Sharing your Vision w/ Social Media A work shop on using free and cheap technology to promote your creative work with the world! You Are All Story Tellers Already- These are Just new Ways to tell a story.

What to expect today ONLINE Getting your web presence going, or moving it forward- OPTIONS , things to watch for- Do’s and Don’ts What is out there (and there is a lot of it) What works together and how to make the most of it all. 1&2 will be A LOT of material, some you won’t understand right off, that is OK. Take the ideas with you as resources and you can always use more as you go along. Everything comes in small steps. We are available for custom one on one consultations after today. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE PR AND MARKETING OF YOUR CREATIVE WORK! And the good news is, in the social media world this usually means time and not nec. Money.

ONLINE Getting your web presence going, or moving it forward- OPTIONS , things to watch for- Do’s and Don’ts

What is out there (and there is a lot of it)

What works together and how to make the most of it all.

1&2 will be A LOT of material, some you won’t understand right off, that is OK. Take the ideas with you as resources and you can always use more as you go along. Everything comes in small steps.

We are available for custom one on one consultations after today.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE PR AND MARKETING OF YOUR CREATIVE WORK! And the good news is, in the social media world this usually means time and not nec. Money.

Why This Stuff Matters

Getting yourself out there with technology. It is easier than it was…I promise You MUST have your own URL (also the email-gmail options) Blogs/ Twitter and Social Media are becoming the Best way to promote, build community and get other folks to do your PR for you! If you build it they still may not come! To be a tweeter you must also become a twitter follower- RT’er, Listener What about Myspace? Facebook? Mixi? Join communities and self promote like crazy Techology does not have to be expensive Books are our friends “lots of good ht books out there” Don’t be afraid of new stuff Podcasting/ Online Video is easy- and fun – And Terri will tell you more. Lots of fun tools (and many of them integrated) Pictures pictures pictures (if you don’t have a camera get one!) Copyright Note to self- there is so much out there and new stuff everyday. I don’t have to use or understand all of it… taking it one step at a time is enough.

You MUST have your own URL (also the email-gmail options)

Blogs/ Twitter and Social Media are becoming the Best way to promote, build community and get other folks to do your PR for you!

If you build it they still may not come!

To be a tweeter you must also become a twitter follower- RT’er, Listener

What about Myspace? Facebook? Mixi?

Join communities and self promote like crazy

Techology does not have to be expensive

Books are our friends “lots of good ht books out there”

Don’t be afraid of new stuff

Podcasting/ Online Video is easy- and fun – And Terri will tell you more.

Lots of fun tools (and many of them integrated)

Pictures pictures pictures (if you don’t have a camera get one!)

Copyright

Note to self- there is so much out there and new

stuff everyday. I don’t have to use or understand all of it…

taking it one step at a time is enough.

What is out there and making it work together to the best advantage Blogs are one of the best new, virtually free, self promotion tools out there. (today we will look at two options there are others like Drupal, Joomla and more but these are the ones I am most familiar with) Advantages Disadvantages Where to start? Then what? Remember books are our friends! PS. Share the amazon trick…

Blogs are one of the best new, virtually free, self promotion tools out there. (today we will look at two options there are others like Drupal, Joomla and more but these are the ones I am most familiar with)

Advantages

Disadvantages

Where to start?

Then what?

Remember

books are our friends!

PS. Share the amazon trick…

Other fun stuff Twitter Picasa and other photo tools (flickr, etc.) Facebook and FANPAGESor groups Mixi etc. MadMimi- Online list and newsletter management http://www.hassleme.co.uk/ YouTube Organizing tools like basecamp, writeboard 37signals, remember the milk Upcoming.org (esp. important in Japan) 52projects and other tangential communities Keep your eye on google the wave and others digg

Twitter

Picasa and other photo tools (flickr, etc.)

Facebook and FANPAGESor groups

Mixi etc.

MadMimi- Online list and newsletter management

http://www.hassleme.co.uk/

YouTube

Organizing tools like basecamp, writeboard 37signals, remember the milk

Upcoming.org (esp. important in Japan)

52projects and other tangential communities

Keep your eye on google the wave and others

digg

Don’t Just Talk…

Offline & face to face The Truth is… I wanted to do this workshop because talented creative people in my life drive me crazy. this workshop started as an offline idea. (storytime)

The Truth is…

I wanted to do this workshop because talented creative people in my life drive me crazy.

this workshop

started as an offline idea.

(storytime)

Lauren and Terri’s Rules for Sharing Your Vision . MAKE A POSTCARD for everyday, not just your current project Make cards & business cards / what to include on them - Think of how your biz-card etc. can be a little bit different. Take time and money and make a “serious” writer’s portfolio Buy something nice, make it easy to carry, make sure it will last and include a little bit of everything Have a Marketing kit handy at all times! Tools, tools, tools. On Everything your print, or make- include your contact info (yours not just a publisher or store or venue) Talk to other people and ask what they do- try out new things. Write your own press-release and BUILD a press list Do events. (restaurants and cafes are great- and great for PR) Make a mailing list and USE it-paper and email MADMIMI Copy shamelessly- “good artists borrow, great artists steal”- Picasso Sharing and Q&A

MAKE A POSTCARD for everyday, not just your current project

Make cards & business cards / what to include on them - Think of how your biz-card etc. can be a little bit different.

Take time and money and make a “serious” writer’s portfolio Buy something nice, make it easy to carry, make sure it will last and include a little bit of everything

Have a Marketing kit

handy at all times!

Tools, tools, tools.

On Everything your print, or make- include your contact info (yours not just a publisher or store or venue)

Talk to other people and ask what they do- try out new things.

Write your own press-release and BUILD a press list

Do events. (restaurants and cafes are great- and great for PR)

Make a mailing list and USE it-paper and email MADMIMI

Copy shamelessly- “good artists borrow, great artists steal”- Picasso

Sharing and Q&A

Sharing your Vision One on one consulting and assistance at using technology to promote your creative work and share your ideas with the world! Lauren and Terri can help you take your online and offline PR to the next level. Sharing Your Vision New Media Public Relations and Marketing Assistance For follow-up and help, For new ideas and new techology- Email lauren.shannon@gmail.com Or call 090-5756-4967 Brought to you by Hug Revolution! http://hugrevolution.blogspot.com/

One on one consulting and assistance

at using technology to promote your

creative work and share your ideas with the world!

Lauren and Terri can help you take your online and offline PR to the next level.

Sharing Your Vision

New Media Public Relations and

Marketing Assistance

For follow-up and help,

For new ideas and new techology-

Email lauren.shannon@gmail.com

Or call 090-5756-4967