We are excited to announce a major training event in Western Pennsylvania during October! Dick has teamed up with the Community College of Allegheny County in presenting an information packed day of technology. If you are a REALTOR, Nursing Home Administrator, Educator Small Business Owner or an Entrepreneurs you will benefit by learning new ways to market to the "Facebook Generation" and keep pace with the ever changing technology landscape.
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Community College of Allegeny County
Downtown Center Presents
Using Social networking to Grow your Business or Organization
Saturday, October 17, 2009 9:00AM-5:00PM Allegheny Campus Forester Student Service Center 808 Ridge Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Continental Breakfast and Seminar Registration at 8:15 AM
The old saying "It's not what you know but who you know" is very real in social media. Learn to create a strategic social networking plan that will help you connect with your target audience and build your business or organization. You will take the confusion out of technology and gain a better understanding of this constantly growing, ever-changing field. And you will walk away with many ideas you can implement right away– without paying any monthly fees to a promotion company. This seminar will be helpful to entrepreneur, attorneys, real estate professionals, accountants, insurance agents, teachers, freelancers and self-employed people, fundraisers and just about anyone who is interested in understanding the uses and power of social networking. Topics include creating a technology plan, websites and your presence in the on-line world, promoting yourself and your listings through domain marketing, email hosting, name branding and how blogging affects your Google ranking. Instructor Dick Betts is a NAR Certified e-PRO trainer and a national speaker who specializes in Smartphones, business building and manage-ment, and technology that facilitates business growth. Dick's down-to-earth and practical approach keeps him in steady demand with businesses and organizations throughout North America. Cost of the seminar includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
Remember When?
Remember when you saw the first person using a mobile phone and thought why would anybody do that? Remember when you saw your first bottled water and thought why not buy a soda? Remember when your TV had 4 or 5 channels and when cable first came to town why do I want 26 channels?
I can remember people telling me they do not and will not use email or text messaging. I can remember working 8 hours a day and taking an actual lunch! So have you seen changes in your lifestyle, work habits and how you conduct your daily life? I am betting you have made major changes in your life, your career and your outlook on what it takes to be a functioning member of today’s sociality.
No matter what your career choice is the internet has changed our life and for many of us it has changed our social life. Emailed changed the way we communicate with friends, text messaging changed the we communicate with friends now Social Media is changing the way we communicate not only to friends but colleagues, clients and prospective business contacts.
Today 550 million people participate in Social Networking, today Facebook has passed email as the number one content sharing medium.
Here are a few facts about Social Networking;
Women over 55 are the fastest growing demographics on Facebook. 52% of Twitter users are over 35 and only 5% are under 18. LinkedIn - 11 million users average 42 visits per user per month. 96% of GenY is on Social Media....Next year they will be the dominant group.
Bottom line your friends, family, clients and your future clients are using Social Networking, are you?
On Saturday October 17th we are planning 7 hours of Internet Technology and Social Networking to help everybody have a better understanding of what life today almost requires to ‘survive’ both personally and professionally.
Are you getting a piece of the internet? The world of business and friendships are changing as more and more people are finding the easiest and quickest way to reach out to people is by the internet.Instead of calling we are communicating by way of Twitter and Facebook.Instead of mailing or faxing we are sending information by email. This has not gone unnoticed by suppliers of all kinds of products and services and how they are reaching consumers.Many companies, small businesses and one person operations are redirecting advertising from print (even radio and television)to gain premium ranking on search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing.A large investment of money is not necessary to achieve ranking on search engines, which means everybody can promote their business or cause if they are willing to invest time.What we are experiencing is a level playing field where David’s can challenge Goliaths replacing dollars for search engine ranking with understanding the power of “Organic” and spending the time to gain results. It’s not enough to just put yourself all over the web but you need a plan to build your web presence.Using blogging and social networking is a start to achieving “Organic” ranking and helping your potential clients being able to find your services. Please take notice of the statistics below and how the population of our country is tuning in to the internet. Internet Usage and Population Growth
On Saturday October 17th we are planning 7 hours of Internet Technology and Social Networking to help everybody have a better understanding of what life today almost requires to ‘surviving’ both personally and professionally. For more information contact Kim at CCAC 412-391-1210
