Your marketing data can hold everything you need to know to achieve exponential growth, but only if you know how to read it.

This session will turn overwhelming analytics into actionable insights that drive better decisions, bigger returns, and sustainable business growth.

In this session, you’ll learn:
· Analytics mastery: Navigate GA4, LinkedIn Analytics, Instagram insights, and Google Ads like a pro
· Smart reporting: Generate meaningful reports that focus on metrics that actually matter to your business goals
· AI-powered insights: Use artificial intelligence to compare campaigns, spot trends, and uncover hidden opportunities
· Data-driven decisions: Optimise ad creative, allocate budgets strategically, refine messaging, and improve offers based on real performance data

This is the final part of our 5-part series. This will set you up for implementing the lessons you have learned along the way whilst continuously optimising your marketing efforts for success long into the future.

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Stop trying to broadcast to everyone all the time and start genuinely connecting with the right people when they’re in-market.

This session will transform how you approach targeting, helping you reach the perfect customers with the perfect message at exactly the right moment in their buying journey.

In this workshop we’ll be covering:
· Strategic foundations: Build on your Ideal Customer Profile to create strategically focused campaigns
· Platform intelligence: Match your content to where your customers actually spend their time
· Buyer journey mapping: Craft different messages for top, middle, and bottom-of-funnel audiences
· Always-on strategy: Stay connected with the 95% of customers who aren’t ready to buy today
· AI-powered enhancement: Use artificial intelligence to identify opportunities and enrich customer data for better personalisation and segmentation

We’ll include time at the end of the session for a Q&A and discussion to share insights and answer any specific questions you may have about targeting and messaging.

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Ready to grow but worried about losing control? This workshop reveals how the right tools can help you scale smartly, generating more revenue and freeing up resource with the same (or less) effort.

This workshop will help small to medium sized businesses identify tools to help with scaling their organisation.

In this session we’ll cover:
· Signs your business is ready to scale
· The hurdles this can bring up (and how to navigate them)
· The three areas digital tools can help with scaling which include: operations & productivity, sales & prospect management and marketing.
· Specific tools for each scaling area

We’ll include time at the end of the session for a Q&A and discussion to share insights and answer any specific questions you may have about using digital tools for scaling your business.

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It’s time to stop the guess work when it comes to your customer base. Knowing who you’re talking to and where they operate is crucial when establishing an effective growth strategy.

This practical workshop will help small to medium sized businesses build a focused customer strategy that drives growth and maximises every marketing pound spent.

Master the essentials of customer targeting and growth:
· Establish your ideal customer profiles: Create detailed ICPs for both B2B and B2C markets using our free template
· Learn how to use audience intelligence: Demographics, firmographics, and behavioural insights that matter
· Discover your most effective platform strategy: Identify where your customers actually spend their time
· Craft your message-market fit: Develop messaging that resonates and converts
· Problem-solution alignment: Connect your offering to real customer pain points

We’ll include time at the end of the session for a Q&A and discussion to share insights and answer any specific questions you may have about your audience / ICP.

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Join us for this high-impact interactive session where brand strategist, Mark Horton, will walk you through:

Why AI is a game-changer for marketing
Create your own brand strategy and customer personas in real time
Legal and privacy concerns – what are they and how to mitigate them
The best AI tools available right now
Bring a laptop or device to make use of this interactive session!

For start-ups and small business in Bristol.
Free for local businesses! Seasonal refreshments provided by Windmill Hill City Farm.

In today’s crowded marketplace, your brand should be your competitive edge. This session will show small to medium sized businesses how to build a compelling brand that attracts investment and drives customer loyalty without breaking the bank.

What you’ll learn:

In this session we’ll be identifying the key aspects a successful brand needs to have in order to stand out in its market.

We’ll also have the opportunity to analyse real-world examples of successful brands and discover what it is that sets them apart, and how we can apply these principles to your business.

We’ll include time at the end of the session for a Q&A and discussion to share insights and answer any specific questions you may have about your brand or branding in general.

This workshop is part 1 of a 5-part series that is all about establishing a strong strategic foundation for business growth.

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Google is coming to Torfaen!

Join for free workshops and mentoring sessions. Google Digital Garage trainers will be available to help you grow your business online and find new customers.

What to expect on the day

We will be running varied sessions all day, alongside interactive networking opportunities. You can also book private mentoring sessions with Google digital trainers to focus on personal goals for your business growth.

You will leave the event empowered with a clear understanding of AI, new digital skills and how to implement these methods to help your business thrive.

Free lunch will be provided.

Join us at Bambalan from 6-9pm on Wednesday 24th September for our screen industries networking event on the first day of Encounters Film Festival.

Encounters is the UK’s premier international festival for short film and animation. It’s a showcase of incredible new films from around the world, revealing exciting new voices and creative approaches to storytelling. It’s where audiences discover brilliant new talent while emerging artists find the opportunities and connections to take their work to the next level.

To round off the first day of the festival, come and join us at Bambalan where you’ll be able to mix with others from the screen industry community. Whether you use it as an opportunity to catch up with old friends or a chance to meet some new faces, we’d love to see you.

The event will include a fireside chat with Sophie Freeman from the Film & TV Charity, producer and UK Producers Roundtable founder Sophie Reynolds and a representative from Nine Tree Studios discussing transitioning roles, skills, wellbeing, equality, and sustainability in the screen industries.

Who is it for?

This event is open to anyone working or who has worked in the screen industries. It will allow you to widen networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration going forward. You’ll be sure to head home with a new contact!

Tickets

Attendance is free but registration is required. The bar at Bambalan will be open to purchase drinks throughout the evening.

 

Founded in 1995, Encounters is a globally renowned short film festival that takes place on the beautiful harbourside in Bristol, a UNESCO City of Film. Encounters is a qualifying festival for BAFTA, BIFA and the European Film Awards.

This year’s festival takes place on 24-28 September. The full programme is here.

Events include visionary filmmakers Charlie Kaufman and Michael Gondry reunited on stage on Wednesday 24 September at Bristol Beacon followed by a special screening of the iconic Academy Award winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Bristol Creative Industries members can get 10% off industry passes for the festival. Email [email protected] for the discount code.

Rebel Meetups is a Rebellious Co initiative – an impact organisation supporting entrepreneurs & business leaders since 2013.

Come along to Rebel Meetups Bristol, one of many free-to-attend meetups in a global network of events run by Rebellious Co. Designed as a safe space to connect, learn and share with fellow professional rebels, this is a place where founders, freelancers, creators, creatives, inventors and investors alike can come together.Their low-agenda format often includes fireside chats from local business legends, but leaves most of the space for connecting with others.