When: Monday, June 6th, 2016 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Sherlock’s Baker St Pub, 9012 Research Blvd, Austin, TX
RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Inventors-and-Entrepreneurs/events/228524733/
John Sparks (@IAmJohnSparks) will be presenting the definitive guide to Twitter for entrepreneurs, and startups. John has been recognized on the 2016 List of Powerful Podcasters, Big Time Bloggers & Social Media Stars Who Can Make You Famous with the Push of a Button (http://bit.ly/25ieUTP). He will cover:
1. WHY it’s important For Businesses To Be On Twitter
2. What’s The Difference You Ask?? Personal & Business Twitter Pages
3. How To Navigate Twitter & Break Through The Noise!!
4. How To Do TWITTER In Less Than An Hour A Day
5. TWITTER Tools For Prospecting For Your Business
6. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking Through “The Yellow Pages Of Twitter”: How To Locate Like Minded Businesses & Competitors on TWITTER
7. Strategically Stalking Potential Clients & Competitors With Excellence In A Good Way.
8. Hashtags (how they work & why they are important)
9. Creating Stellar Content To Tweet
10. Twitter Analytics & How They Can Help You Grow Your Business
11. Q&A
John Sparks has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Power Influencers of 2015 (Ranked #66 on StatSocial.com List, http://bit.ly/1DIhYvg, and one of the Top 50 Most Valuable Social Media Influencers, 2015 with an estimated Impact Media Value of $2.1 million dollars. (Ranked #13 on General Sentiment List, http://bit.ly/1Aal3VX)
Sparks teaches others what they need to know about making money & building relationships on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube and just about any other social media platform you can think of. In mid- March 2015, Sparks released his first book, “365 Ideas To Go From Good To Great On TWITTER!” (CreateSpace, 2015). The Kindle version of the book became a #1 Best-Seller in the category of Social Media Guides the first weekend it was released in July 2015. Since the book’s release, Sparks has earned the distinction of becoming known as the “Go-To Guy For Twitter”.
In April 2016, Sparks was ranked as having the 43rd largest Twitter following in Dallas (Twopcharts.com). He was also ranked as #6 on the April 2016 Top 100 Twitter Users In Dallas, Texas (http://bit.ly/1WQ5fQN). Sparks has more Twitter followers than Derek Holland, Nastia Liukin, Melissa Rycroft, Laura Bush, and T. Boone Pickens. Sparks grew his account from less than 800 followers to almost 200,000 followers in just two years. He did not buy any of his own followers!
Sparks is the founder and CEO of his own social media coaching and consulting company called “Online ImageWorks” (@OIWmedia). He is also an adjunct professor teaching courses in Online Journalism in The Mayborn School of Journalism at The University of North Texas. Sparks has an extensive media background. He is a veteran newscast producer and has worked at television stations in Dallas, Houston, Harlingen, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Orlando, and Tampa.
A proud alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin, Sparks received his Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film from the Moody College of Communication. During his time at UT Austin, Sparks was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. He also held internships at KXAN Television (NBC), and began working as a paid member of the media at WFAA Channel 8’s Austin Capital Bureau before graduating UT Austin in 1994.
