Get your tix now to the Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles February event!    Here are just a few exciting things to expect:  Topic:  How to Generate Business on LinkedIn Speaker: Neal Schaffer, Social Media Strategist and author of two award-winning and critically acclaimed books on LinkedIn: "Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing" and "Windmill... [read more]

Get your tix now to the Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles February event!    Here are just a few exciting things to expect:  Topic:  How to Generate Business on LinkedIn Speaker: Neal Schaffer, Social Media Strategist and author of two award-winning and critically acclaimed books on LinkedIn: "Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing" and "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn." A full, delicious, Venezuelan inspired breakfast will be served (see menu below)  Free Parking & Free WiFi Network and mingle with marketers, PR pros, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, new-media fanatics, future SMBLA speakers and more!  Here are the details you NEED TO KNOW-  SMBLA February Breakfast Hashtag: #SMBLA Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Where: Coupa Café of Beverly Hills Tickets: $15 Here are the details you WANT TO KNOW-  About our presentation Topic:  How to Generate Business on LinkedIn Presentation Overview: LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network - yet few realize the potential it has to generate leads and close business. Southern California resident Neal Schaffer, having authored two books on the subject, is the world's renown expert on using LinkedIn for business development. Join Neal as he provides advice from his latest critically-acclaimed book, "Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing" to help all in attendance.  If you're curious as to the potential on LinkedIn for your business or you have any questions or doubts about the platform, this is your chance to leave enlightened with concrete strategies and tactics to take your social media marketing to the next level.Key Audience Take-aways: • Understand the "LinkedIn Mindset" and LinkedIn's unique role in social media• Create a Sales-Oriented LinkedIn Profile• Generate Connections that Help You Drive Business• Realize the Power of LinkedIn Groups - and How to Leverage Them for Business• Unearthing New Possibilities with LinkedIn Companies   About our speaker: Neal Schaffer Named a Forbes Top 30 Social Media Power Influencer and an AdAge Top 100 Global Marketing Blogger, Neal Schaffer is a social media strategist and popular social media conference speaker who also wrote two award-winning and critically acclaimed books on LinkedIn: "Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing" and "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn." Neal has created social media strategies and coached implementation for companies ranging from a Fortune 50 software company to a Mexican musician with one million social media fans. Currently Neal is VP of Social Strategy at 5150 and Green Dream Social, two different social media agencies that work with consumer brands (5150) and musicians and celebrities (Green Dream).  About our Sponsor: Windmill Networking WindmillNetworking.com provides social media coaching, training and speaking services to corporations and small businesses who need help at some point in their adoption or implementation of social media. Whether you are trying to create a strategy on implementing social media, get more ROI out of your company's social media presence, train internal employees on best social media practices, or need someone to speak to help enlighten your company on the potential for social media, Windmill Networking can provide a completely customized solution to your social media needs.  About the Venue:Coupa Café of Beverly Hills Coupa Café is an urban oasis, a lively Venezuelan restaurant featuring a completely new style of international dining which combines the best of Venezuelan dishes with the philosophy of promoting the use of organic and fair trade ingredients. Coupa Café is the only restaurant in the world outside of Venezuela where you can enjoy the nation's shade grown, handpicked, patio sun-dried, super fair trade organic single estate Arabica coffee beans roasted in small batches, along with international sweet and savory delights-- all of which you will be enjoying at the SMBLA Breakfast! What's on the Menu?    Venezuelan Single Estate Coffee, regular and decaf, freshly baked pastries, kingslake and crane premium blend granola and plain white yogurt. Learn more and become a fan of Coupa Cafe at: http://CoupaCafe.com http://facebook.com/CoupaCafe http://twitter.com/CoupaCafeBH  SMBLA  If you’re as excited as we are about Social Media Breakfast Club Los Angeles, please tell your friends and feel free to reach out to us anytime with social media news, presentation topics, and speakers that you think we should know about! Looking forward to bringing the L.A. social media community together through SMBLA! Learn more and become a fan of SMBLA at: http://facebook.com/SMBLA   http://twitter.com/SMB_LA Email us at: SMBLosAngeles@gmail.com