Friday, October 02, 2009

Social Media for Small Business - What's It All About?



If you're interested in starting a small business or have already started one and want to leverage the power of social media, you should to check out the free Hands On Small Business (#HOSB) sessions in October in November. If the idea of starting a website or that Twitter hashtag (#HOSB) leaves you scratching your head, fear no more, all will be explained!

Kirtsy and Microsoft Office Live are holding 100 FREE sessions in 20 cities about online and social media solutions that help entrepreneurs and small businesses. Christine Koh of Boston Mamas and yours truly will be teaching five sessions in the Boston area. We are excited to be part of this fun, hands on initiative!

Here are the Boston dates, locations and registration page:

Thursday, October 8th, 10:00am-12:00pm
Good Food Cafe
2378 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02140

Saturday, October 17th, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center
One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142

Tuesday, October 20, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center
One Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02142

Thursday, November 5th, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Shift Communications
20 Guest Street, Suite 200 Brighton, MA 02135

Monday, November 9th, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Good Food Cafe
2378 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02140
Christine and I will be at the first session together, and you can also see me on Saturday, October 17th and Monday, November 9th. Hope to see you there!

If you're outside the Boston area, check out all the cities that these sessions are offered and register here http://www.handsonsmallbusiness.com/

Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Houston, TX
Little Rock, AR
Los Angeles / Orange County, CA
Miami, FL
New York, NY
Oklahoma City, OK
Portland, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Toronto, ON
Washington, DC

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