Small Business Owners Invited to Free Patch Workshop

Capitola-Soquel Patch is pleased to announce its first , a free workshop for local business owners and community organizations who want to improve their online presence via Patch and other forms of social media.

The event will be held 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, June 21, at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

We’ll serve refreshments, give out door prizes and cool Patchy swag and set up learning stations about social media, business directories, blogging and telling your story online.

We’ll be helping participating business owners claim their Patch Directory listing page on our site, a free service that you can use to better promote your business. And if you’re already an active Patch user, we’d still like you to come and help the Patch team learn more about what works when it comes to navigating the web. (

Reviews so far of previous Main Street Meet-Ups, held throughout the Bay Area, have been stellar, with more than 110 participants giving us high survey marks and feedback that they found the event extremely valuable.

If you're a new business that needs a listing created, click the Claim your listing! button at the top of the Directory page and fill out the form. Our directory team will get in touch with you in a couple of days when your listing is ready.

To RSVP to our workshop, email Julie Dowling at juliedpatch@gmail.com or leave us your contact info in the comments below.

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