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Online Marketing Institute (OMI)

SES presents two special morning Social Media Strategy and Tactics Training Workshops produced by the Online Marketing Institute.

Morning Workshops: Social Media & Search Training (limited seating)
  Tuesday, March 22 Wednesday, March 23
8:00-9:20am Social Media Content Strategy Tactics & Best Practices Successful Strategies to Get Bottom-Line Results from your Social Media Program
Participants may register for training in addition to the SES New York conference or independently, as these 1-hour workshops take place before the conference day begins.

Rate: $99 per morning workshop

Learn actionable tactics and strategies for effective Social Media efforts in both supporting SEO and converting more visitors - while sipping on your morning tea or coffee!

Marketers are quickly learning how to use Social Media. You tweet, use Facebook, develop a strategy and measure the results. But there's one question that begs an answer: How do we develop the content to share? What are the measurements for success? And Where to Integrate into your overall marketing/search Strategy and Planning.

This optional morning workshop comprises in-depth Content Marketing and Social Media case studies, new industry wide research on the trends and use of social media and most of all the tactics and best practices for executing including how to develop a great blog, integrating User Generated Content, Facebook and Twitter as well as learning to develop an effective Content Marketing Strategy for all Social Media Efforts. Classes attended earn you credits toward certification with the Online Marketing Institute Level 2: Social Media Integration & Execution. Additionally, all workshop attendees receive special discount pricing for certification programs.

Tuesday, 22 March
Social Media Content Strategy Tactics & Best Practices

This workshop will walk students through a 9 step methodology on how create a great central content strategy to use for all social media efforts. Here you'll find:

  • In-depth Case Studies In-depth Content Marketing and Social Media case studies,
  • NEW Research on industry wide research on the trends and use of social media,
  • Hands on Tactics and Best Practices for executing including how to develop a great blog, integrating User Generated Content, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
  • Measurement and Management Tools to provide competitive advantage and analytics needed to improve and benchmark
  • Complete Social Media Road Map to develop an effective Content Marketing Strategy for all Social Media Efforts.

Classes attended earn you credits toward certification with the Online Marketing Institute Level 2: Social Media Integration & Execution. Additionally, all workshop attendees receive special discount pricing for certification programs.


8:00am

Introductions & Speaker

  • David Carter, CTO, Awareness, Inc
8:10am

Strategy Purpose: Linking Your Strategy to Content Marketing (the Tactics)
An overview of why content marketing is crucial to businesses today and how it sets the stage for effective and successful social media.

Exercise: Finding your secret sauce
How you can be the trusted expert in your industry to set the stage for your current marketing plan.

8:35am

The Link Between Content Marketing and Social Media
Why social media doesn't work without a content strategy (and what you need to do about it). This session will review not only the what, but the how.

Exercise: Social Media battle tested
How to choose the right social media outlets for your content marketing strategy.

9:00am

8 Steps to Social Media Content Strategy
We'll work step by step through a content marketing plan, so that you have all the assets you need to leave and make strategic decisions for your business.

9:10am

Exercise: Action Planning and Wrap Up
Going through the final plan and defining your next steps for success.


Wednesday, 23 March
Successful Strategies to Get Bottom-Line Results from your Social Media Program

Who should attend: CEOs, C-level executives, Marketing Directors and/or Managers, Sales Directors and/or Managers, Marketing team members.

This session is not for IT professionals, but instead for executives and management trying to implement a successful social networking program for their business. This is not a "how to setup social media" or a "how to publish content" session, but instead Heather will show attendees how to setup and measure social networking for real business results and findability inside the social media portals like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs and LinkedIn.

This hands-on workshop will give participants a take-to-work, 5-step action plan to implement a successful social media program in their own company. Based on the methodology outlined in Heather Lutze's book, The Findability Formula, the Easy, non-Technical Approach to Search Marketing, this session is going to help attendees get bottom-line results from social networking.

During this morning workshop, participants will receive:

  • Keyword Research Walk-Through: Become an expert in the most critical element of Search Engine Marketing - keyword research & targeting.
  • Social Media Optimization: Learn the successful methodology created by expert Heather Lutze that mixes top Search Engine Optimization tactics with the unique field of social media marketing to give your brand ranking in the major search engines.
  • Aligning strategy with your team - Get an overview of how to coordinate your Marketing, Sales, IT and leadership team when implementing social media.
    *Bonus* Attendees will receive a free social media corporate policy template they can modify for their own business.
  • Tips & Tools: Receive the top keyword research and time management tools in the industry that your search marketing company doesn't want to tell you about.
    *Bonus* Attendees will receive a list of the main keyword research and time management tools implemented in top Search Marketing agencies.

Speaker
  • Heather Lutze, CEO & Co-founder, Findability Group

8:00am

Where most companies go wrong with social media
Introduction and an overview of the key reason most social media programs fail.

8:10am

Target your audience online
Hands-on keyword activity to help attendees become experts in keyword research and targeting online.

8:30am

The money maker - social media optimization
Optimize your social networking for Search Engine ranking.

8:50am

Aligning your corporate team
Best practices for setting up and managing your social media team to maximize success.

9:00am

Tools and Tactics for success
Overview of key time management & measurement tools to minimize the time you or your team spends on social media, but to maximize your return on investment for your social networking program.

9:10am

Wrap up and questions

What do I get when I attend Social Media Morning Training?
In addition to the valuable learning you will receive from the workshop, you will start earning credits toward online marketing certification as well as receive special student-only perks at the full OMS conference:

  • Earn credits towards certification with the Online Marketing Institute
  • Complete student binder with study materials and curriculum content



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