The Social Media Breakfast serves two main purposes: face-to-face networking and education. It brings together marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, and social media enthusiasts over breakfast for panel discussions and presentations on social media best practices for business. The group worked with regional organizations to start a free broadband training series and has hosted speakers from local businesses, national experts, and a major social media event that was trending on Twitter. The Social Media Breakfast continues to hold learning and networking events and helps other groups get started.

1. Learning & Networking
with Digital Marketing
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2. Social Media Breakfast
serves two main
purposes:
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Face-to-face networking:
Bring together marketers, PR pros, students, entrepreneurs, and
social media practitioners and enthusiasts of all stripes over
breakfast.
Education:
Through panel discussions, presentations, case studies, debates, and
breakout sessions … teach, share, and learn social media best
practices for business.

3. Why Social Media Breakfast?
Why did we get started?
What did we do to kick this off?
Worked with
RADC, MNRem, Blandin
Foundation and the U of M
Extension
Started the Let’s Talk Broadband
Series of Trainings
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Let’s Talk
Broadband
Free Training Series
3 hour trainings
held monthly
Worked with
MNRem, Blandin
Foundation,
U of M Extension and
RADC

5. Social Media Breakfast
Speakers have
included:
• Local Businesses
and Organizations
using Social Media
to market their
business
• Regional and
National Speakers
of Digital Marketing
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6. Optimize Book
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7. Social Media Breakfast
Communicate & Network
• Website
• Facebook Group
• Email Marketing
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8. Social Media Rockstar Event
www.socialmediarockstarevent.com
Joint effort with the
Willmar SMB Group
125 People Attended
8 Speakers –
National, Regional and Local
9 Business Sponsors
#smrockstevent
Trending on Twitter
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9. www.socialmediarockstarevent.com
Facebook.com/socialmediarockstarevet

10. Social Media Breakfast
We continue to hold
networking &
learning events.
Help other groups
get started by
assisting or speaking
at their events.
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