GRSBDC Training Schedule
December 2011 - January 2012 Schedule
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Starting a Business 101
Are you thinking of going out on your own and starting a business, but not sure where to start? There are many things that you should know before venturing on your own. This class will focus on a feasibility study to determine success potential and step-by-step instruction on the necessary start-up tasks including an outline for a business plan.
March 14, 2012 - Chesterfield Department of Economic Development
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Cost: $20 - Bring your own lunch.
Advance registration suggested.
To register, call Jackie Carter at (804) 783-9314 or Register Online
February 21, 2012, 11:30am – 1:30pm
Henrico County Economic Development Authority
Millions of times a day, people use foursquare to check in and share where they are. Whether checking out a new restaurant, meeting up with friends, or visiting a favorite boutique, they are chronicling and sharing their adventures as a business or brand on foursquare. Instructor – Daulton West, Jr., President of ASocialMediaChampion4U.com
February 22, 2012, 11:30am – 1:30pm
Chesterfield Department of Economic Development
An enticing 30 second introduction that creates interest in your business and you. It creates a need to know more about your business and succinctly describes what your business is all about while forming a personal and business impression in this 2 hour workshop.
March 6, 2012, 11:30am -1:30pm
Henrico County Economic Development Authority
Overview of HR practices required in today's highly regulated and competitive environment. This seminar focuses on how to manage the five most common employment risks that can sink a small business owner and how to make the right hire the FIRST time around and avoid the high cost of doing it again after you've been disappointed. Instructor: R. Rushton Paul, Jr., J.D., SPHR, President, R. Rushton Paul Consulting, LLC. Cost: $20 - Includes Course Hand-outs and Snacks Provided.
March 7, 2012, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Hanover Department of Economic Development
An online social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets" in this 2 hour workshop.
Instructor – Daulton West, Jr., President at ASocialMediaChampion4U.com
March 14, 2012, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Greater Richmond Chamber
Learn how to effectively utilize the LinkedIn social networking tool to effectively network and market your business on-line in this 2 hour workshop.
Instructor - Rick Curry, The Coach and Wheeler Dealer at: Addison Clark Online
March 20, 2012, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Henrico County Department of Economic Development
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) utilizes the four keyword matching options that will determine which Google searches will trigger your ads to appear. These options can help you control who sees your ads. You can set each search-targeted keyword to have one of those four settings. To use a keyword matching option, just add the appropriate punctuation to your keyword in this hour workshop.
Instructor – Shade Wilson, President Scalability Project LLC , A Digital Marketing Company
March 21, 2012, 11:30am -1:30pm
Hanover County Department of Economic Development
Learn how to effectively utilize Facebook social networking tool for business marketing, branding and networking in this 2 hour workshop. Instructor: R. Rushton Paul, Jr. JD SPHR, President, R. Rushton Paul Consulting, LLC.
March 28, 2012, 11:30am - 1:30pm
A free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. The product is aimed at marketers as opposed to webmasters and technologists from which the industry of web analytics originally grew. Google Analytics is used at around 49.95% of the top 1,000,000 websites. Instructor – Shade Wilson, Digital Marketing Consultant