Michael chats with the Cartoonists Northwest Group

From Saturday April 17th, 2010. Michael talkes about his on-and-off career in cartooning with Larry's Cafe. Also discussed, the future of illustration, how to use social media to promote your work, and how to develop a fan base quickly.

Social Media as a Marketing Tool

From the Port Townsend Main Street chat about Social Media. for an hour I disucss the best ways to utilize Facebook and Twitter in an honest and trustful representation of your business. And I wore a crazy Beatles shirt, too!

April's ICF Business Development & Marketing SIG Call: Creating and Marketing a More Powerful, Profitable Coaching Brand

Hello Coach Colleagues!

We’re thrilled to have Michael Foster, a marketing and branding strategist, as our guest speaker for April’s ICF Business Development & Marketing teleconference (details below). On each call, we showcase a hot topic for coaches who would like to better develop and grow their businesses, and we feature top-notch experts who can share tips and wisdom on these topics. There’s plenty of time for questions and answers on this 90-minute call. CCEU credits are available for ICF certification, and these calls are a fun, engaging way to connect with coaches around the world. New and experienced coaches are highly encouraged to attend. Please invite your local ICF chapters and colleagues. Thank you!

Notes from my Social Media Lecture

I recently spoke about how to use Social Media for your business. I like Facebook because people have to become FANS... which is a great way to filter spam, so most of these notes applies to Facebook Business pages... which are easy to set up. We'll be posting a video of the presentation shortly... but for now here are my notes from the event. (Cleaned up of course!)