Wed & Thurs April 20 & 21 Joanne Steele with Rural Tourism Marketing Group will host a 2 day seminar in Mountain Home, Arkansas to show small rural Arkansas businesses how to make Internet Marketing work for their business and town. Make plans to join us today!

1. Promoting
Rural Tourism
Workshop
Making Internet
Marketing Work
for Your Business
Internet marketing is a highly
& Your Town personalized conversation
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with the customers who are
already looking for exactly
what you are offering.
This workshop will help you identify
those potential customers and assist
April 20-21, 2011
you in getting that conversation going.
In six hours, rural tourism marketing
expert Joanne Steele will teach you
Mountain Home how to turn your immense knowledge
of your town, your business, and your
Liberty Bank of Arkansas most ideal customer into a focused and
profitable Internet marketing strategy
1 p.m.-4 p.m. (Both sessions) that fits your needs, time and budget.
Pre-registration required. See registration information on back! We will NOT use computers, so don’t
be scared!
You will be able to confidently
approach Internet marketing, making
informed decisions about which social
media sites best suit your business
and your time. When you complete
the workshop, you will be a confident,
capable online marketer, with an
integrated online plan to increase your
business and make you more money.

2. Promoting
Rural Tourism
Workshop
April 20-21,2011  Mountain Home Joanne Steele
Presenter
As owner and operator of
$30.00  Pre-registration required. Rural Tourism Marketing
Register by phone or email. Group, Joanne Steele
has worked for more
 Call: (501) 683-7700 or (800) 862-2040
than15 years helping rural
 Email: Shannon Roberts, sxroberts@ualr.edu
communities become
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in tourism destinations.
advance. Contact Shannon Roberts at 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 72204 or (501) 683-7700.
She served 11 years as director of tourism for
rural Siskiyou County, Calif., utilizing a small
Making Internet Marketing Work operating budget to generate more than
$4 million worth of press coverage for rural
for Your Business & Your Town businesses.
Through her blog, RuralTourismMarketing.
com, workshops, and presentations she shares
her knowledge of the rural tourism industry
and her dedication to rural culture and values.
Currently she is working with rural develop-
ment organizations in Oregon, Kansas, and
California and consults through her blog with
rural development specialists throughout
the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and other
international rural destinations.
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