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2009-2010 Season
Our low cost or free workshops and seminars provide useful, practical small business information on a variety of topics important to your business.
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| E-COMMERCE BASICS—WEBSITES AND SEARCH ENGINES - $25
| | UCONN Stamford MBA Campus
Saturday, January 9, 2010 9am-noon
| Featured speakers include Cliff Ennico, Mark Krosse and successful eCommerce Entrepreneurs
Topics to be covered:
• Getting started on eBay
• Legal and other considerations of doing Internet business
• Building your business with the Internet
• Getting a web presence-Rent it, Build it Yourself, or Hire a Pro
• Setting website goals and optimize results
• How to monitor, manage and keep your website current
• Know your website cost and determine if it's worth it
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| How Social Media and Mobile Commuications Can Enhance your Marketing Effectiveness
| | Rowayton Library, Rowayton
Thursday, January 21st 7:30am-8:30am
| Featured speaker is Kate Berg, an internet entrepreneur with
deep knowledge in social media and mobile. She will discuss
how these two factors are significantly changing how businesses engage with their customers and prospects.
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| YOUR BUSINESS PLAN: How to Develop It and Keep It Current - $25
| | UConn, Stamford MBA Campus
Wednesday Feb. 10th 6pm-9pm
| Your Business Plan Equals Your Idea, You, Your Finances
You will learn:
• How to make it short and simple.
• How to research your market, assess your strengths.
• Why understanding cash flow is vital.
• Make your mistakes on paper where they don't cost you money.
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| How to Network —The Best And Cheapest Way to Find New Customers
| | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Saturday, Mar. 13th 10th 9am–12noon
| This workshop will teach you key steps on how to build your business successfully through networking.
• Not just talk. We're going to have an experience of networking
• Come ready to share your wisdom and experience with the crowd
• Interact with other owners. Learn to listen and exchange information
• Process what works and doesn't work in a crowded room
• Don't forget your 30 second commercial and powerful handshake
• Lose your fear. Others have done it. Hear how they succeeded
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| Social Media—Getting Started $25
| | University of Connecticut, Stamford Branch
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:00pm to 9:00pm
| The Landscape of Social Media – the worldwide growth, the “why” behind the trends, the relevance
to small businesses.
The Major Social Media technologies:
• Facebook – world’s biggest social network; 350 million worldwide users, 55 million updates daily
• Twitter – fastest growing social network; 27 million “tweets” per day – all in 140 characters or less
• LinkedIn – 58 million members, targeted at career-minded individuals
• MySpace – 100 million users, concentrating on music and entertainment
• Blogs – 126 million blogs; positive perceptions of your company increase 36% if you have a blog
For each Social Media topic, our speakers will discuss their respective objectives, current best practices, and small business examples of how they’ve been used effectively.
Interaction With Your Website – how to redirect all of this outreach back to your website and build your business.
Panel – 3 small business owners will discuss their experience utilizing Social Media technologies.
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| Is an SBA Loan Right for You
| | Citibank, New Canaan, CT
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 6:00pm to 8:00pm
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| Growing a Successful Child Daycare Business
| | Fox Run School, Norwalk, CT
April 7, 2010 6:00pm to 9:00pm
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| Market Research on a Shoestring
| | Rowayton Library, Rowayton, CT
Thursday, April 22, 2010 7:30am to 8:30am
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| Social Media—Advanced Techniques - $25
| | UCONN Stamford - Auditorium
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:00pm to 9:00pm
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| Becoming an Independent Consultant
| | Greenwich Library Auditorium, Greenwich CT
Monday, May 3, 2010 7:00pm to 9:00pm
| • Determine your success potential as a consultant
• Define and market the services you could offer
• Zero in on the right markets and best prospects
• Market your consulting services
• Learn the art of pricing consulting services
• Develop winning proposals and consulting alliances
• Learn how to manage and keep your clients
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| Selling Can be Learned! _ $25
| | St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Darien
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:30pm to 8:30pm
| • How every person is “selling” something almost all the time.
• 99% of successful salespeople were trained and not “born” that way
• Using questions and “active listening” to discover the prospect's needs
• Easy ways to “ask for the order”
• Turn yourself into a “consultant” to the client
• How outstanding customer service will keep customers coming back
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| E Commerce Basics—Websites and Search Engines - $25
| | UCONN Stamford MBA Campus
Saturday, June 5, 2010 9am-noon
| Featured speakers include Cliff Ennico, Mark Krosse and successful eCommerce Entrepreneurs
Topics to be covered:
• Getting started on eBay
• Legal and other considerations of doing Internet business
• Building your business with the Internet
• Getting a web presence-Rent it, Build it Yourself, or Hire a Pro
• Setting website goals and optimize results
• How to monitor, manage and keep your website current
• Know your website cost and determine if it's worth it
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| Strategies for Buying/Selling a Business - $25
| | UCONN Stamford MBA Campus
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
| If you're a buyer:
• Find a profitable business
• Find money to buy a going business
• Determine a purchase price
• Complete due diligence
If you're a seller:
• Prepare your business for sale
• Set the purchase price
• Market the business to find buyers
• Structure the deal
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| Business & Bagels (topic TBD)
| | Rowayton Library, Rowayton, CT
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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