Are you in the driving seat of a small or medium-sized enterprise that wants to get ahead of the competition?
Do you want to refuel with ideas guaranteed to help driver your enterprise?
An Post, supported by the Small Firms Association, is hosting a half-day event in Dublin’s AVIVA Stadium on July 7th. In four fast-moving hours, An Post's 'Driving Success' Roadshow promises to turbocharge your thinking, where Bobby Kerr and a carefully picked team of business heavyweights will share smart strategies to help get your business into pole position.
Gerard O'Neill
From Recession to Restart: gearing up for the next wave of growth
Gerard, chairman of Amárach Research, Ireland's leading independent market research agency, will give an honest view of exactly where the economy stands, where we are going and importantly, how small and medium sized businesses can prepare themselves now to take advantage of the next wave of growth.
Leanne Papaioannou
Unlock the value within your existing customer base
Leanne, Managing Director of Chilli Peppper Marketing and international marketing professional specialising in innovative Customer Retention Marketing Strategies, will show you how to retain customers in a downturn, how to drive more revenue from these customers and help you identify new opportunities for your business. What's more, she'll showcase some brilliant examples of effective SME customer marketing and demonstrate the return on investment these businesses received as a result of their marketing campaigns.
Simon Murray
Simon, Sales & Marketing Director of Universal Graphics, which won Grand Prix at the 2009 An Post Direct Marketing Awards will outline how a smaller enterprise outgunned some of Ireland's largest organisations. Simon believes that the effective use of targeted sales and marketing efforts have played a fundamental role in the growth of Universal Graphics and will be sharing some of the campaigns that he has run in order to achieve success with the largest blue chip brands in Ireland.
Bobby Kerr
Refuelling and re-energising the Insomnia way
Bobby, start of RTE's Dragon's Den and CEO and shareholder of Insomnia Coffee will share the business and marketing secrets of how the chain grew from 17 to 50 shops and increased turnover from €5 million to €13 million.
You'll walk away with practical insights, tactics and strategies to help you get more value from your existing customer base, plus longer-term ideas to ensure your business is ready to catch the next wave.
Driving Success Roadshow, Dublin
Date: Wednesday 7th July
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Landsdowne Road, Dublin 4
Time: 8am - 1pm (includes light lunch)
Cost: Tickets €100 (€50 for SFA members)
To book a ticket, please e-mail mail.media@anpost.ie
Please note that this event is organised by An Post and the Small Firms Association.