Small-Business Expert Rieva Lesonsky Discusses Social Media At National Small Business Week

May 15, 2009 - PRLog -- Irvine, Calif. – GrowBiz Media CEO Rieva Lesonsky will participate in a panel on social media at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week 2009.

The event, taking place May 17-19 in Washington, DC, honors the nation’s top entrepreneurs and advocates of entrepreneurship. More than 100 small-business owners from across the country will gather for the three-day conference, which is highlighted by the announcement of the National Small Business Person of the Year.  

In addition to honors, National Small Business Week will feature town hall meetings and forums where entrepreneurs can learn about best practices and issues facing small business. Lesonsky will be on the panel for the “Social Media Forum: Social Media, Transforming the Way You Do Business” on Tuesday, May 19, at 11:00 a.m.

“I’m very excited to help entrepreneurs understand the fast-expanding world of social media and how it can help them,” said Lesonsky. An avid Twitter user who has embraced social media, Lesonsky has used the power of online networking to help grow her content and consulting company GrowBiz Media, which she launched last year after more than 25 years as Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine.

Follow Rieva on Twitter @rieva. For more information about National Small Business Week and a full schedule of events, go to http://www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com.

About Rieva Lesonsky And Growbiz Media: Prior to co-founding GrowBiz Media (http://www.growbizmedia.com) in 2008, Rieva Lesonsky was SVP/Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine for more than 25 years. A nationally recognized speaker who regularly addresses audiences across the country, Lesonsky has appeared on hundreds of radio shows and numerous local and national television programs, including CNN, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Fox Business News, The Martha Stewart show and Oprah, and can regularly be seen on MSNBC’s Your Business. Lesonsky blogs about small business for AllBusiness.com, Microsoft Office Live and The Huffington Post. In 2009 she was named to Folio magazine’s annual “Folio: 40” list of top influencers in the publishing industry.

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