Social Media Weekender for artists and creatives

The Aim

The Social Media Weekender for Artists is designed to help creative people take control of their online lives.

Over two days, we'll help you to make the most of what the Internet can offer you. Whether it's getting a portfolio website, selling work, or simply finding your feet, we'll be there to guide you.

This course is not only suitable for beginners, but intermediate Internet users and those who've already dipped a toe in.

We promise:

• The course will be practical and useful
• You'll get excellent value for money

Bring a laptop (or a notepad, but it'd help if you could play along) and we'll show you everything you need to know.

Book soon. We expect this course to fill up quickly.

The course will be delivered by the team from Meshed Media. We run Created in Birmingham, the hugely popular arts and culture website, and have worked on online/social media projects with some of Birmingham's largest and smallest arts organisations. Check out our work here.

We also look after the Birmingham Social Media Cafe, Film Dash, Jobplot and any number of other side projects that make good use of social media.

In short, we know what we're talking about.

Course topics and things you'll be left with:

• A website - If you haven't got one already, that is. It'll be simple, free, easy to update and of a sort that search engines will love.

• A mailing list - We'll show you how to start, manage and grow your mailing list, with some guidance about the rules you need to follow.

• Find and be found - We'll show you how to get comprehensive information about events, work, opportunities and training in your area sent straight to you.

• Tips and tools for keeping yourself and your contact details organised - We'll show you tools for managing your time and to-do lists, ways to keep track of clients, customers and contacts.

• A grasp on social media - We'll show you how social media can be used for marketing, collaboration and presentation.

• A much better chance of people discovering you and your work - We'll show you some tried and trusted techniques for getting people to notice you, including how to contact bloggers and online media to promote your work (directly and indirectly)

• A support network - We won't leave you high and dry afterwards. We'll show you how you and your fellow participants can work together to support and promote each other after the session.

• Clear next steps - You'll have a plan for how to progress

Anything else?

You'll also have all the tea and coffee you can drink. Depending on the number of people who sign up there may be some biscuits and/or some fruit too.

Can't make it this time?

Sorry to hear that. If you'd like to be kept informed of future sessions then please sign-up here (Meshed Media will keep your email address private):