ASU SBTDC host "Small Business Social Media Marketing" workshop in Mountain Home
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ASU SBTDC host "Small Business Social Media Marketing" workshop in Mountain Home The Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) along with the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce will offer "Facebook Business Marketing: Set Your Facebook Page to Engage Customers, "Tuesday, February 15, from 1-4 p.m. at the Baxter County Library, 300 Library Hill, Mountain Home.
"Facebook PAGES for Business Seminar," is a basic course to help small business owners evaluate how Facebook and other social media networks can improve their marketing efforts.
"Facebook has become a great marketing tool for small businesses," said Herb Lawrence, center director for SBTDC. "Over 500 million people are currently on Facebook and over 700,000 businesses have Facebook pages that allow them to find and develop profitable relationships with customers.The question is: Are you on Facebook to greet them?"
This workshop will show attendees how this powerful social media network can help establish relationships with potential customers on Facebook who want to know more about their businesses. Topics will include discussions of privacy issues, how to build a professional page, find "fans", use basic Facebook applications, and much more.
Attendees should have some basic computer knowledge and should have a Facebook profile already set up to get the most out of the session. This three-hour seminar will be taught by Christi Wharton, Wharton Website Design and Marketing.
Registration is $35 per person ($25 Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce members and $20 for ASU-Mountain Home faculty, staff and students). For more information or to register, contact the Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center at (870) 972-3517, e-mail asusbtdc@astate.edu, register online at http://asbtdc.ualr.edu/training/jonesboro.asp or "fan" the ASU SBTDC on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/asu.sbtdc.
These seminars are co-sponsored by the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce ASU-Mountain Home, Baxter County Library, First Community Bank, First National Banking Company and Liberty Bank of Arkansas.