Marketing Your Small Business With Social Media Tools February 11, 2008

In today's internet driven world, your customers are searching for you
on line and want to get to know you in several ways, before they ever
step foot into your store or pick up the phone.

You've got a website set up for your business (and if you don't, it's on
your to do list), but how do you use the internet & all of the new (and
free) "social media" tools out there to get to know your customers?

99directions, a brand new Vancouver-based, social media marketing
strategy firm will show you how to use Social Media (aka: blogs,
facebook, myspace, twitter, podcasts and more)to promote your business.

In these three 2.5 hour workshops, you'll gain a solid understanding of
social media, how to use it, how to set up free accounts, and you will
come away with lots of ideas to help you promote your business & create
genuine conversations with your customers. You can attend one, two or
all three.

The workshops will be on February 11, 18 & 25th at the YWCA on Hornby
Street downtown, from 6-9 pm. Cost is $89 each, or $249 for all three.

The agenda for the workshops are:
the first will be:
(Feb 11 6pm)
1. Technorati & Google Blogs
2. Google Reader
3. Google Feedback, product reviews & blog comments
4. Blogs & RSS feeds

the second will be:
(Feb 18, 6pm)
1. LinkedIn
2. Twitter
3. Facebook & myspace
4. Digg & Del.icio.us

the third will cover:
(Feb 25, 6pm)
1. flickr
2. widgets
3. podcasts
4. creative commons

Official Website: http://99directionsvancouver.eventbrite.com/