Get Ahead of the Game
Business Link South Yorkshire’s
Winter Events Programme
Running a business can often feel like a game in which everyone playing knows the rules except you.
Where do you go to ask for advice and support?
Business Link South Yorkshire is here to ensure that small to medium businesses are kept up to date on the
serious issues that affect their business and are not left behind.
We are holding a series of free events focusing on Speed Pitching, Selling Yourself and Marketing for
Success to provide you with practical tips and advice that can be implemented into your business to improve
your performance and your profits.
How to Sell Yourself
Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Judi James, Big Brothers Body Language expert will help you make an impact in your workplace.
Her workshop will cover:
- Understanding the psychology of business transactions
- The Charismatic Leader - a true business leader is defined by what he/she is more than does. The twelve qualities any good leader should have and ways of developing and projecting them
- Instant impact - to make your mark in business you need to be unforgettable for all the right reasons.
- The curse of 'dead’ communication - are most of your words going nowhere?
- Business presentations- how your ‘bodytalk’ can scupper your success.
- Reading others - how to spot all those non-verbal giveaways that can help you understand what others are really thinking and feeling in business.
Delegates will get the opportunity to test their own skills of perception and reading others during the session.
Search Engine Optimisation -
How to get your website noticed
Wednesday 23rd January 2008
The Internet is a big place - so if you want to attract new customers and win new business then you need to
make sure that potential customers can find your website when surfing the web.
Richard Dennison, of Lexiconsult, is an experienced Internet consultant and can offer practical advice and tips
on Search Engine Optimisation and other methods of raising the profile of your website.
Speed Pitching
Wednesday 30th January 2008
- Do you want your business to stand out from the crowd?
- Are you looking for new customers?
- Would you like to find out how to improve your marketing effectiveness?
- Do you need to get your sales message across more effectively?
This ‘Speed Pitching’ session is an innovative, interactive event aimed at helping you develop a dynamic sales message to make that happen. By working through a structured process you’ll learn how to identify your key market opportunities, establish what really makes your business ‘dramatically different’, and work out ways to demonstrate it.
The result? A ‘pitch’ to help you sell your business to others...and what’s more, you’ll get a chance to sell yourself to others by making that pitch on the night.
The session will be led by Andy Hanselman, a recognised sales and marketing expert who helps businesses improve their competitiveness. He’ll give you tips, tools and ideas to help you communicate your key sales messages in a dynamic way.
Marketing for Success
Tuesday 5th February 2008
You don’t have to be a wizard to practice the grey art of marketing. The growth of technology, the pace of life and increased competition is making the need to be able to market your business in new and innovative ways increasingly important.
Before setting up one of Sheffield’s fastest growing Design Agencies, Sugarcane Studio, Craig Birch has had the experience of starting 3 very different companies and is ready to share his approach to marketing your business.
From the Sugarcane Sofa with coffee in hand Craig will share tools, tips techniques and stories that will give you ideas on how to drive your business forward.
How to Book
All four events will take place at the Carlton Park Hotel, Rotherham.
Registration for Speed Pitching, How to Sell Yourself and Marketing for Success will start from 5pm with the speaker starting from 5.30pm. The events will finish with a hot buffet and drinks.
The Search Engine Optimisation event registration and hot buffet lunch is from 12.30pm with the speaker starting at 1.30pm
Spaces are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment