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Talking Social Media with Maui on KAOI Radio

April 23, 2012 By Peter Liu Leave a Comment

I had the pleasure of being part of a great conversation about social media on KAOI Radio with Koa Chang and Pomai Weigert with Ali‘i Kula Lavender, on a show called “Maui Talks Business” hosted this week by Jeanne Skog, President and CEO of the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB.) We covered many key topics in social media, including the impact it has had on local businesses like Ali‘i Kula Lavender, and how immediate it can be.

One of our examples was the inaugural Kupu Maui pop-up restaurant event at Ali‘i Kula Lavender last Saturday, which I couldn’t attend because I was teaching my Social Media Bootcamp at MEDB, but I was able to share with the class remotely by displaying tweets using the #kupumaui hashtag as a virtual magazine being built live on Flipboard with my screen-projected iPad.

During that discussion, Dania Katz of Edible Hawaiian Islands, one of the founders of Kupu Maui, tweeted that her ears were burning and wanted to call in, so we gave her the phone number on the air and had a great conversation about how she has seen social media make an impact on Maui businesses.

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Filed Under: Audio, Featured Tagged With: alii kula lavender, alkmaui, jeanne skog, kaoi radio, koa chang, maui economic development board, medb, pomai weigert, social media on radio

New Social Media Boot Camp on June 25 at High Tech Maui

June 9, 2011 By Peter Liu Leave a Comment

Lately, the surveys coming back from our workshops at High Tech Maui have shown a demand for more “advanced” social media training. For an island that was barely aware of social media a year-and-a-half ago, that shows good progress. The demand for the creation of our Maui Social Media Users Group (MauiSMUG) in January is also a good indication.

After much discussion and planning, we have revamped our social media series to include more advanced workshops on strategies and tools for businesses.

To ensure everyone has the prerequisite knowledge to participate in these advanced workshops (to be announced) in the next few weeks, I am kicking off the new series with our first ever Social Media Boot Camp on Saturday, June 25.

This six-hour intensive walkthrough of the social media landscape replaces all our previous 101 workshops, and includes:

Getting started in social media for your business:
- General principles, mindsets, strategies, do’s and don’t's and etiquette.
Introduction to blogging for your business:
- Find out why the blog is the new website, and why your website basically amounts to an overpriced online business card if it doesn’t include a blog.
- Things to think about before starting a blog.
- How blogs are hosted on the Web and how to start one.
- How to come up with good content for your blog.
- Best practices in blogging for maximum effect.
- Blogging etiquette.
- Connecting and autoposting your blogs to your social networks
- Using services like Posterous to live blog.
Introduction to the current popular social networks—setting up accounts, profile management and basic best practices in:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn

If you’re new to social media and need to learn the basics to get started, or if your staff needs training in social media for your business, this is the workshop for you. Sign up and learn what social media is all about, and how to jump in.

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei

Cost: $65

Seating limited to 30

Register Online!

Stay tuned to High Tech Maui to learn about the exciting new advanced workshops we’ll be offering in the coming months.

Filed Under: Events, Workshops Tagged With: facebook class, high tech maui, medb, social media 101, social media bootcamp, social media class, social media on maui, social media training, social media workshop, twitter class

Twitter 101 Workshop May 10

April 20, 2011 By Peter Liu Leave a Comment

The next stop in our High Tech Maui social media workshop series is our popular Twitter 101 on May 10. Twitter confounds many people in spite of its elegant simplicity, but when you get it, it has immense value. Come find out how!

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei
Cost: $35

Register Online!

Seating limited to 20

Filed Under: Twitter, Workshops Tagged With: high tech maui, medb, Twitter, workshop

Facebook 101 Workshop April 26

April 19, 2011 By Peter Liu Leave a Comment

We’re continuing our Social Media Workshop series at High Tech Maui with our Introduction to Facebook for Your Business on April 26. If you’re new to Facebook or confused by it, this is the workshop for you.

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei

Cost: $35

Register Online!

Seating limited to 20

Filed Under: Facebook, Workshops Tagged With: facebook 101, high tech maui, how to use facebook for your business, introduction to facebook, medb

How to Blog For Your Business Workshop

February 14, 2011 By Peter Liu 3 Comments

Confused Add New Post Do you have a blog for your business? Or if you have one, are you at a loss as to what to post? Or how often? Or why you’re not getting comments? Or what to do if you do get comments?

A good blog is the “voice” of your business and the content home base for your social media activity. Join me at High Tech Maui on March 16th for a high level overview of blogging, with topics like starting a blog, how they are hosted on the Web, best practices in blogging for maximum effect, connecting your blogs to your social networks, RSS feeds and more.

Seating is limited to 20. Sign up now!

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei
Cost: $25