I am facilitating two Social Media Boot Camps today. One for Brock Economic Development Advisory Committee and the other for Durham Tourism.

Participants will find out what social media is, who’s using it, and how to automate communication to social media spaces such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. I will be sharing my 9-step system to developing a successful social media campaign, how to manage social media profiles efficiently, and tricks to make it as easy as sending an email.

Are you interested in hosting a Social Media Boot Camp? Call me to discuss how we can help you help others at 1-800-579-9253.

You’ll find out what social media is, who’s using it, and how to automate your communication to social media spaces such as like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.  You’ll learn:

• nine essential steps to social media success
• how to manage your social media profile efficiently
• pitfals to avoid
• tricks to make it as easy as sending an email

Seating is limited, so reserve your seat today and details you require to sit in on this webinar e.g. phone number to call and link to see presentation will be emailed to you.

Sign up for SOCIAL MEDIA 101 and you’ll find out what social media is, who’s using it, and how to automate your communication to social media spaces such as like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. You’ll learn:

• nine essential steps to social media success
• how to manage your social media profile efficiently
• pitfals to avoid
• tricks to make it as easy as sending an email

Seating is limited, so reserve your seat today.  Note: aWEBthatWORKS clients get 50% off! Call for discount code.

Please check your calendar and if you can attend a keynote I’m delivering at an upcoming DHSBA meeting…

SOCIAL MEDIA 101
http://www.eventbrite.com/s/EpL

WHO: DHSBA (Durham Home & Small Business Association)
WHERE: Centennial Building, Whitby, Ontario
DATE: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
TIME: 7-9pm, registration 6:30pm

You’ll find out what social media is, who’s using it, and how to automate your communication to social media spaces such as like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.  You’ll learn the nine steps to a successful social media campaign, how to manage your social media profile efficiently, and tricks to make it as easy as sending an email.

Please share this with anyone you know who might like to attend or would be in the position to share this with others who hire public speakers.  I just love turning people on to the Internet!

Thanks and for more information or to register go to http://www.eventbrite.com/s/EpL

Sue

Find out what social media is, how best to leverage it for your organization, how to automate communication to social media spaces such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr and how to manage a social media campaign.

WHO: Durham Home & Small Business Association (hosts)
WHERE: Whitby Centennial Building
WHEN: Wednesday, March 2, 2010 (6:30-9:00 pm)
COST: $20pp or less

Click here for more information or to register!
This is a popular topic and seating is extremely limited. Register early to avoid dissapointment.
Coffee, Tea and light desserts will be served.

Find out what social media is, how best to leverage it for your organization, how to automate communication to social media spaces such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and flickr and how to manage a social media campaign.

SEATING IS LIMITED.  REGISTER NOW!

http://socialmediaconference.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount

Job-hunting? Don’t just hit the pavement – hit the Internet. Smart job hunters rely on LinkedIn and Facebook, two of today’s most important social networking websites, to forge valuable connections. By mastering the how’s and why’s of online networking, you can fish for the best jobs online, hook employers on your skill set and talent, and find the job you are looking for sooner.

WORKSHOP: Maximize Your Online Job Hunting Abilities
December 11th 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Essential Communications, Whitby, Ontario

You’ll learn how to get your resume into the hands of decision-makers by:

• Planning your social media strategy
• Creating and optimizing your LinkedIn profile
• Pumping up your e-resume with testimonials
• Minding your p’s and q’s with good netiquette
• Communicating and promoting your brand online

Log on, link in — get hired!

To register, or for more information about this workshop, and other workshops which have been specifically developed to assist you if you are currently looking for work, call Essential 905-668-4141 and tell them Sue sent you!

Create an email that you use exclusively for social media.

1. Track success
2. Filter/do social media communication once/day
3. Take action/update database/delete

Plan to communicate.

1. Blog regularly
2. Be interesting
3. Optimize your feeds

Be where your customers are.

1. Survey your customers
2. Setup presence on most popular social media spaces
3. Automate with feed from your blog and supplement where appropriate

Participate regularly.

1. Be social / interesting.
2. Update your status regularly
3. Interact with your friends.

Never stop.

1. System to stay current
2. Where else should you be?
3. Reserve your name in all promising social media spaces

To be notified of upcoming events on this topic, please subscribe. If you’d like one-on-one training or support, please call 1-800-579-9253 and set up an appointment.

Google Wave arrives on September 30th. On that day, Google will start sending out 100,000 invites to non-developers to its much-anticipated real-time communication platform.

It’s not even released and it’s generating more hype than almost any other web product in recent memory. The reason stems from its game-changing features and their potential applications on business, education, customer service, email, social networking, and more.

via Google Wave: 5 Ways It Could Change the Web.

Twitter offers the marketer the opportunity to quickly establish many of the foundational components necessary for creating an income stream. What normally would take you months to create could literally be accomplished very quickly.

1. Relationship building

2. One on one communication

3. Branding – Yourself or a Business

4. Establishing Trust

5. Recommendations by others – endorsements as ReTweets!

6. Marketing Alliances or Joint Ventures

7. Viral growth potential – Low cost “Word of Mouth” promotion

These are the Seven Foundational Components that can create your income.  Read entire article to find out How Can a Marketer Effectively use Twitter to Generate Income?.