Seminars

For the third year running we have a superb selection of Business Seminars to help improve your business.

No pre-booking is required - just turn up and take your seat - to take advantage of this FREE expert advice - so be there and stay ahead of your game!

Time	SUNDAY
10.30	OPTIMISING YOUR WEBSITE FOR SEARCH ENGINES (SEO) with Justin Hayward from Make it Rain Focusing on how your website should be setup, content, keywords and how to improve your search engine rankings with links.
11.45	DEVELOPING A WINNING STRATEGY TO BEAT THE RECESSION with Dennis Reid from Retail Performance Specialists (sponsored by ActSmart) Retail Performance Specialists (RPS) specialise in helping independent retailers to improve and sustain their sales and service performance.
13.00	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PAID SEARCH MARKETING AND GOOGLE ADS with Justin Hayward from Make it Rain PPC is an extremely effective sales channel. Justin will cover how to improve your campaign and the 'dos and don'ts' of running a successful PPC strategy
14.15	SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO MARKETING ON A BUDGET with Wendy Gardiner from The Prime Directive Wendy shows you how to stay ahead of the game, in the continued credit crunch, with a creative mix of promotional campaigns, free-publicity and a little marketing know-how.
15.30	HOW CAN SOCIAL MEDIA HELP YOUR BUSINESS GROW? with Justin Hayward from Make it Rain From Twitter to Facebook, blogs and communities, Justin will be taking a look into how these channels now play a vital role in communicating with your customers.
16.45	OPTIMISING YOUR WEBSITE FOR SEARCH ENGINES (SEO) with Justin Hayward from Make it Rain Focusing on how your website should be setup, content, keywords and how to improve your search engine rankings with links.

Time	MONDAY
10.30	HARNESSING THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF CRAFTING with Betsan Corkhill from Stitchlinks Have you seen the stories about the therapeutic benefits of crafting? Discover how we can harness these benefits for use in mainstream healthcare.
11.45	TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR WEBSITE AT LOW COST with Lee Jackson from Elliott Young For non-techies – this seminar explains the benefits of using Web 2 technologies to re-create existing e-marketing campaigns and static websites into fully-editable versions
13.00	HOW THE HECK DO I DEVELOP A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY? MAXIMISING THE POWER OF FREE MEDIA! with Tim Davies from Elliott Young A world of powerful and free marketing tools are within your grasp! This non-technical seminar will show how you can use them strategically and sensibly.
14.15	SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO MARKETING ON A BUDGET with Wendy Gardiner from The Prime Directive Wendy shows you how to stay ahead of the game, in the continued credit crunch, with a creative mix of promotional campaigns, free-publicity and a little marketing know-how.

Time	TUESDAY
10.30	SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO MARKETING ON A BUDGET with Wendy Gardiner from The Prime Directive Wendy shows you how to stay ahead of the game, in the continued credit crunch, with a creative mix of promotional campaigns, free-publicity and a little marketing know-how.
11.45	HARNESSING THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF CRAFTING with Betsan Corkhill from Stitchlinks Have you seen the stories about the therapeutic benefits of crafting? Discover how we can harness these benefits for use in mainstream healthcare.
13.00	SUPPLYING AND MAXIMISING SALES ON SHOPPING TELEVISION with Stephanie Weightman from Ideal World A behind the scenes look at what at takes to be a supplier on Create and Craft, and how to maximise every sales opportunity.
14.15	HOW THE HECK DO I DEVELOP A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY? MAXIMISING THE POWER OF FREE MEDIA! with Tim Davies from Elliott Young A world of powerful and free marketing tools are within your grasp! This non-technical seminar will show how you can use them strategically and sensibly