Four NEW workshops to help you USE THE WEB to grow your business plus SNEAK PREVIEW of April programs.

SNEAK PREVIEW
April Programs

April 10 - Employees and Subcontractors: Recruit Retain and Comply - Employment law issues are a challenge for small businesses—but the more you know the more you can protect your company. Click here for details.

April 24 - Mid-size Company program: Managing a Mid Size Company for Growth and Profit - It’s not easy letting go of the day to day operation of your business but you have to do it to succeed. This workshop explores ways to make it easier. Click here for details.

All workshops held at The Enterprise Center
at Salem State College
121 Loring Ave. Salem, MA 01970

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Free One on One Sessions

March 5 - Walter Manninen "Writing a Business Plan"

March 12 - Antoinette G. Giugliano, Esq. – “Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Trade Secrets”

March 19 - Francis Pelletier "Public Speaking Skills"

Details and Registration

March is "TECH MONTH"

How can you use established and new technology to get a competitive edge? These four workshops offer a great range of topics designed to help! Pick one or all.

March 6 - Ten Ways to Improve Your Website
March 11 - Profitable Marketing on the Web
March 20 - Best NEW Ways to Reach Customers
March 25 - Starting a Business on Ebay - Half Day

Click on a title for more information, or
register on our website

Thank you to those who entered
the North of Boston 2008
Business Plan Competition


Dont forget full plans are due March 28 by 5:00pm!
See our website for details
www.enterprisectr.org/bpc

Enterprise Workshops Available ONLINE Free

Workshop audiocasts are available for FREE on our website. Get details or go to the website for more information.

All sessions are held at the Enterprise Center
121 Loring Avenue Salem, MA 01970

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Ten Ways to Improve Your Website
Thursday, March 6 – 8:30 to 10:30am

Breathing new life into your existing business website is simple, essential and economical.
Learn web design trends and quick and simple things you can do today to draw business
to your website. Speaker is Leighton O'Connor, Founder, blueSWIRLS.com.
Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center. Register for this FREE workshop!

Profitable Marketing on the Web
Tuesday, March 11 – 8:30 to 10:30am

Learn how search engine marketing, web design and programming must be done in
unison to be effective. Speaker is John McDougall, President, McDougall
Interactive, LLC
. Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!

Best NEW Ways to Reach Customers
Thursday, March 20 – 8:30 to 10:30am

Text Messaging, Online Commercials, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs and More
Register for this FREE workshop!

Starting a Business on Ebay - SPECIAL HALF DAY WORKSHOP
Tuesday, March 25 - 9:00am to Noon
The world of online sales has exploded in the past decade! These days, anyone
can make items or services available through a wide variety of means. 
Whether you use Ebay as a business tool or a hobby this workshop
covers the basic concepts of eBay selling. It will cover auctions, fixed price sales
and eBay stores, as well as pricing, inventory and listing management software and services.
The speaker is Chris Damianakos of The Soiree Group .
Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Admission to this event is $25
Register for this workshop!

Employees & Subcontractors: Recruit, Retain and Comply
April 10 — 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Some of the most challenging issues facing small business owners involve
their most important assets — people! Developing and retaining a loyal,
productive team while complying with employment laws is a critical management task.
This workshop will help your Massachusetts business better manage employee
and contractor issues, and assist you in avoiding legal issues.
Speaker: Laurie LaBrie, Integrated Staffing, Inc. Presented by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!

Managing A Mid-Size Company For Growth And Profit
April 24 — 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Do you have what it takes to be a good manager? Do you have the team
in place to grow your business? This workshop — aimed at mid-size company
leaders — focuses on key management skills needed as companies add employees.
From the basics of good delegation to organizational development, strategic
management planning, and recruiting good talent, this workshop will help you plan
for a very profitable future. Led by Marc Chinoy, author of multiple books relate
to Planning and Management and experienced in assisting mid-size and large companies
to expand and compete effectively, this workshop is your opportunity to learn from the best.
Co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!

Enterprise Workshops Available ONLINE Free
For a specific audio cast, click on any title, fill out the brief information
(for demographic purposes only) and turn up your speakers!

please email any comments, suggestions or other info to info@enterprisectr.org

Did you know?
You can now use Pay Pal to prepay for any of our cost-workshops!
When registering on the web site, simply click the "prepay online" link,
and you will be able to use our secure online payment system.

About the Enterprise Center
The Enterprise Center at Salem State College is both a non-profit business
incubator where small businesses may lease space in the center's building and
a virtual center for North Shore entrepreneurs at every stage of business
development. Opened in 1998, the Enterprise Center offers office space for
start-up and established companies and provides dozens of free programs
designed to help small business owners and employees improve their business
skills. The Enterprise Center also holds an annual Business Plan Competition
aimed at finding high growth companies and is active in an initiative to grow the
creative economy on the North Shore. The Enterprise Center manifests the
commitment of Salem State College to be a major force in the economic and
cultural development of the North Shore in the 21st Century and a
"good neighbor" in the City of Salem.

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