Find out how do successful consultants, solopreneurs, and small brands with marketing departments of one manage successful social media marketing, so you can, too. Being effective in social media means being efficient. First, focusing on who your target audience is, which requires knowing your brand and customers and asking the right questions. Then focus on where those select few who want to hear from you are online. In this highly interactive talk, New Media Education Expert and CEO of Designated Editor Suzanne McDonald will show you how to be both efficient and effective to generate ROI for your brand. Learn from case studies and client stories, like the Strategic Video Award-winning #Ticknado campaign. Founder of http://www.NewportInteractiveMarketers.com networking-learning group, Suzanne McDonald launched her consultancy http://www.DesignatedEditor.com in 2008 and in October won the International Business Award New Media Internet Company of the Year, in addition to American Business Awards Innovator of the Year. An educator and communicator at heart, Suzanne voluntary leapt from The Boston Globe newsroom to dive into SEO, web strategy, social, email marketing, and events and spends her days guiding small brands through game-changing communications technology to transform them into highly effective engaged brands, in spite of their budgets. You may know Suzanne already via Newport Interactive Marketers networking-learning group, which gathers 75+ attendees monthly for networking and an expert speaker. She’s also developed and taught New Media and Social Media courses for the University of Rhode Island and Framingham State University as well as online courses.