Be on the lookout for SCORE Mentor’s upcoming events for September 2014. Register here for any of the webinars below.
How to Become Your Own Boss
September 4 at 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacific
Are you unhappy with your soul-sapping job? Have you always wanted to be your own boss? Don’t just quit! You need to create a plan to fire your boss–first. In today’s business environment, small business owners have even less time to hit it big with their target customer. The key to success is not only to create a sound business concept, but also taking the time to figure out the business of running a business.
Let America’s #1 small business expert and Melinda Emerson, “SmallBizLady” teach you her proven step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur.
Attendees will learn:
- What’s involved in Starting a Small Business
- The Emerson Planning System
- Funding Your Start-up
- Developing a Niche
- 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail
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How to Really Start Your Own Business
September 9 at 12PM Eastern / 9AM Pacific
Experts from SCORE will share starting success secrets, including focusing your business idea and where to look for small business financing.
Sponsored by The Company Corporation and presented by SCORE mentors Steven Bloom and Julie Brander this webinar will give you the information you need for starting your own business.
Everyone has a dream and it’s time to follow yours.
Increase Sales
The 10 Most Effective, Least Expensive Marketing Strategies to Increase Sales in the Next 90 Days
September 11 at 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacific
Maui Mastermind David Finkel returns to share ten powerful strategies to reliably generate leads and ways to do so systematically so you sustain these efforts even when your business gets busy.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- A simple “reactivation campaign” to get 15% or more of your old customers to come back and repurchase from you.
- 2 Formalized referral systems to grow your client base by 25% for less than $100.
- A little-known strategy to turn your vendors into a free sales force for your products and services.
- How to create your “Gateway Offer” so that your customer’s first purchase leads to the richest relationship for both of you.
- How to leverage “Marque” customers, vendors, and strategic partners to radically increase conversion percentages.