Social Media Training for Everyone!

So, you're a small business owner trying to figure out how to use social media to grow your business - or you're heading up a non-profit and you want to know how to use this medium to increase awareness for your cause - or you're working with an arts organization and you want everyone to know about the upcoming show, recital, or play...

I'm happy to report that there's several opportunities coming up to learn from the best and mix with others in the Delaware Social Media sphere:

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 8:30 - 10:30 AM - The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce presents Small Business Alliance Workshop: Social Media Questions Answered - Click Here to learn more and register

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 5:00 - 9:00 PM - DelTweet 3.0 - Trust me, you want to be at this event! Click Here to learn more and RSVP

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 5:30 - 8:30 PM - Delaware BioScience Association and Technology Forum of Delaware presents the Social Media Revolution - this event is a must attend for anyone in the Bio/Pharma industry as well as the Technology Industry - Click Here to learn more and register

Thursday, Feb. 18, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - AGS University - Marketing with Facebook: Fans, Friends, Apps & More - Whitney Hoffman will teach the essentials of marketing through Facebook. Generate more ROI by applying the right Facebook tools to achieve your goals. Click Here to learn more and register

Friday, Feb. 19, 12 Noon - 3:00 PM - Delaware Small Business Social Media Train - A collection of some of the top Delaware Social Media experts ready to share with you - FREE - Click here to learn more and RSVP

Wednesday, March 10, 5:00 - 8:00 PM - Ignite Sussex at Dogfish Head in Rehoboth Beach - you have to experience this! Click Here to learn more and register

Thursday, March 18, 8:00 - 10:00 AM - New Castle County Chamber of Commerce ChamberWorks: Social Media Revolution - a step by step on how to do it - FREE - Click Here to learn more and RSVP

Delaware Business Ledger story on Social Media Initiative!

The Delaware Business Ledger has just published an awesome article about the Delaware Social Media Initiative!

Here's some excerpts:

It is already apparent that Delaware may be ahead of the curve, based on the widespread use of social networking tools, with large companies such as DuPont, ING Direct and AstraZeneca having a Twitter presence. State government is also on board with various agencies using Twitter.

“I think it is a wonderful idea for Delaware to innovate, as a small state, and as a close knit community we have a lot more opportunity to do that than most states," writes Maya. J. Paveza, a Realtor for Coldwell Banker Preferred, who also does social media consulting work.

One of the more enthusiastic supporters of the initiative is Rebecca Faber, president and CEO of the World Trade Center of Delaware. Faber uses Twitter to keep in touch with a far-flung network of world trade centers and is known for tweeting at conferences and networking events.

"Consider that just by having that (social network) message being told and repeated via social media, itself an innovative tool, this message of Delaware being friendly to innovation and business will look to be quite valid. Consider that this message could reach people looking for a place to do business in the U.S. or to invest, to send their children to school, to move their company," Faber writes

Click Here to read the complete article!