Marketing Success Peer Network
OxLEP Business are inviting ambitious and passionate Business leaders to join this Peer Network and transform their approach to marketing. Participating will help you gain new perspectives, inspire new ideas and change your way of thinking about marketing. It can also help you form new contacts, build networks and gain valuable professional and personal support.
The workshop will be delivered by two of our experienced business experts, providing practical content to help you learn and make progress, alongside a group of supportive peers.
What do the sessions cover?
Run over 6 weeks, the sessions cover:
- Understanding your ideal clients, your messaging and your routes to market;
- Collaborative problem solving, knowledge sharing and developing softer skills with peers;
- Exploring the next steps for your marketing plan.
The group will meet on zoom on Wednesdays between 12 noon and 2pm for 4 sessions, fortnightly from 19th October to the 30th November. The group will then conclude with 2 sessions on 4th and 18th January 2023.
What will I gain?
- Access to a new support network
- New tools for collaboration
- Improved marketing skills
- Greater understanding of key marketing activities
- Inspiration and motivation to grow
Eligibility
- You must be an Oxfordshire business, established and trading for 12 months+
- An ambition for growth / innovation
- Must be able to commit to all the sessions
Presenters
Ant Parsons is a business and environmental innovator, who uses his creative leadership to help organisations think differently about problems and opportunities. He facilitates a wide range of business support groups in Oxfordshire and Worcestershire and has worked with hundreds of businesses in the last 2 years. He also works on a broad range of projects across the research, technology, business and impact landscape in the UK and overseas. Ant has a passion for supporting sustainable business growth in Oxfordshire and an in-depth knowledge of the business support community.
Su Copeland (CEO, Priddey Marketing, BA HONS, CIM) has over 30 years sales and marketing experience; and works with business leaders looking to generate the right kind of opportunities and systems for growth.
She has wide sector experience, with a specialism in working with technology, science and engineering organisations. Her results-based focus comes through progressing from junior roles, to managing multi-million accounts and then moving to founder roles in a number of start-ups. As MD of a local B2B telemarketing agency, she and her team delivered successful projects for clients such as Microsoft, Fujitsu and Novartis. As CEO of Priddey Marketing she works with MDs and CEO to help them take control of their marketing and deliver the right results.
Within the Oxfordshire business eco-system, Su is a sounding board to a number of organisations including an adviser on the OxLEP Business Sub-Group and founder of The STEM Advisers Hub.