Leitrim Business Network

Leitrim Business Network Meetings take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm SHARP in the The Ramada Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo.
Next meeting: Tuesday August 5th.
Agenda: 6pm Welcome
6.05: Speaker: Johnny Beirne - Leitrim Business Network Facilitator
Topic: Getting the most out of Leitrim Business Network & Using LinkedIn to generate Business.
6.20: Q & A
6.30: [...]

18 businesses attended our July network meeting. Campbell Scott from IGOpeople.com gave an informative presentation on future trends in marketing on the Internet. He discussed how adverting alone does not realise the full potential of the “two-way” nature of the Internet. In essence, the future is “to to create a conversation with your customers”.
If you [...]

Leitrim Business Network Meetings take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the The Ramada Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo.
Next meeting: Tuesday July 1st
Agenda: 6pm SHARP: Welcome

6.05: Speaker: Campbell Scott, CEO of IGOpeople, Dublin.
Today consumers are increasingly using services such as social networks and discussion forums, to organise and to share [...]

Philip Martin from Cora Systems gave an honest and informative presentation our last weeks meeting.
He highlighted the importance of cash flow, netwroking and customer referrals. He also mentioned the benefits of using the services on offer from the County Enterprise Board, Enterprise Ireland & The Western Development Commission.
Again, I would like to thank Philip for [...]

As you may know, our network meetings now take place on the first Tuesday of the month from 6pm to 7pm.
Therefore, our next network meeting will take place on Tuesday June 3rd in the The Ramada Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo.
Agenda:
6pm: Welcome

6.05: Speaker: Philip Martin MD of Cora System, Carrick on Shannon
Established in 1999, [...]

On 12th June we hold the third and final ‘Get Business’ in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen. Funded by Sligo and Leitrim County Enterprise Boards Get Business aims to assist businesses from both sides of the border to establish links and business opportunities with buyers and other businesses.
Get Business will be held on Thursday 12th June [...]

Design Delivers is a one-day workshop run by the Centre for Design Innovation. In this highly interactive session, you will learn practical tools for identifying your key customers and applying design research tools to extract meaningful insights that can be developed into product and service offerings. The one-day workshop was developed out of the [...]

Press Releases that Work
This one day workshop will help participants to develop writing skills to have a press release noticed.
Participants will develop skills including:
• Understand the framework of a basic press release.
• Understand the difference between an ad, a release and a statement.
• Have clear guidelines to measure each release against.
• Draft a press release [...]

Workshop Objectives
• Allow participants to start generating website sales and leads within 24 hours.
• Demonstrate why most websites fail and how to solve this problem.
• Educate participants about all commercial and technical issues relating to Internet and email marketing activity.
• Practically demonstrate tools that allow participants apply new knowledge gained to improve their online business.
• [...]

We had another great network meeting last night. Representatives from 15 Leitrim businesses attended.
Items Discussed.
1. Cost Saving Ideas for the Small Business. (Suggestions/experiences from attendees)

Cheaper phone calls using Skype and 13434.ie.
Shop around - Examples - Company Insurance, Car Insurance (BestQuote.ie was suggested), alternative telephone companies, look at bundle packages. Look at reducing mobile bill [...]