
May 2022
Business Stability – Disaster Planning for Small Businesses
Business interruptions and disasters affect every business at some stage in its growth. Whether it is a hurricane, power outage, or road construction, disasters can strike at any time. There are key steps businesses can take today to reduce downtime and keep operations running if they are impacted. Attend this webinar to learn more about disaster preparedness tips and resources available to businesses to get better prepared.
Find out more »June 2022
How to Start Your Business
If you’re thinking of starting a business, it’s important to take the right steps. This course will give you an overview of what to know, actions to take, and how to avoid common missteps to give your company its greatest chance of success.
Find out more »Marketing for Business Success
A webinar providing an overview of the marketing process for small businesses, as well as a close look at all elements of a marketing plan. Marketing is the driver of revenue growth and an imperative for small business success. Topics include the traditional four “P’s” of marketing – Product, Place, Promotion, and Price – as well as three new “P’s” with special application to small businesses – Positioning, People, and Planning.
Find out more »What is your Business Worth? Buying or Selling: How to Get the Highest Return on Your Investment
As a business owner, knowing the value of your business is key to ensuring that your personal and professional goals are on track. Interested in buying a business? Or do you want to sell your business? Either way, you want to make sure you are getting the most out of your investment. How do you answer the key questions: What is it worth? How much should I ask? This comprehensive seminar will help you obtain a better understanding of the…
Find out more »Build your Sales Machine: Creating a Sales Outreach Campaign (SOC) for Your Small Business
Take a big picture approach to growing your small businesses that gets results. At the top of the list of important questions, “Do they find you or do you find them?”. “They find you” means you need an ECommerce / Digital Marketing approach. “You find them” means a Sales Outreach Campaign. This presentation is a discussion of the latter, a step-by-step review of the process focusing on existing forms and formats that work.
Find out more »2022 Small Business Success Summit
The Florida SBDC Network is excited to host the Small Business Success Summit, June 27-28, 2022 in Tampa, FL. The purpose of this event is to provide small businesses with access to capital, contracts, and connections to encourage success and growth despite the major challenges they have faced following a global pandemic.
Find out more »Big Skills for Leading Small: Building Great Teams
Learn the Single Best Tool for Creating Teams that Perform It’s no secret we are facing new challenges as small business owners. The current labor market has put employees in a position of power and, for the first time in decades, the pool of eligible employees is declining. The incentives to work with larger companies are increasing with offers of free tuition, signing bonuses, and even cash for just applying! As a small business, how do you compete? One of…
Find out more »July 2022
CRM Basics: Managing your Growth Machine
Many business owners and executives understand they should use a customer relationship management (CRM) tool as the machine to manage their growth activities, however, over 40% do not have a CRM. And many of those with CRM’s in place are not using them effectively. That’s a missed opportunity. This discussion will take some of the mystery out of the CRM machine for small business owners and execs. Our focus will be on how a CRM can be programmed specifically for…
Find out more »Being a Better Leader: Developing Your Leadership Skills to Grow Your Business
In this webinar, we will help business leaders learn how to enhance employee engagement and drive profitability by exploring the 3 Key Leadership Circles of Developing Yourself. You will come away with ways to increase personal wellbeing and leadership impact to help reach your organizational goals. We will provide tools to identify strengths and growth areas, create & implement effective plans and provide best practice “real world” tools. And we will help you measure your effectiveness to know how your…
Find out more »August 2022
Build Your Business Credit
Building business credit is a common quest for both new and existing small business owners. From startup costs to new expansion strategies, establishing a strong business credit profile can help make your immediate and future business plans a success. In this webinar, you will learn the difference between personal and business credit, how to build business credit, and why it matters.
Find out more »September 2022
Grow with Google: Google Analytics
Learn how to take advantage of Google’s free marketing and business productivity tools to grow your business. Google has a buffet of free tools that help small businesses attract new future customers. This workshop shows you where they are and how to use them with a special emphasis on using Google Analytics to uncover new markets, refine your marketing and get more results out of your existing efforts. In the Google Analytics portion discover the easy-to-reach data that can help…
Find out more »Cash Flow Management: Making a Hidden Resource Work For You
Cash is King. Every business has a hidden store of cash and hidden cash leaks. Utilizing the cash flow management strategies of large corporations, learn how to find, preserve, and use cash to manage and grow your business and increase profits. By applying these tactics you can vastly reduce the need for outside financing. You may never need to borrow money again!!
Find out more »October 2022
How to Make Your Website Search Engine Friendly
Have you ever wondered how web search engines and search engine optimization (SEO) works? Are you looking for more online visibility? In this webinar you will learn some of the easiest ways to increase the likelihood of being found on Google and Bing search engines.
Find out more »November 2022
Accessing Capital: How to Prepare for an SBA Loan
Do you require financial assistance to start a business or expand an existing business? Securing small business loans can be challenging. In this webinar, we'll walk you through the steps to prepare an SBA business loan application and provide you with information on what types of documents you may need. You'll come away from this webinar knowledgeable about whether you're ready to apply for financing right now and what steps you may need to take to help yourself get approved.
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