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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Launch Your Business with Customer Focused Marketing
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Launch Your Business with Customer Focused Marketing\n\nAs a new entrepreneur\, you’ll need more than good products or services to grow your business. It’s also important to have strong customer-focused marketing strategies to reach your audience and turn them into loyal customers. In this workshop\, you will learn how to: \n*Create a compelling brand \n*Define your audience \n*Convert customers \n*Build loyalty and advocacy \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \nGrow with Google: Launch Your Business with Customer Focused Marketing\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, January 8th\, 10:00am – 11:00am\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-launch-your-business-with-customer-focused-marketing/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business
DESCRIPTION:10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business\n\n\n\nIf you are considering starting a new business this year\, join us to learn more about what it is required of business owners. It’s not just about having the startup money or having a product that all your friends and family love. Do you have a plan and do you have what it takes to be an owner/entrepreneur? \nThis class is part of the Startup Track\, an SBDC webinar series that begins with idea validation and ends with strategic business planning and next steps for profitability and growth. \n  \nMeet Our Facilitator: Callie Koch\nCallie is program manager of the West Central SBDC. \n\nSpeaker(s): Callie Koch – West Central SBDC Ashley Pynes – Northwest SBDC Danise Cardona – Northwest SBDC \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator Northwest SBDC West Central SBDC \n\n\nFee: No Cost \n\n10 Things to Know Before Starting a Business\nwith Callie Koch\nWednesday\, January 8th\, 12:00-1:00PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/10-things-to-know-before-starting-a-business/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Unlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer\, Grow Your Brand
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Unlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer\, Grow Your Brand\n\nUnlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer\, Grow Your Brand is a training that focuses on helping businesses differentiate themselves from their competitors by becoming an expert on their customers. By adopting a customer-centric approach\, businesses can gain valuable visibility in their industry and become a trusted authority. The training covers topics such as market research\, customer profiling\, and communication strategies to ensure businesses understand their customers’ needs and effectively communicate their message. In this session\, you’ll learn: \n*The most effective and accurate ways to compile your target persona \n*What market research you need to conduct and know the answers to \n*Effective communication to increase customer loyalty and reviews \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \nGrow with Google: Unlocking Visibility: Know Your Customer\, Grow Your Brand\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, January 15th\, 10:00am – 11:00am\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-unlocking-visibility-know-your-customer-grow-your-brand/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs\n\nDiscover how to create a collaborative environment where everyone is responsible for design. You will go through design challenges and sprints that can be incorporated into any workplace or startup\, to unlock creativity and innovative thinking. In this session we’ll introduce: \n*The principles of the design thinking process \n*Applying the design thinking process to solve problems \n*The basics of prototyping your ideas \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \nGrow with Google: Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs \nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, January 22nd\, 10:00am – 11:00am\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-design-thinking-for-entrepreneurs/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:How to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist
DESCRIPTION:How to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist\n\n\nThinking about starting a business in Colorado? Join us to learn what is required by state and local officials to get started. This class is for those who have already decided that entrepreneurship is right for them as well as determined their business idea and the feasibility of it. We will work our way through a concrete and concise checklist for the logistics of how to get your business up and running and where to go from there! \n  \nTopics include: \n* Trade name search \n* Legal structure selection \n* State registration \n* Licensing requirements \n* Business plan over view \n* Enterprise Zone Tax Credits \n* Human Resources \n  \nThis class is part of the Startup Track\, an SBDC webinar series that begins with idea validation and ends with strategic business planning and next steps for profitability and growth. This webinar will be presented on Zoom. Please register to receive the link to join. \n  \nSpeaker(s): Callie Koch\, West Central SBDC Program Manager \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10\, City of Montrose\, Town of Telluride CCAASE \n\nFee: No Cost \n\nHow to Launch Your Business: A Comprehensive Checklist\nwith Callie Koch\nThursday\, January 23rd\, 12:00-1:00PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/how-to-launch-your-business-a-comprehensive-checklist-3/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Business Plan In A Day! (2-part online class)
DESCRIPTION:Business Plan In A Day! (2-part online class)\n\n\nA business plan can help you get funding\, bring in new business partners\, or serve as a roadmap for each stage of starting and managing your business. During this two-part online class\, we will guide you in creating your own business plan. We will cover all the elements of writing a plan including the executive summary\, company description\, market analysis\, competitive analysis\, S.W.O.T. analysis\, service or product line\, marketing plan\, operations\, management\, and financial projections. \n  \nThis class will be held online as two sessions: Part 1: Tuesday\, January 28th\, 5-8pm Part 2: Thursday\, January 30th\, 5-8pm \n  \nIf you have questions\, please contact Callie Koch: callie@region10.net \n\nSpeaker(s): Ann Correll \nFee: $ 100.00 \nPay via PayPal upon registration \n\nBusiness Plan in a Day! (2-part online class)\nwith Ann Correll\nTuesday\, January 28th & Thursday\, January 30th\, 5:00-8:00PM\nOnline\, $100 \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/business-plan-in-a-day-2-part-online-class/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Increase Your Sales With Google Tools
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Increase Your Sales With Google Tools\n\nLearn how to promote your products online using Google tools. We’ll show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We’ll also cover Google Merchant Center\, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google. In this session we’ll show you how to: \n*Highlight products on your Google Business Profile \n*Use Pointy to promote in-store inventory with your point of sale system \n*Use Google Merchant Center to showcase in-store and online product inventory \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \nGrow with Google: Increase Your Sales with Google Tools\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nWednesday\, January 29th\, 10:00am – 11:00am\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-increase-your-sales-with-google-tools-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Grow with Google: Staying Ahead: Monthly Google & AI Developments
DESCRIPTION:Grow with Google: Staying Ahead: Monthly Google & AI Developments\n\nJoin us for a monthly deep dive into the latest Google updates and AI trends shaping the digital landscape. Each session will provide actionable insights to help you: \n*Stay Ahead of the Curve: Learn about the newest Google algorithm changes\, feature releases\, and best practices. \n*Harness the Power of AI: Discover how AI tools can supercharge your marketing efforts and drive better results. \nWhether you’re a seasoned marketer or just starting out\, this webinar is your go-to source for staying informed and competitive in the digital age. \nMeet Our Facilitator: Maria Elena Duron\nMaria is a speaker for the Grow with Google partner program. She helps businesses profitably harness their personal brand\, content\, and referral marketing. Her wide range of clients includes hotels\, restaurants\, inventors\, authors\, and web series creators. \nMaria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC\, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog\, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider\, American Business Journal\, Fox Business\, US News & World Report\, Entrepreneur\, The Huffington Post\, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat\, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University\, University of California in Davis\, and University of Phoenix. \n  \n\nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 The Business Cultivator \nAdditional post-registration required via link provided. \nGrow with Google: Staying Ahead: Monthly Google & AI Developments\nwith Maria Elena Duron\nThursday\, January 30th\, 10:00am – 11:00am\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/grow-with-google-staying-ahead-monthly-google-ai-developments/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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SUMMARY:Finance Friday
DESCRIPTION:Finance Friday\n\nTopic: Business Accounting and Budget\n\nAre you ignoring the money side of your business? Don’t leave this important area of your business for someone else to manage. Take control! Knowledge is power! Learn about all aspects of your business’s account\, from micro to macro\, to stay on top of your finances. Every month\, we discuss a different topic related to small business accounting that will help you with everything from managing your day-to-day bookkeeping to scaling your company and everything in between. \n\nMeet Our Facilitator: Kelly Johnston\n\nKelly is a valued member of the West Central SBDC workshop facilitator team\, teaching bookkeeping\, cash flow\, and accounting boot camps. She also serves as a West Central SBDC consultant. She graduated from the Leading Edge business planning series five years ago and her business has grown exponentially ever since. She is experienced in both the public accounting and private industry accounting fields. Her background includes a bachelor’s in finance and a master’s in accounting\, with experience in the healthcare industry with critical access hospitals and physician offices\, audit and tax preparation. Her education and experience add value to new start up organizations\, developing businesses\, and healthcare entities by creating a strong financial reporting set up and assisting in new financial reports. \n\nSpeaker(s): Kelly Johnston \nCo-Sponsor(s): Region 10 Small Business Resources \nFee: No Cost \n\nFinance Friday\nwith Kelly Johnston\nFriday\, January 31st\, 2:30-3:30PM\nOnline\, no cost \nREGISTER TODAY!
URL:https://region10.net/event/finance-friday-20/
LOCATION:Online\, 145 S Cascade Avenue\, Montrose\, CO 81401\, Montrose\, CO\, 81401
CATEGORIES:for business
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