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Is your website your best employee?

Create an Effective Marketing Strategy for Your Brand Your customer has limited time, keep her from “switching away” to another competing priority. Use strategic design thinking in your emails, social media posts and web pages to get what you want from your customer. You’ll learn how to make strategic calls to action using current trends in design and marketing wherever …

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Love Instagram Love Blogging | Jump Start Your Social Media

Start Your 2018 Social Media Marketing Strong Ever wonder how your peers are using social media? How do social marketers strategize and plan? How do business owners gain trust and connect with their online communities in fun and authentic ways? Join us for a morning full of learning with bonus work time built in on Monday, February 26th. This business …

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Facebook Ads Class

Facebook Ads are a great way to reach a targeted audience without breaking the bank, but they do take some strategy and planning to be effective. Kelly Phillips is coming to Vend Raleigh to show us some of the strategies she uses to expand reach and sell more products every day for Catherine Pooler Designs. You’ll learn how to: Use …

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Email Marketing | Online Class

Email trumps social media. Often times we see solo entrepreneurs overlooking the incredible potential of their email list. Begin engaging with your clients (and future clients) via email this week. Tiffani Campbell led an email marketing workshop for Vend Raleigh earlier this year and it was so valuable we invited her to put the class online for those that may …

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Marketing Yourself as a Speaker

Create Your Speaker Profile   If you are wanting to begin promoting yourself as a speaker, let’s get you going! For those that already promote themselves as speakers, let’s fine tune your website and your social media accounts. For both professional events and faith based events, I vet and hire many speakers. These tips will help you attract event planners and …

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The Significance of Public Perceptions | You Are What You Seem

No matter your profession, a company’s public persona has potential to reel in target customers or repel them. In other words, you truly are what you seem. So how do companies and the women who own them use public image to positively influence key audiences? Join Stephanie Llorente, owner of Prep Communications, June 15 at 10:00am to find out! During …

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Illuminate: Swag Bag Marketing

Let’s talk about #2016Illuminate Swag Bag marketing! Here’s the thing, you guys – no matter what anyone says, one of the main reasons our attendees love the Illuminate conference is the attendee Swag Bags. These bags are packed full of freebies, gifts, and coupons, and you get one just for showing up! (And you do not want to miss out …

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Organic Marketing with Jess Rotenberg

Do you want people to hire you because they just love you so much? Join us for Organic Marketing presented by Jess Rotenberg Photography. By the end of the class, you’ll learn what is most likely to bring in your best sales and favorite clients. You’ll make a step by step marketing plan that works for your personality and your …

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Winning at Pinning

Everyone likes to win, and when it comes to using Pinterest for your business, you need a game plan. A strategy for creating beautiful pins that will entice consumers to click your pin. It could be a like, a pin, a comment or click that will lead people to your website to read your blog or purchase a product. Whatever …

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How To and How Not To Connect After Illuminate

Illuminate is just around the corner and I’m betting that some of you have never been to a conference. After checking out the loot in your swag bags, sifting through a stack of colorful business cards, and reviewing your notes, you might wonder, NOW WHAT? I know I did and figured sharing what I learned about connecting with others would …