From Beaufort County Community College

The Small Business Center at Beaufort County Community College can help current and prospective business owners learn to use social media to their advantage in this workshop scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Washington County Center, 100 N.C. Highway 32 North, Roper.

Social media – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube among others – plays a big part in a business marketing plan. This workshop will help participants increase their presence on these different social media platforms.

Instructor Christina Williams will help students create a social media marketing plan and learn what to post and how they can make social media work for their businesses.

Williams is a Microsoft Office Specialist and small business owner and holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Elizabeth City State University.

Attendance at the workshop is free of charge but to ensure seating and to allow for adequate preparation of materials, pre-registration is encouraged. To pre-register, contact Eva Peartree at 252-940-6375 or at eva.peartree@beaufortccc.edu.

The mission of the Small Business Center Network is to increase the success rate ad the number of viable small businesses in North Carolina by providing high quality, readily accessible help to prospective and existing small business owners.

For more information about other services offered by BCCC’s Business and Industry Services’ Small Business Center, including targeted seminars for business owners, visit BCCC’s website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/contin.htm or contact Stowe at 252-940-6306 or lentz.stowe@beaufortccc.edu.