Johnny Beirne. Social Media. Innovation. Music

Upcoming Events in September

Johnny Beirne — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:56:11 +0000

September 2nd – Roscommon Business Network Meeting

September 6th – Irish Sports Council Annual Network Meeting – Social Media Marketing Presentation

September 10th – Facebook for Business Breakfast Workshop

September 11th – BizCamp Galway – Presentation

September 13th – Facebook for Business Breakfast Workshop – Leitrim County Enterprise Board

September 14th – Social Media Marketing Training Course – Leitrim County Enterprise Board

September 16th – Leitrim Business Network Meeting

September 17th – LinkedIn Breakfast Workshop

September 23rd – Social Media Marketing Masterclass with Rosshop.ie

Blogging for Business Course with Laois County Enterprise Board

Johnny Beirne — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:59:37 +0000

I will be delivering a “Blogging for Business” Course later this morning with Laois County Enterprise Board.

Good content for your blog

Johnny Beirne — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:58:50 +0000

So I promote them, encourage and train people how and why to use them but don’t claim to have a particularly good one myself. So (via leading blogger Damien Mulley), here are some tips from Matt Cutts of Google.

Irish Self Catering Cottage Accommodation in Leitrim

Johnny Beirne — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:43:13 +0000

If you are coming to the Joe Mooney Summer School or indeed visiting Leitrim anytime I suggest you check out McGuire’s Irish Self Catering Cottage Accommodation.

Roscommon Business Network Meeting this evening

Johnny Beirne — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:17:27 +0000

Roscommon Business Network Meetings in association with Roscommon County Enterprise Board take place on the first Thursday of every month at 6pm.

All Roscommon based businesses are welcome.

The next meeting will take place on this evening in Hannon’s Hotel, Athlone Road Roscommon at 6pm.

2. Meeting Agenda

6.00pm – Welcome

6.05pm – Member Introduction

6.10pm – Open Forum Discussion on ‘Cutting Costs’ chaired by Johnny Beirne

6.55pm – Update from Roscommon County Enterprise Board

7.00pm – Networking

Useful Links

Main Network Website www.roscommonbusinessnetwork.com

Join LinkedIn Group and meet other members (86 Members and growing +17 since last month)

Introduce yourself to the network on LinkedIn

Facebook Page to advertise your business for FREE at facebook.com/RoscommonBusiness (with 456 Fans +65 since last month)

Twitter Account at twitter.com/roscommonbiznet

Social Media Marketing Course with Laois Sports Partnership

Johnny Beirne — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:00:30 +0000

Today I will be delivering a Social Media Marketing Course with Laois (and surrounding counties) Sports Partnerships.

Twitter for Business Workshop Slides

Johnny Beirne — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:55:44 +0000

Slides from recent Twitter for Business Breakfast Workshop

Twitter for Business

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Twitter for Business Breakfast Workshop

Johnny Beirne — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:18:45 +0000

Tomorrow morning (June 25th) I will be hosting a ‘Twitter for Business‘ Breakfast Workshop in The Landmark Hotel, Carrick on Shannon from 8am to 10am.

21 People have registered so far and there are a few places left. Click here to register.

Cost is €10 which includes a light breakfast.

Twitter for Business Breakfast Workshop is in association with Leitrim County Enterprise Board and The Leitrim Business Network

Number plates for bicycles

Johnny Beirne — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:16:25 +0000

In the past number of weeks I have taken up a new interest in personalised number plates. As a result, I was alerted (via Twitter Search) to this recent article in The Irish Independent entitled “Cyclists saddled with number plates”.

In a quote from the article it states that the number plates are made of a reflective material. In the image above, the plate appears just above an existing reflector. Surely making hi-vis vests mandatory for cyclists would be a better idea.

There is such a thing as bad publicity

Johnny Beirne — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:46:30 +0000

I just found this article (via Damien Mulley) by O’Leary Analytics about Hunky Dory’s recent advertising campaign.

Of particular interest under Sentiment is

“Sentiment is calculated using an algorithm to look for positive or negative tone and in this sample, the results have been manually cross referenced for accuracy. Of the 82 mentions where sentiment is expressed, 48 are negative while 34 are positive.”

So whilst there was plenty of media coverage regarding the campaign, it was primarily bad publicity.