Spending my afternoon at Windy City Social’s Social Media Masters Event

June 23 2009

At a great event today put on my the Windy City Social organization covering topics of Social Media. If your interested in following along, you can watch the stream on-line or follow us on twitter at #wcsocial.

Agenda
 
 
1:00 - 2:00 Registration, Networking, One on One Consulting Sessions  
2:00 - 2:15 Welcome, Introductions  
2:15 - 2:45 Brand Experiences that Start Conversations Get Stirred Up's David Roth and Rick Bacher on creating branded consumer experiences that generate marketing buzz—lessons from Cereality and their agency work
2:45 - 3:15 E-mail Makeovers Reagan Taylor, NCR eCommerce Consultant will make over audience emails and show you how to develop emails that increase response and customer engagement
3:15 - 3:30 BREAK  
3:30 - 4:00 How to Get the Most out of the New Fan Pages Brad Keown from Facebook will show you how to use the fan pages to promote your business
4:00 - 4:30 You Call It Winner - Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Natural Search Rankings Learn about simple changes you could make to your site and blog that will increase natural search rankings from Avery Cohen, Metrist Partners
Evening Consulting Sessions, Networking and Bonus Session Begins
4:30 - 5:15 Snacks , networking and one-on-one consulting sessions with sponsors Attendees will get the chance to meet one on one with some of our speakers and sponsors for 15 minute consultations on how they can improve their emails and web site.
5:15 - 6:15 How Great Companies use Facebook and Twitter to promote their business Moderator: Liz Strauss
Panelists: Ginny Morrison, Lane Hospitality; Charlie Festa, Threadless & Kelly Olexa, Ford Fiesta “Agent”
6:15 - 8:15 appetizers, drinks, one -on -one consulting sessions 2 sponsored drinks, light appetizers and continued consulting sessions


One on One Consulting Highlights

  • Email Makeovers
  • SEO Review of Your Site
  • Strategic Blog or Website Review: Strategic Marketing & Blogging Expert Liz Strauss (limited spaces)
  • Twitter Tune-up: Register for Twitter and get tips from top tweeters