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Roy Prevost News - April 2010

is Twitter just a tedious diary of navel gazers?

Maybe, maybe not… one thing is for sure, it is here to stay, in one format or another.

Here are some statistics from PEW that should convince you…

Twitter has 53,400,000 monthly visits taking it from a ranking of #22 to #3 behind Myspace and Facebook.

Recently, I was asked, “Why is Twitter so important as a marketing strategy?”

Once the dust settles, after the Oprah frenzy and other silly societal adventures, there are some interesting applications that small businesses have worked to their advantage.

  • The pub in Squamish BC who tweeted his group on a Friday morning at 11AM with the following message, “From 4PM to 7PM tonight, chicken wings on for 10 cents and beer at $XXXX”. To his amazement, he had a full house of tweeters at 3:45 for his special promotion
  • The local bakery who tweets her followers that fresh bread has just been put on the rack and is sold out in 38 minutes
  • The coffee shop who now has a group of clients who tweet him on the way to work in the morning with a request such as, “double mocha skim latte, pick up in 11 minutes”.

It looks like Twitter might have some ‘traction’ in the marketplace

Stay tuned for further updates

Probably one more reason to attend my day long funshop in Olds Alberta on June 27, 2009. Please get more details by
CLICKING HERE

Please read the details of the workshop below and I hope to see you there


"Social Media as a Marketing Tool" Funshop

I am pleased to present my day long funshop “Social Media as a Marketing Tool” at the Olds College in Olds Alberta on Saturday, June 27th 2009

The day begins at 9:00AM with a computer lab for the first 40 people who sign up.

During this lab, you will be at a computer where we will walk you through the setting up of your accounts in Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We will show you all the bells and whistles and the proper way to set up your business accounts. We will also help you get comfortable with the medium and answer questions.

If you currently have Facebook, Twitter and linkedIn Accounts, this session will show you the unique possibilities and strategies that you can use in your business.

This session will last approximately 2 hours.

PLEASE NOTE: For those who do not feel the need to attend the earlier session, you can opt to join us for the lecture series in the adjoining lecture hall only. (See special rate)

At 11:00 AM, we will meet in the adjoining lecture hall, for the remainder of the day.

At this time, I, along with my associate will present a 6 hour funshop where we will delve further into the strategies and tactics of Social media that you can use in your business beginning immediately .

During our 6 hour funshop, you’ll discover tips, techniques and tactics that you can use the very next day to launch your own social media campaign.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Improve customer and prospect relationships
  • Increase brand awareness
  • Generate traffic to your offline business
  • Drive traffic to your website
  • Things you must do before you set up your social media campaign
  • How to integrate social media into your current marketing plans
  • Understand the critical steps to social media success
  • Easy ways to get started in social media marketing
  • Questions you need to ask before you get started
  • Decide whether to do it yourself or hire an outside company
  • Develop realistic expectations

You will leave this event with:

  • A sense of relief that you now have the knowledge on how this media can work for you and your business
  • Confidence that you are a step ahead of your competition by having invested in yourself and your business and that you know something they don’t know
  • A firm grasp on the present and future of Social Media Marketing which will remove that niggling feeling of anxiety that you are falling behind your competition

PLEASE BE AWARE, there are ARE A TOTAL OF 40 COMPUTER LABS and the lecture hall HOLDS 116 ATTENDEES.

Since you are one of my newsletter subscribers (3760), I am giving you the first opportunity to sign up for the event.
This opportunity will be available until JUNE 7TH AT 12 MIDNIGHT
.
On June 8th, It goes out to the general public in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan through the Chambers of Commerce, Community Futures and Business Improvement Associations (approx 9800 more people).

I recommend that you SIGN UP IMMEDIATELY to AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

I look forward to meeting you at the workshop



I am also available for keynote addresses if that is your preference.

Contact Roy today to arrange for this workshop to be held for your organization or business. You can also schedule a free complimentary phone session with Roy to find out more about how this workshop can provide you with an insight on this new medium that will help increase your sales and create better communication with your best clients.

Stay tuned!!
All good wishes,
Roy Prevost


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