Sign up for these free seminars at Coastal Carolina Community Colleges very own Small Business Center. 910-938-6322 or [email protected]. Business Basics Tuesday, 3/4/14 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Roxanne Reed Fee: FREE Seminar Join us at this two-hour seminar designed to provide basic information to individuals who are thinking about starting a business. This information includes business planning, financing, licensing, and evaluating one’s entrepreneurial aptitude. Attendees will be given packets of information that will allow them to begin the process of starting a business. Doing the 501(c)(3) Thing Tuesday, 3/4/14 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Sam Gore Fee: FREE Seminar The benefits of 501(c)(3) status and the ability to apply for government and foundation grants can be vital to the success of your non-profit organization. The IRS receives tens of thousands of them each year! In 2008, one IRS official estimated that organizations not represented by attorneys, accountants or other tax professionals account for 70% of the exemption applications submitted. This seminar will carefully guide you through the Form 1023 and provide vital information concerning how to respond to statements and questions needed to satisfy IRS reviewers. 15 Common Mistakes that Will Undermine Any Small Business Thursday, 3/6/14 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Bob Moore Fee: FREE Seminar Opening and operating a small business normally involves a great deal of time and a substantial financial investment. During this seminar, you will learn the fifteen most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs that ultimately undermine their business. Regardless of whether you are opening or operating a business, regardless of the size of your company, this seminar will prove to be invaluable in helping you form a legal, profitable, and growing business. Small Business Roundtable Friday, 3/7/14 8:30 am - 10:00 am Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Pete Ellis, Jr. Fee: FREE Seminar In this session, participants will learn best practices and share secrets of success to effectively operate their small businesses. How to Do Business with the Government Wednesday, 3/12/14 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Madison Toone Fee: FREE Seminar Attend this seminar to find out if your small business can make money through government contracting. Learn about the internet-based procurement systems launched by the Federal and North Carolina Governments. Follow the procurement process, from the registration and certification requirements to finding out what and where the government is buying. Learn about contract preference programs, who they benefit, and how they work. Get contacts and resources for further advice and assistance should you decide to pursue government business. This seminar will de-mystify government procurement so you can make an informed decision on whether to enter this important market. Bulletproof Your Business Start-Up Thursday, 3/13/14 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Russ Seagle Fee: FREE Seminar It takes more than a business plan, know-how and capital to start a successful business. This seminar will show you how to start a business thats not only successful, but bulletproof, as well. Learn the 16 things you absolutely must have to avoid to build a bulletproof business. Youll also learn the 4 critical differences between a business thats good and a business thats Bulletproof. Plan a Winning Website for Your Small Business Wednesday, 3/19/14 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Cindy Edwards Fee: FREE Seminar Too often businesses create a website only to learn that it does not meet their goals. In this session, learn how to design your site so that visitors will stay, learn, shop and come back for more. Find out what kind of content you need and how much to “give away” to convert visitors into customers. Small Business Roundtable Wednesday, 3/19/14 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Pete Ellis, Jr. Fee: FREE Seminar In this session, participants will learn best practices and share secrets of success to effectively operate their small businesses. Credit 101 – Are You Bankable Thursday, 3/20/14 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Don Spry & Larry Riter Fee: FREE Seminar Having good credit and being bankable and lendable is the key to success for most any small business. This seminar will provide tips and lead discussion on how to build good credit and how to keep a strong credit standing. Learn how to help protect against identity theft and how to build credit and/or to rebuild adverse credit. Information on lending programs available through the Small Business Administration will also be provided. Business Networking for Artists & Crafters Tuesday, 3/25/14 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Laura Voss Fee: FREE Seminar In this session, participants will learn best practices and share secrets of success for effectively operating their arts and crafts business. Topics for each monthly session are carefully selected to enable participants to gain knowledge and experience. The unique monthly topic will center on one or more of the following: discussion of trends in marketing and showcasing art and craft products; best practices for networking; increasing sales; pricing products; exhibiting in art and craft shows and festivals; and website marketing. Marketing Your Small Business with Pinterest Wednesday, 3/26/14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Martin Brossman Fee: FREE Seminar A results-driven Pinterest for business training. Learn how to use Pinterest, the newest social media service, to drive traffic to your business website, establish credibility, convey expertise and a sense of who you are as a business person, and develop a relationship with clients and partners. Pinterest marketing is most obviously useful for anyone who uses pictures of their work as a sales tool. However, people in many other fields are learning how they can use Pinterest to send traffic to their business as well. Learn how small businesses are successfully using Pinterest! How to Write a Business Plan Thursday, 3/27/14 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Melton Skills Center, Room 104 Jim Howell Fee: FREE Seminar Learn how to prepare a business plan that will help raise money and also help you manage your business. The important components of a plan will be discussed and a complete business plan will be reviewed in detail. Links to available business planning software will also be provided. ________________________________________ Starting and operating a successful business is hard work, and we are here to help you in any way we can! To register, for classroom location, or additional information, please reply to: Center for Business & Industry Development, [email protected] or call Diana Reyes at (910) 938-6322 or Katie Anderson at (910) 938-6389.
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