Events in the North West 

• • Adobe Creative Suite 5: What's new and good?

  • Location: The Hive, Manchester | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 09 Sep 10 9:30AM - 4:00PM

  • Welcome to Adobe Creative Suite 5 – software that will allow you to reach more people, more effectively, in more places, with whatever masterpiece you can imagine. CS5 offers new creative tools, the ability to deliver ideas faster in print and create interactive content without writing code plus it works with CS Live online services to maximise your design time by...

• • Business start-up course – day two

  • Location: Whitehaven Business and Education Centre, Whitehaven | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 10 Sep 10 9:30AM - 4:30PM

  • Part two of a guide for people looking to start their own business, presented by Michelle Monks. The event will cover: what is marketing? how can marketing work for me? what research do I need to do? networks and others who can help my marketing plan

• • So...you want to build your reputation?

  • Location: Red Hall Hotel, Bury | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 4:00PM - 7:00PM

  • Do you want to build your business' reputation? This workshop will help you to: explore ways of enhancing your reputation through better relations with customers, your staff and anyone affected by your business take control of how others see your business understand who to communicate with, what to say and how to reach your audience The workshop will be presented...

• • Manchester social media surgery

  • Location: Innospace, Manchester | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 5:30PM - 7:30PM

  • Social media surgery events are free monthly events which help Manchester businesses embrace the social media revolution in order to grow and market their companies. Each social media surgery offers real life advice and case studies from an experienced panel of digital and social media marketers who discuss social media projects and issues presented by the audience. ...

• • Advanced web optimisation strategies: A masterclass for achieving online presence

  • Location: St Helens Chamber, St Helens | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 8:45AM - 12:30PM

  • This half day workshop is for those who already have a basic knowledge of search engine optimisation techniques and principles and wish to apply them in a more effective way. The session will cover:  advanced key phrase analysis - using online tools and techniques to identify the best key phrases for you understanding the competitive positioning approach to high...

• • Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture 2010

  • Location: The ACE Centre, Nelson | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10 10:00AM - 1:00PM

  • Business Bites is a free business event held by the festival organisers to bring together venues, producers and supporters to develop beneficial working partnerships. This event will include an opportunity to meet, greet and eat. There will also be workshops offering tips to put into practice for developing tourism and hospitality business through marketing and partnership learning....

• • Marketing your business: Having an effective communications strategy

  • Location: Lime Bar and Grill, Prescot | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 14 Sep 10

  • The marketing opportunities available to businesses are immense, but can be very confusing. With the digital revolution it would be easy to believe print-based publications are now obsolete, and equally if a company is not social media savvy, they might find themselves out-of-touch with their customer base. If you find yourself facing an onslaught of conflicting opinions, jargon, ideas...

• • Advanced social media marketing

  • Location: Business Consort Offices, Wilmslow | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 15 Sep 10 9:30AM - 2:00PM

  • This course will provide you with an approach to developing an integrated social media marketing strategy. You will learn strategy development and advanced tactics for reaching influencers and building customer engagement using best practices in social media. The course will enable you to take social media beyond marketing and you will be introduced to techniques to develop customer...

• • Learning social media by doing

  • Location: One Central Park, Manchester | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 15 Sep 10 9:30AM - 12:30PM

  • Isn’t it time you learned how to grow and market your business on free social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Let social media training and implementation consultancy, Real Fresh TV show you how to engage with new customers, increase website traffic and reduce marketing costs by generating qualified leads using social media marketing.  In this...

• • The business growth workshop

  • Location: Manchester Airport Marriott Airport, Manchester | Show on map

  • Date and Time: 15 Sep 10 8:30AM - 4:00PM

  • This workshop is ideal for any business who wants to grow and it will cover three key areas that can deliver business growth: strategy - a purpose for your business marketing - how to sell more behaviours - how to triple your productivity overnight Each section of the workshop will teach you what these areas are and why they are important to your business. After...