CINA Blogging workshop on July 18

Dear CINA Friends,

I would like to inform you that CINA is organizing a workshop about blogging again due to high demand. I  just talked to the instructor and he has agreed to offer the special discount  to you and your colleages which expires on July 1st.

Cheers,

Vicki

www.cina.org

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What: Hanfs-on Blogging for Businesses and Marketers Workshop

When: March 28, 2012, 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Where:  Fenwick & West, LLP., 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA

Register: Sseats are limited. Register early online athttp://businessblogger.eventbrite.com/ pre- registration is required. No on site registration.

Organizaor: www.cina.org

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Social media and the internet has dram...atically changed how businesses and organizations market themselves. No longer is broadcasting your message an effective way to attract customers. The social web is driven by content and conversations. Businesses are having to become content publishers and trusted resources. Although social networks like Facebook and Twitter garner much of the attention in the marketing world, your blog is a powerful hub that ties your online social presences together.

Attend this hands on evening workshop presented by Adam Helweh, CEO of Secret Sushi Creative, to understand the role blogging plays in your marketing & communications efforts. Additional emphasis will be placed on how to effectively use your time and resources to maximize your blogging efforts in a business context

Overview of what you will learn:

• How blogging fits into your existing marketing efforts
• Picking the perfect blogging platform for your needs
• Set up a blog and optimize it for social media and SEO
• Blogging strategies and best practices for b2b and b2c businesses
• How to promote your blog and generate traffic
• Power tips to generate blog post ideas and create an editorial calendar
• How to customize your blog with original templates ( using wordpress as an example)

Some of the benefits of blogging:

• Increases your online exposure
• Benefits of solo bloggers versus teams
• It's closely connected with your existing web site
• Attract inbound traffic from search engines and social networks
• It acts as a social hub for your existing web site and social networks
• Highly brand-able environment where you can control the experience
• Helps position you as a trusted resource or subject matter expert to your audience
• It's a multimedia platform that supports audio, video, images as well as text.

This event is perfect for:

• Marketing professionals
• Business owners
• Aspiring Social Media Professionals
• Digital Marketing Professionals
• Nonprofits
• Entrepreneurs

Please join this hands-on workshop and learn about blogging from an industry expert. Similar workshops have been priced at as much as $1000. Seating is limited.

About the instructor

Adam is an digital marketer, social media consultant, technologist and the CEO of Secret Sushi Creative a digital marketing and social media company. At Secret Sushi he has worked with such companies as Edelman, Broadcom, Stanford Federal Credit Union, the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group as well as a many small and medium sized businesses.

Adam is also a regular author on the top ranked digital marketing blog SocialMediaExplorer.com, the social media manager for TEDxSanJoseCA, and co-host of the newly launched "SoLoMo Show discussing the intersection of social, local and mobile marketing.

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