Retailers Get Social in Association with LEO and Dungarvan Chamber.

‘Retailers Get Social’ this March at DEC!

As you’re likely already aware, next week 7^th-13^th March is National Enterprise Week, which is a fantastic opportunity to inform, advise and motivate businesses and potential entrepreneurs as to the latest news in enterprise as well as the range of supports and opportunities available to them. With this in mind, we at Dungarvan Enterprise have entered into the spirit of things and are delighted to announce this exciting, free event which we have arranged in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Office and Dungarvan Chamber:

What: Retailers Get Social

When: Thursday 10th March 9.30am-1.00pm

Cost: FREE

Where: Dungarvan Enterprise Centre

Aidan Geraghty, founder of VideoTree.

This half-day seminar will comprise talks and demonstrations from a number of trail-blazers of the retail industry. It will begin with a talk from video guru Aidan Geraghty, founder of VideoTree, a video-marketing expert whose company works with SME’s and other businesses who wish to incorporate a video strategy into their marketing. Aidan has an impressive range of experience with digital marketing and he also organised the Startup of You (SoY) event in 2013 for JCI Dublin, an international network of young business owners, professionals and those looking to explore new paths, of which he is an active member. You can find out more about VideoTree by viewing their website.

Justin Kearns, creator of Tucr

There will be an exclusive demonstration from Justin Kearns of his newly-launched mobile e-commerce app, Tucr, which is set to revolutionise shopping by merging the online and in-store experience, converting window-shoppers into customers. Last year Tucr took part in the Brave Business Conference 2015 and was recommended by websummit.net as one of the Top Ten Tech Start-Ups to Watch Out For. Find out more here!

Also speaking on the day will be Samantha Kelly, aka Tweeting Goddess. Winner of the Bank of Ireland Start-Up Hero 2014 award, Samantha teaches Twitter-for-Business workshops and runs Twitter campaigns for companies, in addition to co-founding the Social Media Summit and winning numerous Twitter awards, including the illustrious 'Tweetie' award. She also recently spoke at TedX Omagh. You can find out more about Samantha and her work with Twitter here.

A light lunch will be provided on the day and all are welcome to attend.