Southeastern CT SCORE Workshop Announcement

Southeastern CT SCORE, in conjunction with Three Rivers Community College and sponsored by Dime Bank of Norwich, is pleased to offer this four part Workshop Series in September. Each of the Workshops deals with some aspect of doing business in today's highly technical world. Each Presenter is an expert in their field and brings a wealth of real life experience to the table.

Registrations for these four Workshops are being handled by the  Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT. You must sign up at the link provided for each of the Workshops individually.


How to Survive Going Solo: What does it take to succeed?
This workshop will help the small business person gain an understanding of what characteristics are needed to survive as a solo business owner. Topics covered include survivor's guide, what is in it for me, due diligence, risk taking, are you ready to quit your day job (family, financially and emotionally), biggest mistakes, how to pay for jelly beans, and critical success factors. Presenter: Jim Toner.

Date: September 14, 2010
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eCommerce: How to get business to your website
How to build your business on the Internet, setting website goals, how to monitor, manage, and optimize website results, keeping your website current, know your website cost and determine the value of social networks to improve your brand, an overview of eCommerce auction and sale sites, and legal and other considerations of doing business on the Internet. Presenters: Andrew Brooks and Eric Steinmetz.

Date:September 16, 2010
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Marketing in 2010: Smart, Savvy and Social
Topics include: Rethinking your marketing plan after the 2009 recession ends, is your business mission still valid, have your customers changed, how a marketing plan can put you on the path to success, differentiating your business from competitors, identifying your real customer, defining the served markets, tools to reach target customers, importance of pricing, measuring customer satisfaction, and obtaining referrals, and strategic partnering, social networking (i.e., Facebook) as a marketing tool, and ways to calculate revenue or sales. Presenters: Dennis Peoples and Andrew Brooks.

Date: September 21, 2010
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The Economic Challenges of a Down Market: Position yourself for coming out of the 2009 recession
Why you need a business plan, does your family support this endeavor, personal finances, suggestions to reduce personal and business expenses, tips on credit scores, five sources of financing other than banks (home equity, family or friend, 401k, or angel), tips for saving the business experiencing greatly reduced income, start up costs, positioning yourself for coming out of the 2009 recession and reviewing and managing cash flow. Presenter: Nazz Paciotti.

Date: September 23, 2010
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TIME AND LOCATION:
Time: 5:30 - 7-30pm
Location: Three Rivers Community College
574 New London Tpk., Norwich, CT 06360
Room B127


REGISTRATION:
Please visit these links to sign up for the workshops:
How to Survive Going Solo
eCommerce
Marketing in 2010
The Economic Challenges of a Down Market


SPONSOR:
Dime Bank, Norwich, CT