GROWING YOUR BUSINESS with PRESENTED BY BARRY HURD 123SOCIALMEDIA.COM

A bit about me Barry Hurd President of 123SocialMedia.com Strategic Director of Social Media Club Seattle Thought leader in on competitive intelligence and online business development. Has presented to such client and business networks including the Master Builders Association, The Executive Network of Seattle, MIT Enterprise Forums, CASE Alumni Network, National Association of Realtors, Microsoft, and Social Media Club. He has received press coverage from such sources as the Seattle PI, Q13 Fox Seattle, Alltop, TopRank BigList, Real Estate Magazine, Best Big Business Blogs, Bulldog Reporter, WebProNews, Ragan Communications, Mashable, Everett Herald, King County Business Journal, and The National Law Journal (Law.com)

Barry Hurd

President of 123SocialMedia.com Strategic Director of Social Media Club Seattle

Thought leader in on competitive intelligence and online business development. Has presented to such client and business networks including the Master Builders Association, The Executive Network of Seattle, MIT Enterprise Forums, CASE Alumni Network, National Association of Realtors, Microsoft, and Social Media Club.

He has received press coverage from such sources as the Seattle PI, Q13 Fox Seattle, Alltop, TopRank BigList, Real Estate Magazine, Best Big Business Blogs, Bulldog Reporter, WebProNews, Ragan Communications, Mashable, Everett Herald, King County Business Journal, and The National Law Journal (Law.com)

MOVING THROUGH 2009 AND INTO THE FUTURE

HOW DO WE GROW OUR BUSINESS?

First we define “ IT ”

THIS IS A WEBSITE

SOCIAL MEDIA = EXPOSURE

CREATING YOUR WEB PRESENCE

REVIEW YOUR DIGITAL PRESENCE

WHERE AM I? HOW MANY POINTS OF CONTACT DO YOU HAVE? ARE YOU REACHING YOUR AUDIENCE WHERE THEY ARE? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING? DO YOU GIVE INTERESTED PARTIES THE TOOLS AND REASONS TO SHARE?

Understanding our words…

The Value of Words

Sharing words is easy

Local Words

Community Words

TOOLS YOU CAN USE TODAY

FireFox - WebMynd

Finding Conversations- SocialMention

Web Users - Addictomatic

Outreach & Profiling - 123people.com

Easy Listening - TweetDeck

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Thank You, Questions Please. Barry Hurd 123SocialMedia.com http://twitter.com/123socialmedia