Everyone’s got to start their journey somewhere. For small businesses, that could mean beginning their social media adventure with one step—a visit to Small Business Milwaukee’s website. Free resources, advertising and event promotion; helpful tips; networking and guest blogging opportunities; Tracy Champagne’s site provides entrepreneurs with a great marketing map.
For 20 years a small business owner herself, Tracy understands the self-employed’s ever-present challenges. She’s not about to encourage anything that’s frivolous or unnecessary; the bottom-line is just too important. Even the small business meet-ups and classes she facilitates are very focused.
With smallbizmke.com, a networking resource for the Greater Milwaukee area, Tracy brings small businesses together to help motivate one another and to learn more about the big world of social media. Appreciating how overwhelming the internet pace can be, she has the ability to break it down into a manageable walk.
Starting with opening an account (intimidating enough for some), Tracy patiently guides her clients across the many social media platforms with one-on-one training, WordPress web design, content curation, site analytics, platform management, social media hands-on classes and much more. With her venture not quite a year-old, the drive she demonstrates and her life-long learning abilities (so important in keeping up with social media trends), her list of services can only grow.
To help those in her network, Tracy, thru smallbiz.mke, provides a number of freebies for the local community:
• Free small business advertising
• Free networking events
• Free advertising through donations
• Free event promotion
• Free listing in Small Business directory
Her keen interest in all things social has helped develop another enterprise, this time with a partner, Angie Fehring (who has her own business, Home Party Marketplace). They made their announcement at a recent Social Media for Small Businesses Meet-Up. Branding themselves as “Start Small Media,” with Tracy spearheading the social media aspects and Angie the marketing, this duo will be taking their collective wisdom and expertise on the road.
Their goal is to help educate small businesses on social media throughout the country. Still developing their website, Tracy will, no doubt, keep interested parties updated on Start Small Media thru smallbizmke.com.