Social Media Club of Evansville

We’re proud and excited that we’ve been able to draw a great line-up of speakers from across the region to Evansville, but we don’t want to turn our backs on our own local talent. This month, the Social Media Club of Evansville is pleased to bring to you one of our local social media rock stars, Brian Bennett.

Brian Bennett is the owner of Social Life Marketing, a local social media company that represents over 40 local, Midwestern and national clients…with a Facebook fan base of over 150,000 people.

Brian graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a degree in Advertising and PR. He was a director of advertising for a multi-state retailer and worked for AT&T Advertising for 10 years. He has received 5 national and 2 midwest awards for graphic design as well as 3 summer league men’s softball championship trophies.

Learn the ups and downs about social media, the do’s the don’ts and maybe a few secret tips of the trade about what your business should really be doing with social media. Come enjoy this one of a kind, dynamic  speaker and leave with a fresh approach to your social media presence.

Please join us on Monday, July 19th, at 6PM for our fourth Social Media Club of Evansville event. One of the best received presentations at BlogIndiana 2009 was by Krista Neher and we’re pleased to bring her to Evansville.

We tried to bring Krista to you in May, but a travel snag prevented her from getting to Evansville on time, and she has graciously offered to join us for our July meeting.

Krista has over 10 years of marketing experience with 5 years of digital and social media marketing. Krista learned brand building at one of the world’s best marketers – P&G – where she worked on some of the biggest brand initiatives. After leaving P&G Krista was the VP of Marketing for internet start-up Photrade which effectively grew to 40,000 users 4 months after launch leveraging Social Media marketing. Krista is now the CEO of Boot Camp Digital, which specializes in social media and internet marketing consulting, training and execution.

Krista Neher is a sought after speaker due to her educational and informative style combined with her energy and enthusiasm. In addition to keynotes and public speaking opportunities, Krista is a trainer who has provided training to corporations and individuals including Fortune 500 companies. Krista also blogs at The Marketess, where she covers the marketing industry.

As we do every month, we’ll gather for a social mingle at 6PM upstairs at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub in Evansville, and the formal presentation will get underway at 6:30, wrapping up by 8PM. After that, some of us will move downstairs to enjoy company, and perhaps a meal. There is also table service during the meeting, so you don’t have to wait if it’s been a long stretch since lunchtime. Please register for this FREE event on EventBrite so that we can make sure enough seats are available. We’ll see you then!

Join us to celebrate National Social Media Day at Bar Louie on Evansville’s East side!

Social media has changed our lives. It has not only changed the way we communicate, but the way we connect with one another, consume our news, conduct our work, organize our lives, and much more. So why not celebrate. This event is sponsored by Bar Louie

What’s your biggest question about social media?

What do pros really think?  How do they use it with their businesses?

Mark Monday, June 21, 6 p.m. RiRa’s on your calendar now for the Social Media Club of Evansville.  A panel of local pros who walk the walk, post the status, and tweet the Twitter will answer questions.

USI alum and active member of #smcedu, Brooks T. Cooper will moderate your questions to the panel.  You can Submit your questions now in 3 different ways:

-Comment on the blog post.

-Twitter question with #smcevv hashtag.

-Post the question on our Facebook wall.

Join the conversation! See you June 21!

Panel Member bios:

Saundra Hadley is an event engineer and owner of planning…forever events in Evansville, Indiana since 2003. Her team creates memorable, unique and the unexpected at weddings and corporate events in the Tri State area. She also gives wedding planning tips as the Fox 7 Wedding Planner on AM Evansville, a weekly segment since 2006.

Saundra has extensive knowledge regarding social media and online advertising and uses the power of the Internet to promote her business, brand and gain more clients. She has blogged since 2006 and uses Facebook, LinkedIn and twitter to network.@planningforever (over 4,000 followers) and @saundrahadley(for her sales training to event professionals).

Dave Huffman is currently the Inbound Marketing Strategist for the Ohio Illinois Center for Broadcasting where they have used social media to unite a community of students spread out over 6 campuses and 3 states and bring in a more informed ready to buy prospect, as well as pull in and nurture along some early funnel leads.

All told, Dave has used Social Media in a variety of sectors including  Entertainment, Broadcasting, and Education.  He also blogs regularly on business and marketing in the music industry at TheIndieLaunchPad.com.  Connect with Dave on Twitter @davemhuffman.

Dana Nelson is a social media strategist, consultant and trainer. She owns @DanaMNelson in Evansville, Indiana.  She is founding co-chair of the Social Media Club of Evansville, founding co-chair of Evansville Girl Geek Dinners, and founder of Linkedin to Learn.

She has used social media in her professional life to build the computer consulting company that she previously owned, to connect with the 4-H Technology club, and to help connect and build the community of Evansville as a whole.  She has help a number of local businesses both large and small develop and deploy social media policy, goals, and strategies. She speaks on the topic regularly at both public and private events, and conducts regular training on the best practices of social media. Her goal is to foster awareness of the power of social media to build stronger businesses and better communities, one relationship and conversation at a time. Connect with Dana on Twitter @DanaMNelson

As we do every month, we’ll gather for a social mingle at 6PM upstairs at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub in Evansville, and the formal presentation will get underway at 6:30, wrapping up by 8PM. After that, some of us will move downstairs to enjoy company, and perhaps a meal. There is also table service during the meeting, so you don’t have to wait if it’s been a long stretch since lunchtime.

Don’t forget to leave your questions!

Please join us on Monday, May 17th, at 6PM for our fourth Social Media Club of Evansville event. One of the best received presentations at BlogIndiana 2009 was by Krista Neher and we’re pleased to bring her to Evansville.

Krista has over 10 years of marketing experience with 5 years of digital and social media marketing. Krista learned brand building at one of the world’s best marketers – P&G – where she worked on some of the biggest brand initiatives. After leaving P&G Krista was the VP of Marketing for internet start-up Photrade which effectively grew to 40,000 users 4 months after launch leveraging Social Media marketing. Krista is now the CEO of Boot Camp Digital, which specializes in social media and internet marketing consulting, training and execution.

Krista Neher is a sought after speaker due to her educational and informative style combined with her energy and enthusiasm. In addition to keynotes and public speaking opportunities, Krista is a trainer who has provided training to corporations and individuals including Fortune 500 companies. Krista also blogs at The Marketess, where she covers the marketing industry.

As we do every month, we’ll gather for a social mingle at 6PM upstairs at Ri Ra Irish Restaurant and Pub in Evansville, and the formal presentation will get underway at 6:30, wrapping up by 8PM. After that, some of us will move downstairs to enjoy company, and perhaps a meal. There is also table service during the meeting, so you don’t have to wait if it’s been a long stretch since lunchtime.  Please register for this FREE event on EventBrite so that we can make sure enough seats are available. We’ll see you then!

If you are using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn to promote your business, establish and maintain relationships, or just to communicate with colleagues and family, you probably have worried more than once that you are spending too much time with these tools. Our guest, Robby Slaughter, will cover effective techniques for maximizing productivity with social media without losing hours of your day online.

This is a special BlogIndiana regional event, and will be webcast live at blogindiana.com/tv

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