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Social Media Basics for Businesses

2025-05-12 18:00:00 2025-05-12 19:00:00 America/Chicago Social Media Basics for Businesses Professor Mark Wolters will teach you how to maximize your presence, reach new audiences, and market your business with the power of social media. Main Library - Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Monday, May 12
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-12 18:00:00 2025-05-12 19:00:00 America/Chicago Social Media Basics for Businesses Professor Mark Wolters will teach you how to maximize your presence, reach new audiences, and market your business with the power of social media. Main Library - Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Main Library

Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Professor Mark Wolters will teach you how to maximize your presence, reach new audiences, and market your business with the power of social media.

Topics covered:

  • Choosing the best social media platforms for your business
  • Creating compelling content
  • Setting social media goals
  • Social media best practices
  • Tips for being successful on social media
  • Understanding social media metrics

About the presenter: Prof. Mark Wolters is an award-winning business educator from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Gies College of Business. Having been recognized by Poets and Quants as one of the top 50 undergraduate business professors as well as receiving numerous other teaching awards, Prof. Wolters strives to make marketing and social media education accessible to all via his Professor Wolters YouTube channel. You may have seen him on his successful Wolters World Travel and Culture YouTube channel, with over one million subscribers and 275 million views. His talk on Social Media Marketing is a wonderful introduction to how social media can help small businesses grow.  


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