Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals Overview


How do you get the word out about that new blog?

How do you reach influential Twitter users who can spread the word about your new product/service?

Which is best for promoting your organisation on Facebook? A Group or a Page?

The Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals course is the ideal environment to learn how to use free social media tools like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook strategically to grow and market your media business or organisation.

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3 Key Takeaways from the Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals Training Course

Social Media Process v 1.0

Social Media Process v 1.0

Yesterday I had the pleasure of running an Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals training course at One Central Park, Manchester.

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Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals

New Training Course: Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals

I’m pretty excited about this!  Starting next month, on Wednesday 10th February to be precise, I will be running a new social media training course aimed squarely at the media industry in the North West.

The new Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals course, designed specifically for digital media professionals considering use of social media within media projects, builds on Real Fresh TV’s success with the UK’s longest running ‘social media for beginners’ course: the Social Media Starter Course.

Along with an assessment of workable strategies for developing multi-platform content, the course concludes with an introduction to the rigours and demands of creating content for multiple platforms.

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The First Learning Social Media By Doing Course – A Success!

The Learning Social Media By Doing Course - logoBy all accounts, yesterday’s first Learning Social Media By Doing Course was a success!

Put on specifically in response to requests by attendees of the Social Media Starter Course for a more practical follow-up course, the half-day workshop was aimed at giving beginner to medium level social media users a hands-on introduction to social media tools.

And hands-on they got!

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Using Twitter for Discussion and Feedback during the Social Media Starter Course

Using Twitter for Discussion and Feedback during the Social Media Starter Course

Yesterday morning saw an incredibly well attended Social Media Starter Course, the second ever and fully booked!

Attendees included staff from Salford, Manchester Metropolitan and Manchester universities looking to engage with the local community using social media, the marketing team from online travel and leisure company, iKnow, a community worker from Trafford Metropolitan Borough and a PR/journalist.

It was a pretty mixed group with varying levels of social media experience and knowledge.

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