This 90 min breakfast seminar will examine the role of social media in terms of educating SMEs on how to develop a successful online marketing strategy for their business using popular social media marketing tools.

Specifically looking at Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter, the benefits of each medium will be explored as they relate to building a successful sales & marketing strategy for small business.

If you are already using social media marketing tools and would like to have a better understanding of how to fully integrate them into your overall marketing strategy, than this breakfast seminar is a must!

Date: Thursday 6th October 2011

Time: 8:00 - 9:30

Venue: The Bush Hotel, Carrick on Shannon

Presenter: Maggie Ruane, Momentum Creative Marketing Services

Cost: €10

About the Presenter:

Maggie Ruane has worked in challenging sales & marketing management positions both at home and internationally over the past 15 years. Having graduated with honours from the University of Limerick she pursued her MBS (Masters Degree) in marketing at NUIG before departing for the USA in 1996.

Maggie’s career has included a number of high profile positions in the IT, communications and tourism/hospitality sectors. Her strengths have been proven through challenging and complex strategic market planning and implementation assignments, project management, brand development and management, account management & sales support, marketing communications and customer service.


Since returning to Ireland in 2005, Maggie has specialised in offering meaningful results oriented sales & marketing mentoring, consultancy and training expertise across a wide range of SME sectors including Food, Craft, Retail, Tourism Hospitality & Leisure, Arts Culture & Heritage, IT and Creative Industries. Her expertise, energy and clarity of approach has always been valued and appreciated. She has a proven track record in delivering learner focused training workshops & one to one mentoring sessions in the area of Social Media Marketing on behalf of a wide range of service providers including Leitrim CEB, Roscommon CEB, Offaly CEB, Cavan CEB, Longford CEB, Roscommon Integrated Development Company to mention but a few.