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.

50 must-have apps for your business

We were very excited about the article written by Adrian Weckler, Technical editor from Irish Independent, on ''50 must-have apps for your business'' and we  decided to share a little about it.

Smartphones are not just good looking gadgets, in this article Adrian Weckler  recommends the most useful apps for your business.

These are some examples of useful apps and why you need them:  

• DocuSign it's been 15 years since 'Digital signatures' were first  flagged in Ireland. But it's still not working for business most Irish institutions still look for faxed responses to signature-specific documents. DocuSign allows you to capture your signature and use it for online documents. 
• Evernote  another good app you should have on your smartphone - it works right across  most devices. On this app you can access all of your notes, memos and documents (from years back,too).
• Fiverr One of the trickiest bits of starting your own business is getting small professional services done. Fiverr is like the eBay of service-provides. From artwork to design to voiceovers to other business services, this has lots available at reasonable prices.
• mSecure app is very clever and it help you keep one password which allows you entry into an online 'safety vault ' where you store other passwords.
• Hangouts this app is probably one of Google's most underused (and underrated) free features. It lets you hold impromptu conferencing sessions, either social or professional in nature, using your phone, tablet or PC. Up to 10 people can participate on the same Hangout call.
• Wifi finder is a very handy app when you travel and you need internet, this app shows you a bucketful of public wifi hotspots in your immediate vicinity
• Viber  allows you to make calls and send  messages for free  to any of your friends who use viber as well and  all you have to have is access to wifi.  
• Dropbox allows you to upload,download or access documents, photos or other files across lots of devices. It's particularly handy if you want to give lots of people access to a  collection of large files without having to email them.

For more information and the rest of the top 50 apps click here 
This article is available  also on our Facebook page

Research on Digital Marketing carried out by Dungarvan Enterprise Centre

Research on Digital Marketing carried out by DEC

Q.1 Businesses in our survey were predominantly Professional Services at 30.6%, followed by retail at 24.5% and Manufacturing and Business Services at 14.3%.  IT businesses had very low representation at 6.1%. This would be a fair representation of businesses in Dungarvan. 

Other (26.5%) included:

Auctioneers & Valuers x 1

Art & Print/Art tutoring x 1

Chiropractic x 1

Accomodation & Training x 2

Letting Property for Regeneration Centre x 1

Sports/Leisure x 2

Tourism(Ralley School) x 1

Online Training x 1

Social Enterprise x 1

Holistic Therapies x 1

Construction x 1

Q.2 Businesses in our survey could benefit from training workshops in the use of digital tools with 89.6% giving a yes response and a 10.4% no response.

Q.3 Businesses in our survey would like training in the following areas with online advertising being the most sought after course requirement followed by getting sales from your wesite 55.3%, understanding google analytics and facebook 46.8%, using apps to get sales 44.7% and building a word press 42.6%.

Other:-
What are cookies What is best system to use Apple/iPhone vs Google / Android x 1
Upskillingin in eMarketing and running a business availing of software packages x 1
MediaTraining/Merchandising			x  1
Choosing the right CRM and implementation x 1
Project Management / SIGMA course FETAG 5/6

Q. 4 There are services we could offer which would make businesses online activity more effective 51% with a yes response and 49% no response.