Facebook has significant implications for business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs. This highly successful online social networking platform currently boasts 200 million active members and is predicted to be at 500,000 million members by 2011 or sooner. Over half of all active members log in daily for an average session time of 20 minutes – that’s a huge captive audience! Plus the demographics are a more mature and wealthier audience.
Twitter is the fastest growing social network: traffic has grown over 600% in the past 12 months. An estimated 5-10 thousand new accounts are opened per day. And yet, even with its 140-character simplicity, Twitter can be infinitely more complex than Facebook to understand how to use effectively. There’s a right way and a wrong way and you need to know the difference.
Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites are extremely powerful marketing mediums through which to exponentially grow your business, in particularly through quality joint ventures.
During this information-rich session, Mari will share proven strategies for generating
significant online profits using social media, including:
* How to design a powerful social media strategy using the right tools for your business.
* The most effective ways to establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry.
* Simple strategies to powerfully leverage your visibility and brand.
* How to drive a flood of traffic to your website and blog.
* The top two secrets for getting rapid high search engine ranking.
* Proven ways to identify and attract your top paying clients.
* How to build a team of lucrative Joint Venture partnerships.
* How to use Facebook in just five minutes a day and still yield huge, measurable results.
* How to build a targeted, responsive following rapidly on Twitter.
* The do’s and dont’s of "tweeting."
* Secrets to leveraging, automating and delegating to get maximum results from your social networking.
Shauna has experience helping companies, non-profits and elected officials with social media. She’s worked for the Seattle Mariners, FOX, Fox Sports Net, and Comcast. She’s also the Communications Director for Social Media Club Seattle (SMC Seattle) and serves on four non-profit boards. Shauna will cover: *How to use social media to build a personal brand and network locally. *The new world of Internet philanthropy. *Best practices from local non-profits. *How to use social media to make a big impact to help local non-profits for free or on a tight budget. *What to look for to ensure your personal giving is going to the right places. *A list of suggested local social media people to help build your personal network.
Lori Richardson has been affectionately named, "The Sales Detective" - she helps small to mid-sized businesses solve sales issues and grow revenues, and is the founder of Score More Sales based in Blaine, WA. Lori will share three ways to help grow relationships, revenues, and referrals beyond your wildest dreams - to help grow your business or support your mighty cause. Additionally, you'll receive a downloadable handout with ten tips for connecting success.
Here's what last year's participants had to say... "Wonderful, meaningful event" "Thanks for making a lasting impression." "Enjoyed the talks, the interaction, and the contacts." "Women are great resources for one another." "Networking is difficult for me, so it was good to learn more skills and try to overcome the fear." |
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