Learn how social media can work for your business

Learn to use the power of LinkedIn as an effective, low-cost branding and business building tool at the Downtown St. Charles Partnership's Business Development Breakfast series from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 8 at Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St. in St. Charles. Coffee will be served.

Mary Erlain of Peak Marketing & Sales Inc. is a business coach who specializes in strategic and organizational planning and implementation. She is executive vice president of Leadership Management Institute-Riverside and is a co-facilitator of the Entrepreneurs' Group.

Erlain says that developing an effective profile in social media is as important as developing an effective website for your business.

In this seminar you will learn how you can use LinkedIn to: leverage your connections to build your business; tell a compelling story and generate new business; conduct company/market research; and network with other businesses using LinkedIn Groups.

All attendees will be entered in a drawing for a free consultation with Erlain. Members and active committee volunteers get in free. Nonmember registration is $20. To RSVP by Friday, June 4, contact Ashley Dorsch at (630) 513-5386, ext. 3 or adorsch@dtown.org.

The Downtown St. Charles Partnership's Business Development Breakfast series is designed to help you grow and manage your business. As a benefit of your membership, these free monthly educational sessions are offered.

The sessions feature topics and presenters that relate to your needs and interests such as effective, low-cost marketing strategies; establishing best practices; back-to-basics management strategies; and some fun topics to inspire and motivate.

Business Development Breakfasts are held the second Tuesday of each month from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Ziegler Room of the Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St. in St. Charles.