Creating a Profitable ‘Buzz’ for Your Company
with PR/Publicity and Social Media
Thursday, February 9th  • 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Prime Publishers, Inc. - 55 Heritage Road, Southbury

Reach beyond what you’ve done to date to promote, brand and market
your business. Learn from public relations/publicity placement specialist,
Barbara Branagan-Mitchell of Branagan Communications Consultants LLC in
New Milford, and social media specialist, Mike Brooks of WebVance (formerly
Offline Marketing Online) in Southbury, how to ‘harness the power’ of PR with
social media to attract more profits to your company.
 

Learn how to engage your audience using Facebook, Twitter and other
Social Media channels on a daily basis. Plus how to write and place with the
media timely, newsworthy press releases and captioned photos that will help
build awareness and create a ‘buzz’ around your business on a month-to-month
basis. Multiply rapidly the impacts of your marketing and branding ambitions by
issuing press releases, captioned photos, Facebook and Twitter postings, photos
and videos.
 

Learn how to create a strategy that will combine both PR/publicity
placement with the excitement and timeliness of social media. Build your network
with social media tools by integrating your PR/publicity placement efforts with
those tools. Boost your company’s brand and name with ‘calls to action’ and
marketing messages with live discussions on Facebook and Twitter. Learn about
the power and magic of the “Like” button on Facebook. See photos from your
company’s activities in weekly and daily newspapers. Get people talking about
your business – learn how to ‘create buzz’ and build that ‘buzz’ for more profits.
 

This informative February meeting will be hosted by Prime Publishers, Inc.,
publishers of Voices, Voices Weekender and Town Times newspapers, at 55
Heritage Road in Southbury. Food will be provided by New Morning Natural &
Organics Provender in Woodbury and Heritage Hotel in Southbury for this annual
culinary extravaganza. The night will feature a wine tasting hosted by several local
vineyards, plus showcase the SBA’s March 3rd Chocolate Holiday, a fundraiser
for the Audubon Center at Bent of the River, by offering a sneak preview of that
event’s offerings of unique cuisines of Mexico. Come taste the warm flavors of
Mexico and learn PR and social networking secrets that will help promote your
business for greater success in 2012.

The $25 meeting fee covers the opportunity to network with your peers along with the program and meal. The registration deadline is noon on Monday, February 6th.

Click on "Social Media and PR" under "Upcoming Events" at left to register!

If you are a prospective member, you can join the SBA by clicking on the "Become a Member" link at the top of the page.

If you are a renewing member, you can renew your membership by logging in and clicking the "Renew My Membership" link under the Member Menu that will appear on the left. 

New members and renewing members alike are encouraged to pay online by Visa or Mastercard, though mailed check payment is accepted. Those needing an invoice to satisfy their bookkeepers or accounting department can download and print the appropriate one by clicking on a link below:

1 Year Membership Invoice 

2 Year Membership Invoice 

Non-Profit Membership Invoice 

Helping to Keep Southbury in Business!

Welcome to the Southbury Business Association’s website, SouthburyBusiness.org. This site was designed to connect you with local businesses while providing information on what we are, who we are and what we do.

The SBA was established in 1968 in an effort to provide support to both small and large businesses located or doing business in Southbury. Meanwhile, member businesses have donated considerable time and money in order to give back to the community in which they prosper.

Most individuals are attracted to the SBA for opportunities to network, promote themselves, learn and grow. Dinner meetings are held each month from September through June. A number of breakfast and lunch programs also are held throughout the year.

There are other members who, besides growing their businesses, have a sincere interest in giving back to the community. The SBA provides an opportunity to serve on fundraising programs, such as the annual Southbury Fall Classic 10K Road Race and Wellness Fair, to benefit its Scholarship Fund as well as to benefit various charitable organizations.

Since 1990, the SBA has given over $200,000 in the form of college scholarships for Pomperaug High School graduates and donations to local, non-profit organizations such as the Southbury Volunteer Fire Department, Southbury Ambulance Association, Southbury Food Bank, Southbury Fuel Bank, the United Way, Animals for Life, Southbury-Middlebury Youth and Family Services, Safe Haven, Grad Nite and many others.

If you are interested in achieving your personal and business goals as well as serving your community, make it a priority to join us and get involved this year. If you are searching for goods and services in the Southbury area, please use the business directory pages of this site knowing that these businesses are dedicated to progress in business and to enhancing the Southbury community.

Sincerely,

Kurt Mazurosky, President, 2011-2012