MomFaves’ Scholarship Program
Attend our social media workshop–free!

MomFaves’ Scholarship Program
Helping Good Causes Do More

• Is your non-profit organization located in Sac or Placer County?
• Are you empowered by mom volunteers or providing services to moms in the community?
• Want to learn how to use social media to enhance your outreach efforts?

The MomFaves’ Scholarship Program aims to honor and reward non-profit organizations empowered by moms or serving moms in the Sacramento and Placer County areas who want to learn how to integrate the right social media strategies into their outreach efforts.

How the Scholarship Works:

For every confirmed paid registration, MomFaves will select a non-profit organization and cover the cost of their admission to the Fast-Track Social Media Workshop training event scheduled July 27 — 28th at the University of Phoenix in Roseville, CA. Interested non-profit organizations can apply to the program by clicking on the button below and completing the attached entrance application.

The event is geared toward Sacramento area small business and local organizations who want to connect with mom consumers and grow their business–including: dentists, realtors, physicians, shops, restaurants, charitable causes, fitness studios, photographers, salons, and other service providers–the intensive, two-day training will provide a customized road map from some of the area’s top social media and mom marketing experts to help attendees understand, navigate, and integrate the right social media strategies into their marketing mix.

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Overview :: Speakers :: Program :: Register :: Location :: Partners :: Sponsors

Social Media Workshop: Learn How to Use &
Leverage Tools like Twitter, Facebook & Blogs
to Grow Your Business

MomFaves, the mom-word-of-mouth agency, announced this week details of its hands-on Social Media Fast-Track Workshop for local small businesses at the University of Phoenix in Roseville (Dates TBD).

Geared toward Sacramento area small business who want to connect with moms and grow their business–including: dentists, realtors, physicians, shops, fitness studios, photographers, and salons–the intensive, two-day training will provide a customized road map from some of the area’s top social media experts to help attendees understand, navigate, and integrate the right social media strategies into their marketing mix.

Specifics of the two-day program include:

• Guidelines For Representing Your Brand Online
• Top Social Media Networks, Sites and Tools (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
  
• Business Blogging
• The Digital Mom & Mom Word-of-Mouth Marketing
• Small Business Case Studies
• Your Social Media Strategy
• Getting Started: Building Your Action Plan

Full details of the event, including the full program outline and speaker bios, are available by visiting: Social Media Fast-Track for Sacramento Small Businesses.

To register, visit:
Social Media Fast-Track Workshop registration.

 

Overview :: Speakers ::  Program ::  Register ::  Location ::  Partners ::  Sponsors

Christine Young ~
Mom Blogger
Nielson’s Top 50 Power Moms

Christine Young

Christine is the proud author of the blog From Dates to Diapers, where she shares about life with little ones, offers advice and encouragement, and writes her thoughts and opinions on some of the greatest products on the market - those that make family life FUN.

In addition to being a mom, wife, laundry-hater, dish-washer, and boogie-wiper, Christine loves to connect with other moms in various social media spaces. She also enjoys building relationships with companies and brands on a daily basis. Christine was just tapped as one of Nielson’s Top 50 Power Moms, is one of Wal-Mart’s “ElevenMoms” and a spokesmom for Johnson’s Baby.

You can find Christine on various online social communities and speaking at conferences around the country.

blog | From Dates to Diapers : :  tweets | @youngmommy

Josh Unfried ~
Founder/CEO, MomFaves

Josh is co-founder and CEO of MomFaves, Inc - a social marketing agency and technology company dedicated to empowering moms and promoting mom-valued brands.

He led the design, development & social marketing strategy behind the successful launch of MomFaves.com - the mom word-of-mouth network™, a proprietary social recommendation platform that’s revealing what moms love most. Before starting MomFaves, his leadership helped propel a tech start up into the 124th spot of INC Magazine’s list of The 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America.

Josh is a family man, enjoying life with his wife Rebecca and two sons in Lincoln, CA. They incorporated MomFaves to honor the legacy of Josh’s mom, who died from cancer in 2004.

Josh and the MomFaves team recently launched MomWordOfMouth.com — a go-to resource for businesses, causes and organizations that provide value to moms. His company MomFaves, Inc. develops technologies that empower moms to improve their collective voice, confidence and connectedness. The agency connects mom-valued brands to their mom fans and delivers social marketing services designed to generate explosive mom word-of-mouth. Josh also blog’s for MomFaves at WhyMomsMatter.com.

blogs | WhyMomsMatter - MomWordOfMouth : :  tweets | @joshunfried

Sierra Friend ~
The “Blog Site Coach”

Sierra Friend

Sierra Friend,  the “Blog Site Coach”, coaches Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs on the step-by-step process of setting up and marketing their business online. She assists in identifying, locating and creating relationships with target audiences and building online branding through Blogging, Social Networking, Video and many other Multi-Media platforms.

A certified Business Coach, Life Coach and Speaker, Sierra thrives on working one-on-one with her clients providing direction, training and support while they learn and implement their online systems and processes.

Sierra has created www.TheBlogSiteCoach.com as a go-to resource for businesses getting started online that  wish to learn about the many tools available on the Internet to maximize their business exposure and profits.

Sierra and her team specialize in installing, customizing and optimizing Wordpress Blog Sites and have many programs and services that support you through the process of setting up and marketing your business online.

A Northern California native and mom of 2 fur-kids , Sierra enjoys hugging trees, small animals and her husband, Eric, when she’s offline.

website | sierrafriend : :  facebook | sierra friend : :  tweets | @sierrafriend

Kelli Jane Seeley ~
Social Media Specialist
Founder, Kelli Jane Photography

Kelli Jane Seeley

Kelli Seeley is the founder of Kelli Jane photography located in East Sacramento. For the past four years she has been utilizing different social media tools such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and online forums to successfully grow her business.

Having just moved to Sacramento in 2008, her effective use of social media has played a vital role in establishing and growing her new customer base. When she’s not on a shoot, you’ll find her at home with her husband and their two year old daughter Riley - where there is lots of love and laughter…and lots of  photographs too.

website |  kellijanephoto : :  blog | kellijane.blogspot.com : :  tweets |  @_kelli

Alejandro Reyes ~
Social Media Marketing Strategist
Sacramento Marketing Labs

Alejandro Reyes

Alejandro Reyes is a social media marketing strategist, speaker and creator of SacramentoMarketingLabs.com - a blog that educates entrepreneurs and small businesses on how to use social media to grow their brand, increase revenue and build a loyal following online.

 

website | successfool : :  facebook | alejandro reyes

tweets | @successfool

 

Lesley Miller ~
Director of PR, 3Fold Communications

Lesley Miller

Lesley Miller is the Director of Public Relations for 3Fold Communications, a full service marketing agency in Midtown, Sacramento. But really, she prefers you call her a professional storyteller. From convincing the media to cover her clients’ latest and greatest news, to “tweeting” their updates on Twitter, Lesley loves keeping people informed and engaged.

She has worked with a wide range of clients from  nonprofits to developers, resorts, produce & food suppliers, technology, and green tech.  Lesley began engaging in social media in 2005 when she begrudgingly joined MySpace. After discovering she liked the tool, she also began blogging about her travels in China, and joined Facebook in 2006. She now manages 3Fold’s social media outreach, and works closely with her clients to train and develop social media plans that work with their traditional marketing efforts.

blog  |   3fold ::  Twitter  |  @lesley3fold, ::  Delicious  |  lesley3fold

Suzanne Hopkins ~
Director of Marketing and Outreach, MomFaves

Suzanne Hopkins

Bryan Merica ~
Founder ID Media
Co-founded “Fox and Hounds Daily” Blog

Bryan Merica

Bryan Merica - Founded ID Media (www.idmcommunications.com), co-founded Fox and Hounds Daily, (www.foxandhoundsdaily.com), a blog covering business and politics in California and will serve as a “founding professor” for the soon-to-be-launched, National Institute of Politics, an online education resource for communications and political consultants. Before starting ID Media, he worked as a senior strategist for enterprise software, management consulting and start up technology companies. Merica graduated Summa Cum Lude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Pacific.

website  |   ID Media : :  tweets |  @bmerica : :  linkedin  |  bryan merica