New Media Seminars Coming to VA Beach in June
The first New Media Seminar for the Hampton Roads area is coming to Virginia Beach to teach business owners and communications professionals the art of online marketing through new and social media, the fastest growing communities on the Web.

RICHMOND, VA, May 22, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- WHO: The Virginia Beach seminar will be headlined by nationally recognized new media
and social media expert Dave Saunders, President and Chief Idea Officer of
Richmond, Virginia-based Madison+Main, Advertising & New Media. Saunders has
recently been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington
Post and appeared on the Virginia News Network to discuss the impact of social
media. Saunders has over 13,000 followers on the popular microblog Twitter, more than any other person in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Saunders appears on WTVR-6 CBS Richmond regularly to talk about Facebook and Twitter.

WHEN: June 16, 2009, 10am-2pm (Pre-Seminar Interview date May 27, 2009)

WHERE: Holiday Inn Executive Center, 5655 Greenwich Rd, VA Beach, VA 23462

WHY: Over 200 million Americans are online and more than 200 million people have Facebook accounts worldwide. On average, Fortune 2500 companies spent 28% of their total marketing budgets on new media in 2008, whereas the average small business spent only 6%. The global online audience is expected to double in the next three years reaching more than 2.8 billion people.

HOW: To learn more about the New Media Seminars or to register, visit www.NewMediaSeminars.com

Pre-Seminar Interview Opportunity: Dave Saunders will be in the Hampton Roads area on May 27, 2009 and will be available for in-studio appearances for television and radio. Saunders is also available for interviews on different dates via satellite link from all local television networks and radio stations in Richmond. To schedule an interview please contact Josh Taylor at 877.623.6246 (MAD.MAIN).

Press Release Contact Information:

Josh Taylor
Madison+Main
Communications Manager
501 E. Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia
USA 23219
Voice: (804) 521-4141
Fax: (804) 521-4140
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