by Dawn Baird | 25 Feb 13 | business, entrepreneurship, networking, personal development
What you are about to read actually happened. Trying to get bodies to attend a local networking event, Open Coffee Ballyclare, has been my evil plan since May 2011. I’m also keen on piling up the bodies at other networking events too. Since the spring of 2011, it has...
by Allen Baird PhD | 08 Oct 12 | entrepreneurship, networking, news and events
I gave a brief rundown of my BizCamp Newry 2012 thoughts in my last blog. I mentioned my top talks and promised to share with you my own. It was called ‘I Have the Power: How to Expand Your Business Power-Base’. Very He-Man. This was the blurb. “In...
by Allen Baird PhD | 01 Oct 12 | entrepreneurship, networking, news and events
BizCamp Newry was a double whammy for me. My first time at BizCamp, my first time speaking at BizCamp. The atmosphere was of the ‘chilled-yes-but-also-structured’ variety thanks to terrific work by organisers Eve Early and Andrea Burns. Carnbane...
by Dawn Baird | 24 Sep 12 | business, entrepreneurship
Updated: 14/08/14 Recently, we’ve encountered several “opportunities”: Deliver a one hour seminar for no financial renumeration, just “a great PR opportunity” and “padding for your CV” (despite the fact we rarely use CVs, not...
by Dawn Baird | 19 Sep 12 | entrepreneurship
Here are some thoughts on why we think fremium is a poor business model for a small business. Fremium is a term I first heard spoken by a 22-year old media person at a very trendy BizCamp event. What does the term fremium mean? It is a business model based on...
by Dawn Baird | 15 Aug 12 | business, entrepreneurship, marketing, networking
The smart vultures are circling your network and you don’t even know it. These pretty ugly, maligned creatures have their focus on your clients and the end will be so swift, you won’t see it coming. What can vultures teach us about clients? Do read...
