Smart Business Show at RDS, April 22nd – 23rd, special discount for ITN readers

By @SimonCocking

This looks like a useful interesting event. It has already been gaining a lot of interest and tickets have been selling well. We’re happy to say that we have also negotiated a €10 discount off the entry fee for all Irish Tech News readers, using the link here. 

Digital Delivers!

At the Smart Business Show, RDS 22 & 23 April there’s a huge amount either directly connected with or running alongside digital content. Biggest is the Digital Engagement Zone with one to one advice from digital Royalty such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and all supported by the Digital Marketing Institute. Visitors can experience all the main digital portals, what they offer, how they work and what suits their own business purpose best.

Find them in TalkZone 2, Google will introduce visitors to their Apps for Work, while Yelp explain how to handle online reviews of your business in TalkZone 1. Vroom Digital in TalkZone 1 on Wednesday 22 April give an insight into using SEO and adwords to grow an SME whilst in TalkZone 2 on Thursday 23 April, are Glow Metrics who will tell you how to make the most of digital data, challenging, transforming and supporting the entire marketing mix, but if you’re searching for the elusive solution to your digital marketing, Join the Dots with Base2Digital.

Moving up a gear, make you way to the Keynote Theatre for Twitter’s head of SMB marketing EMEA, Brian Lavery and join this rapidly growing interface. Brian’s talk i#Moments Matter is on Wednesday 23 April.

Been there, done that and stuck on where to go next or just in need of some new inspiration? Look no further than Design Think. Run by the Innovation Team from UCD, come and unlock your business potential!

The Internet of Things is a huge area where businesses can trial new products and ideas, it’s cheap and efficient to implement and is a tool for unlocking that USP in everything from wearable technology (Google glasses and watches) to InHand guides and you can do it with experts from CIT’s Nimbus project in Talkzone 1 on Thursday 23 April.

Too time poor to take time out to visit? Bring your office with you to the Hot Desking Area with all the connections you need to work on the move or join a speed networking session with the Small Firms Association in Design Think, 1 – 2pm on both days, to reach new customers and contacts. www.smartbusinessshow.com