What will I learn?

Local web marketer and cultural programmer Sean Cranbury will guide you through a full program designed to give you the perspective and skills necessary to market your work and ideas using the web. In this workshop you will learn how to create, control, and share your work, content, and vision online using simple web-based tools. You will discuss the fundamentals of web platforms (websites, blogs, tumblrs), social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest), and how they integrate with more traditional marketing channels. The morning session will focus on creating your own customizable homebase on the web using free tools like Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, and others. The afternoon will feature in depth discussion around social media, web marketing, and the basic principles for sharing, collaborating, and owning your content online. This workshop is designed for the beginner and intermediate user. All attendees will leave the day with a greater understanding of the strategies that they can use to execute their own vision online.

Who's it for?

Creators: writers, artists, musicians, dancers, architects, anyone with a creative side who wants to learn the basics of how to use the web to demonstrate their vision.

What should I bring?

Laptop, curiosity, sense of humour.

Who is Sean?

Sean Cranbury is a web marketer and independent consultant specializing in literary arts, cultural programming, and public speaking. He is the person behind Books on the Radio Projects which includes the Real Vancouver Writers' Series, 24 Hour International Book Project, and Bookcamp Vancouver.

Sean has spoken on web marketing at conferences across North America and was awarded Vancouver Literary Promoter/Organizer of the Year 2011 by Pandora's Collective.

Sean has written for the CBC, The Barnstormer, Open Book Toronto, and arts and writing blogs across the internet.

You can find him at seancranbury.com.