“being Social is About a Lot More Than Trading Business Cards and Buying Drinks: a Look at Social Media/social Networking” Presented by South Shore Ad

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"being Social is About a Lot More Than Trading Business Cards and Buying Drinks: a Look at Social Media/social Networking" Presented by South Shore Ad

DATELINE:  QUINCY, MA… Because social Media and Social Networking are among the “hot” topics in our industries, you won’t want to miss the next South Shore Ad Club sponsored event.

What is Social Networking? How is it used in marketing? What are some of the useful tips and tools? These are the topics that will be covered at a January 13 (Tuesday) panel discussion from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Granite Links Country Club in the Veranda Room, Quincy.

Brian Bram from Last Panda, a Cambridge Interactive Media Company, and Tom and Reiko Beach of TRB Design, Inc., video production/web marketing from Norwell, MA, will talk about the importance of Social Networking. In addition to how it is used in marketing and the tips and tools to make it effective, the panel will also focus on how to make it more successful with proper audience alignment and content voicing â€" as well as how to get started simply and inexpensively with an existing website.

“Social Networking and Social Marketing is here to stay,” said Steve Dubin,” said Steve Dubin, owner of PR Works and member of the South Shore Ad Club’s board of directors. “As marketers, we need to make sure our websites and the strategies we use to market ourselves represent the very latest and very best in technology. This presentation will help streamline one’s understanding of the challenges, and benefits, of social networking and social marketing.”

The event will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, 6 p.m. at Granite Links Country Club’s Veranda Room, 100 Quarry Hills Drive, Quincy. The price of admission is for non-members, for members. Light refreshments will be served. Copywriters, graphic designers, Web designers, ad agencies, pr agencies, photographers, printers, typesetters, corporate communications professionals, marketing professionals, printers, videographers and all small businesses are welcome to attend.

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To RSVP, please contact Colleen Jacobsen, Webster Printing Co., Inc.,

Hanson, Massachusetts at 781-447-5484 or e-mail colleen@websterprinting.com.

Payment for the event can be made online at www.southshoreadclub.com or you

can print out the registration form on the Web site and mail check, payable

to “South Shore Ad Club,” to: South Shore Ad Club, 1069 West Washington

Street, Hanson, MA  02341. Cash or checks will also be accepted at the door.

About the South Shore Ad Club

The South Shore Ad Club is a non-profit organization committed to the

personal and professional development of communications professional located

south of Boston. It’s the club’s mission to improve, strengthen and advance

career goals through learning and networking opportunities; and to serve as

a resource for local and Boston-area businesses requiring marketing,

advertising, public relations and/or communications services. For more

information and membership rates, please visit the South Shore Ad Club’s Web

site at www.southshoreadclub.com.

“being Social is About a Lot More Than Trading Business Cards and Buying Drinks: a Look at Social Media/social Networking” Presented by South Shore Ad