Is social media still a mystery to you?

Do you wonder how and why to start a blog?

Do you think Twitter and Facebook are just for kids?

Have you signed up for LinkedIn…and that’s as far as it got?

Great news!

Saturday September 19th is the first session of my Social Media Saturdays course, held at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, WI. I held this course a few months back and the feedback I received inspired me to offer this again.

I want to share this with you on my blog because though I’ve mentioned it a few times on Twitter and on Facebook, I somehow have forgotten to mention it with you here.

This session, I’m making it easy on your wallet and your schedule:

$249 for Urban Ecology Center members ($299 for non-members) gets you 5 90 minute sessions with me and up to 20 other attendees, working on creating or enhancing a presence on Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn and Facebook. Normally I charge people $500 for a 5 hour block of my time. If you are unable to invest 5 sessions of time, you can attend just 1 session for $69 for members, $79 for non-members, and you can pick which session you want to sign up for.

If you attend a session and it isn’t helpful for you and/or your business, YOU DON’T PAY!

Interested? Call 414-964-8505 to reserve your seat TODAY!

Here’s the full schedule:

• September 19th – Social Media Overview
• October 3rd – All About Blogs
• October 17th – What’s the Deal with Twitter?
• October 24th – Create and Maximize Your LinkedIn Presence
• November 7th – Facebook and You: Not Just for College Kids

To ensure your seat at Social Media Saturdays, please call 414-964-8505.

I’m working on a new series of live workshops I’m calling “Social Media Saturdays” because they’ll be held on Saturdays and will be all about social media. I’ll be holding them all in Milwaukee, and I’ll also be recording them and uploading the files for folks to learn more about social media.

Each class will be 90 minutes, with 30 minutes for me doing an overview, 30 minutes for me answering questions, and 30 minutes of folks actually DOING what we talked about (if they bring along their laptop). 

Does that sound like something you’d pay $35 a session for if you knew little/nothing about social media?

Here’s a tentative listing of courses:

• Social Media Basics: The basics of social and a little bit more to get you started. High level overview of blogs and blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
• Listen First, Sell Last: Finding who already is doing what you want to be doing in your niche and learning from the experts’ successes and failures.
• Blogging: Explaininging the various platforms and getting your blog started. 
• Twitter: Can you really say anything in 140 characters? How to find folks who want to hear what you say, and how to use Tweetdeck.
• LinkedIn: Setting up your profile, finding folks to connect to, and using LinkedIn Groups and Answers
• Facebook: Not just for students anymore. Setting up a profile, basic search, updating your status, and customizing to fit your personality.
• Google basics: Search basics, setting up a Gmail account, adding Google Alerts, Google Reader, Google Documents, take a tour of the labs for new stuff.
• Online video basics: Review a few videos, discuss what to include in your video (and what to leave out), what sites are available for upload and a basic overview of searching for other videos.
• Online photos and graphics: How to batch upload your photos, how to tag them so you and others can find them, a little bit about Creative Commons (and why you might want to let other people use your pictures) and how to buy photos you can use for your online and offline marketing campaigns.
• Newsletters are NOT dead: Showing folks how to create a newsletter using content they’ve already created in other places, and so they don’t get sued for sending spam.
• Contact Management: From Outlook to Plaxo to BatchBlue and beyond. What you need to know about your contacts and how to keep it in your mailbox. 

Here’s where you come in, and where I need your help:

What am I missing? 

I’m doing these sessions starting in late June, so I’d love to know what your thoughts are on this. I’m booking the room I’ll be using this week (down to 2 very cool places in Milwaukee), so please share your feedback with me soon.

Thanks in advance!