Social Media Biz School is here to help.Social Media Biz School is the place for you.
Your business is missing out if you’re not taking advantage of the internet in a big way. And we will help you do that in the smartest and easiest way. We know your time is limited. We are going to share proven strategies to get your business the most exposure and the most customers.
People do business with people that they know, like, and trust. Social media provides that avenue to deepen the relationship with both prospective customers and the clients you’ve already worked with. It’s time to start using social media to increase your bottom line. Are YOU READY?
What’s Included with Social Media Biz School
We want to make school manageable. We are going to over-deliver without overwhelming. So that you can use each lesson effectively and learn.
Here’s how the school works:
- We have live webinar lessons on the first and third week of the month. The webinar will be recorded so that you can listen in later at your convenience. The webinar will be focused on one subject each week. We will have a schedule for you so that you know what we will be covering. One lesson will be YouTube, the next on LinkedIn, then Twitter, you get the idea.
- The fourth week of the month we have a Member Hotseat with 2-3 of our members covering an aspect of their online presence. We will have things like a Blog Review, LinkedIn Profile Review, Twitter Marketing Review, for example that will be directed to those members in the hotseat. These are mini-coaching sessions that everyone can benefit from.
- Each webinar will have some Q& A time so that you can get your questions answered live with the instructors. Use this time to get specific tactics that you need. We will personally walk you thru the process so you get Real Results Fast!
- After each webinar, we will have an action item for you to focus on each week to build your business providing tangible results.
- We have a private Facebook Group to ask questions of the experts. They are a safe, private space to get any question answered that you have been afraid to ask. The instructors will be accessible and available as well as other class members to help weigh in and talk about your marketing needs. It’s like private coaching at an insanely affordable price!
- You will get the latest information on changes to the platforms so you stay up to date!
- You will have access to bonus content to use at your convenience. Helpful, online content to really jump-start your social media efforts. We will be adding to this content as school progresses.
What will you be learning?
We don’t just give the how-to but we also give the why it works and how to measure it. We want to make sure you are getting your greatest return on your investment of your most precious resource: your time. So we will be helping you along the way to use the measurement and tracking techniques to make sure you are using the best avenues to sell more stuff! Which is our whole goal.
Here is more about what you will be learning:
- How to optimize all of your social media profiles and how to make sure they are working for you
- How to use keywords to bring traffic to your blog and get found on the web
- 30 quick ways to get new Likes on Facebook
- The very best applications to add to your Facebook Page
- Tools to make tweeting easier, faster, and more trackable
- How to effectively sell on social media without being pushy, aggressive or spammy
- Four YouTube videos that you need to create for fast results
- Five ways to create compelling video without appearing on camera
- How to combine video and social media for a powerful visibility strategy
- Ways to find new, highly-targeted followers, links, Likes and subscribers
- Three things to change on your LinkedIn profile that will attract more people to you
- Tools and techniques to help you track your conversions and sales
Bonus Material
You will also get immediate access to bonus material to help you get your profiles off to a fast start. We will continually add to this bonus material as the course continues.
- A copy of the e-book How to Use Facebook to Grow Your Business – a step-by-step guide to get your Facebook Page up and running and working for you.
- A companion Facebook webinar to the guide that covers more in-depth tactics to get more Likes
- A copy of the e-book LinkedIn for B2B - This eBook will guide you through creating a social business presence that you can use as a marketing tool, a networking tool, a communications tool and a social reputation tool. Whether seasoned LinkedIn user, or newbie to the social media world, this LinkedIn for B2B eBook download will take you through the steps you must take to:
- Create a successful social presence
- Establish a visible network
- Establish functional relationship
- Organize your time and strategies on LinkedIn
- A companion LinkedIn webinar to guide you through LinkedIn profile best practices.
- 10 Timely Ways to Keep Your Blog on Track – one hour presentation by Denise Wakeman that includes mp3 audio, transcript and slides (pdf). You’ll learn 6 ways to produce quality content, 3 ways to use the Web to find inspiration for your content, how to come up with 35 blog post ideas, how to use an editorial calendar, and time saving tools you can use.
- A beginner’s guide to setting up your Twitter profile .
- A HOT tip on how to instantly get 500 influential Twitter followers.
- A step-by-step guide on how to attract Twitter followers and turn them into true fans who recommend YOU to THEIR followers.
What Our Members Are Saying:
Getting social media marketing tips: valuable. Getting one-on-one access to top social media experts: Priceless! Yet this advice comes at a very moderate price of $37 month. Being part of Social Media Biz School is like being part of an elite little group, where you can get quick replies to your most pressing social media marketing questions from the gurus – not just from anyone on a forum. Join today and breathe a big sign a relief. Help is here. ~Lynda Goldman Copywriting www.LyndaGoldmanCopywriting.
You guys are doing a great job. Fabulous info. I have already learned more from you than I did the past year trying to ask people and searching. ~member survey
‘A Social Media Biz School advertisement piqued my curiosity, but I was hesitant. There’s just so much “noise” out there, and “business consultants” promise you the moon in attempts to woo you. Lucky for me, the Biz School offered a low-cost, introductory period. It was enough to quiet my concerns and feed my inquisitiveness.
I attended a couple of classes – with my skeptical antennae up! I was prepared for the hard sell at any moment, and it never came. There was no need for it. Right from the start, their experts showered me with ideas, tips, explanations, and inspiration. Within the first week, I made improvements to my Facebook Fan Page, Twitter account, and LinkedIn profile. A few weeks after that, I waded into the deep end of YouTube video production and faced off with some website reorganization. I actually began to understand how it could all “fit together.”
My social media vocabulary expanded to the point that other small business owners called ME an expert. They asked “where did you learn all of that?” I’ll admit, for a very brief moment, the devil in my head whispered “don’t tell ‘em!! Keep those experts to yourself.” But I shared – ‘cause it was the right thing to do. Dang it.
I love the faculty and experts at the Biz School. You will too!’ ~ Shannon Sorrels, http://www.azphysix.com/
Your Investment
You know you need to invest in your business. We chose to make this online school a no brainer! Your extremely affordable investment is only $37/month – a crazy-good price to help your business succeed with social media marketing. And now, it just got even better! You can try Social Media Biz School for 2 weeks for only $7! Get full access to the classes, past recordings, and bonuses all for ONLY $7! For a limited time only, cancel at any time.
As a Charter Member to Social Media Biz School you get:
- Guaranteed Lifetime Charter Member monthly investment as long as you remain a member
- Full access to the lessons and bonus material to review at your convenience
- Lifetime access to the searchable forums for questions, networking and sharing.
YES, I’m ready to start! I know that I will have a $7 two-week trial period and that I can cancel at any time. If I don’t cancel, I will be enrolled automatically at the freakishly good rate of $37/month thereafter.
Our promise to you
Your satisfaction is guaranteed. You can cancel at any time. If you sign up and after one month, you don’t love it, we will refund your money. You don’t have anything to lose!
Upcoming Schedule
Monday February 13th 11 a.m. PT (noon MT, 1 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. ET) – Andrea Vahl
Remember, if you can’t attend the classes, they will be recorded and posted shortly after the class to watch at your convenience.
Plus you have access to all the past class recordings:
“How to Use your Fan Page to Bring in Leads” - Andrea Vahl
“Creating Your Editorial Calendar: How to be More Efficient and Save Time on Your Blog” – Denise Wakeman
“Let’s Get Engaged! The Dream Wedding of Online Video and Social Media.” – Lou Bortone
“Twitter Etiquette: The Do’s and Don’t’s of Tweeting” – Lori Gama
“How to Connect your Social Media Sites to Save you Time” – Andrea Vahl
“Getting Found and Getting Business on LinkedIn” – Viveka von Rosen **Note – one hour earlier this week only
“20 Content Sources to Inspire Ideas for Your Blog”– Denise Wakeman
“YouTube Grand Tour: A Closer Look at the Biggest Promotional Tool on the Planet” – Lou Bortone
“5 Ways to Get More Targeted Facebook Likes” - Andrea Vahl
“Using LinkedIn to Grow your Business” - Viveka von Rosen
“How to Use Twitter to Find Future Clients and True Fans”- Lori Gama
“Hotseat Blog Review” - Denise Wakeman
“LinkedIn: Growing your Network to Grow your Business” - Viveka von Rosen
“Online Video Marketing: New Rules and New Tools for 2012″ - Lou Bortone
Pick and choose what areas you need help with and listen in to the lessons!
Is Social Media Biz School a fit for you?
If you are in one of these categories, Social Media Biz School is right for you:
The Small Business Owner: You are in charge—you might be a consultant, coach, local business owner, writer, agent, blogger, artist or freelancer. You know the value of social media, but don’t want to spend all your time searching for the latest information and want a better return on your efforts
The Marketer: You work for a small to medium-sized business and are helping or in charge of the company’s social media activities. You need to be up to speed on the latest tactics to help your company grow.
Meet Your Instructors
Denise Wakeman is an Online Visibility Expert and Founder of The Blog Squad. She works with entrepreneurs and business professionals to leverage blogs and social media tools to boost their online visibility to get more traffic, leads, customers and opportunities. Denise writes on two marketing blogs, is a co-author of bestselling books “Success Secrets of Social Media Superstars” and “Trust Your Heart: Transform Your Ideas Into Income.” She frequently speaks at conferences about business blogging and how to gain expert status through social marketing. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Newsday, Canada’s National Post, FastCompany Online, as well as many other online and offline publications. Denise was recently featured in the documentary film, Women in Business 2.0.
Andrea Vahl is a Social Media Coach, Speaker and Strategist and is the co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies. She has helped businesses around the world to implement effective Facebook strategies. She is also the Facebook Community Manager for Social Media Examiner, an online magazine with more than 55,000 Facebook Fans. She uses her improv comedy skills to blog as Grandma Mary, Social Media Edutainer – learning social media with Grandma Mary is wayyy more fun.
Lori Gama is the author of Become a Twitter Pro in 20 Days: a beginner’s guide to Twitter. She helps entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations and companies build communities of fans, friends and followers with social networking, search engine optimization and effective web design. As the CEO of an online marketing firm, DaGama Web Studio, since 1997, Lori continues to pursue her personal mission, which is to inspire millions of people to build the life of their dreams by using the tools of the Web. She is one of the most listed people in Twitter and is in the elite group of people that Mashable.com follows in Twitter.
Lou is a former television executive who worked for E! Entertainment Television and Fox in Los Angeles. He is also an author and ghostwriter of six business books, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach and a Book Yourself Solid Certified Coach.
Currently working on the John Wiley and Son’s “The LinkedIn Companion,” she was also recently listed:
• 25 Women Who Rock Social Media in 2011: http://www.toprankblog.com/2011/06/25-women-rock-social-media-2011/
• #44 in the 200 most fearless women on the web: http://bigmoneyweb.com/200-most-fearless-women-online-and-in-social-media/
• Listed by Mari Smith as having the niche quality of a social media superstar: http://www.marismith.com/ten-qualities-of-social-media-superstars/
Testimonials for the Instructors
“Andrea Vahl was a speaker at Women, Wine, and Wellness in January of 2011. She shared tips about social media to encourage the audience to engage and consistently use social media to help their businesses. Andrea made the audience feel empowered that they could join on the social media wagon and not be intimidated by it. I recommend her as a speaker about social media to other groups.” – Lisa Shultz, Owner of Women, Wine and Wellness
“I have nothing but positive things to say about Andrea’s Facebook Bootcamp. Not only did she cover the basics – in an engaging and informative style – but she recommended resources that were tailored to each participants particular marketing needs. For example, she provided us with information on sites to place articles and power point presentations. She also patiently answered all of our questions – no matter how basic they were. Anybody interested in learning how to use Facebook (and the internet) to grow their business will not be disappointed!” ~ Anne Gross, http://www.thepoliojournals.com
“Viveka is an exceptionally knowledgeable LinkedIn and social media trainer. I’ve had the great pleasure of featuring Viveka several times on my various classes – including for the International Social Media Association – and she always delivers. Not only does Viveka have tremendous expertise on LinkedIn in particular, her teaching style is extremely effective. She has the ability to chunk down and sequence everything you need to know to really optimize and succeed using LinkedIn. I would highly recommend Viveka for your social media team as a speaker, trainer and consultant. She will help you get measurable results, no question! Two thumbs way up. 
” November 16, 2009
Mari Smith, President, International Social Media Association
“I first came across Viveka’s blog about a year ago. There was so much good information on there about the subject of LinkedIn. In surveys many of my subscribers had told me that they didn’t quite get LinkedIn, so after reading her blog I knew I had to do something with her so my subscribers could benefit.
I asked her for an interview & she was so kind & approachable. The call itself lasted about an hour but in that time shared a ton of good content all related to LinkedIn. Still to this day I get people commenting on the blog post & the odd email here & there to say they enjoyed listening & got real value.
So Viveka, All in all I see you as one of the world’s best LinkedIn trainers & I thank you for what you have done for me personally in the past & I will continue to read your blog closely in the future
Joey Bushnell” March 17, 2011
Joseph Bushnell, Owner, JB Internet Marketing Services
“Viveka has the ability to take a possibly complex idea and simplify it for immediate implementation. She is highly creative, generous with her advice and wisdom and is a true expert that everyone would benefit from learning from. Hire her! She is incredible.” December 30, 2010
Top qualities: Expert, High Integrity, Creative
Neen James, Productivity Expert & Speaker,
“What do you get when you combine Strategy and Branding and then wrap it all together with VIDEO?! The answer is Lou Bortone! I have had the distinct pleasure of becoming close friends & joint venture partners with Lou. He is a coach and mentor who knows how to do one thing: get his clients RESULTS! And in an industry that seems to lack integrity at times, Lou is a man with an acute sense of propriety who far beyond delivers the value he promises in his coaching, his training and his services. If you are somehow on the fence about taking action with Lou, I stand behind him 100% in his ability to deliver the results you are looking for with a substantial ROI on your investment!”
-James Wedmore
www.JamesWedmore.com
“Lou is a powerhouse of ideas and creativity. His skills have great breadth from writing to technical support. If you are looking for an innovative and upbeat business partner to support you in delivery of key projects, you should definitely call Lou.”
- Krishna De, Bringing Your Brand To Life! Bizgrowthnews.com twitter.com/krishnade”
“Lou knows his video! He clearly communicates the value of it as an essential business building tool and makes it easy to understand and implement. I am a novice and am encouraged and motivated always by the example that Lou sets and the outstanding value he provides.”
- Melissa Galt, Coach/Speaker/Author
YES, I’m ready to start! I know that I will have a $7 two-week trial period and that I can cancel at any time. If I don’t cancel, I will be enrolled automatically at the freakishly good rate of $37/month.