An Intermediate Guide to Social Media for Business

Event Date: Mon, 13th Jun 2016

Event Time: 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM

Venue: Oberoi Dubai, Executive Boardroom

Location: Business Bay


Member Fee: 131 AED

Registration Closed

- Don’t have the time to manage social media, so post sporadically when the mood takes you? 
- Send tweets but don’t really know what happens to them?
- Post updates and tweets but without engagement?
- Shy away from hashtags because you don’t really know how or when to use them?

For those who are already familiar and use (or at least have used) Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and more for their business, this session will provide tips and tricks to help take social media to the next level. Providing lots of quick wins and handy hints to make social media more strategic and effective in the workplace


Topics will include:
• Social media strategy (a planned and measured approach)
• The importance of themes, hashtags and consistency
• Social media management tools to make life easy and save time
• Scheduling content and delegation tips
• Growing your following 
• Influencer measurement and management

An established social media and corporate communications consultant who has been in Dubai for over a decade, Sam Dancy has experience across a range of consumer and corporate brands, working both in-house and within an agency environment. Her client portfolio extends across corporate, consumer and not-for-profit and includes companies such as Dubai World Trade Centre, Jumeirah Group, Aggreko, InterContinental Hotels Group, Landmark Group, Emaar, The British Council and Emirates as well numerous successful SME’s and start-up’s.

Sam is an experienced trainer on PR, written communication and social media for the International School of Communications and the Institute of Marketing. A keen social media advocate and an endorsed travel blogger, Sam recognises the value of compelling, engaging content and uses her experiences to share her knowledge with others on her blog: www.footstepsofawanderer.com


Samantha Dancy (@samanthadancy)

www.footstepcommunications.com


The BBG is the region’s foremost business to business networking group; enabling British businesses in the UAE to meet with like-minded professionals and further their business interests.
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48 hour cancellation policy will apply
Free valet parking
Dress: Business