Open Coffee Sligo to discuss Tangible Benefits of Social Media

Open Coffee Sligo is a free, informal networking event for business-minded individuals to get together and chat about new projects and new business ideas, and how to do existing business better.

According to Kevin Peyton, one of the organisers of these monthly meetups – a frequent theme that recurs from meeting to meeting is how attendees are using the Internet and websites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to build relationships with their customers.

June’s Open Coffee meeting will therefore be exclusively devoted to discussing the benefits of social media.  The discussion will be led by Denise Rushe, of The Model and Sligo Events, and Aoife Porter of Bua Marketing.  Denise and Aoife, OpenCoffee regulars and keen social media advocates, look forward to showcasing some of the great examples of Sligo businesses who have used social media channels such as Twitter, Foursquare and Facebook and seen tangible results.

The Open Coffee Sligo crew would love to see lots of new faces at the event on June 3rd, so whether you’re a business owner, a social media addict or just somebody who is curious, please pop along to The Model next Thursday.

This discussion will happen in The Model arts centre on Thursday, June 3rd from 11-1. No pre-registration is necessary, just show up.

For further information please contact:
Aoife Porter (aoife@buamarketing.ie) or Denise Rushe (deniserushe@gmail.com)

Notes to editors on Open Coffee Sligo

Open Coffee Sligo is a free, informal networking event for business minded individuals to get together and chat about new projects and new business ideas, and how to do existing business better.

Over ten Open Coffee groups now exist around Ireland; Open Coffee Sligo is a monthly event and organisers Heather James, Kevin Peyton and Justin Knecht, spear-headed the North West Connects conference which was attended by over 100 delegates in IT Sligo’s Innovation Centre in November 2009.

The Open Coffee ethos is to provide a regular forum where people can share an interesting couple of hours discussing business and learning from others.

Notes to editors on Social Media

As defined by Wikipedia, Social Media is any tool or service that uses the internet to facilitate conversations.  The most popular of these tools include Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

In recent years, the use of social media channels has exploded both globally and in Ireland. There are now almost 1,500,000 Irish Facebook accounts in Ireland now.