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New Social Media Club announced in Johnson County

laurawynn — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:20:56 +0000

Overland Park, KS (Evans Media Group) June 28, 2010 – Today the executive board of the new Social Media Club of Johnson County was announced. The Social Media Club of Johnson County (SMCJoCo) is the third local chapter of the National Social Media Club headquartered in San Francisco, CA with chapters in over 35 countries. The two other local chapters are the Kansas City, MO (SMCKC) and the Lawrence, KS (SMCLK) clubs.

The three clubs plan to work in concert with each other co-promoting events and ensuring that all members and businesses are provided with social media education. Membership in all clubs is free and members are encouraged to join more than one club if they feel the need. The new SMCJoCo serves all of Johnson County’s towns and will provide events centered around social media and business education in those communities specifically.

The Executive Board members include:

Herb Sih – Co-founder of Clickspeed and ClearVox, Founder of Think Big Partners and the Think Big KC event
Kathy Boos – Publisher of 435South Magazine
Eddie Kennison – Former Kansas City Chief and owner of several Johnson County businesses
Kelly Scanlon – Publisher of Thinking Bigger Business Media/KC Small Business Magazine and Radio Host
Kris Ketz – First News Anchor at KMBC-TV / KCWE-TV
Julie Cortes – Founder of the Freelance Exchange, Copy Writer and copy editor of flourish! Magazine
John Epperson – President of Ruxter Mobile
Laura Wynn – President of Black Widow Enterprises and Founder of Linking Leawood
Doug Richards – Social Media Evangelist at Centriq Training
Kelly O’Hagan – Marketing Manager for The Overland Park Convention Center
Michael Burns – Manager of Proposal Development at Perceptive Software

The goal of the Social Media Club of Johnson County and that of the national organization is to provide business centric social media education. Johnson Countians will now have the option of attending meetings at various venues and times of day throughout the County. The SMCJoCo speakers bureau will provide national and local speakers on social media, emerging technologies and how they can impact business.

Save The Date: The launch party for SMCJoCo is scheduled for July 15th from 6:00-10:00pm – Watch the club website or become a member for your invitation as there will be spectacular prizes and giveaways at this much anticipated event.

The founding principle behind the decision to request a sister chapter of the Social Media Club was simple. To provide a convenient venue, foster a desire to learn, build the need for fellowship with like-minded business professionals and do it all under the binding tie that is social media.

Free membership to the Social Media Club can be obtained by visiting www.smcjoco.com and all are welcome to post comments, build a profile and begin networking with other business and social media professionals. From the mildly interested, to the seasoned social networker, this is your community to build, grow and learn. The social media motto is “If you get it, Share it.” To contact SMCJoCo directly, send emails to getsocial@smcjoco.com

Original story at KC STAR

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We’re MOBILE, baby!

laurawynn — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:08:22 +0000

Tired of missing out on registration for the Linking Professionals networking events? Thanks to our partnership with Ruxter, you can now receive first notification of registration openings at all Bonefish locations! Additionally, look for special Linking Professionals Text Only offers from our sponsors!

I HEARD A RUMOR… Free drinks at the next Linking Professionals at Bonefish Grill when you sign up NOW for the notification list!

Bonefish KC North June 21 and Bonefish Leawood June 24

text LINKING to 63636 or simply follow this link to join online!

join the list!

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Sponsorship Opps Now Open: June & July

laurawynn — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:05:27 +0000

I am securing business sponsorship spots for the following events:

Linking Kansas City North Professionals

Bonefish Grill June 21 Networking Happy Hour 5-7pm

Linking Leawood Professionals

Bonefish Grill June 23 Networking Happy Hour 5-7pm

Linking Leawood for Heartland Habitat for Humanity

Bonefish Grill June 28 Networking and Lunch 11-1pm

Linking Kansas City North for Heartland Habitat for Humanity

Bonefish Grill July 7 Networking and lunch 12-2pm

Linking Leawood for Veronica’s Voice

Bonefish Grill July 8 Networking and lunch 11-1pm

Linking Kansas City North Professionals

Bonefish Grill July 19 Networking Happy Hour 5-7pm

Linking Leawood for Heartland Habitat for Humanity

Bonefish Grill July 26 Networking and Lunch 11-1pm

Linking Leawood Professionals

Bonefish Grill July 28 Networking Happy Hour 5-7pm

(registration for these events will open soon. please be sure you are on the invitation list.)

Sponsorship Details

When you agree to sponsor one of the events, I advertise your business and send traffic to your website, facebook page, twitter
account, e-mail: wherever you want. I do most of this PRIOR to the event, but there are some post event announcements as well. Essentially, you receive 4 weeks of social media connection and website links as well as direct marketing to my database of 500 local opted in contacts! Specifically, you’ll enjoy:

-Inclusion of your logo and link on all advertising materials and posts: twitter, ning, facebook, linked in, & my
1400 followers, many of them who then retweet the info.
-Your business will be listed as an organizer of the event at multiple event pages: Twtvte,
EventBright, Facebook Events, Constant Contact, Ning, Linked In, and there are a
few more event websites as well.
-Link & Logo inclusion on invitation sent to 500+ by direct e-mail. Because it’s opt in only we have a 60% read rate.
(yes; I track!)
-Link Tracking if desired: I’m happy to supply you with the number of clicks to your link after the event so you can see the traffic we
generated via the multiple mails I send.
-Authorization to display/distribute info at the event*
-Link and logo prominent on all blasts I send via social media
-Info included on “re posts” by others
-A description of your business with address/contact info, logo and link at event page
-Multiple public “thanks for sponsoring” posts with your link before and after
event

Monthly Sponsorship is $150, paid in advance, and includes admission to the event.

*Beginning in May, I will personally HAND each attendee your information as they check in and get their name badge.

We are capping events at 75 people starting in May, so the registrants will be those professionals that are serious about business contacts
rather than some of our current friends who choose to come and socialize last
minute. We love them, too, but that’s not the purpose of this
group!

Here’s what past sponsors have to say:

“Linking Leawood has been my most beneficial networking event bar none. It was fun and productive but little
did I know how many people I would meet. I made several great connections with
two in particular that I know will make me far more money than the $150 sponsorship fee. Not
only are the events financially beneficial they are just down right fun too. I
would highly recommend sponsoring the Linking events to anyone.”

“As a paid sponsor for the Linking event I was able to put my information into
the hands of everyone that came. The casual setting makes it easy to talk about
my unique product and really explain what I can do for others while learning
what the person really needs. I didn’t just get contact info; I really made
networking connections. I’ve gotten some really good clients and lots of leads
from that Bonefish event. I’ll sponsor again.”

“I’m not a very good networker. So being in a role where I was supposed to introduce myself to people
was a bit hard, but I was so glad I did! I know I wouldn’t have made as many new
contacts if I didn’t have Laura pushing me to go up to people and introduce
myself! I’ve sold about $300 in product so far to people I met that night!”

Visit Linking Professionals at: http://linking.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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