​Well, what a week it's been. 

This week we found out that this website, www.smartfox.ie has made it through to the finalist stage of the Cork Digital Marketing Awards for Best Website (New Business). Yep – we are finalists! And a huge congrats to all of the finalists, as the competition is tough out there. 

And if we do say so ourselves, not too bad for a DIY weebly.com website. No web developer, fancy development or anything along those lines. Instead, every word has been agonised over and written specifically for our target markets and customer personas. (Note to self – thank God we spent a lot of time on our business plan figuring all of this stuff out!)

The awards night takes place on Friday 28th September. We’ll go along and dance and be merry. And take selfies. 

LinkedIn Workshop for Business Owners 
​When? 2nd October 2018
What time? 9.30am - 4pm ​
Where? Brookpark Business Centre, Dunmanway, Co. Cork 
How much? Full price €95 (includes lunch, tea, coffee, free parking). Early Bird Discount €80 until 1st September. 
How do I book? 
Option 1: Complete the form below and I'll be in touch.
Option 2: Scroll to the end of this page and book your spot through the Eventbrite section. Use the discount code 'earlybird' for the Early Bird Discount until 1st September. 
More details? See the course outline below

Are you using LinkedIn effectively to build trust and drive your own profile and your company's profile?
LinkedIn has over 530m users globally, with the average LinkedIn user having 400 connections, "motivated" is the most overused words in profiles and 80% of social media leads come from LinkedIn vs. 13% from Twitter and 7% from Facebook. 

In this full day workshop designed specifically for business owners, you will discover how to craft and shape LinkedIn to sell your personal and company brand, drive sales & find new leads through creating a polished personal profile but also a relevant, engaging and professional Company Page. In addition to all the tricks of the trade around creating content that works to drive engagement with your potential customers.

What you will achieve?

• Become an advanced business user of LinkedIn in one day
• Gain confidence in updating your profile as your company develops by learning the do’s and don’ts, tips and tricks for great profiles and LinkedIn usage
• Keywords and your personal profile. Defining who you are and what you do through relevant keywords that will make you stand out from the crowd and appear in more searches
• Your personal profile & selling your personal brand. Everything from the cover image, headline, personal summary, work history, the importance of formatting, endorsements v recommendations, adding in projects, accomplishments and more.
• Learn about content strategy and posting content – what videos, photographs and website links are best and how to post these properly. Tracking analytics on posts.
• Searching and connecting with new people. How to filter for the right people. Advanced searching using Boolean search. How to create a personalised note and to connect in the right way.
• Privacy and communications settings: what a search engine can see, visibility settings, primary email address and notification settings (do you really want to get notified when it’s someone’s birthday??!)
• Setting up and running a company page. Defining your content strategy. Matching your content to your customer personas. Posting content properly.

*Price includes vat. In addition to lunch, tea and coffee throughout the day.
- No refunds. However, if you cannot attend, please let me know in advance and your ticket will either be carried over to any of my other workshops, or we can arrange a 2 hour private one to one session instead.
- Places limited to 10 people due to the hands-on workshop nature of the course
- Bring your laptop as workshop you will be updating your profile live throughout the day
- Course takes place in the Brookpark Enterprise Centre, Dunmanway, Co. Cork
- Free parking onsite and high speed broadbrand

SmartFox is delighted to partner with Cork Entrepreneurs Network to present on LinkedIn tips and tricks for entrepreneurs for their upcoming event on "The Importance of Your Online Presence" on Wednesday 4th July in Republic of Work.

Attendance is free, but please reserve your place on Eventbrite, click HERE

Also in attendance is Jason Woodard from Huckleberry's who will show how he has used the power of digital marketing to create innovative campaigns for his business. 

If you are in West Cork and free on Saturday 7th July at 10am, why not come to the new Brookpark Enterprise Centre in Dunmanway, Co. Cork and attend my intro to LinkedIn workshop. And did we mention that Brookpark Enterprise Centre will be providing breakfast too? 

To book your spot for €10 just go to Bookinghawk HERE and secure your spot. 

​Why attend? 
Did you know that the average LinkedIn user has 400 connections? That LinkedIn has over 500m+ members globally? And that Ireland is the third highest user of LinkedIn per work-force capita?

Come along to our free morning workshop and learn tips and tricks for creating a stand out personal profile which sells your own brand and your company brand. Perfect for anyone who has left their LinkedIn profile on the long finger, don’t know where to start or they don’t have time to think about their profile.

Tailored for business owners, self-employed, anyone working in a sales or marketing team or managing a company LinkedIn page. Job seeking and professionals welcome too for advice around creating profiles!