Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorised
Maximise Your Marketing Workshop
Tuesday 6th November 2012
Nottingham Racecourse, NG2 4BE
Are you using Facebook and Twitter for your business, but not sure you’re getting the most from your efforts? Would you like your business to be featured in the media, but don’t know how to go about it? Then join us for this hands-on full day workshop at Nottingham Racecourse on Tuesday 6th November. For just £96 you will learn how to
– Write and send out press releases
– Research the media
– Build a database of contacts
And to get the most from Twitter and Facebook, you will learn how to:
– Use Twitter lists and tools eg Hootsuite
– Use Twitter Search
– Use Facebook Insights and Apps
– Create Facebook competitions
– Integrateyour social networks
– Research content
– Link with your website and blog
Book Now to Save 20% ! If you book your place by Friday 19th October 2012 this full day workshop is only £96. After this date the full price is £120!
To learn more and book your place, click here
About the Trainers
Beryl Pettitt has worked in marketing for over 25 years. Her experience spans both the corporate environment and running her own business, Ridgeway Marketing. She understands the needs and pressures of managing a business, so clients find her advice both practical and affordable. Beryl has worked with a wide range of businesses, from consultants and accountants to artists and entrepreneurs, helping them to reach new markets and get more customers. She has an MA in marketing, is a Chartered Marketer, a SFEDI accredited business mentor and member of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs.
www.ridgewaymarketing.co.uk
Naomi Johnson’s background is in science; she has an MSc in Clinical Biochemistry and worked as a Biomedical Scientist in London area NHS labs for 11 years before moving north to take over the running of a small boarding cattery. She has always been interested in the web and online activities, has dabbled in web design, and in 2011 set up her own business as a social media manager and trainer, focussing on helping small to medium enterprises use social media to its full potential as a marketing tool. She is currently marketing assistant for a Retford business networking group, and is the social media “specialist” for the Lincoln MarketingClub.
www.naomijohnsonsocialmedia.co.uk
If you have any questions about the workshop, please call Beryl on 01623 883144 or Naomi on 01777 249075
Jul 19, 2012 | Events, marketing training, News
Here is a great opportunity to win a place on one of Derby Quad’s marketing and communication workshops. They are giving away places to five lucky winners, each worth between £85 and £149. The topics include:
- – Social media strategy
- – Communicate with Confidence
- – Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
- – Google – how to achieve that No 1 spot
- – Finding your Marketing Voice (that’s me!)
Find out more about the workshops here
To enter simply email the correct answer to the following question:
Q: Who was QUAD’s first patron?
a) John Tams
b) John Hurt
c) Brian Blessed
Please send your answer to robertc@derbyquad.co.uk by the 27th July 2012.
Closing date for entries is midday on the 27th July.
Correct entries will be entered into a draw with the five winners picked out at random on the 27th July 2012. All winners will be notified by email the week commencing the 30th July 2012.
Jun 24, 2011 | Events, marketing training
I will be running a free two hour workshop on How to Write a Press Release on Thursday 21st July at 10am at Nottingham Trent Uni’s Brackenhurst Campus. If you have ever wondered how to get your business featured in the media, this workshop will give you lots of ideas and take you through a step-by-step guide to writing press releases.
It is just one of a series of free workshops for East Midlands Businesses being run at The Rural Knowledge and Enterprise Centre at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus near Southwell.
To find out more about any of the events and book places please contact the RKEC on 0115 848 5294 or rkec.enquiries@ntu.ac.uk
The other workshops include:
Online/Offline Marketing Solutions Thursday July 7th and 14th (2 full days)
This two day seminar is designed to help align your online and offline marketing and improve the effectiveness of both.
Making your website work for you – Thursday 21st July (2pm – 4pm)
Have you ever wondered why you don’t get business through your website? This workshop will provide an introduction to creating a website, optimising your website for search engines, improving your conversion rate and examine techniques for using social networking tools.
Business Expenses – Thursday 28th July (10am – 12.00)
This session will cover all aspects of business expenses and tax allowances, including self-assessment online.
How VAT works Thursday 28th July (2pm – 4pm)
This session will give you all the information needed to understand VAT; how to tell the difference between inputs and outputs, the different rates of VAT and how they are applied, how to work out VAT owed to you, how to access VAT Online and how to complete a VAT return.
Effective networking Thursday 4th August (10am – 12.00)
An effective network is of vital importance to any business. This seminar will help you to improve your business networking skills and to develop your “little black book” of contacts.
More information is available on the RKEC website
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/news/106787-34/RKEC_Business_Skills_seminars_2011.aspx
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/rkec/news_events/rkec_events/index.html
