Whether it’s blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, social platforms are doing more than driving buzz; they are driving purchasing decisions. As social networks grow, their power to shape consumer conversations and amplify word-of-mouth chatter is on the rise. Get social media smarty – walk away with a breadth and depth of social media best practices as a low-cost marketing tool and understand how to use these popular platforms will help you gain a competitive edge. You will leave knowing how to:
•Build a powerful voice in this “influence economy,” where anyone with an opinion can affect great change
•Blog with success secrets to boost brands, bond and build business
•Understand how tools like Twitter, Facebook and Blogs can work together for maximum social media savvy
•Learn techy-how to’s to have social media work for you in your sleep
•Understand ways to quantify social media as a marketing effort
SIGN UP TODAY! http://www.meetup.com/SmartyLA/
WARNING – This class may be fun. You might learn so much that you become a danger to yourself and others with your wild web marketing!
Meet your wild web instructor:
LORRIE THOMAS, MARKETING THERAPIST
Lorrie Thomas is a marketing educator, writer, strategist, web marketing expert and speaker. She is the founder of Web Marketing Therapy, a smart, fun, full-service marketing agency and a recession-friendly self-help online marketing educational resource. Her “wild web woman” team serves small businesses, entrepreneurs and marketers. Their work ensures marketing treats the cause (vs band-aiding symptoms) so all marketing pieces click. She teaches Web Marketing Applications, Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Marketing Applications classes at UCSB Extension and UC Berkeley Extension. Ms. Thomas was on the founding team at ValueClick Media. She speaks nationally on a number of marketing-related topics and caters her presentations to the business, niche, skill sets and professional concerns of her attendees. She writes for several online publications including http://www.wilsonweb.com/. She has been interviewed by the eCommerce Times, DM News and Tech News World and quoted frequently as a nationally recognized marketing expert http://www.webmarketingtherapy.com/news/
Web Marketing Therapy is an organization dedicated to educating and empowering businesses and individuals to restore their marketing health to achieve maximum wealth from the web. They treat the cause of marketing, vs. band-aiding symptoms. For more information on web marketing agency services, online classes, training and a healthy dose of marketing empowerment, inspiration, and resources, visit http://www.webmarketingtherapy.com/
When: May 31st, 2009
Where: Temple Emmanuel Beverly Hills



