Many slides gratefully borrowed from Fred Roed, WorldWideCreative. His amazing presentation is at http://tinyurl.com/d23fxr

1. HOW CAN SMALL BUSINESSES USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO STAND OUT IN A CROWDED MARKETPLACE? Gerry Kirk Consulting www.gerrykirk.net

4. Me

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/evrtstudio/3202366146

7. You http://www.flickr.com/photos/cronai/124120104

32. SOCIAL MEDIA BRAINSTORM

33. PAGES

34. GROUPS

35. 2,500 invited through word-of-mouth EVENTS

36. Twitter

37. Find new customers Service the ones you have

39. Q&A

40. GROUPS

41. MySpace

43. EXERCISE: 10 TIPS FOR SUCCESS http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson

53. THANK YOU! Some slides courtesy Fred Roed, WorldWideCreative Discuss more or inquire about social media training / consulting by email: gerry@gerrykirk.net http://gerrykirk.net/ (email / RSS updates) http://twitter.com/gerry

54. "Facebook is for people you used to know. Twitter is for people you want to know." - Tim O'Reilly 2 hours, hands-on class, April 21 Learn how to engage Twitter for personal and business use http://twitteressentials.eventbrite.com