The Power of Engagement Marketing: Email and Social Media Strategies to Grow Your Business

Is your company or organization looking for a better way to reach your target audience--at a fraction of the cost of conventional advertising?  Whether it is to generate new sales or to follow-up with existing customers, "E-marketing" gives businesses of all sizes access to mass markets at an unbeatable price! This seminar covers the basics of email and social media marketing, why it works, and how to use it to get results for your business.

Presented by Julie Neihoff, Regional Development Director for Constant Contact.

Julie is located in Austin, Texas and is the local marketing expert for Constant Contact in Texas. She will be running frequent free seminars on email marketing, interactive training workshops, and industry specific programs.

Show me the Money: 30 Tips in 30 Minutes using Microsoft Office

Learn 30 super simple technology tricks to save you literally hours of time and produce jaw-dropping results. This session will cover tips and tricks in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and more! 

Value for attendees: 

• Produce professional looking documents, spreadsheets and presentations with minimal effort 
• Discover what’s new in 2007 and 2010 
• Increase your productivity 
• Reduce your work hours 
• Change the way you work 

Presented by Vickie Sokol Evans, President of RedCape.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Red Cape trainers travel the country delivering both virtual and on-site training for superhero professionals who spend any amount of time fighting with Excel, Word or other Office programs. As a Microsoft partner, RedCape's Microsoft Certified Professionals possess expertise in a variety of Microsoft technologies by using these programs every day.

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Reasonable accommodations will be made to those individuals with disabilities, as well as to clients with limited English proficiency, who request such accommodations in advance.