NU Online News Service, May 18, 11:20 a.m. EDT

Agents seeking advice about how to build their brand throughonline social media can listen to experts on the subject next monthvia a free webinar.

The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) will host the webinar,titled "Successful Agency Techniques to Build, Integrate and ManageYour Blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube," on Thursday, June 3,from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT.

Participants will include Ryan Hanley of the Guilderland Agency;Chris Jordan of the Atlanta Insurance Live; Rick Morgan from RickMorgan Consulting; and Jeff Yates, ACT executive director.

"When independent agents Ryan Hanley and Chris Jordandemonstrated how they are using multiple social media tools tobuild their brand and attract business in an earlier ACT webinar,the audience came alive because it is clear these agents areeffectively using these tools today," said Mr. Yates. "We arefortunate to have them back to do a 60-minute demonstration as tohow they are integrating all of these tools and managing asuccessful social web strategy."

The webinar will be the fourth in a series hosted by ACT'sSocial Web Work Group addressing the most frequent questions fromagents regarding social media usage.

Registration for the event is available at http://tinyurl.com/35q4q7y.

The third webinar in the series will take place on May 20 andwill address E&O considerations in social networking.Information and registration for that webinar is available athttp://tinyurl.com/2uvkr8z.