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Michelle Hite

Launch Your Business Online: Free Workshop on Website Essentials

When:
Tuesday September 27, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT

Where:
SBA Georgia District Office
233 Peachtree Street, NE
Harris Tower, Suite 1900
Atlanta, GA 30303

What:

SCORE  mentors and  representatives from the local business community  conduct a  variety of  regularly scheduled, low cost educational  workshops that  provide  valuable information and techniques necessary  for establishing  and  managing a successful business. 
    
Having  a  website has become almost a requirement for small businesses.   However,  when it comes to setting up a website, there are so many   options,  choosing what to do is often confusing for a non-technical  small  or  independent business owner.
In this  introductory  workshop, the instructor will introduce you to the basics  of great  website design and the available options to chose a domain  name. You'll touch on web hosting, providers, and the different forms  of  websites your company might select.  The instructor will acquaint you   with WordPress™ and it's capabilities as a design tool and content   management system

Register today and begin your road to successful entrepreneurship.

SCORE Atlanta
scoreatlanta@joimail.com
404 331 0121

Get Free E-book: How to Use Twitter for Business

Happy Thursday GloryWorks! Family,

 

Sometimes tidbits of wonderful information cross my desk. I subscribe to a e-mail newsletter that social media expert Debbie Weil sends out, and it's always chockfull of great information.

The following comes directly from her newsletter, and tells you how you can get your own copy of HubSpot's free e-book on how to get use Twitter for Business:

 

Weil says:
HubSpot's free e-book is, hands down, the most practical resource I've run across for how to get the most out of Twitter for business.

I love the tips on:

• How to set up your Twitter profile (hint: use a smiling photo and make your mini bio an elevator pitch)
   
• What to tweet about (hint: don't be corporate; offer useful links to other resources; live tweet a conference)
   
• How to create a customized background (hint: if you don't have access to a designer, use a service like Themeleon to customize color palettes and patterns) 

Download the Free eBook now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Part 2, there is more strategic information on how to use Twitter for marketing, PR, customer service and lead generation. As I've said before, I love HubSpot's free e-books and Webinars. They are the best example out there of "marketing with great content."

 

I'll be in touch again soon.

 

best regards,

 

Debbie Weil
202.255.1467
www.debbieweil.com/blog

Serial Entrepreneur Finds Success Using Social Media

GloryWorks! Family,

How are your business related social media efforts going? Swimmingly, I hope. If you need a little inspiration, I have plenty of examples of individuals who are using social media to boost their businesses and rake in some serious dough.

This week's inspiration: Mari Luangrath, founder, Foiled Cupcakes
taken from Crain's Small Business Forum Newsletter

Luangrath is currently working on her third entrepreneurial venture, Foiled Cupcakes, Chicago's only online-order and personal-delivery cupcake company. Starting the gourmet business with her own capital and using social media as her only form of advertising, Luangrath has proven her expertise in relationship building using online networks and word-of-mouth marketing: Foiled Cupcakes surpassed first-year revenue goals by more than 600%, entirely attributed to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogging.

Luangrath's authenticity and passion for business strategy and networking has resulted in a client list that includes Bank of America, the Chicago Cubs, the Food Channel, Harpo Communications, Northwestern University, Wm. J. Wrigley Co. and more than 100 Fortune 500 companies.

Good News for GloryWorks! Biz Owners: Alpharetta Accelerator Launches August 9

With Georgia leading the nation in new business startups, a new kind of small business incubator will launch with ribbon-cutting ceremonies 4pm-6pm on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 to serve the need for more and better small-business growth and job creation throughout the state.

 

The Alpharetta Accelerator has been designed by its principals to offer multiple new services to its clients, unlike other small business incubators. The services include a 75-member Board of Advisors; access to the soon-to-be-established $10 million Alpharetta Seed Capital Fund; and preferred access to the Atlanta Gathering of Angels, a group of accredited investors that meets twice monthly. The Gathering of Angels group has found capital for more than 375 young companies since it was founded in 1996 by Tarby Bryant, one of the managing partners of the Accelerator.

The Accelerator will be located at 221 Roswell Street in downtown Alpharetta, Georgia, in what the principals call full service, state-of-the-art and best of breed facilities complete with unlimited free parking and neighborhood amenities. It will comprise the entire first floor of the building which is the headquarters of Staffing Technologies Worldwide, a privately-held $60 million international technological staffing company owned by Jim McNabb, another managing partner of the Alpharetta Accelerator.

LEARN MORE: Alpharetta Accelerator Launches August 9 | Atlanta Daybook

Entrepreneur Bets on Happiness With Grilled Cheese

Serial Entrepreneur Jonathan Kaplan discusses his new idea: The Melt. Jonathan is known for making the flip camera phone that was purchased by Cisco for $500 million. He's been an entrepreneur since the age of 11.

Need inspiration for your business - read his story!http://www.npr.org/2011/07/29/138590240/entrepreneur-bets-on-happiness-with-grilled-cheese

Resurrection House's Art Hall Gets Social for Waffle House

Everyone who knows Art Hall knows that he "GETS Social Media!"   So much so, that Waffle House opted to use him in their Waffle House Regulars ad promoting their new iPhone Location App.

Check out Art Hall as he attempts to locate the nearest Waffle House using the iPhone app, but don't forget to get your FREE Sausage Biscuit too! Ah, the joys of social media -- Free Stuff All Day Long!