Over 200 million Americans are on Facebook today. And usage is growing not only with young people, but also with people over 40—the fastest growing Facebook usage segment. Facebook Fan pages are free and allow you to reach thousands of people with your brand, offer, product and message.  This hands-on class will show you how to create a Facebook fan page for your business and how to use it for marketing and sales in a time-efficient fashion. This is an intermediate class for only 15 students, very hands-on. If you have a laptop, bring it to class.

Instructors: Kwan Booth & Susan Mernit, Oakland Local

Cost: $75

Date: November 4, 6:30-8 PM, TechLiminal, 268 14 Street (between Alice and Harrison Streets), Oakland, CA 94612

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.