Social Bits will be running a workshop on how to use Facebook for your business. This workshop will take place on the following dates:  10th of November, 11th of November, 15th of November,  22nd of November and the 29th of November. Facebook has officially 500 million active users, who spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. If Facebook were a country it would be the third biggest in the world, this is a huge market. From an Irish perspective there are 1.6 million users. You need to be where your customers are, and a lot of them are on Facebook. This workshop deliver the basics of the Facebook interface and features, and will then progress to creating a business page, Facebook advertising, Facebook metrics and how to build a customers base on Facebook.

This workshop is open to all business individuals who are thinking of using Facebook to promote their local business in the global online marketplace.

Workshop details

• Introduction to Facebook
• Statistics on Facebook usage
• What businesses use Facebook?
• Anatomy of Facebook
• Facebook Like page & button
• Facebook Ads
• Facebook applications
• Facebook Connect
• Facebook insights
• Building and retaining a community around your business

Details

• Dates for November
  • Wednesday the 10th of November

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  • Thursday the 11th of November

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  • Monday the 15th of November

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  • Monday the 22nd of November 2010

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  • Monday the 29th of November 2010
• Time: 9:30am – 1:30 pm
• Location: Absolute hotel, Limerick
• Cost: €50

Educator

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Mark Cahill has over 13 years experience with blue-chip corporations such as such as Dell, Airtricity, Trinity Biotech and Johnson & Johnson in a variety of Technical/IT and Project Management roles. In recent years he has also worked with SMEs and entrepreneurs. He completed his masters degree in business administration (MBA) in 2008, and his thesis “To what extent have Online Social Networks changed Business to Consumer Marketing”. His thesis looks at how online social networks and Web 2.0 have changed the marketing landscape and it proposes a model for an integrated offline and online marketing strategy. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and has a passion for technology and how it can benefit business. Mark is one of the founding organisers and speakers at Bizcamp Limerick. He is also an experienced trainer having delivered internal training courses while working at Dell. Mark was recently featured in Business Plus, one of Ireland’s leading directories of entrepreneurs. He is also a member of Engineers Ireland (IEI), IIA (Irish Internet Association) and MBA association of Ireland (MBAAI). Mark is also a guest lecturer in University of Limerick, Ireland, in Entrepreneurship, and Marketing, with a focus on Social Networks and Social Media.