Classes exclusively for Oakland Unwrapped, OMLF and Oakland Grown members!!  3 sessions, October 18- November 12

Top 3 ways to start building an online presence

Can your customers find you online? What happens when they search for your business? Do you have a Google profile, a Yelp page, and a Facebook page that come up in the results? Do you KNOW what comes up when people search for you?  This is a basics class for only 15 students, very hands-on, that will get you started with an online identity. If you have a laptop, bring it to class.

Date: November 1, 6:30-8 PM, TechLiminal, 268 14 Street (between Alice and Harrison Streets), Oakland, CA 94612

Cost: $75

Instructors: Susan Mernit & Kwan Booth, Oakland Local

MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

Susan Mernit, Oakland Local co-founder, makes her living as a social media strategist and trainer for organizations as diverse as The John S and James L Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge and The Creative Connection Event, where she ran a series of marketing with social media classes for 350 craft entrepreneurs. A former Netscape & AOL VP, Mernit lives in Oakland and believes 100% in shopping and spending locally.

Kwan Booth, Oakland Local co-founder, has been building websites and creating and executing online marketing strategies for small business and entertainment industry folks for at least 10 years and he is great at it. A talented journalist, media consultant and winner of a 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award Kwan has led workshops on online media strategy, journalism diversity and creative writing for organizations including the Knight Digital Media Center, Journalism That Matters, the Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism and Netsquared.