Jason McDonald leads one-day Workshop at National Association of Realtors National Conference

Fremont, CA – September 26, 2011 – Jason McDonald, a leading SEO / Social Media corporate trainer and speaker in the San Francisco Bay Area, is proud to announce his latest training engagement for associations and non-profit. Dr. McDonald will be leading a one-day intensive SEO / Social Media training session for the National Association of Realtors’ Conference in Anaheim, California. This hands-on course covers the latest topics in marketing and communication for associations and non-profit organizations, focusing on practical Internet marketing. Topics covered will include how to use search engine optimization, social media marketing, and how your association should approach Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

"Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter have shifted the ground underneath the real estate market," explained Dr. McDonald. "So I was very pleased when asked to conduct an intensive one-day workshop / training for professional Realtor® Associations at their national convention in Anaheim. Not only will we be learning about Social Media Marketing and SEO but also we will be covering the strategies organizations can use to promote themselves to prospective members and to provide value-add services such as assistance with SEO and SMM."

More information can be found at – http://www.realtor.org/educsess.nsf/pagesluNew/11ConfCommunicationInstitute

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND SEO FOR ASSOCATIONS AND NON-PROFITS – OVERVIEW

No matter how crucial it may be for the success of your product, marketing seldom receives the full funding that marketing managers think is necessary. This hands-on workshop will teach you the secrets of marketing without money—think of it as “creating buzz without bucks.” For association directors or marketing managers, there are strategies to build awareness, programs to generate trial, and activities to involve early users in the building of your association or non-profit — all with little or no cost. Marketing on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yelp, and other sites can combine the power of free on the Internet with the viral dynamics of Web 2.0 promotion. Email marketing and traditional SEO (search engine optimization) can also be part of the mix. Therefore a complete understanding of variations on the newer “free” business and marketing models is critical. Using case studies of successful companies, we will investigate their use of free marketing opportunities and their best practices so you can develop action plans for your own association or non-profit, with specific examples to the real estate sector.

ABOUT JASON MCDONALD – SEO / SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CORPORATE SPEAKER

Dr. Jason McDonald is a recognized SEO / Social Media Marketing corporate speaker in search engine optimization, Internet marketing, and search marketing based in the San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley. Dr. McDonald received his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1992, and has worked at many hi-tech start up’s in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, Dr. McDonald is Senior Editor at eg3.com, a web portal and email service covering hi-tech embedded systems on the Internet, founded in 1994. Recently, Dr. McDonald has begun teaching marketing, market research and Internet marketing at Bay Area institutions such as AcademyX, DeVry University, and Stanford University’s Continuing Studies.

Dr. McDonald can be found on the Internet at https://www.jasonmcdonald.org, a website focused on search engine marketing, SEO, and other Internet marketing issues with in-depth free information on SEO, Page Tags, Google Analytics, Metrics, Link building, Free SEO Tools and more. He can also be contacted by telephone at +1-702-879-4771 or email, jasonmcdonald.blog@gmail.com.