Whether you’re a local business owner or thinking about starting up, SCOREMentors have many opportunities to learn the tricks of the trade nearby or online! Check out this month’s events & webinars:
Events
Struggling with Your Payroll Administration?
When: Friday July 15, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Where: Washtenaw Community College
This seminar is designed for those who are struggling with Payroll, Human Resources and 401K Benefits or would like to update their knowledge. Professional experts in the field of human resources will answer the difficult questions.
Key Concepts discussed during seminar:
- Review of issues in Payroll, Human Resources, 401K Benefits
- Understand Payroll Administration, Legal Issues surrounding wages and contract employees, tax withholding and payment
- Human Resource Management including hiring, benefits, and insurance
- Administration and Management of a 401K Benefit, starting and amending.
Webinars
Retail Revelations: How Local Businesses Can Compete – and Win – in the Amazon Era
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Time: 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
With so many customers gravitating to lower prices offered on the internet, it’s paramount for local retailers and specialty stores to nurture customer loyalty with fabulous in-store shopping experiences and to prudently manage their markups, inventory and turnover.
In this webinar, Ritchie Sayner, a SCORE mentor and successful retail consultant, will offer ways local retailers can increase in-store sales and run more profitable, businesses despite competition from goliaths such as Amazon, Zappos, and other online markets.
Unexpected Ways to Grow Your Blog Subscriber List
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
The internet is cluttered with advice on how to grow your blog subscriber list. Meanwhile, startups and small businesses are struggling to allot the time, resources, and budget to execute an effective blog strategy. How can we afford to write new content weekly? Wait, there’s more to running a blog than just writing words?
In this webinar, presented in partnership with Staples, you’ll learn how to optimize and automate your content marketing to save your team time while building a truly efficient and effective content creation engine.
Date: Wednesday, Jul 27, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
This webinar will help you identify the different types of offers and promotions that could work for your organization, and you will learn how to run a successful promotion, from goal-setting to measuring your results.
Your presenter for this webinar series is Tamara Jaros of Spark Your Leads, a boutique of digital marketing solutions for the small business owner focusing on lead generation.
Out on a Limb – Smart Ways To Reduce Your Risk in Business
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2016
Time: 03:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
It goes with the territory. As a small business owner you embrace and accept this fact: Running a small business necessarily involves taking risks. The key is to minimize the ones which would have the greatest negative consequences on your business.
During this lively and engaging webinar, USA TODAY senior small business columnist Steve Strauss will outline prevalent risks faced by many small business owners, and then offer savvy strategies that can be used to minimize them.