Business Link Business Breakfast

30 effective marketing tips for small businesses including effective use of Facebook & LinkedIn

Successful marketing doesn’t have to cost thousands of pounds… find out how to raise the profile of your business, be creative, generate new business AND keep your bank manager happy!

The UK’s biggest coffee festival, which is being held in Bath on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May, is attracting support from big name companies, both regionally and nationally. The festival has successfully used social media tools in a creative way to market itself and encourage a high footfall of visitors to ensure its success.

On Thursday 19th May, two days before the coffee festival launches to the public, Business Link is inviting local business owners and directors to learn how best to use social media to market themselves.

Speaker Dev Chakraborty from Business Link will help you take a fresh look at your marketing and come up with some simple yet effective ideas that will help your business stand out from the crowd and, more importantly, increase sales.

In this session, Dev Chakraborty will highlight some marketing websites you’ll wish you’d known about years ago, find out what your customers really want, how to produce market research on a budget and how you can generate new business from Facebook & LinkedIn.

This presentation is ideal for those running their own business who are looking for some inspiration with their marketing and would like to be more creative without spending thousands of pounds.

About the speaker:

Dev Chakraborty is Business Link’s Marketing Specialist Adviser for the region and provides independent help, support and guidance to companies. Dev has spent over 20 years working in the media industry across the South West working for Northcliffe Newspapers, Pirate FM and Star FM radio stations.

He is currently a Board Member of Crimestoppers and previously a Communications Board Member of the Children’s Hospice South West and Chairman of the Radio Academy.

Date: Thursday 19th May 2011

Venue: The Illustrious Suite, The Hamptons Stand, Bath Recreation Ground, BA2 4DH

Agenda:

7.30am – 7.45am Registration and networking

7.45am – 8.00am Breakfast

8.00am – 8.30am Presentation

8.30am – 9.00am Q&A / marketing ‘pub-quiz’

Cost: Free

Parking: All delegates should enter the ground via the leisure centre car park. This is located via North Parade Road. The leisure centre has an undercover car park, which to the back leads the Hamptons stand (hospitality) entrance. Parking charges apply 8am-8pm @ £1.60/hr.

Breakfast includes: Coffee, tea, orange juice, bacon, egg or mushroom rolls

Bookings

To reserve your place, please download the form here and send it to:

Event Manager, Business Link, Leigh Court Business Centre, Abbots Leigh, Bristol, BS8 3RA

Tel. 0845 0707 747

Email: events@businesslinksw.co.uk