Successful Email Marketing in the Digital Age

Thursday May 27^th 2010

11:00am – 12:00noon

The Atrium, NSC Campus, Mahon, Cork

Email remains one of the most powerful, cost-effective and measurable tools available to businesses. At this workshop Newsweaver’s Denise Cox and Liam O’Callaghan will provides tips and insight into how companies can benefit from using email to communicate with customers and prospects.

They will address in detail:

• How you can save money on your marketing budget
• Setting yourself apart from the competition
• Why it is so important to build a good database and how that improves results
• How small businesses can get scale – first impressions are key
• What makes a good newsletter and why someone reads it
• How to manage your email to develop valuable business relationshipsAnd remember this is not just for those in marketing!

Newsweaver is Europe’s leading email newsletter solutions provider and Denise Cox is Newsweaver’s email communications specialist.

Registration is necessary for this event, please register by emailing fwall@corkbic.com

This weeks Cork Open Coffee is taking place this Friday the 14th at 10am in The Rubicon Centre in Bishopstown in Cork (Map).

There are no demos or talks lined up this week. If you have a new site or app that you’d like to show off and get some feedback on, get in touch.

Bizcamp Dublin takes place on May 29th in the Guinness Storehouse. BizCamp is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, share experiences, and possibly create something new. Definitely worth a trip.

Cork Open Coffee is also looking for any businesses that might like to Sponsor some future Open Coffee events, this means for a small amount we’d be able to get in some Coffee and nibbles from local businesses, especially Mr. Cotton Coffee.

Talk to you all on Friday,

Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!

Initial talk to everyone:

Sub-group Brain-Storming:

There will be 2 demos on Friday. John Dennehy will be talking about his great time tracking application at http://www.assemblypoint.com and Paul Brugger will be talking about a new Twitter application called @Localnumber which allows you to search and instantly receive contact phone numbers for businesses types in your area through Twitter.

Some great coffee and nibbles will be there on the morning, free to all thanks to sponsorship from Paul Brugger from City Local Cork. The Coffee is from Mr Cotton Coffee and the nibbles are from Denise O Callaghans Delicious gluten free bakery.

Hope to see you all there tomorrow and feel free to bring any friends or other interested parties, ALL WELCOME.

Here is a basic map to the Rubicon Center. http://www.comhar.com/Direct_Rubicon_Centre.html

The demo/talk slot is from Joe Walsh from Empart Technologies. Impart technologies provide situational based assessment using standard Internet based tools.

Joes business has recently been accepted on to the Genesis Enterprise programme in the Rubicon and would like to share the businesses plans so far with Cork Open Coffee and hear your views.

Thanks again to the Rubicon for kindly hosting us.

See you there,

Gordon.

They are running a full day Blogging & Social Media for Business seminar where you will be able to listen and talk to Irelands’ leading experts in social media & online networking.

• Bernard Goldbach: Senior Creative Multimedia Lecturer, University External Examiner, Writer & Podcaster.
• Krishna De: Brand Engagement and Word of Mouth Marketing commentator.
• Fred Caballero: Web project manager at Channelship Web Agency, Video blogger.
• Peter Donegan: Landscape designer, celebrity blogger.
• Campbell Scott: CEO IGOpeople, former director of Consumer Solutions at Eircom

It costs €150 euro p/p incl. lunch, tea & coffee during the day. All proceeds of the day will go towards the GreenHouse incubator helping people to start their own business.

Full details over on the site.

On May 26th, the BIS Innovative Software Showcase presents the entrepreneurial endeavours of eleven companies from the MBS BIS Programme.

Come and meet the entrepreneurs, their mentors and University staff at this prestigious showcase, which will be followed by an awards presentation.

A panel of external judges will evaluate the projects beforehand and award the BIS Innovation Prize which is kindly sponsored by Cork City Enterprise Board.

Do you have a good eye for technology business trends? Can you spot value and winners? Do you have confidence in the ability of young people to unearth innovation?

Tuesday 26th May 2009, 4:30pm – 6.30pm in Aula Maxima, North Wing, UCC.

Parking is available at Perrott Avenue (In front of Hayfield Manor Hotel) and Perrott Inch car parks (Near Gaol Cross.)

Further details and Brochure is available here.

There are no presentations this time, we’re trying out a new location after Luigi Malones don’t seem to like having customers.

Some reviews of Nosh + Coffee:

Nosh+Coffee, Cork

Review of Nosh+Coffee

See you there!

Film producer and entrepreneur Lord Puttnam will deliver the keynote address at the SOHO Solo conference called “Reinventing Oneself in these Challenging Times” in Kinsale next Friday, 20th February 2009.

The half-day conference is aimed primarily at small business owners, entrepreneurs and those with a budding business idea. It takes places at the Kinsale Yacht Club between 10am and 2pm and is an absolute bargain to attend at only €25 including lunch.

Lord Puttnam will be joined by a wide range of speakers covering topics like transitioning one business into another, the importance of making and retaining connections and identifying your businesses strengths.

Other speakers include:

• Shemas Eivers, Client Solutions
• Dr E Alana James
• Bob McCarthy, Leadership Management Ireland
• John Prendergast, Aonach Consulting
• Pat Burke, The Auld Sod
• Kieran Murphy, Murphy’s Ice Cream

More details including how to register over on the blog. ]]> http://corkopencoffee.org/2009/02/13/soho-solo-conference/feed/ 0