Alicia Eler is a Social Media Consultant and Writer specializing in the arts.

She is passionate about helping arts organizations and creative individuals develop their social media strategy and build successful, thriving communities online. Whether the end goal is developing a Facebook fan page, creating a Twitter presence, getting people to an event or opening, or transforming a company’s entire social media platforms into hotbeds for community engagement, Alicia works with clients to bridge the gap between on- and off-line worlds.

Services Alicia provides for clients:

·Developing Blogs and Social Media Platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, Flickr, YouTube and Vimeo
·Search engine optimization (SEO) strategy
·Copywriting and marketing collateral for web and print
·Creating Social Media Policy
·Engaging Community Online
·Transforming Online Communities into Offline Events

Most recently, as the Arts & Culture Community Manager of ChicagoNow.com, the Chicago Tribune Media Group’s network of hyperlocal blogs, Alicia recruited, managed and worked with more than 50 bloggers on social media strategy and building niche Chicago-centric communities ranging from yoga to visual art.