Ventureneer Webinar Shows Entrepreneurs, Nonprofits How to Mix e-Media to Maximize Effect

Dec. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- New York, NY December 27, 2010 -- Zing! Pow! That's the effect everyone wants from their marketing.

In Rev Up Your Nonprofit, Small Business Revenue with E-marketing, a free webinar from Ventureneer, participants wil learn how to mix online media to maximize its marketing effect.

Entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and small business owners will learn to define and reach their particular markets with the media that is most cost-effective for them. It's about getting your message to your market, wherever that market hangs out.

Prospects, customers, investors and influencers are some of the target audiences that organizations want to reach. But the message to each is different. Ventureneer's webinar will show participants how to reach the audience that counts for campaign with a mix of traditional and online media, including social media.

The webinar will take place Thursday January 20, 2011, 12n-1pm ET and will be taught by
Geri Stengel, founder of Ventureneer and an oft-cited expert on social media.

A "graduate" of the corporate world, Geri is also a mentor and teacher, who is up to date on the latest and best marketing practices, including technology and social media. Stengel knows teaching, she knows business, and she knows social media. She can help bring marketing, development and fundraising into the 21st century without mind-numbing jargon or "computerese."

"Online media can target the exact audience you want to reach. When you do it right, its highly effective and outcomes can be measured easily," says Stengel.

This free online seminar will cover the basics, such as:

•   Know the target audience. Which media do they use and why?
•   Have a clear goal. Is it building awareness, credibility, traffic to your website or attracting donors, recruiting clients, all of the above, or something else?
•   Which social media is the best at doing what needs to accomplish?
•   Measure the effectiveness of each medium, so the marketing plan can be adjusted to laser-focus on the right audience.

That's just for starters. With the message and market defined, there's still a lot to know:
•   Why email? Why not? How to focus?
•   Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook: Oh, my! Do I use them all? None? Some? Why?
•   What are social networks good for? What makes them fail?
•   How so blogs and comments get a brand out.

In this class, participants will learn to tailor online marketing to the specific needs of their business or nonprofit. They'll learn how to figure out which media will work best for their purposes, whether that purpose is attracting new customers or advocating for a cause.

This is personal, real-life, and practical.

Small business owners, start-up entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and development directors will find the information in this webinar useful in developing effective, low-cost marketing plans.

For more information or to register go to Rev Up Your Nonprofit, Small Business Revenue with E-marketing.

About Ventureneer
Ventureneer connects values-driven small business owners, social entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders with the knowledge they need to make the world a better place and to thrive as businesses. At Ventureneer, entrepreneurial and nonprofit training and advice are practical, accessible, and affordable. Ventureneer has a new approach to learning, one built on Web 2.0 technology, that blends traditional, formal instruction with informal, peer learning. You can learn new skills, collaborate with peers, develop solutions to your real-world problems, get one-on-one help from experts, and access the information you need to make better decisions for your organizations.