Register Now For Free Business Growth Workshops

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have a range of free business growth workshops open to any new or existing business located within the District Council area.

To register please contact the Enterprise, Regeneration and Tourism Department at business@nmandd.org or 028 3031 3223/028 3031 3250

Facebook Advertising
This workshop will be a hands on demonstration on how Facebook Advertising can be used to cost effectively target new customers and grow your business. The half day workshop will cover the following:
· How to use Facebook Adverts Manager
· How to set campaign objectives that will improve your business’s performance
· How to define your perfect target audience based on geography, interests, demographics and purchase behaviour
· How to set optimum budgets to achieve your objectives
· How to develop creatives needed for your advert and analysing the results

Date: Tuesday 7 February 2017
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Mobile Movie Making for Social Media
Success on social media is becoming increasingly dependent on the use of videos. This workshop will show you how you can capture, edit and publish video content from your mobile phone. The half day workshop will cover the following:
· How you can use your mobile phone to capture, edit and publish your own video content
· Basic storytelling frameworks for your business
· Get an insight into the apps and equipment required to make your mobile movies stand out
· Workshop will cover apps for both Android and Apple users.

Date: Tuesday 21 February 2017
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Build your Brand Workshops for new and existing businesses
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is running two half-day workshops to help new business starts in the area develop their own brand. The workshops will be delivered by branding specialist Valerie Brown from True Channel who has worked with many entrepreneurs across Northern Ireland on creating and developing brands.

The first workshop Developing your Brand Strategy and Identity will introduce participants to the important building blocks of developing a brand, as well as cover brand positioning strategy in the marketplace and how to create a unique and relevant brand visual identity. The second workshop Brand Communications will examine a brand’s tone of voice and share insight into the various communication touch points available to businesses to build the brand presence and connect with the target audience.

These workshops are aimed at both existing businesses and new or early stage businesses which have a product or product range on offer. This can include food and drink businesses, craft designer/makers, retail or any other product focused business where branding forms an important part of the business offering.

New Businesses
Date: Wednesday 22 February 2017 and Wednesday 8 March 2017
Time: 9.30am – 1pm

Existing Businesses
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2017 and Wednesday 12 April 2017
Time: 9.30am – 1pm