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Before Fall Leaves Us Settling back into routines after summer break can be refreshing, especially with cooler weather and the beautiful fall color. It's the time of year when businesses are gearing up for the holiday season. A few of my favorite tools can help you prepare now before the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season is upon us. A handy graphic design tool for making your business look brilliant during the holidays and all throughout the year is Canva. A multitude of templates are at your fingertips, as well as photos and design elements. You don't have to be a design expert to create customized gift certificates, flyers, postcards and so much more. Can't find the perfect picture for your Canva design? Checkout Pixabay or Unsplash for tons of free stock photos. You'll be a rockstar at making your business sparkle for the holidays! And speaking of the holidays, join us for a variety of free programs designed to help you build lasting relationships and make selling simple. Bring a friend and get started today! Theresa Peaden, Director Small Business Center REGISTER! Refreshments! Networking! Resources! REGISTER! Nash County businesses closed excessively due to Hurricane Florence are eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan. To learn more about assistance available to businesses impacted in Nash County or across the state, simply view the letter from SBCN State Director, Anne Shaw. Thank you for the opportunity to be of service. "Reach Customers On-Line With Google" DATE AND TIME LOCATION Thu, October 18, 2018 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT $15.00 - Register! Rocky Mount Mills 1147 Falls Road Rocky Mount, NC It's estimated that 4 out of 5 customers use a search engine to find local information, yet less than 2 out of 5 of businesses have claimed their listing on a search engine. We are excited to partner with Google to bring this workshop to Eastern North Carolina to show you several free ways to grow your on-line presence. Join business, nonprofit and civic leaders for Reach Customers On-Line With Google, a Google Workshop. Pamela Starr, Official Speaker for Google's Get Your Business Online Program, will show you how to help customers find your business online and increase your success on the web! After the workshop session, meet fellow attendees and our speaker at the mixer. Continue to network and discover new resources and partnerships, while enjoying a Rocky Mount Mills (RMM) beverage, included. Co-Sponsor: Station Square Limited Seating! Reserve Yours Today! Learn how to identify and sell to your customers by developing your whole product and whole customer. The whole customer consists of several consumer avatars and each should be approached differently. The whole product is how the consumer perceives the use and value of your products and services. Attendees will learn how to use the consumer’s perceptions to sell their products and services. Join us and learn to identify how consumers make decisions based on perceptions and lived experience. Discover how to apply behavioral constructs to persuasive messaging and the value-add for consumers. Speaker: Michael Barbera is an award-winning consumer psychologist and strategy consultant for Fortune 50 companies. His areas of practice are consumer behavior, decision-making, brand management, marketing and business strategies. His clients can be found on the Fortune 50 list, ABC's Shark Tank, and Bravo's Million Dollar Listing. Michael hosts the Clicksuasion podcast, and has been a speaker for TED. He has been recognized by the White House for his contributions to entrepreneurship in 2015. REGISTER! Upcoming Seminars UPCOMING FREE BUSINESS SEMINARS Grow Your Small Business by Making Relationships Magical! - Register! October 10th, Wednesday; 2:00 - 5:00 PM Power Up Your Prosperity with Principles that PERFORM - Register! October 11th, Thursday, 6:00 - 9:00 PM Sales & Use Tax Workshop - Register! October 16th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM Getting Started with Quickbooks: Part II - Register! October 23rd, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM Low Cost Marketing Ideas - Webinar - Register! October 25th, Thursday; 11:30 - 1:00 PM Turn Your Passions into a Livelihood and Create the Small Business of Your Dreams! - Register! October 25th, Thursday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM Selling Made Simple! - Register! October 30th, Tuesday; 11:00 - 1:00 PM Free lunch - No trick! The treat is on us! Contracting 101 - How to do Business with the Federal Government - Register! November 1st, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: eNewsletters for Small Businesses - Register! November 6th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM Finding/Understanding Federal Solicitations for Your Small Business - Register! November 8th, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM Be Free From Debt's Hold; Prepare for the Business Bank Loan! - Register Webinar, November 8th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM 5 Ways to Elevate Your Facebook Marketing - Register! November 13th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM 10 Ways to Use Instagram for Your Business - Register! November 15th, Thursday; 6:00 - 7:15 PM Engage More Customers with Online Video - Register! November 15th, Thursday; 7:30 - 9:00 PM How to Find Your Customers! - Register! November 27th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM Government Contracting: Introduction to Proposal - Register Writing for Your Small Business November 29th, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM Register for Counseling Become a Counseling Client Our business counseling services are: Effective - We have years of experience helping small businesses succeed. Confidential - All our clients, their businesses, and related information are kept strictly confidential - we will not sell or provide your information to anyone without your permission. Free - Our business counseling services are provided free of charge to businesses and entrepreneurs. Request a Meeting Small Business Center Nash Community College, 522 N. Old Carriage Road, P. O. Box 7488, Rocky Mount, NC 27804-0488 Try it free today
Before Fall Leaves Us
Settling back into routines after summer break can be refreshing, especially with cooler weather and the beautiful fall color. It's the time of year when businesses are gearing up for the holiday season.
A few of my favorite tools can help you prepare now before the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season is upon us. A handy graphic design tool for making your business look brilliant during the holidays and all throughout the year is Canva. A multitude of templates are at your fingertips, as well as photos and design elements. You don't have to be a design expert to create customized gift certificates, flyers, postcards and so much more. Can't find the perfect picture for your Canva design? Checkout Pixabay or Unsplash for tons of free stock photos. You'll be a rockstar at making your business sparkle for the holidays!
And speaking of the holidays, join us for a variety of free programs designed to help you build lasting relationships and make selling simple. Bring a friend and get started today!
Theresa Peaden, Director
Small Business Center
REGISTER!
Refreshments! Networking! Resources!
Nash County businesses closed excessively due to Hurricane Florence are eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan. To learn more about assistance available to businesses impacted in Nash County or across the state, simply view the letter from SBCN State Director, Anne Shaw. Thank you for the opportunity to be of service.
"Reach Customers On-Line With Google"
DATE AND TIME LOCATION
Thu, October 18, 2018
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
$15.00 - Register!
Rocky Mount Mills
1147 Falls Road
Rocky Mount, NC
It's estimated that 4 out of 5 customers use a search engine to find local information, yet less than 2 out of 5 of businesses have claimed their listing on a search engine. We are excited to partner with Google to bring this workshop to Eastern North Carolina to show you several free ways to grow your on-line presence.
Join business, nonprofit and civic leaders for Reach Customers On-Line With Google, a Google Workshop. Pamela Starr, Official Speaker for Google's Get Your Business Online Program, will show you how to help customers find your business online and increase your success on the web! After the workshop session, meet fellow attendees and our speaker at the mixer. Continue to network and discover new resources and partnerships, while enjoying a Rocky Mount Mills (RMM) beverage, included.
Co-Sponsor: Station Square Limited Seating! Reserve Yours Today!
Learn how to identify and sell to your customers by developing your whole product and whole customer. The whole customer consists of several consumer avatars and each should be approached differently. The whole product is how the consumer perceives the use and value of your products and services. Attendees will learn how to use the consumer’s perceptions to sell their products and services. Join us and learn to identify how consumers make decisions based on perceptions and lived experience. Discover how to apply behavioral constructs to persuasive messaging and the value-add for consumers.
Speaker: Michael Barbera is an award-winning consumer psychologist and strategy consultant for Fortune 50 companies. His areas of practice are consumer behavior, decision-making, brand management, marketing and business strategies. His clients can be found on the Fortune 50 list, ABC's Shark Tank, and Bravo's Million Dollar Listing. Michael hosts the Clicksuasion podcast, and has been a speaker for TED. He has been recognized by the White House for his contributions to entrepreneurship in 2015.
Upcoming Seminars
UPCOMING FREE BUSINESS SEMINARS
Grow Your Small Business by Making Relationships Magical! - Register!
October 10th, Wednesday; 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Power Up Your Prosperity with Principles that PERFORM - Register!
October 11th, Thursday, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Sales & Use Tax Workshop - Register!
October 16th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Getting Started with Quickbooks: Part II - Register!
October 23rd, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Low Cost Marketing Ideas - Webinar - Register!
October 25th, Thursday; 11:30 - 1:00 PM
Turn Your Passions into a Livelihood and Create the Small Business of Your Dreams! - Register!
October 25th, Thursday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Selling Made Simple! - Register!
October 30th, Tuesday; 11:00 - 1:00 PM
Free lunch - No trick! The treat is on us!
Contracting 101 - How to do Business with the Federal Government - Register!
November 1st, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: eNewsletters for Small Businesses - Register!
November 6th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Finding/Understanding Federal Solicitations for Your Small Business - Register!
November 8th, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Be Free From Debt's Hold; Prepare for the Business Bank Loan! - Register
Webinar, November 8th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
5 Ways to Elevate Your Facebook Marketing - Register!
November 13th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
10 Ways to Use Instagram for Your Business - Register!
November 15th, Thursday; 6:00 - 7:15 PM
Engage More Customers with Online Video - Register!
November 15th, Thursday; 7:30 - 9:00 PM
How to Find Your Customers! - Register!
November 27th, Tuesday; 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Government Contracting: Introduction to Proposal - Register
Writing for Your Small Business
November 29th, Thursday; 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Register for Counseling
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Request a Meeting
Small Business Center Nash Community College, 522 N. Old Carriage Road, P. O. Box 7488, Rocky Mount, NC 27804-0488
Try it free today