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VIDEO: Napa Businesses Turn Out for Social Media Experts

If you're in Napa and on Twitter, you've probably noticed a number of tweets with the hashtag #FMSMW. Here's what that's all about:

Close to 200 people, many from the Napa Valley wine industry and local small businesses, flocked to the Tuesday for the “Future Marketers Social Media Workshop.”

Organized by branding expert and sommelier Rick Bakas, the all-day symposium included multimedia talks by Ben Parr of Mashable and Elizabeth Weil of Twitter on how businesses can make best use of today’s online social networks.

In our video, attendees buzz over a small-group marketing exercise and Napa’s leading social media maven Ashley Teplin, who helped publicize the event,  explains what it’s all about.

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We’ll have a more detailed report, with interviews from Napans who attended the workshop, Wednesday on Napa Patch.

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