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SUMMARY:Strategies for Successful Email Marketing
DESCRIPTION:Learn how email marketing can help your business grow. \nEver feel like your emails just aren’t getting noticed? You’re not alone! Many small business owners send out emails but aren’t sure how to make them really work. \n  \nIn this workshop\, you’ll learn the basics of email marketing — how to write messages people actually want to read\, send them to the right people\, and see what’s working (and what’s not). \nWe’ll cover simple\, practical steps to help you: \n\n\nGet started in collecting data\n\n\n\n\nCreating emails that connect with your audience\n\n\n\n\nShare updates\, offers\, or stories that keep people interested\n\n\n\n\nUse easy tools to send and track your emails\n\n\n  \nBy the end\, you’ll feel confident using email as a simple and effective way to stay in touch with your customers and grow your business. \n  \n\nEvent details:\n🕙Time: 09:30am – 12:00pm \n📌Location: Online (ZOOM) \n💷Cost: £35pp +VAT \n  \n\nWhat You’ll Learn:\n\n\nBuilding a Solid Foundation: Learn the fundamentals of email marketing\, from creating subscriber lists to segmenting your audience for targeted messaging.\n\n\n\n\nThe Legal Bits: Get an understanding of the legalities of email marketing including Marketing Consent (GDPR) and unsubscribes.\n\n\n\n\nCrafting Irresistible Content: Dive deep into the art of crafting emails that captivate your audience.\n\n\n\n\nAutomation and Personalisation: Explore the power of automation to streamline your email campaigns and the art of personalisation to create a tailored experience for each recipient.\n\n\n\n\nThe Customer Journey: Learn how to utilise email marketing for more than just conversion. Nurture your customers and create touchpoints to improve customer engagement.\n\n\n\n\nAnalytics and Optimisation: Learn how to track and interpret key metrics\, identify areas for improvement\, and optimise your campaigns for maximum impact.\n\n\n  \n\nMeet the Host:\nStacey Pretty | Marketing Director\, Let’s Do Marketing \n\n  \nStacey Pretty is the Marketing Director at Let’s Do Marketing\, where she helps small and growing businesses turn their marketing ideas into real results. \n  \nWith more than 19 years of hands-on experience in both B2B and B2C marketing\, Stacey’s worked on everything from digital campaigns and content strategies to traditional promotions. She’s seen what works\, and what doesn’t\, for small businesses trying to make their mark. \n  \nStacey’s mission is simple: to make marketing easier to understand and more effective for business owners who have a lot on their plates. Her sessions focus on practical\, achievable steps that bring consistency\, confidence\, and results. \n  \n\nPrivacy Notice\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to Let’s Do Business Group processing and managing your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Your data will only be used for the purposes of managing your event registration and any relevant communications.
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/strategies-for-successful-email-marketing/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Learning and development,Online Event
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SUMMARY:The Elevation Lab - Rochford District
DESCRIPTION:Designed for 20 ambitious managers and business owners\, this programme provides a powerful blend of strategic learning\, practical tools\, and personalised support to help participants lead with confidence and accelerate business growth. \n  \nOver the course of the programme\, participants will gain access to more than £2\,000 worth of high-quality professional development\, including hands-on workshops\, expert mentoring\, and ongoing guidance tailored to their business challenges. \n  \nThe 4 workshops in this programme include:\n\nInnovation: Building a Future-Ready Business \n25th February 2026 – 10.30 am – 1 pm \nThis workshop equips participants with the mindset\, tools\, and practical frameworks needed to build an innovative\, resilient\, and future-ready organisation. The session focuses on identifying growth opportunities\, navigating disruption\, and embedding innovation into everyday decision-making. By the end\, participants will have a clear roadmap for strengthening their organisation’s adaptability and long-term competitiveness. \n\n2. Funding Innovation: Finance Readiness and Success\n4th March 2026 – 10.30 am – 1 pm \nThis workshop demystifies the innovation funding landscape\, helping participants prepare their business for investment or grant success. Participants will learn how to assess financial readiness\, articulate value clearly\, and match their innovation to the right funding sources—including grants\, loans\, private investment\, and partnerships. Get guidance on refining financial projections\, strengthening business cases\, and avoiding common pitfalls. By the end of the session\, participants will understand what funders look for and will leave with the confidence and tools to pursue funding effectively. \n  \n\n  \n3. Marketing for Growth\n11th March 2026 – 10.30 am – 1 pm \nThis practical\, interactive workshop is designed to help businesses create clear\, compelling marketing that supports sustainable growth. Participants will work on defining strong\, consistent messaging\, improving the customer journey at every touchpoint\, and engaging customers more effectively to maximise existing resources. The session will also explore how purposeful engagement can drive retention and growth\, alongside practical ways to use measurement and data to track performance\, understand what’s working\, and make informed marketing decisions that support long-term success. \n  \n\n4. Pitch Perfect: Communicating Your Innovation Story\n18th March 2026 – 10.30 am – 1 pm \nThis workshop helps participants craft a compelling and confident pitch that brings their innovation to life. Through guided practice\, participants learn how to structure their narrative\, connect with their audience\, and communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact. The session covers storytelling techniques\, pitch deck essentials\, and delivery skills for both in-person and virtual settings. By the end\, participants will have a polished pitch outline and the skills to present their innovation in a way that inspires action—whether for customers\, partners\, or investors. \n  \nPlease note: This programme is for business leaders and managers based in the Rochford District of Essex. \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \nThe Innovate and Elevate Rochford District Programme is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. \n  \nThe UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a UK Government initiative providing funding for local investments to support the government’s five national missions\, including economic growth\, making the UK a clean energy superpower\, and breaking down barriers to opportunity. From April 2025 to March 2026\, UKSPF will continue to support local projects focused on communities and place\, supporting local businesses\, and people and skills. For more information\, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/the-elevation-lab-rochford-district/
LOCATION:Rayleigh Club\, Hullbridge Road\, Rayleigh\, Essex\, SS69QS
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SUMMARY:Disabled Entrepreneurs Networking
DESCRIPTION:A friendly\, supportive and productive regular virtual networking meeting for entrepreneurs with any form of disability or health issues. \nThis is a regular opportunity for business owners with any form of physical or mental health issues to network together\, advise each other and build up contacts across the whole of the UK. \nThe online networking session will feature a short 10 minute talk by a speaker with a health issue – or someone who is an advocate for those with a disability – before we go into breakout rooms so attendees can network with one another in a friendly and supportive environment. \nThese virtual networking meetings are part of the FSB’s ongoing Business Without Barriers campaign which aims to encourage inclusive\, supportive workplaces and offer advice for the country’s army of disabled entrepreneurs. \nThis free #FSBConnectOnline networking is open to all businesses – both FSB members and non-members are welcome to attend\, so please feel free to share with your networks. \nPlease note that subtitles will automatically be enabled for this virtual networking event. \nWe look forward to seeing you! \nOur events and activities\, including those focused on a specific issue or equality characteristic\, are open to all. We encourage shared learning\, wider conversations\, and a collective responsibility to inclusivity through allyship\, where marginalised groups are supported by others.
URL:https://www.launchpadsouthend.co.uk/event/disabled-entrepreneurs-networking-3/
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