Chicago City Treasurer's Online Marketing Contest Educational Event Series - Social Media
In conjunction with the Chicago City Treasurer’s Office Online Marketing Contest, Constant Contact and the Chicago City Treasurer’s Office are co-hosting a four part educational event series. This Social Media seminar will be the third in this four part series.
A special thank you to the Chicago Cultural Center for hosting this event.
Please feel free to bring guests, however, each attendees must register separately!
Tentative Agenda
8:30 am Registration
9 am - Steve Robinson, Constant Contact - Supercharging Your Facebook Marketing
10 am - Tracy Schmidt, Trib U - Social Media for Business
10:45 am - Rachel Taylor, Simply Social Chi - A Social Media Case Study
11:20 am - JD Gershbein, Owlish Communications - LinkedIn
The above agenda and times are tentative and subject to change.
Steve Robinson - Learn how a Social Media campagin can supercharge you marketing efforts and allow you to engage with those that like your Facebook page.
Tracy Schmidt - Socail Media Strategy - Tracy will teac…
Cost: Free. Presenter: Steve Robinson - Constant Contact. Registration Website: http://eventactions.com/ea.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=0kek5hajz6w3kg7s0ua66zurfckmv9z6wzjv75je0vu1edm2gbzb.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Chicago Cultural Center
77 E. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601.
For more info visit www.constantcontact-chicago12.perfectprize.com. Engagement Marketing
Engagement Marketing
Building lasting relationships with your existing customers and members drives business success. Making that happen is called “Engagement Marketing.” Having an Engagement Marketing strategy is the key to inspiring your most passionate customers and advocates to: have conversations with you and fellow customers, share stories and opinions, and share your content with their own social circle.
In this seminar, you’ll discover the three components that lead to Engagement Marketing success:
• Providing an excellent customer experience,
• Making connections that engage your audience and enable an ongoing dialog, and
• Using social media to continue the dialog and engage a broader audience.
Come see models of how other small businesses, non-profit associations, and organizations combine email marketing and social media marketing in order to build connections, monitor feedback, share interesting content and drive toward business success.
Cost: Free. Please contact the chamber to register. Phone 708/387-7550, or email kristenh@wscci.org. Presenter: Steve Robison, Sr. Regional Director, Constant Contact.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
LaGrange Theater
80 S La Grange Road
La Grange, IL.
For more info visit www.wscci.org. Constant Contact How To's
Constant Contact is a very powerful tool with so many features ... no one knows how to use them all. Steve Robinson, the Senior Regional Director for Constant Contact, will be here to Answer Any and All Questions you may have.
So email your questions NOW to: CLSuperGroup@gmail.com
Steve will show you exaclty how to do "that" in person at his workshop.
Cost: Non-Chamber Member - $55; Chamber Member - $35; Chamber Network Member - $25. Presenter: Steve Robinson, Sr. regional Director Constant Contact. Registration Website: http://www.clchamber.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=928099.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Centegra Health Bridge Fitness - Crystal Lake
200 Congress Pky.
Crystal Lake, IL 60014.
For more info visit www.ataglancemarketing.com. Power of Email Marketing & Social Media Marketing Made Simple
Please bring a guest but each Attendee must register separately.
8 - 8:30 am - Registration
8:30 - 10 am - Power of Email Marketing
10:15 - 11:45 am - Social Media Marketing Made Simple
These programs will focus on the best practices needed to make email and social media marketing work for your business. Email and social media are easy to use and effective marketing tools.
During the email program, Learn things like:
* how to build your list
* the best time to send your email
* how often to send your email
* how to segment your list
* and much, much more
During the social media program, learn things like:
* what content works
* what tools to use
* how much time to spend on social media
* what to monitor
* how to measure your success
* and much, more.
Cost: Free. Presenter: Steve Robinson, Sr. Regional Director, Constant Contact. Registration Website: http://eventactions.com/ea.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=05nr7x80s0e1wgb9k35f0fzwckp3mur4w7aprhws1y75fz1b3g3j.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
1 South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
For more info visit www.constantcontact.com. Engagement Marketing
Questions? Call Rosana Vazquez-Alcaraz, (815) 280-1400.
How can you keep your customers coming back for more – telling their friends – and keep your business thriving? Learn how to inform, inspire, and create long-term meaningful connections with engagement marketing, building the relationships that build your success.
You’ll learn how to:
• Take the excellent customer experience that you deliver and leverage that into connections that enable ongoing dialog.
• Identify the right technology tools to multiply your impact, track your effectiveness and save you time and effort
• Understand how to gain and interpret both direct and indirect feedback on how your customers, prospects and raving fans are perceiving you -- *and* what they are saying to their friends & colleagues
• Create engaging content that encourages re-sharing – how to deliver content that starts and sustains discussions, and how to make sure that content is sharable (even broadcastable!)
• Sum it up: learn the five key steps to s…
Cost: $40. Presenter: Steve Robinson, Sr. Regional Director Constant Contact. Registration Website: http://ilsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/ConferenceDetail.action?ID=21669.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
SBDC @ Joliet Jr. College
1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431-8938.
For more info visit ilsbdc.ecenterdirect.com. Social Media Marketing Made Simple
Gain an understanding of the real-world possibilities of social media marketing and take away ideas for practical implementation in your organization. Discover some of the strategies and best practices to get the most out of your social media activities including time management and measuring the return of your activities. We will tie social media strategy to business objectives, and discuss how to use email and social media together to benefit your business and build relationships.
Cost: $25. Presenter: Norbert Barszczewski, President - JP Netquest. Registration Website: http://scorefoxvalley.org/show_event.php?EVENT=1031&.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
IL Benedictine University, Moser Center
1832 Centre Point Circle
Naperville, IL.
For more info visit scorefoxvalley.org. Chicago City Treasurer's Online Marketing Contest Educational Event Series - Social Media
In conjunction with the Chicago City Treasurer’s Office Online Marketing Contest, Constant Contact and the Chicago City Treasurer’s Office are co-hosting a four part educational event series. This is the final event in this four part series. We will focus on all forms of onlie media.
Registration starts at 8:00 am
Tentative Agenda - The timing of the presentations may change!!
8:30 am - Opening Remarks - Chicago City Treasurer's Office
9:00 am - Steve Robinson - Constant Contact - Supercharging Your Facebook Marketing
10 am - Howard Tullman - Flashpoint Media
11 - Rich Hankinson - Google - Google+
11:45 - Small Business Success Story TBD
More infomration on specific toipics will be provided as it becomes available.
Cost: Free. Presenter: Steve Robinson - Constant Conatct; Rich Hankinson - Google; Howard Tullman - Flashpoint Media. Registration Website: http://eventactions.com/ea.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=gmd6av6f1xbds18ymdy6117ft9ma81kh9pg9t2ejffdbav3tz17v.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
Google - Chicago Office
20 W Kinzie Street
Chicago, IL 60657.
For more info visit constantcontact-chicago12.perfectprize.com. Social Media Summit - Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau
Steve will present two programs:
1. Social Media Marketing Made Simple from 11 - 12 pm &
2. Engagement Marketing from 2 - 3 pm
Why Attend this Summit?
Everyone has heard about social media and the importance of your business having a presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. You have accounts on these marketing outlets, but how do you use them?
The Social Media Summit will be a one day seminar for businesses wanting to know how to make social media work for them. Topics that will be covered include how to effectively use web optimization, blogs, mobile applications, LinkedIn and Facebook ad campaigns.
Who Should Attend?
This Summit is designed for people looking to breakout in the world of Social Media for their company, and how to use it most effectively.
This Summit is open to all types of businesses:
* restaurants, chambers of commerce, municipalities, park districts and professional services.
Cost: $110 - Call 708-895-8200 with questions. Presenter: Multiple Presenters including Steve Robinson, Sr. Regional Director - Constant Contact. Registration Website: http://conta.cc/SocialMediaSummit2012.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago-Alsip
5000 West 127th Street
Alsip, IL 60803.
For more info visit conta.cc. Effectively Using Email & Social Media for Your Organization
Presented by the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Quad Cities Chamber.
8:00-8:30 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-10 AM - Effectively Using Email & Social Media for Your Organization
10:00-10:15 AM - Break
10:15-11:45 AM - Engagement Marketing
Effectively Using Email & Social Media for Your Organization
Are you interested in learning how email marketing can help your business grow? Email marketing is an effective, affordable and easy to use way to enhance your organization's image and communicate with your customers and prospects.
This session will also cover some of the strategies and best practices to get the most out of your social media activities, including time management and measuring the return of your activities. Use these low-cost tools to gain visibility, develop relationships, and drive sales and response.
We will discuss the various social media outlets that are available, how they interact together, leverage their inherent strengths, and to eva…
Cost: $15 - Call 309-277-0937 for more information. Presenter: Steve Robinson, Sr. Regional Director, Constant Contact. Registration Website: https://secure.visitquadcities.com/page.php?page_id=115&event=52.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Stoney Creek Inn
101 18th Street
Moline, IL.
For more info visit www.visitquadcities.com. Social Media Marketing Made Simple
You’ve probably heard of social media. You may even understand the value social media can bring to your business. Now wondering how to start?
In this introductory session, we cover strategies and
best practices to get the most out of your social media
activities, including:
• What social media marketing really is and why to use it
• Introduction to social media channels and how to evaluate
what’s right for your business or organization
• How small businesses are using these low-cost tools to gain
visibility, develop relationships and drive sales and response
• How to create good content for your social media marketing
campaigns and time management
• How to balance social media marketing with email marketing
and your other marketing efforts.
Cost: Free. Presenter: Tom Casale, Managing Partner, Simplified Solutions. Registration Website: http://www.simplifiedsolutions.biz/ConstantContact/.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Simplified Solutions Offices
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60601.
For more info visit www.simplifiedsolutions.biz.