Attending a Blether Media training course is a great place to start if you are new to all this. Our one day ‘Practical Introduction to Using Social Media for Business’ course covers all the main bases:

• Develop an online presence with an appropriate ‘voice’
• Make your organisation more accessible, transparent and interactive
• Create, customise and publish a blog
• Automatically track (and join) conversations about your products, services and areas of interest
• Build brand awareness without advertising
• Engage directly with potential customers
• Use RSS feeds to improve your research while saving time
• Use Twitter effectively for marketing
• Use social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to make connections and generate new business
• Convert potential customers into supporters, and supporters into evangelists

You’ll find upcoming events in the sidebar on the right.

Once you have a good grasp of the basics, or if you are already using social media in the workplace, we can provide the following short courses and workshops to help you develop your skills and knowledge further.

• Twitter for Business
• RSS for Business
• Blogging for Business
• LinkedIn for Business
• YouTube & Flickr for Business

Please contact us for details.

Bespoke training

We also offer bespoke training courses delivered in your own premises. So if you want to develop an effective, high-impact, low-cost social marketing strategy that’s right for your particular organisation, let’s have a chat.

Some feedback from our training days:

“Clear structure and accessible language, very user-friendly… really comprehensive… One of the most interactive, useful training courses I’ve attended. IT-type training courses so often fall into the tedium trap but this one held my attention from start to finish.”
Ashley Lennon – Momentum Scotland

“The course was set a pleasant pace and Kyle was very patient, clear and very helpful… generally really enjoyed it as it is an area I was uncomfortable with. However I now feel equipped to put it into practice in my work setting and in personal life. It will be, if used effectively, a great tool to increase our charity’s awareness and profile, and it will assist us to move with the times and raise awareness. I really like the fact that Kyle will follow up with a visit. Great stuff!”
Craig Blair – Epilepsy Scotland

“A much better awareness about what it is all about… Great idea to do a follow-up after the course to see how all this can help my business.”
Alison Finlay – Completely Natural

“It was really valuable to learn the basics pratically and not just listen to a lecture. We were able to go online and be taught how to blog, Twitter which was really useful… This is a great course for anyone who really isn’t sure what social networking is, without technical jargon. It’s taught at a pace that suits the audience.”
Louise Moore – The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust

“Very friendly and helpful trainer. Good size of group. A most useful day.”
Cordelia Ditton – voicebusiness

“Really made everything very accessible and made me feel confident about my abilities… It was a great experience! Thank you.”
Nicky Fagan – Enable Scotland

“Very simple and in easy to understand language… [the most useful bit was] the practical examples of how to use these tools rather than just talking”
Steven Marshall – Chardon Management

“It was much more in-depth than expected. Shed a whole new light on social media and has altered my perceptions of it.”
Kenny Wallace – Wellbeing Solutions

“Very easy, well structured, friendly and fun… Really enjoyed the day – great tutor, well presented, relevant information, nice surroundings.”
Linda Mundell – voicebusiness