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April 29 - Social Media for Small Business
Social media can be a very powerful tool for business growth, but first you need to know what it is and how it works. In this fun and interactive workshop, we’ll look at the basics of today’s popular social media channels—including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest—and decide which are right for you. You’ll develop a social media plan that will drive business results without a big investment of time and energy.
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April 29 - Content Is King
A two hour learning experience where you will get to expand your knowledge into the visual branding world and learn tips & tricks about posting! (i.e. what type of content will work for your brand and how to get your message out there).
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April 29 - Streamline Your Business Operations
With the skills learned in this workshop you'll feel confident that you're pre-loading your sales pipeline for when the tap is turned back on. HBEC is excited to have Sven, from Always Bearded and Hometown Brawn to speak to fellow entrepreneurs on automating your business tasks on a budget! Covid-19 has undoubtedly slowed down our businesses, and the economy, almost to a standstill.
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April 30 - Maximizing Your Online Advertising Budget
You don't need a big budget to get noticed on the web - you just need creativity! Savvy businesses are using bootstrap digital marketing techniques to amplify their message online. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the tricks and tools needed to market your business effectively on a shoestring budget.
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April 30 - Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce Business After 5
Mark your calendar to join us virtually for our Business After 5 meeting using Zoom's video-conferencing technology. Get ready to introduce your business, win prizes and listen to our guest speakers from the Royal Bank (RBC) share news about the financial support available for small business
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April 30 - Leadership in Times of Crisis
Every day leaders face a never-ending stream of challenges that require them to not only rise to the challenge but to be problem solvers. Even though these problems and challenges are part of a normal day, what’s not anticipated is the chaos that arrives unexpectedly from a disaster or tragedy. Managing a crisis situation is possible if you understand what is required to succeed. Being courageous as a leader is a great starting point when working in crisis.
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April 30 - Force Majeure Clauses
Thirsty for knowledge? The COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly, leaving so much unknown about how it will affect businesses and their continuity. Sandbox and the Barrie Chamber invite you to BYOB and quench your thirst with the lawyers of Barriston Law for a FREE webinar conversation on this week’s topic: Force Majeure Clauses – how are contractual obligations impacted by covid-19?
Digital Service Squad Live
May Dates: 5, 12, 19, 26
Your Digital Service Squad is here to help. Join Ben Frisch every Tuesday at 10am for a Facebook live video. He'll be focusing on digital marketing, tips, advice, and support to help navigate this dificult time for businesses. You can connect, ask questions and suggest new topics. Upcoming topics Include: Getting started with E-commerce, Selling on social media, how to use tools like zoom, and slack to adapt and continue operating your business.
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May 4 - How To Take Your Business Online
This series will begin with a 90 minute session to learn how to look at your business from a 10 thousand ft. view and to pick out those elements that allow movement into the online space. This includes market research, creating a SWOT analysis, and an overview of tools to leverage online transactions.
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May 5 - SEO Fundamentals
You have a website, but how do customers find it? You need to drive traffic to your website by making sure your business shows up on Google when customers search. This beginner workshop will teach you how to connect your business to customer searches on Google and how to optimize your website and digital presence for Google, without costing you money.
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May 7 - Leadercast: Positive Disruption
This is the one Leadership Development Event you don’t want to miss! Be a part of an extraordinary event that will make you a better leader. Leadercast Live is the largest, one-day leadership event in the world is broadcast live each year from Atlanta to hundreds of Host Sites around the world. This career-changing leadership event brings together globally respected experts on one stage to share knowledge and insights from their leadership journeys.
At Leadercast Positive Disruption, discover how to upset the status quo to incite positive change that will echo throughout your organization
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May 11 - Mastermind Implementation
This session will be a 1 week follow-up to the May 4th How To Take Your Business Online session to review homework and continue to validate the business model you want to launch online together.
May 12 - Key Skills for Effective Boards of Directors
At their best, Boards of Directors help leadership to tackle tomorrow’s challenges, and act as a material positive contributor to organizational success. So what do you do when poor governance practices, lack of commitment, personal agendas, or unawareness of proper processes prevent their primary purpose and become a drag on management’s time?
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May 12 - Social Media for Business 201
This seminar is ideal for participants who already have a presence on social media to promote their business or organization. Topics include: social media best practices, creating good social content, including increasing likes and engagement, as well as a brief introduction to social media advertising.
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May 13 - eCommerce Options for Small Business
You have a website, but how do customers find it? You need to drive traffic to your website by making sure your business shows up on Google when customers search. This beginner workshop will teach you how to connect your business to customer searches on Google and how to optimize your website and digital presence for Google, without costing you money.
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May 13 - E-Commerce During the Age of the ePocalyse
In this online webinar, Sean will walk you through all of the major website platforms, core techniques and most valuable skills to get your company and products selling online. You will learn how to leverage your brand with innovative web technologies to deliver visually compelling, optimized websites that are designed to drive your success.
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May 21 - Facebook and Instagram Advertising on a Budget
Whether you have $0, $50, or $100 a month to spend on Facebook and Instagram, you can still reach your target customers and clients. Discover some creative ways to do so in this beginner-level webinar.
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May 25 - Social Media for Small Business
Social media can be a very powerful tool for business growth, but first you need to know what it is and how it works. In this fun and interactive workshop, we’ll look at the basics of today’s popular social media channels—including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest—and decide which are right for you. You’ll develop a social media plan that will drive business results without a big investment of time and energy.
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May 25 - How To Launch Your Online Business
This session will be a follow-up to the May 11th Mastermind Implementation session, where participants will continue to ask questions and review how your online business is doing.
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May 27 - Google Analytics for Small Business
Ever wondered who’s visiting your website, and what they’re doing there? Google Analytics can tell you all of that and more. Discover the fundamentals of Google Analytics in this beginner-level webinar.
