The Social Lights Is On The Move!

We’ve outgrown our current office space and landed on a new one in the North Loop neighborhood of downtown Minneapolis. We will be moving to our new location on 1st St N and 1st Ave N this August. Look out for photos on our Facebook Page soon, but in the meantime, here’s a glimpse at […]

Final Week of CMTP Wraps Up Essentials, Recipes for Success

As our Summer 2013 Community Management Training Program comes to a close, we brought in two local communications and strategy experts to provide insights and advice to students seeking careers in social media. Paul Isakson, Co-founder and Partner in Strategy at MakeMatter, offered students a presentation on establishing a brand strategy and communicating with a […]

The Latest from The Social Lights

In case you didn’t hear… This summer we’re hosting the world’s first Community Manager Training Program, and graduating our first class of 16 students on August 1, 2013! In addition to education, the program is set up to provide high quality social media and digital marketing talent to companies ready to step it up on […]

Arik Hanson Shares Tips on Likeable Content, Creating Social Media That Gets Clicks

ACH Communications Principal and Digital PR Consultant Arik Hanson recently gave an insightful and well-received presentation to The Social Lights Community Manager Training Program class outlining the ins and outs of creating favorable content for social media. In a slideshow titled “Likeable Content: How to Create Social Media Content that Gets Clicks,” Hanson offered students […]

Lee Odden Teaches CMTP About Effective Content Creation, SEO

Author of Optimize, CEO of TopRank Marketing, and content/SEO specialist Lee Odden recently provided words of wisdom to The Social Lights Community Management Training Program class in a presentation that emphasized the importance of storytelling in content creation and search engine optimization. The presentation was as inspiring as it was informative, given by a professional […]

Mary Meehan Teaches CMTP Class About Cultural Intelligence

“Cultural Intelligence: Translating the Consumer Market with Trends” was an informative and engaging presentation given to The Social Lights® Community Manager Training Program class by Mary Meehan, co-founder & CEO of consumer research company Panoramix Global. Meehan, an expert on consumer marketing and trends, presented students with information and statistics on the Star Trek film […]