Michelle Sharp of Meet the Minnesota Makers is a fabulous asset to the local small business community. Not only is she shining a light on our local talents, she has great advice. She has graciously spoken at our annual conference, which was so successful that we had to have her return to teach a webinar workshop for us about social media marketing for small businesses. We look forward to working with her in years to come!
Shelley Erickson, President, MNCFPAI recently attended Michelle’s Digital Marketing Workshop and I’m so glad I did! I took away so many nuggets of great information. I started applying some of the nuggets that were new to me and my business immediately and saw almost instant results in our sales. A single post on a new to us social media platform resulted in a new corporate partnership that has been tremendous for our business. Michelle is very knowledgeable and presents her information in a fun and inviting way. She understands small business; her content is relevant and I think no matter what level you are at in your business, there is a take away for most folks. I highly recommend utilizing Michelle’s services!
- Michelle’s most recent workshop was a joint event with Greener Pastures and Meet the Minnesota Makers designed to help sustainable farmers and farm educators sharpen their storytelling and digital marketing skills. This workshop focused on website, social media, and newsletter visual and written content to give direct to consumer farm businesses a marketing boost without turning their businesses into social media “influencers.”Bonus: After the workshop, all are invited to a virtual peer networking session in late June with Sarah and Michelle. They’ll receive support and accountability to implement your plan and to-do list, receive a practical outreach toolkit, and keep the momentum going.
- Michelle’s next workshop is a private event focused on email newsletters for direct to consumer businesses.
Meet the Minnesota Maker workshops teach you communication skills to bolster your digital marketing. Let social media and your website work for your business; don’t let them become your main work.
- Learn which social media platforms will bolster your business and let you connect with your ideal customers.
- Discover tools for planning, managing, and repurposing content from your website to your business social media.
- Demystify internet social engines to make both your website and your social media more visible to potential customers.
Photo by Bre McGee for Uncommon Collaborative.
- Meet the Minnesota Maker workshops work with groups of makers to strengthen your storytelling. Workshops focus on social media content planning and engagement, website structure and product descriptions, and newsletters as a core part of your business storytelling.
- Collaborate as a group to troubleshoot each other’s messaging to create a streamlined plan for telling your story the way you want it to be heard.
- Workshops range from one hour survey sessions to day long workshops. Can be done in person or via Zoom. Contact Meet the Minnesota Makers for pricing and availability. Michelle has presented on digital marketing, website content creation, and social media at Smith + Trade Mercantile, the MN Organic Conference, the Minnesota Cottage Food Producers Association Conference, a Minnesota Cottage Food Producers Workshop, and The Wilderness Coworking space in Minneapolis.
