June, 2012 – HerBusiness announces a new National Online Course, The Social Media Crash Course, that will teach women about marketing themselves and their business using the best social media platforms. The two-part program will be held on Thursday, 16 August and Thursday, 23 August from 10.30am-12.00pm AEST and will give women the tools and information to manage and develop their social media activities in marketing their business. The course is suitable for small-business owners and business leaders looking to introduce social media to their business, along with marketing personnel using social media in a professional capacity.
Topics covered in the course include:
- Why social media matters and why you should be using it
- Which social networks to join, tools to use and best practise tips
- How to build your personal profile and which tools are best to use
- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and other social platforms – which is right for you?
- Which social networks are best for networking and getting ahead
- How to incorporate social media into business operations without being a spammer
- How social media can be used to get new clients, to market an individual or a business
- Where to start — the shortcuts that make social media easy
- Examples of how people and businesses are using social media successfully
- Social mistakes that could cost you and how to avoid them
On completion of the course, participants will have a social media plan blueprint for their business, along with a comprehensive understanding of what tools to use to avoid social media mistakes and successfully achieve their marketing objectives.
Social media is more than just a buzzword. It’s how we engage with friends, but can also be how we get new business, clients, suppliers, do research and market ourselves or our business. For more information and to register, visit: http://staging.abn.org.au/social-media-course/
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