Bargain advice from January sales event

Finditinworcestershire members received valuable advice about encouraging and converting sales at the latest breakfast and networking meeting – all for free.

More than 125 attendees gathered at Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium for ‘January Sales’ on Tuesday 17 January.

Finditinworcestershire’s first breakfast and networking meeting of 2012 provided an exclusive presentation, exhibition stands and an open networking session with some of the county’s leading business owners, directors and senior managers, plus a complimentary breakfast.

Jenny Long, Managing Director of Ice Blue Marketing & Design Ltd, delivered an in-depth presentation about sales techniques and tactics, which included advice about modern marketing, sales conversion and generating repeat business.

The organisers say the meeting was designed to help the local economy by focussing on a subject that matters to every local business.

“The sales process is a critical part of every commercial enterprise,” said Kathryn Wagstaff, Project Manager of Finditinworcestershire. “I’m delighted that Finditinworcestershire could offer sales advice to local businesses. The Finditinworcestershire network is expanding every day, so we’re able to help more and more companies in the county to find opportunities, win more work and contribute to a successful local economy. Our next free breakfast and networking meeting is open for online bookings now and we’d love to welcome more first-time delegates.”

Members of Finditinworcestershire can book a free place for the next breakfast and networking meeting on Tuesday 21 February on the Finditinworcestershire website. Any companies that haven’t signed up yet can register for free at http://www.finditinworcestershire.com/

Finditinworcestershire breakfast meetings were one of 2011’s success stories with an average attendance of more than 100 business people from all areas of the county. The business-to-business initiative was created to support the local economy and, less than a year since its launch, has more than 1,900 members and has promoted in excess of 320 contract opportunities worth millions of pounds.

The business portal and programme of networking meetings was developed by Worcestershire County Council and aims to boost the county’s economy by giving local businesses the support and contacts they need to pitch for, and win, more and bigger contracts – and to 'match-make' local businesses that can trade with each other.

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