Join FSB and partners for a day of workshops and networking, all designed to help you upscale your sales.
Our Bootcamp and Networking in partnership with Zoho.
FSB is turning 50 this year! To celebrate our golden anniversary, we're helping businesses across Staffordshire and the West Midlands to join us in Going for Gold! Join us for a feature-packed day of insights, ideas and inspiration to 'Power up Your Potential' and 'Supercharge your Sales'.
Our hugely successful FSB Business Bootcamp comes to Staffordshire for the first time in June 2024! Held at the gorgeous Keele Hall on Keele University Campus, our Bootcamp is packed full of hands-on workshops from leading local businesses, to help you build value into your small business.
Agenda
FSB Bootcamp Programme - Supercharge Your Sales.pdf
- Arrival from 7.30am
- Breakfast Faciliatated Speed Networking Session 8am - 9am
Where you can expand your network from across the region and meet as many people as possible before the main Bootcamp begins
- Bootcamp 9.30am - 3pm
Free to attend, this is your chance to hear from inspirational speakers to help you develop and grow your business
It will be hosted by Karen Woolley, FSB Development Manager for Staffordshire and the West Midlands
As an FSB Development Manager, Karen represents thousands of small businesses by lobbying for them locally and providing both one to one support and local events to help bring small businesses together. Over the past 19 years of working for FSB, Karen has developed some extremely high profile professional relationships with key decision makers and MPs which have served to enhance the support she is able to offer.
She works closely with all media outlets across the Staffordshire and West Midlands region, and occasionally nationally, and is regularly called upon to give interviews on television, on the radio and in the written press on issues affecting small businesses. She has a strong understanding of the challenges anyone running their own small firm encounters and is passionate about all things small but perfectly formed in business!
Sessions and Speakers
The Bootcamp will feature expert speakers throughout the day, giving their top tips which you can put into practice and take back to your team to help you Supercharge Your Sales in 2024.
Amanda from Findabiz networking has been running networking events for many years, in all different styles and formats. Using the unique FindaBiz Networking SWAP Formula, everyone has one minute to introduce themselves to the table and then after exchanging cards or digital contact details you move to the next table where you meet completely different people. We do this until you have met every delegate in the room.
Todd - Selling Smart: Using Social Media to Support Sales
Todd is the co-director of Spaghetti Agency and will show you ways to get your social media 'Selling Smart’ and away from pushy selling (badly) online. You'll discover powerful, easy-to-implement tactics to increase your business’s awareness and convert followers into customers, all without the icky hard sell or spammy LinkedIn DMs!
Need more sales and clients? We have International speaker and best-selling author, Bernie De Souza, to show us how at our Bootcamp. Bernie's presentations are powerful, fast-moving and teach attendees word-for-word exactly how to get more clients without paying for advertising. Immediately, attendees can improve their results with simple, actionable phrases that bond people to them. You’ll be entertained, motivated and inspired with their new skills that last a lifetime.
Simon is founder of multi-award-winning popcorn CRM & Lead Management.
During Simon’s session he will outline how to design a practical sales process/pipeline, how to keep your prospects engaged and how to identify when your prospects are ready to buy. With 20+ years of experience in Sales and Marketing, specifically for SMEs, he certainly knows how to engage with the right prospects and not write them off just because they said ‘NO’!
Vinay is a seasoned Regional Account Manager at Zoho UK, bringing extensive frontline experience in sales and marketing. In his session, Vinay will share insights on streamlining your sales processes through technology and automation. Discover how to ensure you never miss an opportunity again and reclaim valuable time to focus on what you do best - running your business.
Emma is an Award Winner and FSB Member, who will share her business journey of being a small business owner and how she grew her business, going on to beat stiff competition from across the Greater West Midlands to become the winner of FSB's West Midlands Celebrating Small Business Award for Expansion and Growth. Emma founded Go Go Makers in 2013 when she identified a gap in the market for wrap-around school childcare. Go Go Makers is now a thriving business, employing 54 members of staff, running Holiday Camps at 6 Primary Schools and welcoming more children year on year - providing activities which make her company stand out from its competitors, which has resulted in exponential growth.
Annabel Hemingbrough - LinkedIn Top Tips
We are really excited to announce that the lovely Marketing and Social Media Manager at Purple Frog Systems Ltd will be joining our expert panel. Anabel possess a knack for marketing, a love for Crocs (you either love or hate them!), and a passion for tattoos. Annabel brings a fun and colourful perspective to the world of marketing and social media. Her session will cover LinkedIn Top Tips, sharing valuable insights to help you maximize your presence and engagement on the platform. Annabel’s energy and enthusiasm for social media and marketing shines through - I'm sure you won’t want to miss hearing her speak!’
Want to get your business in front of the region's best small businesses? We also have low-cost exhibiting opportunities too! Starting from just £85 plus VAT, secure yours today before they're all snapped up. If you would like to be an exhibitor, please click here
For those that opt in for this event, we will share your business contact details with Zoho. They may contact you with information from this event as well as product information and other information relevant to you. Zoho will process your data in accordance with their Privacy Policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
PLEASE NOTE: Any dietaries submitted after Wednesday 19th June cannot be guaranteed.
PLEASE NOTE: Car parking: We have been asked by the venue to obtain the car registration details for guests who are parking at the venue to reserve the spaces for you on a free of charge basis and to avoid any car parking charges. Upon booking could you please provide the details which FSB will share with the venue. FSB will then irretrievably delete this information immediately following the event. You will be assigned a car park prior to the event, to avoid any car parking charges, please ensure you park in the assigned car park.
Event Contact
Please contact Caroline Ashman for any further information.
