Thanks For Meeting at Main Street!

Livermore Patch on Tuesday held its first Main Street Meet-Up, a lively workshop session designed to teach business owners how to improve their connection to the community online.

Thirty-one small business owners and self-employed Livermore residents attended the two-hour breakfast session, held at the and catered by .

Those in attendance included:

• Brenda Rose & Madeleine Dadgari
• Barter Jubilee Inc.
• Ruby Hill Winery
• Thomas Leonard
• Friends of the Livermore Library
• Ben Garst
• Lisa Sharp

Thanks to everyone who attended the event!

And a special thanks to , Livermore-based business consultant and online search engine expert, for being a guest presenter.

For more information on Petty, visit WSI Smart Solutions and Bay Area Search Engine Academy.

If you participated, please tell us in the comments section what you plan to do differently with your business online as a result.

If you're a local business owner and were unable to attend the event check out the attached handouts. Be sure to claim your Patch Places business page on our site, a free service that you can use to better promote your business. Here are instructions on how to claim your listing.

If you're a new business that needs a listing created, click the green "Add it" button at the bottom of the Places page and fill out the form. Our directory team will get in touch with you in a couple of days when your listing is ready.

Patch hopes to bring this event to other East Bay cities in the coming months. If you're interested in sponsoring a Main Street Meet-Up, contact Regional Publisher Brian Snider at brians@patch.com.