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Advanced

      Social Media Marketing
      Masterclass
                                                                 15 – 18 May 2011
    A deep-dive session showing you how to
                                                                 Kempinski Hotel,
    leverage social online platforms and tools
                                                                 Mall of the Emirates,
    to boost your bottom line, create
                                                                 Dubai, UAE
    awareness and engage a community
        around your brand to drive marketing                                               Bonus!
             innovation                                                        You will receive exclusive access to
                                                                               three special reports:
                                                                               • January 2011: A full compilation
                                                                                 of MENA internet and mobile

Top   3 Business Benefits                                                         statistics
                                                                               • Global state of the blogosphere
1. Discover the latest regional and international social media                   2010

   marketing trends and explore processes which will help you use              • Real time marketing for business
                                                                                 growth, by Financial Times
   online platforms to successfully build, launch and sustain your
   social media marketing strategy

2. Learn about new tools to leverage your brand’s marketing mix, monitor your brand’s
   online presence and measure ROI to prove success

3. Explore rules of engagement and best practices from international brands and evaluate
   current innovations, solutions and technologies to ensure your social media marketing
   campaign is a success


Companies that have benefitted from this course in the past:
• Bayt.com • Capital Market Authority • Du • Dubai Culture & Arts Authority • Holiday Inn
• Kuwait Food Co. Americana • MashreqBank PSC • NBK Capital • Qatar Foundation • Riyad Bank
• Sony Professional Solutions Middle East • Tourism Development & Investment Co. • VIVA Telecom
• Western Region Development Council • Wild Wadi Water Park


                                                                Official Regional            Organised By
                                                               Recruitment Partner
www.iirme.com/socialmedia
Advanced

Social Media Marketing                                                                                Masterclass
            15 – 18 May 2011 • Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, UAE
 Course Timings Registration will be at 07.30 on the first day of the course. Course sessions will start promptly at 08.00 and
 end at 14.30. There will be two short breaks for refreshments and lunch will be served at the end of each day’s sessions.


Course Overview                                                        f) Plug and play applications that allow you to take
Designed to help you fine tune your strategic                               your Facebook presence to the next level
understanding of social media and update your online             •     Exploring LinkedIn: How to make the most of online
media relations capabilities, Advanced Social Media                    business networking
Marketing Masterclass offers a breadth and depth of              •     Questioning the power of blogs and the role they play
information through live demonstrations, exercises and                 for Middle Eastern businesses and consumers
“real world” case studies to advance your new media              •     A look at the role that social media plays in search
communications to the next level.                                      marketing
                                                                 •     Introducing new tools and platforms relevant to the
                                                                       region:
Key Take-Aways
                                                                       a) Location based networking and geo-tagging
1. Discover social media marketing trends in the region
                                                                           platforms
   and beyond
                                                                       b) Arab social networks and forums
2. Learn about new tools to leverage your brand’s                      c) Video-marketing tools and tactical campaigns that
   marketing mix                                                           have successfully engaged the Arab viewer
                                                                       d) Wikipedia and its relevance to your digital strategy
3. Determine rules of engagement and best practices                    e) Crowd-sourcing, cloud collaboration and RSS tools
   from brands in the region and around the world                •     How small businesses can capitalise on their size to make
4. Implement a core set of processes and resources                     the most of social media
   needed to successfully build, launch and sustain a            •     PR2.0: How to draft and publish a social media press
   social media strategy                                               release online for free
                                                                 •     Deciding which new media channels make sense for
5. Evaluate current innovations, solutions and                         your organisation through a strategic framework
   technologies
                                                                     Hands-On Activity: Harnessing The Power Of New
6. Monitor your brand’s online presence and measure
                                                                     Facebook Pages
   ROI to prove success
                                                                     • Creating a strategic presence, using auto-generated
                                                                       insights/analytics, creating iframes/FBML tabs, exploring
 Course Outline                                                        Facebook’s advertising and bidding system and
                                                                       learning how to use tagging capabilities to reach
Understand The Evolution Of Social Media Marketing And
                                                                       greater audiences
Leverage The Tools Of The Trade
An introduction to the social web, defining the market
                                                                 Building A Sustainable Social Media Strategy: Step By Step
shifts that make the social web important to your business
                                                                 Approach
and exploring how organisations are using the social web
                                                                 Learn how to create a social media strategy, manage
successfully. You will also study a variety of tools that can
                                                                 resources and experiment with tactical approaches.
help boost your bottom line, when used correctly.
                                                                 You will use social computing behaviours – also known
• The impact of social media marketing for businesses and
                                                                 as technographics – to build your campaign and define
    how influence works online
• Reviewing key global statistics and Middle East                appropriate success metrics through the different stages of
    consumer trends                                              social media integration.
• Understanding the business case for Social Media               • Using Twitter as a key listening tool to start building your
• Reviewing the various tools that make up the ‘Social               social media strategy:
    Media Toolbox’ and the unique benefits of each to your            a) How to find and follow targeted stakeholders
    business                                                            relevant to your business
    a) Planning and implementing a launch campaign on                b) A look at best practices and regional brands that
        Facebook                                                        have deployed Twitter as a successful marketing/
    b) E-commerce tips for brands                                       customer service tool
    c) Facebook advertising explained                                c) Revealing external tools that can and will improve
    d) Difference between groups and pages and the role                 your Twitter experience
        each play in your marketing strategy                         d) Using advanced search options to gain consumer
    e) What every marketer should know about Facebook’s                 insights and map online chatter
        marketing guidelines

      971-4-3352437             971-4-3352438               register@iirme.com              www.iirme.com/socialmedia
e) Shortened URLs and how they play a role in
                                                                    By attending this course you will also get exclusive
     determining your online campaign’s success
                                                                    access to the following special reports:
• The POST (People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology)
                                                                    • January 2011: A full compilation of MENA internet and
  approach to strategy creation:
                                                                      mobile statistics
  a) Select channels, venues, and technologies for
                                                                    • Global state of the blogosphere 2010
     effective social media strategy implementation                 • Real time marketing for business growth, by Financial
  b) Anticipate required resources (discussion: who should            Times
     own your social media strategy?)
  c) Understand the potentially disruptive forces of
                                                                         Meet Your Expert Course Facilitator
     social media behaviours, inside and outside the
     organisation
                                                                                     Akanksha Goel,
  d) Crisis communication: effectively respond to online                             International Marketing Consultant,
     critics and emerging reputation management issues                               Founder and Partner,
  e) Build a brand culture internally and externally                                 Socialize Group, UAE & Egypt.
     by creating an opportunity for employees to
     communicate with customers directly and informally                              A recognised social media specialist
  f) Explore the role of the Social Media Employee Policy                            and marketing futurist, Akanksha Goel
     and see examples of policies created by other                   has worked with renowned hospitality brands in Asia
     companies                                                       and was later the editor-in-chief for the world’s biggest
• Comparing popular social media monitoring                          consumer technology publication in Singapore. She
  dashboards that allow Arabic keywords and a look at                organised Asia’s first ever podcamp and was the co-
  what your monitoring agency probably isn’t telling you             creator of the Digital Media across Asia Wiki.

                                                                     Having conducted numerous Social Media training
 Hands-On Activity: Twitter 101
                                                                     courses and seminars in Asia, Europe and the Middle
 • Creating a profile, building a following, using links, re-
                                                                     East she is a reference for social marketing in the
   tweets, creating business lists, organising tweet-ups and         Middle East and has been extensively interviewed.
   discovering the best desktop and mobile Twitter clients           Named as one of the region’s most compelling
                                                                     tweeters, Akanksha is the founder of Socialize Group:
Engaging Your Customers By Humanising The Corporate                  the region’s first dedicated Social Media training
Brand: Case Studies And Tactics                                      house and agency.
Review tactics used by brands in the Middle East and
globally to engage customers. Also, discuss how executives
can help humanise the corporate brand and demonstrate               Who Should Attend?
knowledge of social media tools for clients – by starting with      •   Marketing executives and marketing managers
their own personal brand.                                           •   Marketing consultants
• Introducing The Customer Quadralogue framework for                •   Corporate communications managers
   strategic business involvement                                   •   Advertising managers
• Discovering case studies from around the world:                   •   PR executives, PR managers and PR consultants
   - Middle East brands that have created a measurable              •   SME business development managers
       buzz online and a detailed look into marketing               •   Entrepreneurs
       budget deployed, campaign timelines, agencies                •   And anyone who wants to learn how to use social
       behind the success and ROI generated                             media marketing techniques to put them at the
   - Regional crisis communication case studies                         cutting edge in their quest for market share
   - Mistakes made by the Fortune100
                                                                     “Akanksha was really helpful and expert. She was
• Leadership branding for executives:
                                                                    encouraging and knows how to share information,
   - Using online platforms and tools to monitor your
                                                                      making the subject really interesting. This course
       brand equity and build thought capital
   - Pitching to bloggers and community influencers,                was really very useful. It will help a lot to improve our
       using a successful personal brand                           services and take the business forward to meet client
   - The 2P’s and 4P’s of personal branding                                           expectations.”
   - Managing multiple social media profiles and getting                    Nour Samawi, WOM Communication, KSA
       to the top of Google
   - Case studies: CEOs aggressively using social media
• Digital outlook for 2010: trends in social influence
   marketing
• Recap: 10 essential social media marketing rules

 Exercise: Strategy Design
 • A session with our consultants where you will work
   through a framework, share ideas and make sure that
   you leave with a first draft strategy/tactical campaign
   idea for your business



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Advanced Social Media Marketing Masterclass
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Advanced Social Media Masterclass in Dubai

  • 1. Advanced Social Media Marketing Masterclass 15 – 18 May 2011 A deep-dive session showing you how to Kempinski Hotel, leverage social online platforms and tools Mall of the Emirates, to boost your bottom line, create Dubai, UAE awareness and engage a community around your brand to drive marketing Bonus! innovation You will receive exclusive access to three special reports: • January 2011: A full compilation of MENA internet and mobile Top 3 Business Benefits statistics • Global state of the blogosphere 1. Discover the latest regional and international social media 2010 marketing trends and explore processes which will help you use • Real time marketing for business growth, by Financial Times online platforms to successfully build, launch and sustain your social media marketing strategy 2. Learn about new tools to leverage your brand’s marketing mix, monitor your brand’s online presence and measure ROI to prove success 3. Explore rules of engagement and best practices from international brands and evaluate current innovations, solutions and technologies to ensure your social media marketing campaign is a success Companies that have benefitted from this course in the past: • Bayt.com • Capital Market Authority • Du • Dubai Culture & Arts Authority • Holiday Inn • Kuwait Food Co. Americana • MashreqBank PSC • NBK Capital • Qatar Foundation • Riyad Bank • Sony Professional Solutions Middle East • Tourism Development & Investment Co. • VIVA Telecom • Western Region Development Council • Wild Wadi Water Park Official Regional Organised By Recruitment Partner www.iirme.com/socialmedia
  • 2. Advanced Social Media Marketing Masterclass 15 – 18 May 2011 • Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, UAE Course Timings Registration will be at 07.30 on the first day of the course. Course sessions will start promptly at 08.00 and end at 14.30. There will be two short breaks for refreshments and lunch will be served at the end of each day’s sessions. Course Overview f) Plug and play applications that allow you to take Designed to help you fine tune your strategic your Facebook presence to the next level understanding of social media and update your online • Exploring LinkedIn: How to make the most of online media relations capabilities, Advanced Social Media business networking Marketing Masterclass offers a breadth and depth of • Questioning the power of blogs and the role they play information through live demonstrations, exercises and for Middle Eastern businesses and consumers “real world” case studies to advance your new media • A look at the role that social media plays in search communications to the next level. marketing • Introducing new tools and platforms relevant to the region: Key Take-Aways a) Location based networking and geo-tagging 1. Discover social media marketing trends in the region platforms and beyond b) Arab social networks and forums 2. Learn about new tools to leverage your brand’s c) Video-marketing tools and tactical campaigns that marketing mix have successfully engaged the Arab viewer d) Wikipedia and its relevance to your digital strategy 3. Determine rules of engagement and best practices e) Crowd-sourcing, cloud collaboration and RSS tools from brands in the region and around the world • How small businesses can capitalise on their size to make 4. Implement a core set of processes and resources the most of social media needed to successfully build, launch and sustain a • PR2.0: How to draft and publish a social media press social media strategy release online for free • Deciding which new media channels make sense for 5. Evaluate current innovations, solutions and your organisation through a strategic framework technologies Hands-On Activity: Harnessing The Power Of New 6. Monitor your brand’s online presence and measure Facebook Pages ROI to prove success • Creating a strategic presence, using auto-generated insights/analytics, creating iframes/FBML tabs, exploring Course Outline Facebook’s advertising and bidding system and learning how to use tagging capabilities to reach Understand The Evolution Of Social Media Marketing And greater audiences Leverage The Tools Of The Trade An introduction to the social web, defining the market Building A Sustainable Social Media Strategy: Step By Step shifts that make the social web important to your business Approach and exploring how organisations are using the social web Learn how to create a social media strategy, manage successfully. You will also study a variety of tools that can resources and experiment with tactical approaches. help boost your bottom line, when used correctly. You will use social computing behaviours – also known • The impact of social media marketing for businesses and as technographics – to build your campaign and define how influence works online • Reviewing key global statistics and Middle East appropriate success metrics through the different stages of consumer trends social media integration. • Understanding the business case for Social Media • Using Twitter as a key listening tool to start building your • Reviewing the various tools that make up the ‘Social social media strategy: Media Toolbox’ and the unique benefits of each to your a) How to find and follow targeted stakeholders business relevant to your business a) Planning and implementing a launch campaign on b) A look at best practices and regional brands that Facebook have deployed Twitter as a successful marketing/ b) E-commerce tips for brands customer service tool c) Facebook advertising explained c) Revealing external tools that can and will improve d) Difference between groups and pages and the role your Twitter experience each play in your marketing strategy d) Using advanced search options to gain consumer e) What every marketer should know about Facebook’s insights and map online chatter marketing guidelines 971-4-3352437 971-4-3352438 register@iirme.com www.iirme.com/socialmedia
  • 3. e) Shortened URLs and how they play a role in By attending this course you will also get exclusive determining your online campaign’s success access to the following special reports: • The POST (People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology) • January 2011: A full compilation of MENA internet and approach to strategy creation: mobile statistics a) Select channels, venues, and technologies for • Global state of the blogosphere 2010 effective social media strategy implementation • Real time marketing for business growth, by Financial b) Anticipate required resources (discussion: who should Times own your social media strategy?) c) Understand the potentially disruptive forces of Meet Your Expert Course Facilitator social media behaviours, inside and outside the organisation Akanksha Goel, d) Crisis communication: effectively respond to online International Marketing Consultant, critics and emerging reputation management issues Founder and Partner, e) Build a brand culture internally and externally Socialize Group, UAE & Egypt. by creating an opportunity for employees to communicate with customers directly and informally A recognised social media specialist f) Explore the role of the Social Media Employee Policy and marketing futurist, Akanksha Goel and see examples of policies created by other has worked with renowned hospitality brands in Asia companies and was later the editor-in-chief for the world’s biggest • Comparing popular social media monitoring consumer technology publication in Singapore. She dashboards that allow Arabic keywords and a look at organised Asia’s first ever podcamp and was the co- what your monitoring agency probably isn’t telling you creator of the Digital Media across Asia Wiki. Having conducted numerous Social Media training Hands-On Activity: Twitter 101 courses and seminars in Asia, Europe and the Middle • Creating a profile, building a following, using links, re- East she is a reference for social marketing in the tweets, creating business lists, organising tweet-ups and Middle East and has been extensively interviewed. discovering the best desktop and mobile Twitter clients Named as one of the region’s most compelling tweeters, Akanksha is the founder of Socialize Group: Engaging Your Customers By Humanising The Corporate the region’s first dedicated Social Media training Brand: Case Studies And Tactics house and agency. Review tactics used by brands in the Middle East and globally to engage customers. Also, discuss how executives can help humanise the corporate brand and demonstrate Who Should Attend? knowledge of social media tools for clients – by starting with • Marketing executives and marketing managers their own personal brand. • Marketing consultants • Introducing The Customer Quadralogue framework for • Corporate communications managers strategic business involvement • Advertising managers • Discovering case studies from around the world: • PR executives, PR managers and PR consultants - Middle East brands that have created a measurable • SME business development managers buzz online and a detailed look into marketing • Entrepreneurs budget deployed, campaign timelines, agencies • And anyone who wants to learn how to use social behind the success and ROI generated media marketing techniques to put them at the - Regional crisis communication case studies cutting edge in their quest for market share - Mistakes made by the Fortune100 “Akanksha was really helpful and expert. She was • Leadership branding for executives: encouraging and knows how to share information, - Using online platforms and tools to monitor your making the subject really interesting. This course brand equity and build thought capital - Pitching to bloggers and community influencers, was really very useful. It will help a lot to improve our using a successful personal brand services and take the business forward to meet client - The 2P’s and 4P’s of personal branding expectations.” - Managing multiple social media profiles and getting Nour Samawi, WOM Communication, KSA to the top of Google - Case studies: CEOs aggressively using social media • Digital outlook for 2010: trends in social influence marketing • Recap: 10 essential social media marketing rules Exercise: Strategy Design • A session with our consultants where you will work through a framework, share ideas and make sure that you leave with a first draft strategy/tactical campaign idea for your business 971-4-3352437 971-4-3352438 register@iirme.com www.iirme.com/socialmedia
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