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FREE Seminar - Intro to Social Media for Businesses

Is your business using Social Media? Do you understand Social Media basics? If not, why not?

Social media gives more interaction with your clients, generates more customer inquiries and leads, and enables you to get your brand out there to the millions of people who use social media.  A growing number of businesses are using any sort of social media, and of those who do, they are doing it haphazardly.

Social media is changing the way people connect with each other and businesses can easily tap into those connections.

Social Media Basics is designed to teach you; in non-technical jargon, the basics of what Social Media is and how it can benefit your business.

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Social Media Basics will help you better understand the two sides of Social Media marketing – the human interaction side and the other side of an effective Social Media strategy – driving website traffic to enhance your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. Gain a larger understanding of consumer behavior on social media. Learn the top five compelling reasons to have a social media presence and understand what the top Social Media networks are and how to identify which ones are right for your business.

If you sometimes feel like your business is an island by its own with you trying to stay connected to your customers, your community and the rest of the world, social media can help. You still need to find ways to stay connected to your customers and can’t always do that face-to-face when there is only one of you and hundreds if not thousands of them.

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What You Will Learn:

  • Social Media – What Is It & Why Is It So Important
  • Understanding Customers Need For Connections
  • Traditional vs. Social Media Marketing
  • Basic Social Media Strategy
  • Top Sites (What They Are and What They Are For)
Space is limited! Register Here

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