October PATTERN Meetup - Social Media Best Practices for Building Your Brand

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Social Media has long stopped being a simple tool to stay in touch with family and friends, and is now one of, if not THE most powerful tool that small business owners and entrepreneurs have to tell the world about their product, service or brand.

With millions of users and thousands of businesses vying for the world's attention, how do some brands and users rise to prominence, and others stay completely unnoticed? We're going to help shed some light on that question and few others!

We've assembled a panel of women, who have all been able to successfully grow their brands through social media: style blogger Chandler Nehrt (https://www.instagram.com/candidlychan/), beauty vlogger Destiny Taylor (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKS5AyQ0IfCkjNZvrrWSkLA) and graphic designer and artist Abby St. Claire (http://abigailstclaire.com/). All three are expert "content creators", and have been able to attract a loyal and growing following, as well as secure brand partnerships and paid projects.

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If you've been overwhelmed by social media and don't know where to start or how to grow your following and brand, or if you're just wondering why social media is so key to your creative business, please join us as we pick our panelists' brains on best practices, etiquette, dos and don't, and how they stay motivated and inspired.

A big thank you to our venue sponsor, The Hatch, Indy's newest co-working space that's been designed from the ground up to cater to the creative class. You're in for a treat because it's absolutely awesome! And also, to SunKing Brewing, for helping us keep the good times rolling!

As always, please bring business cards, and plan to meet new people. Also, feel free to bring friends!

Schedule for the evening:

6:30p Doors Open for networking

7:15p Panel begins; 45 minute panel discussion followed by 15 minutes of Q&A

8:15p Additional networking

9:00p Go home and keep working on plan for world domination!