Free 1-on-1 Business Coaching
If you’re a business owner who has a fierce desire to learn and grow, working with an SBDC advisor is one of the best moves you’ll ever make! You and your coach will work together to ensure that you’re setting the right goals, creating smart plans to fuel massive growth, and that you put yourself in the best position possible to realize the life you had planned when you first decided that you were going to be your own boss.
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Working with a Business Coach is Smart
The best athletes in the world are trained by coaches. Famous singers still put in time with vocal coaches. All around the world, people who are at the top of their game have come to realize that having a coach doesn’t mean you’re weak … it pushes you to be your best.
That’s why EVERY entrepreneur should have a business coach in their life.
Our team of highly-qualified business advisers are ready to begin meeting with you regularly to push you to become a first-class business owner and build the company of your dreams.
Startup Assistance
General Startup Assistance
We will provide guidance on how to comply with Ohio’s laws on starting a new business, help you decide which structure is most ideal for your situation, and point you to local professional advisers.
Market Research
SBDC advisers can create financial, market and demographic research reports that help you understand more about the industry you’re in, your ideal customers, your competitors, and the local area in which you’ll operate.
Business Model Validation
An SBDC adviser will guide you through the process of validating each of the most risky assumptions being made in your business model using LEAN Startup methodology.
Business Plans
A series of 5-7 meetings with an SBDC adviser resulting in a smart, thorough business plan that you can present to banks, investors, and business partners. This also serves as a road map for your business.
Management Coaching
SBDC Business Coaches are often times nothing more than a wall to bounce things off of, and someone to keep you focused on the path forward.
Many new and experienced business owners meet with their business coach every week or two to set goals, create action plans, and be held accountable.
Marketing Guidance
Marketing Plans
A series of 3-4 meetings with SBDCs marketing advisers who will help you discover your target audience, develop your company’s brand, and create strategies for your website, social media, print marketing, etc.
Marketing Audits
SBDC’s marketing experts will use a systematic approach to rate your website and social media channels’ performance in a number of facets and then produce a prioritized list of
recommendations for you as the business owner to consider.
recommendations for you as the business owner to consider.
Website Instruction
An SBDC Business Coach will sit shoulder to shoulder with you, teaching you how to plan for and build a website that you can update on your own usually using platforms such as WordPress, Duda, Wix, Weebly, or Squarespace.
Social Media Instruction
Our social media experts will guide you to social media success by helping you choose the best platforms and create a smart strategy to promote your company on each of those platforms (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok)
Media Production
Our media consultant will provide hands-on instruction on how you can create awesome videos and product photos on any sized budget, from shoestring to substantial. In a world where content is king, the ability to create high-quality media is vital.
Email Marketing Strategy
Using tools like MailChimp, Constant Contact, and Hubspot, we help you develop a comprehensive email marketing strategy and teach you how to build up your contact list, segment contacts, and create automated email sequences that
will drive sales.
will drive sales.
Copywriting Services
A Certified Professional Writer is available to teach you different copywriting systems and techniques, review and edit your sales copy, and master the art of storytelling. Words are a powerful weapon. Learn how to use them masterfully.
Search Engine Optimization
A Google AdWords and Google Analytics Certified business coach will teach you the SEO techniques that will ensure your business gets found by their target market. This may also include guidance on running a Google AdWords campaign for certain search terms.
Sales Coaching
Chuck Moorman has had a very successful 40 year career in B2B sales and management.
Sales Process Design
We help you map out your entire sales process and customer journey, optimizing your ability to convert at a higher rate every step of the way.
CRM Design Coaching
A sales coach will help you identify which CRM solution will work best for your company, and then help you customize it to fit your needs and learn how to use it to its full potential.
B2B Sales Coaching
An SBDC sales expert will teach you effective selling techniques, help you perfect your pitch, and coach you through field ride-alongs or sideby-
sides. Custom team presentations are also available.
sides. Custom team presentations are also available.
Operations Consulting
Data Analytics
Most companies have data at their fingertips that could help them better predict their customers’ wants and needs. Our consultants help clients capture and analyze this data in simple ways.
Customer Experience
We help our clients develop an experience that their customers want and deserve, and then provide coaching that helps them create the culture and systems needed to maintain the new level of service standards.
Succession Planning
An experienced business broker will guide you the process of preparing for the next chapter your in your life when you’re ready to walk away from the company you’ve built.
Financial Advising
Fundraising Strategy
Our Manager of Capital Access will help you understand your options for obtaining the money you need you to start or grow your company, whether through debt or an equity investment, and help you chart a course to raise those funds.
Loan Package Prep
A series of 3-5 meetings with SBDC’s Manager of Capital Access that will help you create and assemble documents, fine-tune your business plan and financial projections, and know what to
expect in the loan officer interview.
expect in the loan officer interview.
Financial Analysis
We can assist you in creating 1-3 year financial forecasts of revenues and expenses, cleaning up your accounting records, or even help you to understand how to read some of the most common financial reports.
Quickbooks Coaching
A Quickboooks ProAdvisor provides business owners with 1-on-1 coaching on how to use both the online and Enterprise version of QuickBooks. She can help you set up automated processes to make accounting easier.
Ready to get started?
Contact us to schedule an initial session where we’ll learn more about you and your business and create a plan to achieve your goals.