12:05pm – Seminar 1                                              12:35pm – Seminar 2

Room A                                                                      Room B

11:30am – Workshop 1                                           11:30am – Workshop 5

12:35pm – Workshop 7                                           12:05pm – Workshop 2

1:05pm – Workshop 3                                           1:05pm – Workshop 9

1:35pm – Workshop 10                                         1:35pm – Workshop 4

2:05pm – Workshop 8                                           2:05pm – Workshop 6

Research shows that 4 out of 5 new businesses fail within their first 5 years of trading, and that 57% of them fail within just 12 months. The good news is that research also shows that careful financial planning is a key points that really make a difference in helping new businesses to avoid becoming just another statistic. So learning some of the bookkeeping basics is a great way to start to make sure your business will be here in the future.

2. SEO (Link Building) Workshop, run by Neil of Optimise Yorkshire

Link Building In A Post Penguin World! – Getting visible in the search engines has never been so important, whether you are looking for local or national coverage. However, with so many trying to game the system and Google coming down hard on those who willingly or unwillingly break the rules. It can leave many wondering exactly what Google is looking for and what exactly is the best way forward to get ranked without being penalised. Here we give some handy hints to stay ahead of your competition using social media and your best weapon content!

3. Social Media Workshop, run by Fred of Social Media Marketing Angel

Ever wondered why everyone keeps telling you to use social media to market your business?

Not sure what platforms are available and what their different uses/benefits are?

Or perhaps you just want some insight from someone who’s “been there, done that, bought the T-shirt” a few times?

Trainer Frederika Roberts of Social Media Marketing Angel specialises in individual and group training in the use of Social Media Marketing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Blogging and LinkedIn.  She uses her tools and techniques on a regular basis for her own businesses and also provides outsourced social media marketing services for other organisations, helping them attract and engage with new customers/clients as well as existing ones.

In this workshop, Frederika will give a brief overview presentation and answer questions from workshop attendees about Social Media Marketing.

4. How to clear out your inbox and keep it that way, run by MTMO (Making The Most Of), a subsidiary of The IT Trainer

MTMO (‘Making The Most Of’) Series, is an exciting new company which comes under the umbrella of ‘The IT Trainer’. MTMO are going live in June 2013 with their first books ‘Making The Most Of Microsoft Outlook’ 2007 and 2010.

The objective of MTMO’s ‘Making The Most Of Outlook’ workshop is simple – it is designed to give you some simple but extremely effective techniques to ensure that you manage your emails more efficiently and save time in your working day.

During the workshop, you will learn:

• How to keep control of your Inbox – if you adopt our unique FATCAT process you will get your emails down to zero – GUARANTEED!
• An introduction to Tasks (get rid of all those separate ‘To Do Lists’)
• A brief introduction to having an effective Calendar that works for you
• A brief overview on how to manage your Contacts and link them to Task and Calendar Entries.
• If you were to get back an hour a day, what would that do to your working week and your work/life balance?
• We guarantee, you will be wondering ‘why didn’t I do this before’ after just a 30 minute workshop!

5. Marketing, run by Target-a-Market

Marketing is a big subject – it’s much more than just selling; but it’s absolutely essential to your business and how well you do. Don’t be daunted though; in this workshop Target-a-Market will take you through the most important areas of marketing, helping you highlight the areas that you need to focus on for your own business, or even identify areas you may currently be overlooking. From understanding what motivates your customers, through connecting with them, to building ongoing interactions and a successful growth strategy; this workshop will help you identify the key things you need.

6. Personal Budgeting, run by MaTReC

9. Living A Balance Life!, run by Jon at MFT

The basics of starting up a business and what it means. Low cost start up businesses, accessing financial support, tax and NI, advice and support available. Delegates should come away with more of an understanding of starting up in business and some next steps to take.

Click here to book your free place!