The LA SBDC Network offers no-cost virtual business workshops for small businesses in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.
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September 2023
Webinar: Easy Website Optimization Tips that Improves Website Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Do you have a website that you feel should be performing better? Does it seem like your website traffic plateaued? Or, maybe you are having difficulty engaging your visitors with your website? First thing, you are not alone! Second thing, you now have a webinar to attend that provides easy-to-do website optimization tips that will improve your situation. Join our Web Development Specialist, Darren Elliott as he explains what you can do to improve your website traffic and visitor engagement. …
Find out more »Webinar-Black Friday & Cyber Monday Bootcamp: Priming Your E-commerce Business for Peak Performance
The holiday shopping season, punctuated by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, presents a golden opportunity for e-commerce businesses to maximize sales and attract new customers. However, the surge in traffic and heightened competition also brings its own set of challenges. Are you prepared to seize the moment? This webinar is designed to ensure you are. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »October 2023
Webinar – Digital Marketing #1 in Spanish
Mercadeo Digital – Entra en la nueva era de la tecnología antes de que sea demasiado tarde para ti y tu negocio. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar: How to Increase Product Page Ranking and Visibility with Search Engines
So many websites include online stores, but many of them are producing luke-warm results, at best! Why? Most of the time, it is because they fail to follow today’s search engine “rules of the road”. Attend this webinar presented by our SBDC Web and Online Marketing Specialist, Darren Elliott, where he will walk you through a very informative and enlightening presentation. They are easy search engine optimizations you can do yourself! So, enroll today, to create a better result for…
Find out more »Academia Digital Para Su Negocio
programa 8/30 estrategia de marketing potencia la imagen y las ventas de tu negocio. 9/6 marketing digital/redes sociales revoluciona tu negocio con estrategias para alcanzar el éxito en línea. 9/20 ventas online crea tu página web y potencia tu presencia en marketplaces para incrementar tus ventas. 9/27 canva y chatgpt amplifica la presencia visual de tu negocio con este taller interactivo. 10/4 whatsapp para negocios eleva tus ventas y conquista clientes con esta poderosa herramienta.
Find out more »Webinar: Digital Marketing #1
Description: This series allows participants to learn about Digital Marketing including tips on how to develop a strong, low-to-no-cost marketing plan and internet strategy. Collaborative marketing strategies that can help develop QUALIFIED social media followers, and funnel traffic to your website will be featured. Do it your self tips on Content, Web Design and Search Engine Optimization will be shared. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Biz Basics: Marketing 101
Understanding the basics of marketing is vital for successful launch and growth of any business. Marketing is the discipline where you learn how to create & maintain demand, relevance, reputation, competitive positioning and more. Marketing is integral in all facets of launching, growing and maintaining your business in the short and long term. Marketing provides unique insights and direction to develop a product/service, identify/reach your target market, create compelling content, engage/inform customers and establish brand relevance. During this class we will introduce the concepts…
Find out more »How To Sell When You’re Not A Salesperson
Business owners and entrepreneurs must promote their business or products to investors, customers or clients. Often, this is something they have never done before, and they lack training to approach the challenge. To address this situation, this workshop has been built to help you learn much of what you need to know. Topics covered include: • The psychological barriers that could be holding you back and the tools required to overcome them. • Understanding the components of an effective…
Find out more »Webinar: How to Keep a Web Designer/Developer On Track and On The Level
If it hasn’t happened to you, it certainly has happened to so many unknowing business owners: An unethical designer/developer can hold your website or domain for ransom. It often begins as a trusting relationship, but sometimes turns into a nightmare, quickly. So, what can you do to help avoid this? What can you do to help protect yourself and your project? Well, our SBDC Web Development Specialist, Darren Elliott, will show you How to Keep a Web Designer on…
Find out more »Webinar: Easy-To-Do Tips that will Improve your Website Performance
Don’t pay an expensive developer to do what you could be doing yourself. Don’t think so? Then you need to attend this webinar. Join our own SBDC Web Developer and Digital Marketing Consultant, Darren Elliott for a very educational and fun webinar, where you will learn the “secret sauce” to helping improve your site’s performance. Best of all, the improvements are all you can do on your own! Sign up today, to improve your site’s performance. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »How to Podcast at Home with AI Tools
Have you always wanted to start a podcast but don’t know where to begin? Podcasting is the new Blogging and can help you build your reputation as a subject matter expert and thought leaders. With A.I. tools it is easier than ever to Podcast. In this interactive Webinar, you will discover: Why should I Podcast? How to create your show concept? What equipment do I need to do it at home? What A.I. tools can you use to save you…
Find out more »Webinar – Inteligencia artificial estratégica: introducción básica para mejorar el éxito empresarial
¿Qué es la Inteligencia Artificial (IA)? Presentará algunas aplicaciones para su negocio, Aprende haciendo ejercicios prácticos, Le proporcionaremos enlaces y recursos, REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar: Digital Marketing #2
This series allows participants to learn about Digital Marketing including tips on how to develop a strong, low-to-no-cost marketing plan and internet strategy. Collaborative marketing strategies that can help develop QUALIFIED social media followers, and funnel traffic to your website will be featured. Do it your self tips on Content, Web Design and Search Engine Optimization will be shared. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Supercharge Your Sales Growth—Sales Strategies That Work!
What You’ll Learn: 2023 is almost over. Are your sales, donors or members growing? Does your business struggle with converting your ideas, products and services into stronger sales results? Learn how to unlock and overcome your sales and fundraising hurdles to help your team reach new record-breaking success. Increase your potential using smarter strategies and digital tools to thrive and expand your 4th quarter growth! Attendees of This Presentation Will Learn How To: • Set your sales goals and help your team achieve…
Find out more »Special Event: Grow With Google: Optimize Your Energy for High Performance
Learn how to more effectively balance your energy and master your time to enhance overall productivity. You will get practical guidance, resources and exercises to incorporate in work and life. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Live Q&A: All About Social Media For Your Business
Are you overwhelmed by Social Media marketing? Are you posting but not seeing likes convert to sales? Join the Long Beach SBDC for our Live Social Media Q&A, addressing questions on how to effectively use social media to grow your business. SBDC Marketing and Social Media advisor Deborah Deras, and Brad Pollak, Director of the Long Beach SBDC, will interact live with the audience via Zoom and answer questions covering a broad range of social media topics including how to…
Find out more »Webinar – Google and Yelp Set Up for Business
With a Profile of my business in Google your company can stand out for free in Maps and Google Search. With the features we will teach, you can interact with existing customers or find new ones. You will learn to enter the information that your company needs so that you appear on the first pages of the search. We will talk about how to enter the type of business, description, how to mount photos, and more. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Webinar – Google y yelp para negocios
Con un Perfil de mi negocio en Google tu empresa podrá destacarse gratis en Maps y Búsqueda de Google. Con las funciones que le enseñaremos, podrá interactuar con clientes existentes o encontrar otros nuevos. Aprenderás a ingresar la información que tu empresa necesita para que aparezcas en las primeras páginas de la búsqueda. Hablaremos de cómo ingresar el tipo de negocio, descripción, cómo montar fotos y más. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »WEBINAR Writing a Winning Press Release
You’ve got a hot new product or service that you would like your prospective customers to know about. Or maybe, there has been a problem at your business that is attracting media attention. Whatever, the circumstance, knowing how to prepare a professional press release is a valuable skill for any business owner. In this webinar, we will examine what the media is looking for in a good press release. This a a hands-on workshop where participants will learn the parts of a press release and how to attract the attention of media…
Find out more »Social Media & AI Q&A: Get Your Questions Answered
Are you overwhelmed by Social Media marketing? Are you posting but not seeing likes convert to sales? Join the Pasadena SBDC for our Live Social Media Q&A, addressing questions on how to effectively use social media to grow your business. SBDC Marketing and Social Media advisor Deborah Deras will interact live with the audience via Zoom and answer questions covering a broad range of social media topics including how to clarify social media marketing goals, how to structure your messaging,…
Find out more »Webinar: 7 Steps to Maintaining Your WordPress Website
Description: As much fun as it is to develop a WordPress site, it does take a certain amount of knowledge to properly care for and maintain it. In this webinar SBDC Digital Marketing Consultant and Web Developer, Darren Elliott will walk you through the key areas of the WordPress dashboard that pose the highest security threats, and require the most attention, to help keep things running smooth. Maybe you are a DIY web builder, or you want to learn more to better…
Find out more »Webinar: 10 Reasons Your Page Won’t Rank- Even Though It’s Optimized
It would be nice to think; “Build it and they will come.” Truth is, there are key steps that must be included, and our own Web Developer and Marketing Consultant, Darren Elliott, will be demonstrating and simplifying these steps, just for you. By the end of this webinar, you will have the confidence and clarity to improve your site’s page performance. Sign up today! REGISTER NOW
Find out more »How to Podcast at Home with AI Tools
Have you always wanted to start a podcast but don’t know where to begin? Podcasting is the new Blogging and can help you build your reputation as a subject matter expert and thought leader. With A.I. tools it is easier than ever to Podcast. In this interactive webinar, you will discover: · Why should I Podcast? · How to create your show concept? · What equipment do I need to do it at home? · What A.I. tools…
Find out more »WEBINAR E-Smarts: Digital Marketing Automation-Leverage Your Business Growth
This workshop will go over how you can set up an automated Digital Marketing system to grow your business by leverage your time using systems. Regardless of your business, you will learn how to take advantage of automation to beat your competitors and free up your valuable time. In this workshop you will discover: How to find and attract potential customers How to take interested leads and turn them into paying customers How to increase the lifetime value of your customers How…
Find out more »Webinar – Manage Your Social Media Platforms – Meta Business Suite
Do you want to create posts on FB and IG @ the same time, Learn to schedule posts in the future, Respond to comments and Inbox messages from one place, What information should be there, How to manage your settings, Who should you give authorization to admin your page, How to upload pictures and videos, amoung many other tips, Learn using the Business Suite in general, If you could connect via a laptop will be better, Just come prepared to…
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