NEED 2 KNOW SESSIONS

1. As businesses look for innovative ways to grow in the current climate, they are faced with a whole range of options, challenges and choices. What technologies could I or should I use? How do I get business from larger companies and the public sector? How could I develop business ? Solihull Chamber is running a series of Need 2 Know sessions . The aim is to address these issues and stimulate growth. Maintaining a Successful Website and the New Rules of SEO (Peter Sherriff - Plug & Play) Date: 29th April 2014 Time: 09.00 – 13.30 Location: Light Hall School Members @ £10.00 inc VAT, Non Members @ £24.00 inc VAT If you own a website or thinking of getting one, then you’ll want to join Peter for this special 3 hour presentation. This session will give you the unique and proven strategies for outstanding online success including why thinking differently about your website is the key to profitability. Plus you’ll discover the tactics for generating instant visitors to your site and the numerous powerful techniques for converting them into paying customers. This material is suitable for companies running all types of website especially; lead generation and ecommerce. Get More Customers Using Email Marketing & Effective Management Systems (Sarah Whitticase - AIM Internet Ltd) Date: 8th May 2014 Time: 09.00 – 13.30 Location: Light Hall School Members @ £10.00 incVAT, Non Members @ £24.00 inc VAT 44% of email users made at least one purchase last year based upon promotional email marketing. If you want to increase your sales, then this email marketing seminar is the ‘must attend’ event of 2014. We will give you practical tips, tools and strategies to build powerful relationships for years to come. We will also show you how to apply online techniques to improve your business processes in: Generating leads, Converting leads to enquiries and enquiries into sales, and Increasing sales margins Social Media: understanding the tools and applying it to your Business Development Plans (David Dugdale – Dugdale Consulting Limited) Date: 5th June 2014 Time: 09.00 – 13.30 Location: Light Hall School Members @ £10.00 incVAT, Non Members @ £24.00 inc VAT Social Media is the hottest topic in town, but the least understood. This workshop takes a practical look at Social Media as well as looking at the possibilities for developing plans using these technologies. The workshop will focus on the ‘Big Picture’ of using Social Media to develop Customer and Client relationships. It is presentation-based but using a live connection to the Internet we will review how Social Media tools work, discuss and develop uses and explore how to plan and optimise performance. As we will be looking at the broad role of Social Media, it is principally aimed at those responsible for the Marketing Mix/Communications Mix of your organisation. The session is suitable for all types of organisations and is designed to establish the link between Social Media and executing your strategic objectives. Users and Non-Users of Social Media will find this interesting. How to book: To register for this event please visit our website www.birmingham-chamber.com or for further details contact Solihull Chamber of Commerce on 0121 781 7384 NEED 2 KNOW SESSIONS