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We run quarterly social media workshop courses in conjunction with Business Gateway Lanarkshire. Details below:

Twitter

30th January & 5th March 9.30am

Twitter has revolutionised how people and businesses communicate. It’s even, allegedly, brought down governments! Learn what Twitter is, how it works and how it can serve your business as a social media outpost and listening post. Includes time to brainstorm and create a strategy for using Twitter in your business. A 3 hour, hands-on, practical workshop.

Facebook

23rd January & 27th February 9.30am

With 800 million users worldwide, there’s something special about Facebook, the definitive social network. But what is it, how does it work, how are businesses exploiting Facebook’s potential and how can you have a voice that reaches your customers? Includes time to brainstorm and create a strategy for using Facebook in your business.

3 hour, hands-on workshop.

Blogs

30th January & 5th March 1.30pm

In the world of blogging, everyone has a voice, everyone has an opinion and everyone is a publisher. Find out what a blog is, how you can become a “thought leader”, a critic or a curator and create incoming links to your business website, all via your own blog. Includes time to brainstorm and create a strategy for using a blog in your business.

3 hour, hands-on workshop examine the world of blogs and blogging, including how to use our blog as a media publishing platform.

YouTube

23rd January & 27th February 1.30pm

We live in the YouTube generation. Billions of hours a year, worldwide, are spent watching videos on YouTube. How can your business become a part of the video revolution? What makes a “good” YouTube video? How can you use videos produced by other people to boost your business’s profile? Find out how to embed YouTube into your business.

A 3 hour, hands-on workshop, including how to upload a video to YouTube and implement some of the YouTube tools available, such as “annotations“.

Finalising Your Social Media Strategy

6th February & 12th March from 9.30am – 12.30pm

Please pre-book, via the number below, an hour long, one-to-one follow-up session whereby you can get some extra assistance finalising your social media strategy.

To book a place at these workshops, please contact Business Gateway Lanarkshire on 01236 702020

NOTE:

To get the most out of these social media workshops, please sign up for a Gmail account to allow you access to email while on the courses, and consider signing up, in advance, for the following social media sites:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• WordPress.com
• YouTube

The workshops are hands-on, so be aware that you’ll be using a computer extensively, including searching for on-line content and creating your own social media presence.

There’s also time for strategy building, the idea being that everyone who attends a workshop will leave with at least something on paper that they’ll work on going forward.