ProWorks is Helping Businesses Leverage Social Media in Corvallis
Our third session on 'Social Media for Business' hosted at the Corvallis Chamber was attended by fourteen forward minded social media explorers around Corvallis. It was great mix including Mayor Tomlinson, marketing professionals, brick-n-mortar and web store owners. The mix of experience and perspectives made for some great discussions.
Getting Started: Social Media Cheat Sheet
Some of the things we talked about included:
- Exchanging control of "the message" for open conversations
- Who and how many people use social media
- How to get started easy without investing much time
- Rules for using Twitter "correctly" or the lack of rules
- Listening and participating sensitive to time spent
- Some nuances and etiquette of Twitter and Facebook
Here are some local examples we didn't get to during the ninety minute session:
Facebook Fan Pages for Business Oregon Chai (http://www.facebook.com/oregonchai) Willamette Valley Fruit Company (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salem-OR/Willamette-Valley-Fruit-Company/44379671553)
Twitter for Business/Personal Branding Peacock Bar and Grill (http://twitter.com/PeacockBarGrill) Chris Nordyke of State Farm Insurance (http://twitter.com/ChrisNordyke)
Blogging for Business EROI is a Web Marketing Agency in Portland (http://theemailwars.com) OK, he isn't local but Gary Vaynerchuk is the king of video blogging for business (http://tv.winelibrary.com)
And lastly here is a copy of the one page "Getting Started: Social Media Cheat Sheet" that we handed out. No, there wasn't a test at the end...but an interesting idea...
We will continue to host informational sessions on using the web ad social media for business. Feel free to ask us whats coming up. What topics would you find valuable?
