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.

Andrew Ran Wong

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