Hands on Atlanta!
Monday night was the first Hands On Small Business session in Atlanta! We had an almost sold out crowd register and despite the waivering weather, a good crowd showed up to sharpen their skills.
In the session we covered the basics of Twitter, Microsoft Office Live and Kirtsy, in addition to much conversation of additional platforms for DIY website development. Many of the attendees were already on Twitter and Facebook but that was where their previous interaction ended.
Relationships, one-on-one interaction and discovery were the themes of the evening and I encouraged the small business owners to automate as little of their engagement as possible. As a small business owner especially, you should do everything you can to ensure an authentic presence online — one where you are genuinely interested in interacting with your consumer, potential consumers, and the collection of others you’ll run into along the way. Bumps aside, I think the upcoming sessions will just get better!
~ Tessa Horehled
