Online Marketing Workshops in North Bend, April 7

Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Small Business Development Center (Southwestern SBDC) is offering two online marketing workshops in North Bend on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. From 9:00 am – noon learn how to Use Instagram and Pinterest to Grow Your Business. Pinterest has proven to be a great way to promote and share content. In this class, participants will learn how to enhance their Pinterest accounts and images to help stand out from the rest. The course will also delve into the power of Instagram, and how this app can be used to specifically target “super users” and how, using @ messages and strategic tags, Instagram can play a powerful role in a business’ marketing program. From 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Winning with Google will be presented. Your website is the most powerful marketing tool available to you. It should have the ability to generate sales and increase business growth. This class will help you optimize how search engines find your website. These workshops will be taught by Misty Lambrecht, a Google certified trainer who has taught Google, WordPress and Social Media classes at Oregon Coast Community College and Clackamas Community College’s Small Business Development Centers. She has also been involved in helping small businesses with social media including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest. In addition to her skills as a technology trainer, Misty is a graduate of the Oregon Coast Community College’s (SBM) Small Business Management program. A fee of $45 per person will be charged for each workshop. Support from the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce allows chamber members to receive a discounted price. Seating is limited. Preregistration at www.BizCenter.org is required to insure seating availability and materials. The workshops will be held at The Business Center, 2455 Maple Leaf, North Bend, OR. Contact the Southwestern SBDC at 541-756-6866 or email Mary Loiselle at mloiselle@socc.edu for more information.