The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center, in conjunction with Darton College, will present a daylong Marketing with Social Media program on Aug. 25 at Darton's Student Center.

The continuing education program will offer businesses and individuals information on how to use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and Internet-based tools such as websites and blogs to enhance their businesses.

"The idea is to help businesses optimize the use of websites, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social media," SBDC Area Director Debbie Finney said. "When you look at how consumers are shopping now, it just makes sense. Facebook alone has more than 500 million users and 1.5 million businesses with fan pages."

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