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In order to take advantage of new Facebook fan page features, we’ve just created the Blacks Gone Geek Fan Page.

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When you become a fan of Blacks Gone Geek, that information is posted on your wall, exposing Blacks Gone Geek to your friends too. As a fan, you can receive and write wall posts, post videos and photos, and join discussion topics. Additionally, when you interact with our fan page, stories that are linked to our fan page are passed to your friends via News Feed.

And one of the most valuable features is that we can send updates about events and new content posted on Blacks Gone Geek.

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Blogging While Brown Conference Videos

Hi All,

Wow, here are videos from the Blogging While Brown Conference. Check me out in the first video!!

http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/nextgenweb-blogging-while-brown

Thanks Regina Hopper for the post!!

http://www.nextgenweb.org/author/regina-hopper/

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BGG Live! - Blogging While Brown Conference

On June 20, 2009, a group of bloggers met at the University Center in Chicago to share their insights on the latest happenings in the black blogging community.

The purpose of the Blogging While Brown Conference is to give Bloggers of Color an opportunity to meet each other for the first time, discuss current issues affecting Bloggers of Color, and learn about the latest technology that will assist them with publishing their work.

Milt Haynes, Founder of Blacks Gone Geek presented a session on the social media marketing tools and techniques covered in the Online Community Start-up Guide.

This workshop addressed the key skills that are needed and how to obtain them. This seminar also showed how to tap into talent communities using web 2.0 tools and techniques to find lucrative and rewarding career opportunities.

Here is the link for the material presented by Milt followed by pictures and links to several of the bloggers represented at the workshop.
http://blacksgonegeek.org/2009BloggingWhileBrown.aspx

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Social Media Marketing Workshop

On June 16, 2009, a group of Chicago area business owners met to learn how to use social media marketing to promote their businesses. This event was hosted by Christyn Freemon of Chicago Community Ventures.

Milt Haynes, Founder of Blacks Gone Geek presented a session on the social media marketing tools and techniques covered in the Online Community Start-up Guide.

Other presenters were Scot Scott, CEO of Biohertz and Keeana Barber of WDB Marketing.

Here's the link for the material presented by Milt followed by pictures and links to several of the business represented at the workshop.

http://blacksgonegeek.org/QCDCSocialMediaWorkshop.aspx

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BGG Exclusive – Beginners Guide to Internet Marketing - Part 2

by Thyrsa Gravely

Seeing examples of internet marketing may help better understand how to maximize options. To an internet marketing newcomer, it’s good to try more popular methods that others have tested and proven successful.

Among the topics we shall consider are:
≈ Advertising
≈ Promotions and Incentives
≈ Ping
≈ Lead Conversion
≈ Sources For Outbound Marketing
≈ Sources for Inbound Marketing
≈ Example of Optimal Online Marketing

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http://blacksgonegeek.org/OCSGMarketing2.aspx

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Woman 2.0 Video Series - Shellye Archambeau

Join Women2.0 in conversation with Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream. Shellye shares how her experiences at companies like IBM, BlockBuster led her to where she is today. Shellye is a strong believer in power of planning & having mentors around you.

Click here to access the YouTube video

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Beginners Guide to Internet Marketing - Part 1

by Thyrsa Gravely

Internet marketing is an effective method to promote and sell a product or service by focusing on a target market at a rate usually less costly than promoting to a broad audience as is common in old marketing. The basics of marketing includes identifying your target market, understanding the marketing mix, focusing on variables when designing marketing materials, and learning the difference between outbound and inbound marketing.

Among the topics we shall consider are:
≈ Target Market
≈ The Marketing Mix
≈ Developing a Promotion Strategy
≈ Outbound Marketing
≈ Inbound Marketing

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http://blacksgonegeek.org/OCSGMarketing1.aspx

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