Social Media Strategies Conference to Help Businesses Incorporate Social Media Into Their Strategic Marketing Plan
Posted on: Monday, 20 October 2008, 09:00 CDT
Overview
Social Media has become an integral channel for businesses to reach customers. Recent surveys show that 86% of people expect social media to impact the way companies do business and generate sales and additionally, 64% believe their competitors are probably incorporating social media into their strategic plans. Also, 93 percent of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media.
At the upcoming Social Media Strategies Conference on October 29-30, 2008, industry experts will converge to offer advice and share insights on creating a social media strategy for your business. They will provide high-level insights, tactical strategies, and best practices on how businesses can leverage social media to achieve their business goals.
The conference will also be an opportunity to meet others seeking to incorporate social media for their business, and connect with the community of social media practitioners, experts, thought leaders, and companies. This Conference will focus on how organizations can leverage Social Media to achieve their business goals.
Industry Thought Leaders and Expert Speakers Include: Sam Lawrence, Chief Marketing Officer, Jive Software Barry Libert, Chairman, Mzinga Paula Drum, VP Marketing, Digital Tax Solutions, H&R Block Connie Bensen, Community Manager, Network Solutions Aaron Strout, Vice President, New Media, Mzinga Francois Gossieaux, Partner, Beeline Labs Mark Yolton, Senior Vice President, SAP Community Network, SAP Robin Carey, CEO, Social Media Today Edward Moran, Director of Product Innovation, Deloitte Services LP Dr. Jim McGee, Director, New Shoreham Consulting Scott Wilder, GM - Online Communities at Small Business Division, Intuit Sean O'Driscoll, Ex GM MVP Program, Microsoft Chris Carfi, Co-Founder, Cerado Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director, CMO Council LaSandra Brill, Manager, Web & Social Media Marketing, Cisco Matt Warburton, Director, Community Management, Yahoo! Michael Brito, Social Media Strategist, Intel Paul Dholakia, Associate Professor of Management, Rice University Rajiv Parikh, CEO, Position2 Shel Israel, Social Media Strategist, Global Neighbourhoods Sylvia Marino, Executive Director - Community Operations, Edmunds.com Inc. And many others! Agenda Leveraging Social Media for Business Internal Communities: Tapping into the Power of Employees Through Social Media The Importance of Content in Social Media Thinking Vertically Across Social Media The Best and Worst of Social Media Marketing Creating Your Social Media Strategy Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Strategy Lessons From Community Managers: What Users are Looking For The Future of Social Media & Business Etc.
Links / URLs
-- Webinar: Leveraging Social Media for Business https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/630210411 -- Powerpoint from Previous Webinar "Social Media Analytics" http://show.zoho.com/public/svwebguild/Social%20Media%20Analytics1 -- Video: -- WebGuild Measuring Engagement In The Social Media Revolution Event http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8546887471860007982&hl=en -- RSS Feed for Organization: http://feeds.feedburner.com/svwguild -- Mailing List: http://www.webguild.org/lists/?p=subscribe -- Social Media Discussion Forum: http://www.webguild.org/groups/groups.php?category_id=120&page=index -- Social Media Directory: http://www.webguild.org/ratings/search.php?tag_id=social%20media -- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/socialmediameme -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=956157
About WebGuild
The WebGuild organizes information and services for the Web industry designed to keep the Web community on the cutting edge of the field. Providing an industry blog, social network, online discussion forums, jobs board, Web site ratings and review service, and events and conferences, the WebGuild fosters information exchange, professional development, and networking for Web enthusiasts to learn about emerging technologies, innovations, business models, and best practices and industry standards in the Web field. Information about WebGuild can be found at http://www.webguild.org. For Conference information, please go to http://www.socialmediameme.com.
Press Contact: Daya Baran WebGuild 650-450-4247 Email Contact
SOURCE: WebGuild
Source: MARKET WIRE
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