HVDMA November Luncheon

Presenter: Risa B. Hoag, President, GMG Public Relations Inc.

This one-hour LinkedIn workshop will include:

• Understanding LinkedIn – An Overview

• Creating a Profile Which Will Market, Attract and Sell for You

• Targeting Potential Prospects Using Advanced Search and Other Tools

• Connecting with New People Through Your Existing Contacts

• Using Groups Effectively as an Engagement and Targeting Tool

• Integrating Best Practices For Networking and Branding

• Answers to your questions!

Risa founded GMG Public Relations in 1991. She has worked on numerous

prestigious accounts including The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer

Research, Helmsley Hotels, The Tourism Board of Scotland, IMAX Theatres, and

Morton's Steakhouse. Locally she has worked with SUEZ New York, Bounce!

Trampoline Sports, Keep Rockland Beautiful, Meals on Wheels, Rockland Paramedics Services, Catholic Charities,

The Rockland County Women’s Bar Association, Coupé Dance Studio, The NYS Commission for Social Justice,

Rockland Independent Living Center, and The Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board, to name a

few.

Risa is the past president of the Westchester Association of Women Business Owners, past board member of the

Orange & Rockland Utilities Community Investment Grant Committee, founder and current president of The

Greater Nanuet Chamber of Commerce, and Executive Vice President of the Rockland Business Women’s

Network. She is also a board member of Meals on Wheels and is a co-founder of the new Rockland Chamber

Alliance bringing together all seven of Rockland’s Chambers of Commerce. She is a 2018 graduate of Leadership

Rockland

As a teacher certified by the State of New York and a seminar leader, Risa has presented numerous public

relations and marketing seminars and workshops to business organizations and area universities.

Risa is the recipient of the Inbound Marketing Certification awarded by Inbound Marketing University as part of

its comprehensive online marketing training program. Over the past 30 years, Risa has impressed clients with

her hands-on, creative approach to marketing and her willingness to think and step outside the box to get the

job done. Her ability to see every business through a creative lens, makes her a valuable business partner.