NY Entrepreneurs Business Network (NYEBN)

Business Talk (Panel): Debunking The Myths Of Twitter, LinkedIn, And Facebook

Mar 3 Wed 6:15 PM

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Estimated attendance: 86 people attended.
4.5013 (13 ratings)
Who organized?
Andrew Ran Wong, Gabrielle Sarmiento, Ramon Larry Francisco, and Susan Risdal
Price: $15.00 in advance/25 at the door
refund policy

Feel overwhelmed with all the social media tools? No worries. I've assembled a panel of experts to debunk the myths of social media. You can scroll down to read their bios.

Everything discussed here is geared towards developing your business or help you start a business. In brevity, here is what's covered:

~ How to cash in on your LinkedIn network
~ How to get recommended on LinkedIn
~ How to use LinkedIn to enhance your sales expertise
~ How to get valuable and quality Twitter followers
~ How to use Facebook group and page features
~ How to get listed on Twitter
~ How to capitalize on your social networks
~ How to conduct cost-effective marketing campaigns with social media tools
~ Effective ways to help you increase productivity while using a variety of social media tools
~ Help you get started correctly with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter if you're not a current user
~ Real stories from panelists on how they use social media tools everyday

Meeting Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Arriving
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM: Registration
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Panel Discussion (Welcome audience interaction)
8:30 PM - 9:00 PM: Focused Networking

Panelists:

Jan Wallen - Author of "Mastering Linkedin In 7 Days Or Less," founder and principal of LinkedIn Works! a New York-based sales and LinkedIn consulting firm, and professional business speaker (Download her full bio here)

Ruben Quinones - Director of Sales, Social Media @ Path Interactive, business consultant and speaker, and Adjunct Professor at NYU–SCPS Marketing & Advertising (Read full bio here)

Nelly Yusupova - CTO, Webgrrls International/Cybergrrl Inc. and Founder of DigitalWoman.com, speaker, marketing consultant, featured on Wall Street Journal (Download her full bio here)

Andrew Ran Wong (Panelist/Moderator) - CEO of WebStudio13, blogger, social media/marketing consultant, speaker, & founder of NY Entrepreneurs Business Network (Read me on my blog)

Raffle Prize

This may not be necessary. But we feel it's important for you to leave with something valuable in your hand. We will raffle off Jan Wallen's book (Mastering Linkedin In 7 Days Or Less) before the networking session starts. So please make sure you bring your business cards so you qualify for participating in the drawing.

Others:

If you pay in advance via Amazon Payment, it's $15. Or you pay $25 at the door. Because we only have limited seating, preference will be given to people who have pre-paid. Refreshment or cupcakes will be served at this event.

Any questions about this event? Please email Sue Risdal, the assistant organizer at Susan at WebStudio13 dot com. Also email Sue if you have any simple questions about this group. Due to my heavy workload and commitments to different projects currently, emails to me might not be read or answered on time. I appreciate your understanding.

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Posted Mar 12, 2010 10:58 AM

Joe DeMott

Hi - sharing some more LinkedIn tips "6 Powerful LinkedIn Marketing Tips for Small Businesses," compares LinkedIn as the "red headed step-child" of social media" - an under appreciated medium with opportunities for small business. - from Social Media Examiner blog -http://tinyurl.com/ylpx2zx
Posted Mar 10, 2010 11:04 AM

Andrew Ran Wong

Organizer

For the Twitter presentation slide, you can view and download it here http://www.webgrrls.com/blo...
Posted Mar 10, 2010 9:55 AM

Andrew Ran Wong

Organizer

Hey Tim, thanks for the kind reminder. I've got permissions to post two slides (LinkedIn & Facebook). They can now be found here and ready for download http://www.ny-entrepreneur-.... Happy learning :-)
Posted Mar 10, 2010 9:36 AM

tim leary

Hello Andrew, There have been several requests for the slides from various NYEBN members and prospective members, especiallly for the linkedin. The twittering is still bleeding edge. Regards, Tim
Posted Mar 8, 2010 12:24 PM

Andrew Ran Wong

Organizer

Virginia, we need to get permissions from the speakers if we post them on our site. Let me get in touch with them and get back to you.
Posted Mar 8, 2010 12:05 PM

virginia sobol

will the presentations for this meeting be posted on this site or the speakers' sites?
Posted Mar 5, 2010 10:29 AM

Joan

Thanks for sharing the NYT article, it's starting to make more sense to me now.
Posted Mar 5, 2010 9:02 AM

Mary Lou Floyd

Interesting and related article yesterday in the NYT Business section on Twitter, "Using Twitter for Work, Not Diversion," http://www.nytimes.com/2010...
Posted Mar 5, 2010 8:25 AM

virginia sobol

The meeting was great. All the presenters were exeellent in both style and substance. Thanks.
Posted Mar 5, 2010 1:42 AM

Andrew Ran Wong

Organizer

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Posted Mar 4, 2010 1:15 PM

Andrew Ran Wong

Organizer

Joe, thanks for posting your feedback. Yes, it was well presented. I also took away something new and valuable from each presenter... Thank everybody for attending!
Posted Mar 4, 2010 1:08 PM

Joe DeMott

Thanks Jan Wallen, Nelly Yusupova and Ruben Quinones for some excellent tips on utilizing LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for promoting a business or career. All provided a clear explanation of the basic and more advenced tips on how to use these netoworks most effectively. Thanks Andrew Wong & all for a very useful presentation. -Joe DeMott

Who attended?

86 attendees
- Christine
  
  “ So much good info to take in! I'll try to apply all my notes to my social media accounts. ”
- Margaret
  
  “ I found this meeting to be very informational. I was especially curious about Twitter as I was not a user. I started to work my way around the site yesterday and now I'm captivated. Thank you panelist, you all did a great job! ”
- Pauline Kehm
  
  “ This was an excellent presentation. The three principal speakers knew their stuff and presented organized steps to maximize the social media platforms. Andrew moderated well and added his expertise. Well worth the time and $. ”
- katja schroeder
  
  “ Great presenters, great recommendations that you can take and apply to your own business. ”
- Sheri Greenhaus (+1 guest)
  
  “ The presenters were good- but I need a more advanced panel ”
- Josh Gordesky
  
  “ Very useful information on the top three social media outlets. They provided practical tips that I can use right away. ”
- Mary Lou Floyd
  
  “ Dividing the speakers up by social network (LinkedIn, Twitter, FB) worked. The three presentations were well organized and real practical information was delivered. ”
- Eugene
  
  “ Great event. Great speakers. I learned a lot of information that I can use in building my network and business. ”
- Alex
  
  “ First, I want to say "thanks" the organizer of this seminar - Andrew, for necessary and very useful information that I can use for business! ”
- Hussein Nouri
  
  “ The organizer and panel was very organized and remained on track with the meeting agenda while also attempting to answer some slightly off topic questions. ”
- Melissa
  
  “ very informative. Would have preferred if the speakers could have gone into a little more depth on the topics, but it was a limited forum. ”
- Liliana Perez
- Boaz Cohen
- Nikki Caesar
- Zhe Jin
- Gabrielle Sarmiento (+1 guest)
- Matthew Cummings
- Atil Erken
- Nelly Yusupova
- Charlie
- Naomi Glaser
- Nelle
- Paul Okura
- Joe DeMott
- Brett
- SRI
- Jeff Mehl
- Monique Johnson
- simone
- Jay
- Lei Chen
- Detta Patterson (+1 guest)
- Art Jones
- Devin
- Abhi
- Marcel Havyarimana
- Ramon Larry Francisco
  
  Chief Photography Officer
- Joan
- Eugene T. Torand
- Jan Wallen
- Connie (+1 guest)
- virginia sobol
- Marvin Bzura
- Susan Risdal
- Audrey Bell-Kearney
- julie holley
- Chantelle Luttenberger
- Emily Leary (+1 guest)
- Norman Rosner
- Andrew Ran Wong