation of successful social media case studies. It will be a Don’t miss! Register at www.atlantahomebuilders.com
PRSA ICF – August 20
Targeting the Right Social Media Channels – I’m on a panel with my peers, friends and fellow social media PR Read More→
