ArtsMatrix LIVE! with Mark McGuiness

How to Use Social Networks to Achieve Your Creative Ambitions - with Mark McGuinness
Hosted in Plymouth and available in Exeter and Bristol via our interactive technology.

27th March 2012 | 6pm to 8pm | Plymouth College of Art

If you're using social networks aimlessly, they can easily become a time suck and a distraction from your creative work. But if you take a more considered approach, they can not only provide you with creative stimulation, but also bring you opportunities that can further you creative career.

Writer and creative business coach Mark McGuinness has been using social networks for the past six years as part of his online marketing strategy, while still writing thousands of words a week. He now has a global network of contacts that brings him inspiration, support and new business opportunities. In this talk he'll show you how to build a network that will do the same for you.

Come to this event to learn:

* 5 Ways social networks can help your creative career
* Why you still need your own website
* The essential elements of an effective profile
* What not to share
* How to attract the right kind of followers
* Scheduling social networking so it doesn't interfere with creative work
* Which social networks are most important for creatives

An Artsmatrixlive event offers you a free opportunity to hear a renowned creative speaker, ask questions and then network either face to face or via our interactive link. Book now to secure your place, all sessions can only be attended via booking in advance.

About Mark: Mark has first-hand experience of the creative process, as a poet and one of the editors of the acclaimed magazine Magma Poetry, making it easy for him to understand the opportunities and challenges facing professional artists and creatives. He writes two of the most popular creative business blogs in the world, Lateral Action and Wishful Thinking .

He is the author of a string of popular ebooks, including Time Management for Creative People, downloaded over 100,000 times. His work has been featured in publications including Creative Review and the Wall Street Journal.

Mark holds an MA in Creative & Media Enterprises (with distinction) from the University of Warwick, a BA in English Language & Literature from Oxford University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

Mark has been coaching and training creative professionals since 1996. Organisations he has worked with include the BBC, Channel 4, the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Transport for London, Vodafone, BT, the Arts Council, Arts & Business, Econsultancy, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the University of Warwick.

For more information visit http://artsmatrix.plymouthart.ac.uk/index.php?q=node/651/