Marketing & Selling for Weddings Seminar

  • Spend Less on your Advertising
  • Generate More Leads

  • Convert More Sales


When:   Monday 15th February  9am - 5:30pm
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood, Santry, Dublin.


Presentations from Seminar: 
Gareth Dunlop newly appointed CEO of ION online Marketing
Niall McKeown Chairman of Ion Online Marketing


Seminar: 

The seminar is organised by WeddingsOnline.ie and kindly supported by the Irish Hotels Federation, The Irish Professional Photographer’s Association, Failte Ireland, Mediatraining.ie. Tibus, Digital Marketing Institute, Ion Internet Marketing, WebKitchen.ie, and Websmart.ie
 

Benefits:

  • Learn how to double the number of leads into your business using online marketing techniques
  • Learn how to convert twice as many leads into customers
  • Learn how to put the right sales training in place and how to close sales
  • Learn how to ask for referrals and testimonials without harassing people, ensure your happy customers are telling lots of other people online
  • Learn how to manage your own online PR
  • Learn how to overcome negative media coverage (both online & offline)
  • Learn how to put positive actions in place for your business which will produce positive outcomes.
The day will also be a great opportunity to meet hoteliers and wedding industry suppliers, as well as WeddingsOnline.ie team members and other Internet specialists. It is designed to be an informative and important business event and also a fun and enjoyable networking opportunity. The seminar will be in two parts, the morning session will primarily address the question of how to generate more leads for your weddings business, the afternoon session will be all about how to convert those leads into sales.

There will be question and answer sessions, with our panel, in the morning and the afternoon.

Featuring:

  • Bill Cullen  - Glencullen and ‘The Apprentice’
  • Gavin Duffy  - Mediatraining.ie and ‘Dragon’s Den’ 
  • Ken Fitzpatrick - Weddingsonline.ie 
  • Niall McKeown - Ion Online Marketing 
  • Gareth Dunlop -  Ion Online Marketing 
  • Ian Dodson  - Webkitchen and Digital Marketing Institute 

Cost

The cost of attending the one seminar is €295, which includes lunch and seminar materials, as well as a €25 contribution to our chosen charity, ACET Ireland.  

Other information and bookings

Contact Joanne Maxon (01) 8839270
joanne@weddingsonline.ie


About the speakers:

Bill Cullen
Bill Cullen is well known as the chairman of Glencullen; as a successful author and also more recently as the hard hitting boss in TV3’s ‘The Apprentice’ He is much sought after as a motivational speaker in the areas of sales and business processes.  He will be addressing the subjects of ‘How to survive and thrive in a recession’ and ‘Sales in the Hospitality/Weddings Industry’.
Gavin Duffy
Gavin is well known as one of the Dragons on RTE's ‘Dragon’s Den’ and is the Managing Director of Mediatraining.ie which specialises in helping individuals and businesses proactively manage the media, including online, print, radio and television. Gavin is an investor in a diverse range of businesses including Hen-Party.ie. 

Gavin will be chairman for the day and will also be speaking on the subject of ‘How to build a successful weddings business’ 
Gareth Dunlop
Gareth is the newly appointed CEO of ION online Marketing, Ireland’s leading online Marketing agency.  For the last 10 years he has been Managing Director of Tibus Ltd, an all Ireland web development and hosting agency, he writes and lectures extensively on internet related matters. He is also a director of the Irish Internet Association. 

Gareth will be speaking on:  ‘The empowered and knowledgeable customer – how the internet has changed the dynamics of our customer relationships.’
Niall McKeown
Niall is the Chairman of Ion Internet Marketing; he is one of the foremost thought leaders in his expertise of online marketing and is a regular speaker on the subject. He consults for a number of media businesses helping them transition towards the new online world.

Niall will be speaking on the subject of ‘How your online reputation affects your sales and what you can do to improve it’ 
Ian Dodson Jnr
Ian is the CEO of WebKitchen.ie and a lecturer in the Digital Marketing Institute; he is also a co-founder of WeddingsOnline.ie. Ian has a vast knowledge of internet strategy in general and also of the weddings industry in Ireland. 

Ian will be addressing the subject of ‘"Money, Technology and Time: The Challenges of Effectively Using the Web in Business.’ This will assess internet marketing from the small and medium business owners’ perspective to see what can be done practically in view of the huge range of possibilities and also of financial constraints.

Ken Fitzpatrick
Ken was appointed CEO of Weddingsonline.ie in November this year, prior to that he was Group Chief Executive of Saongroup.com and was centrally involved in spearheading the international development of the group. During his tenure the business completed 9 acquisitions, 5 start-ups and entered 7 new markets. The business grew over 150% during this time and had over 1,000 staff. 

Saongroup.com is one of the fastest growing online recruitment companies in the world with operations in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA, China, India, Dubai, South Africa, Central America and the Caribbean.

Ken will be addressing the subject of ‘Marketing that works- how to bridge the gap between advertising spend and measurable revenues’

Call 01-8839270 to book

Over 50 Spot Prizes to be Won!
All seminar attendees will be entered to win the following prizes:

1 x B Magazine Location Photoshoot  - Worth €3,000

2 x Dedicated Newsletters to 22,000 recipients Worth  - €2,000 each

2 x B Magazine Back Covers  - Worth €2,000 each

4 x Banner Ads (100,000 page impressions ) – Worth  €1,200 each

6 x Slideshow Features on Homepage  - Worth €750 each

6 x B Magazine Advertorials – Worth €700 each

8 x Targeted Email Shot to 50 Pre Qualified Leads – Worth €500 each

8 x Full Page Ads in B Magazine – Worth €500 each

10 x Half Page Ads in B Magazine – Worth €300 each 

Total Number of Spot Prizes to be won on the day:  53 – Worth over €40,000! 

About WeddingsOnline.ie

Launched on Valentine’s Day 2000, WeddingsOnline.ie Ltd is Ireland’s leading wedding industry marketing agency, currently assisting over 1000 wedding industry suppliers to tell their stories effectively online. WeddingsOnline.ie also publishes B Magazine, a quarterly glossy bridal magazine which is distributed through wedding suppliers. Over 80% of Irish brides use WeddingsOnline.ie to source wedding service suppliers; it is Ireland’s largest weddings discussion forum and supplier directory and currently has 130,000 people a month using the site.

WeddingsOnline.ie Ltd is a trade member of the Irish Hotels Federation and the Irish Professional Photographers association

 

 

 

 

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