NOTE: Read on to find out details of a free scholarship to attend this workshop.
Are you a new start-up and wondering how to market your business?
Perhaps you have been thinking about writing a business blog? Then again should you be using Twitter? And didn’t someone recently tell you that YouTube and online video’s were ‘THE in thing’?
If you are not sure where to start then you might be interested in the Social Media Workshop taking place on the 13 June 2009 at the Abosolute Hotel in Limerick starting at 9.30 am and closing at 5pm. The event is being organised by Evert Bopp the Founder of the new business incubation centre in Limerick – GreenhouseLimerick.com
In the morning there will be the seminars and after lunch there will be an interactive workshop where all attendees will be able to set up with a Twitter account, an IGOpeople account, a LinkedIn profile (and if time permits a basic business blog).
Topics covered in the talks will be:
- Bernie Goldbach: How To Use Twitter
- Fred Caballero: Video-blogging On The Move
- Krishna De: Using Linkedin To Nurture New Clients
- Peter Donegan: Business Blogging Basics
- Campbell Scott: How To Network Online Using IGOPeople, Ireland’s online business network.
All the speakers are donating their time and the proceeds for the event will go towards funding the the new incubation unit in Limerick for start up businesses.
The investment for the day is 150 euro per person including lunch, tea and coffee during the day AND 1 years webhosting and a .com domain name for your business blog!
More details about the workshop are online HERE and you can book your place to attend the Social Media For Startups Workshop online HERE.
DETAILS OF FREE SCHOLARSHIP: I have however one free place available as a scholarship for one of our Biz Growth Community. Just post your details below and answer one simple question: what is your new business and how will attending this workshop help you get off to a flying start?
To qualify you must have established a new business since 1 January 2009 and the business must be based in Ireland. If you do win and you are not able to attend, please note that you will not be entitled to an alternative gift or prize money in lieu of attendance.
Please note that you will also be responsible for your own travel and if necessary hotel accomodation if you win the scholarship and are not based in Limerick.
If you are the successful winner we look forward to featuring your case study and your feedback about the event here with our Biz Growth Community.
We will select one person and the announcement of the winner will be made during the week of the 8 June 2009. Good luck with your entry. Here’s a short video with details of the speakers. See you in Limerick I hope!
May 28th, 2009 at 5:35 am
My new Business is a new local online meeting point for the local residents of Castle knock. The Castleknock Print Blog acts as a local forum, and a discussion board for citizens to discuss local, relevant issues, contribute blog content, submit their own multimedia, rate other user content. Other registered members can vote on the best blog content and give feedback on their own content in the process. The forum allows locals to find one another on Google maps and connect online through the forum.
The best content is selected by the overall content moderator and editor who publishes a weekly newsletter which is distributed around the local area for free. A daily e zine for updated news, social media and blogging tips, advice and other issues is sent to registered members in box.
Attending this workshop will help me develop my start up experience in key areas such as how to expand my limited use of twitter for my business, how to use online video to add as a feature to my blogging news content, and develop the art of blogging to attract an online loyal daily viewership.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I run a training and coaching business – BrightSkills Development & Coaching – and am at the beginning of a business development plan. We’ve just launched the new BrightSkills website which incorporates the ability to blog (I have dabbled but am unsure whether I’m doing the right thing or not!) and I am using LinkedIn and Twitter.
I really understand that a collaborative online networking and marketing campaign is essential for the success of my business and feel that this workshop can help me in the following ways;
- helping me develop a combined plan for LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Blogging (at the moment I feel like I’m doing everything but don’t know how to connect them)
- help me to get the right stuff up on my Blogs, generate interest and comments (this is so tough?!). A goal for me with blogging is to drive traffic to my site too – writing good blogs will help me with this
- I feel the workshop will help me to understand better how onine marketing & networking supports my brand – how do I create a brand online?????
- Lastly – how do I create real and meaningful relationships through LinkedIn and Twitter
As a startup I’m very conscious of spend so winning the scholarship would be an amazing boost for my business. I would commit 100% to the attendance!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Eve
June 7th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
My business Paper Cocktail was launched in January 2009. We are a wedding stationery company based in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. We wanted to bring something new to the Irish wedding stationery marketplace, and invested significantly in sourcing and designing a of stationery that incorporates beautiful handmade papers with a contemporary design philosophy.
Launching a business, and moreover developing a successful future for our brand, in this competitive marketplace, means incorporating all viable means of promotion within our overall marketing mix. I believe strongly that the development of a cohesive, well developed web marketing strategy will contribute significantly to the success of Paper Cocktail. In this regard, I have spent as much time as possible learning about marketing on the internet and have explored the topics of blogging, keyword research, social media, social networks etc.
I believe that attending this seminar, will provide the following benefits:
- Help me to define and implement an internet marketing strategy for my business.
- Provide a more developed understanding of the use of web based media for business.
- Enable the development of successful online business relationships through Twitter and LinkedIn and to further apply the fundamentals learned at the workshop, in respect of the above, to other appropriate networks and forums.
- Dig up the deep rooted camera shyness, that has prevented me thus far from exploring all subjects related to online video, in the best interests of business!
- Ensure that the web presence that I create for my business, is appropriate, targeted and effective.
- Provide knowledge that will fill in the (potentially large) gaps in my knowledge base of this subject matter giving me the tools and indeed the confidence to create a web presence that will give Paper Cocktail wings.
Thank you for offering this opportunity to new businesses.
Mary
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 am
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