Presentation done for the Dekalb Chamber of Commerce Business Builder Series on Social Media

1. Business Builder Series on Social Media Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite, aka JB President, 2 The Next LEVEL 404-287-0848 jeff@2thenextlevel.com Twitter: @jbrath

3. Unique Visitors July 2009

4. Why do so many people seem to like Twitter? Simplicity has played an important role in Twitter's success. People are eager to connect with other people and Twitter makes that simple. Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.

13. Who is the most successful Social Media Icon of today?

14. BarackObama’s Social Media Lesson to Small Businesses

15. BarackObama: Yes We Can??? A Black guy… With a funny name… And that notorious middle name… Having serious pastor problems… Wearing this outfit…. Wants to be the next POTUS? SAY WHAT?

16. BarackObama: He Did What??? Raised over $250M… From ordinary folks… Donating small amounts… Winning contests in Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, etc… To beat the Clintons??? That’s Pretty Audacious?

17. Barack Blogs…

19. Barack‘s on “He’s building a new Democratic infrastructure, regimenting it under his brand, and enlisting new technologies and more sophisticated voter contacting techniques to turn it from a normal Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort into a lasting movement.” ZDNet May 2008

25. SMO Social Media Optimization

26. Social Media Tools

27. Recommended books by Brent Leary and David Bullock by Dan Schawbel

28. Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite, aka JB President, 2 The Next LEVEL 404-287-0848 jeff@2thenextlevel.com Twitter: @jbrath Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jbrathwaite Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyalexanderbrathwaite Google: jbrath Power Point Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/jbrath Twitter Hashtag: #socialmediadekalb