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The April 8th topic for Social Media Club Phoenix will be a break from our topic focused sessions from our Uservoice forum and explore some of the tools and trends that SM professionals around Phoenix are looking into.

Tools & Trends: What has everyone excited?

The past few SMC Phoenix sessions have focused on deep dives in specific areas, but we wanted to shake it up a bit with a session on all the tools and trends that people are looking at. Our panel will have several people who attended South by Southwest, and/or are general junkies about the latest ideas in blogs, Twitter, Facebook, content management, and a host of other areas in which we all play.

Our goal will be to great a big list of areas for everyone to go explore, and it will be even more audience participation than usual. We will try to capture as many of the great ideas as we can for a post after the session.

So spread the word and come down to share your own ideas.  The one caveat is no pitching your own startup. We’re all sure it is wonderful, but this is for open sharing and not sales pitches.

If you have specific topics you would like to cover, leave a comment here.

Moderator:

Panelists:

• Kevin Gawthrope, Sr. Manger of Web Services – Isagenix International, @gawthrok
• Katie Van Domelen, Social Media Manager – Off Madison Ave, @ktvan
• Michael Barber, Digital Marketing Strategist, @michaeljbarber
• Kathy Jacobs, Social Media Credit Analyst – The Social Media Party, Kathy@thesocialmediaparty.com, @callkathy
• Chuck Reynolds, Strategy & SEO at rYnoweb, @chuckreynolds

Social Media 101

Evo Terra will be hosting Social Media 101 at 5:30 — sharp! This month Evo will talk about Dispelling SEO Myths. Everyone worries about their search engine plan, but are you worrying about the right things?

Because he only has about 45 minutes for the class plus a Q & A session, please be on time. The class will end at 6:15, giving everyone plenty of time to make it to the main SMCPHX meeting that starts promptly at 6:30.

Feel free to come to either or both talks, at the Jobing.com offices!

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The December 10th topic for Social Media Club Phoenix is “Blogging Deep Dive”, taken from one of the user suggestions in our Uservoice forum. This talk assumes you already have a blog, and want to develop your skills and reach.  It will talk about the reasons and motivations for blogging. How to build a consistent voice on your blog?  Should you cover one topic or many? How do attract and retain new readers?  Do you cross-promote or advertise on your blog?

If you have specific topics you would like to cover, leave a comment here or on the Uservoice entry.  The panelists are listed below along with their blogs, so please check them out in advance so you can ask them about the choices they’ve made in creating them.

Blogging Deep Dive Panel

Moderator:

• Chris Conrey, Human To Geek Relations, Integrum – @conrey, Blog: http://www.chrisconrey.com

• Francine Hardaway, co-founder, Stealthmode Partners – @hardaway @azentrepreneurs, Blog: http://blog.stealthmode.com
• Tim Heuer, Program Manager, Silverlight, Microsoft – @timheuer, Blog: http://timheuer.com/blog
• Matthew Petro, Lead Analyst, US Airways – @matthewpetro, Blog: http://matthewpetro.name
• Stephanie Quilao, Blogger/Chief Storyteller/Founder, Thriving Media – @skinnyjean, Blog: http://www.backinskinnyjeans.com and http://www.noshtopia.com

Social Media 101

And for you noobs, Evo Terra will be hosting Social Media 101 at 5:30 — sharp! This month Evo will share with you the 5 Best Social Media
Tools You’re Probably Not Using For Your Business. You’re already familiar with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, but there are plenty
more!

Because he only has about 45 minutes for the class plus a Q & A session, please be on time. The class will end at 6:15, giving everyone plenty of time to make it to the main SMCPHX meeting that starts promptly at 6:30.

Feel free to come to either or both talks, at the Jobing.com offices!

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• Facebook Deep Dive Wrap Up

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The notes from last night’s great “Your Novice Is Showing” discussion are posted in our Google Group.  A big thank you to everyone who showed up and participated in a very lively discussion.

Many people had ideas on different tools they use – please add them to the message thread in the Google Group to share with everyone. Also, Chuck Reynolds is going to make a post of all the events we discussed last night – which will also be in the group.  So if you haven’t joined the group yet, now is the perfect time!

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