This hands-on workshop will help you get started quickly as you learn the steps necessary to successfully launch your new business. Learn to prepare a written plan you can use to build and grow a profitable business. Learn the best way to structure your business as you identify and focus on the key marketing, sales and financial issues of your business and how to bring it all together. This powerful event has helped many entrepreneurs achieve success.

Date: Wednesday, July 24

Time:  9:00 am – 11:00 am

Email is the most cost-effective, targeted, trackable, and efficient way to build and maintain relationships in all types of business and organizations. This session will teach you how to master email marketing communications with a comprehensive look at best practices and winning strategies that lead to increased profits, revenue and engagement.

• What is permission-based email marketing and becoming a trusted sender
• Email list building
• Increasing deliverability and open rates
• Writing good subject lines and content – getting readers to take action
• Tracking results and what to do with this information
• How email and social media marketing work together to achieve goals

PLUS a bonus session: Creating emails that Rock. Take a sneak peek at the Constant Contact tools and how easy it is to create a branded email campaign.

Register online at:  http://tinyurl.com/Power-Email-Marketing-072413

Date: Wednesday, July 24

Time:  8:30 am – 11:00 am

This hands-on workshop will help you get started quickly as you learn the steps necessary to successfully launch your new business. Learn to prepare a written plan you can use to build and grow a profitable business. Learn the best way to structure your business as you identify and focus on the key marketing, sales and financial issues of your business and how to bring it all together. This powerful event has helped many entrepreneurs achieve success.   Register online at:  http://tinyurl.com/Start-New-Business-072613

Date: Friday, July 26

Time:  10:00 am – 12:00 pm

This orientation will give insight into starting and running a successful small business.  You will learn all about what the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has to offer and how we can assist you in establishing or maintaining your small business through one-on-one consultation and training seminars. We offer the New Client Orientation free of charge to all new clients.

Register online at: http://tinyurl.com/New-Client-071913

Date: Tuesday, July 30

Time:  10:00 am – 11:00 am

Whether you are a Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced user of LinkedIn, this workshop has something new and essential for you! Using LinkedIn actively and strategically, you can and will grow your business!

Learn how to:

• Create / improve / complete your LinkedIn profile and presence to increase your visibility and the probability of being found by others
• Build a network that expands your search capability
• Utilize Groups and Advanced Search to prospect for, find and connect with potential new Customers, Strategic Referral Partners, Vendors and Service Providers, and Industry Peers
• Expand your Search Results list (and save the cost of Premium services)
• Message within LinkedIn for free with in-direct connections (and save the cost of Premium services)
• Identify the last name of 3rd level connections (and save the cost of Premium services)
• Find contact information (including phone and email addresses) for in-direct connections

LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site on the internet with more than 225 million members; and, in fact, it is the 25th most visited website! Think of LinkedIn as a world-wide Business Directory, but compared to other directories and sales leads lists, LinkedIn profiles provide so much more information about you and others including your business and work history, network, recommendations, volunteer activities, interests, etc. In 2012, more than 5 billion people searches were conducted – potential customers and business partners are looking for you – make sure that they find you and connect with you!

Date: Tuesday, July 30

Time:  9:00 am – 11:00 am