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Virtual Lunch! The Small Business, Local Digital Advertising Luncheon

Welcome to Virtual Lunch, the 2011 Patch.com small business digital media luncheon.  The luncheon is by invitation/RSVP only for select west metro area business owners.  Agenda; 11am-1130am registration.  1130-1230; lunch and digital media presentation.

Topics include search engine optimization, local banner advertising, local digital videos and how to make the most of social media. Patch.com is an AOL Company with 19 MSP area sites.  

Where: Woody's Grille Plymouth, next to Country Inn Suites.  For more information, contact Eric Best 952-232-7655; eric.best@patch.com or Gretchen Lowery 612-516-9781; gretchen.lowery@patch.com

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Guest speakers:

Dan Krolczyk, Regional Publisher for Patch.com Minnesota

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Troy Melhus,   Troy Melhus is a Regional Editor for Patch.com in Minnesota. Prior to that he was an online editor and reporter for StarTribune.com in Minneapolis for 10 years, covering everything from 35W Bridge disaster to the Minnesota Vikings. He's written for the New York Times Magazine, been a national movie critic for Gannett News Service, been a features reporter for the Des Moines Register and was the co-creator of the first newspaper on the web in North Dakota, bismarcktribune.com, in 1994.

Brian Stuckey, Chief Operating Officer of AOI Marketing Group. Brian  co-founded Social Bundle to provide businesses with the social marketing tools they need to build a successful presence on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms.  Prior to Social Bundle, Brian co-founded Rovrr, Inc., a social media technology and analytics company.  For the past five years, Brian has been a frequent speaker at industry events, including small business seminars at the James J. Hill Library and social media strategy presentations to local MBA classes.

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