Events Calendar - Chamber Of Commerce

Having a focused business plan has never proven so important. Successful business planning leads to successful business results, and the ability to change course when all around you is also changing. This webinar will cover all aspects of creating a business plan, as well as emphasize the importance of setting measurable strategies and tactics to help achieve these goals. In this interactive seminar, you will learn how to: -Break apart components of the business plan into manageable steps. -Define your business succinctly. -Research your competition and target market. -Develop your operating and marketing plans. -Start understanding your financial statements ... read more

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Do you struggle to come up with relevant content worth posting? Do you want to go from ?likes? to sales online? The first thing is to develop a strategy that is going to attract your ideal client. Having a solid content calendar will take away the stress of what to post and when to post and how to get sales from your post. During this webinar you will discover: --The 5 steps to create content that sells --How to become aware of seasonal opportunities, holidays, and other events that will result in sales --How to organize your content in a scheduler so it is easy to post --How to curate the content you already have and be able to post it strategically --How to create an irresistible offer that leads to more sales ... read more

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 sales pitch. -Learning the tools necessary to build an effective pitch for your business/product. -The sales process, including how to develop a plan to address each client?s needs and set realistic goals for yourself. ... read more

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Gain The Resilience Advantage Plan Now to Prepare ? Respond ? Recover We?re seeing the severe economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Imagine how much worse it could be if a major earthquake hit California?s urban areas. The human toll in terms of deaths and injuries could be staggering. Collapsed buildings and infrastructure could take years ? even decades ? to fully replace. Much of our housing could be destroyed. Many businesses would likely never reopen. Avoiding this terrible scenario is the purpose of The Resilience Advantage webinar series. A coalition of leading business organizations is now in its fourth year of providing educational programming to assist business and community leaders prepare for natural disasters. These webinars will bring you informative conversations with leading experts in many disciplines on relevant and timely topics, emerging issues and concerns in communication, developments in the profession, our community, and more. Our programs will help overcome the myths and inertia that have in too many cases held back adoption of resilience techniques. We?ll show you the facts. We?ll bring you up to date on how you can protect your business, buildings, investment, employees and future from potential devastation. Join us for these important conversations about protecting California?s economy and quality of life! ... read more

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Hosted by LA SBDC Associate Director Ted Hiatt, and financial experts Lori Williams and GB Bajaj, these webinars will focus on the PPP2 and will cover: who is eligible how to apply loan details how to use the funds On Wednesdays, Lori will cover how to calculate wages for the PPP application - for employees and business owners (sole proprietors - independent contractors, LLCs, and partnerships.) You'll also learn how to calculate the 25% revenue reduction to confirm eligibility for second draw PPP applicants. You may want to have a copy of your 2019 tax return in front of you so you can follow along. GB will present on Thursdays and will also cover tax implications as they relate to PPP and EIDL . Join us! ... read more

Hosted by LA SBDC Associate Director Ted Hiatt, and financial experts Lori Williams and GB Bajaj, these webinars will focus on the PPP2 and will cover: who is eligible how to apply loan details how to use the funds On Wednesdays, Lori will cover how to calculate wages for the PPP application - for employees and business owners (sole proprietors - independent contractors, LLCs, and partnerships.) You'll also learn how to calculate the 25% revenue reduction to confirm eligibility for second draw PPP applicants. You may want to have a copy of your 2019 tax return in front of you so you can follow along. GB will present on Thursdays and will also cover tax implications as they relate to PPP and EIDL . Join us! ... read more

Hosted by LA SBDC Associate Director Ted Hiatt, and financial experts Lori Williams and GB Bajaj, these webinars will focus on the PPP2 and will cover: who is eligible how to apply loan details how to use the funds On Wednesdays, Lori will cover how to calculate wages for the PPP application - for employees and business owners (sole proprietors - independent contractors, LLCs, and partnerships.) You'll also learn how to calculate the 25% revenue reduction to confirm eligibility for second draw PPP applicants. You may want to have a copy of your 2019 tax return in front of you so you can follow along. GB will present on Thursdays and will also cover tax implications as they relate to PPP and EIDL . Join us! ... read more

Hosted by LA SBDC Associate Director Ted Hiatt, and financial experts Lori Williams and GB Bajaj, these webinars will focus on the PPP2 and will cover: who is eligible how to apply loan details how to use the funds On Wednesdays, Lori will cover how to calculate wages for the PPP application - for employees and business owners (sole proprietors - independent contractors, LLCs, and partnerships.) You'll also learn how to calculate the 25% revenue reduction to confirm eligibility for second draw PPP applicants. You may want to have a copy of your 2019 tax return in front of you so you can follow along. GB will present on Thursdays and will also cover tax implications as they relate to PPP and EIDL . Join us! ... read more

Hosted by LA SBDC Associate Director Ted Hiatt, and financial experts Lori Williams and GB Bajaj, these webinars will focus on the PPP2 and will cover: who is eligible how to apply loan details how to use the funds On Wednesdays, Lori will cover how to calculate wages for the PPP application - for employees and business owners (sole proprietors - independent contractors, LLCs, and partnerships.) You'll also learn how to calculate the 25% revenue reduction to confirm eligibility for second draw PPP applicants. You may want to have a copy of your 2019 tax return in front of you so you can follow along. GB will present on Thursdays and will also cover tax implications as they relate to PPP and EIDL . Join us! ... read more

The Small Business Recovery and Resiliency Series will take place on three (3) Thursdays in April on the 1, 8, and 15, 2021 as a series of webinars. This program series will identify new strategies and practices for supporting small businesses, developing resiliency, and promoting equity and inclusion in small business recovery. Attendees will be able to connect with others to share challenges and ideas for community recovery; connect with others working to respond, recover, and build long-term resilience. Speakers and moderators will be announced in March. ... read more

The Retail Road to Recovery is an intensive 5-part class is designed to assist existing brick and mortar retailers, restaurateurs, and services in their recovery from the challenges created by the COVID19 shutdown and continually evolving regulations. Who Should Attend? Brick & Mortar establishments are welcome to attend. A wait-list will be created for applicants once our capacity of 35 is filled. Future classes may be held if the demand is high. Why Attend? Re-launching your business post-COVID will be a new adventure. Join us to learn NEW best practices from business advisors and cohort peers as we explore new ways of doing business. What Can I Expect? -An on-line cohort style learning environment of up to 35 participants. -5 interactive, working classes that meet every week for 2 hours each. -Individual consulting sessions, with an SBDC Advisor between classes, to work on homework and specific issues. Curriculum: Class #1: Thursday, October 1, 2020 11am to 1:00pm Understanding key financial reports & ratios Class #2 Thursday, October 8th, 2020 ? 11am to 1:00pm Taking your business on-line Class #3: Thursday, October 15, 2020 ? 11am to 1:00pm Social Media as a marketing and sales tool. Class #4: Thursday, October 22, 2020 ? 11am to 1:00pm In-Store Operations, inventory control, CRM, etc. Class #5: Thursday, October 29, 2020 ? 11am to 1:30pm Funding recovery ... read more

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