Social Media Basics for Businesses

Dr. Mark Wolters will teach you how to maximize your presence, reach new audiences, and market your business with the power of social media.

About the Presenter: Prof. Mark Wolters is an award-winning business educator from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Gies College of Business. Having been recognized by Poets and Quants as one of the top 50 undergraduate business professors as well as receiving numerous other teaching awards, Prof. Wolters strives to make marketing and social media education accessible to all via his Professor Wolters YouTube channel. You may have seen him on his successful Wolters World Travel and Culture YouTube channel, with over one million subscribers and 236 million views. His talk on Social Media Marketing is a wonderful introduction to how social media can help small businesses grow.  

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Start + Grow Your Business Series:

• Jan 8, VIRTUAL: How to Develop a Marketing Strategy for eCommerce, 1 pm
• Jan 11, VIRTUAL: Advertising with Google Ads, 10 am
• Jan 11, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Winter Office Hours, 12-3 pm
• Jan 18, IRA and Retirement for Self-Employed and Business Owners, 6 pm
• Jan 22, VIRTUAL: Auditing Your Digital Existence, 1 pm
• Jan 23, Start & Grow Your Business, 5:30 pm
• Jan 25, VIRTUAL: Unlocking Facebook & Instagram Ads, 1 pm
• Jan 30, Nonprofit Fundraising 101, 1 pm
• Jan 30, Social Media Basics for Businesses, 7 pm
  
  
• Feb 5, VIRTUAL: The Do's and Don’ts of Building an Online Store, 1 pm
• Feb 6, VIRTUAL: Email Marketing Essentials, 10 am
• Feb 8, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Winter Office Hours, 12-3 pm
• Feb 15, SBDC Workshop: Starting Your Business in Illinois, 9 am
• Feb 19, VIRTUAL: Using Email Marketing to Promote Your Online Store, 1 pm
• Feb 27, VIRTUAL: How to Respond to Online Reviews, 1 pm
• Feb 27, Tax Basics for Business, 7 pm

Starting or growing your business? Champaign.org/launch

Adults | Business

Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

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