Lunch & Learn: Social Media BootCamp in Sunnyvale, CA August 17, 2009

This is a "ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES and let's get to work" seminar.

This seminar is designed for the Intermediate person who has some experience with updating their own website, that is a Do It Yourselfer for your own SoMe stratgey and organic rankings, you are familar with Article Publishing, Blogging and you are active on Facebook, Biznik, You Tube, My Space, and/or Twitter. If these are all new concepts to you, this class may not be right for you.

Start time on 8/17 is 10 a.m. and we will wrap up at 3:30. First speaker is up at 10:15 a.m.

Please feel free to bring your laptop, but you MUST also bring your own Internet Connection. Otherwise, prepare to learn alot and take alot of notes. Each speaker will give you a hand out with their 3 - 5 Tips for their area of expertise and their company information.

These are the topics we will be covering:

Social Media Strategy for your Business

Search Engine Optimization - Organic Rankings for your website, online store, blog

Pump Up Your Blog - You have one. Now what? How to take your blog to the next level.

How to dramatically reduce the amount of time spent leveraging social media

Bonus after the workshop: Informal Google Analytics discussion from 3:30 - 4:30

How to Generate Business or set yourself apart as an Industry Expert using Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Craigslist, Article Publishing and other Social Media sites.

Informal Networking before and after.

Everyone in the room will have 15 seconds to stand up, say their name and brief description of their business. Please bring lots of business cards or brochures from your business. We will have a table where you can put your cards and brochures.

A very simple sandwich lunch will be served. Iced tea, lemonade and water will be served all day. We will have a cofffee and cookie break at 1:30pm. (If you have special dietary needs, please be flexible or bring some goodies of your own in case you are not wild about the selection.)

$41.

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