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Year-end accounting is important stuff, but few business owners take the time to do it the right way or even know how.

Led by Nancy Thibeault, a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, this seminar will teach you how to properly close the books on 2021, and even give you some tips on how to make your 2022 bookkeeping easier and more accurate.

Speaker(s): Nancy Thibeault, Quickbooks Pro Advisor and Consultant for Ohio Small Business Development Centers at Springfield
 

What do you think are the top 10 advertising platforms out there?
Are you using them to their fullest potential?

Watch this Facebook Live event where our coach will tell you what the top advertising platforms are and how you can and should be using them!

 
Speaker(s): Kevin Steidel, Springfield SBDC Coach

Online E-Commerce is the new way to shop, but we know websites can be a challenge. We’ll teach you about the various website building platforms, where to look for templates that will make your job easier, how to incorporate plug-ins to give your site more functionality, and how to create content that generates leads for you to convert.

Speaker(s): Seth Evans, Owner of Big Fish Local and Consultant for Ohio Small Business Development Centers at Springfield

In this eye-opening seminar, we’re going to teach you how to use other people’s money (OPM) to purchase assets that are going to make you money. We’ll share the stories of local entrepreneurs who used these methods to grow their small business into job creating and income producing juggernauts. We’ll also help you understand how banks look at financial deals designed to start or expand a business.

Speaker(s): Mac Young, Manager-Access to Capital at Ohio Small Business Development Centers at Springfield

In the “Age of the Customer,” it doesn’t really matter what your company says about itself. It only matters what your customers say. Positive customer reviews on websites like Google, Facebook, and Yelp are now the #1 asset for many business owners. Is that the case for you?
 
“Fanbase” will open your eyes to the realities of the Age of the Customer, and share with you what small business owners around the country are doing to build a loyal following and get their customers talking to their friends and family. We’ll also share our best tips to get your customers to leave those all-too-important reviews for you on the websites of your choice.
 

Ever wondered how businesses get loans? Does a business have a credit score? What happens to the owner if his or her business fails before they have repaid loans made to that business?
We’re going to be pulling back the curtain to reveal how business credit works in the real world. We’ll also share our best advice on how to begin building business credit so that one day soon you can leverage “other people’s money” to improve your cash flow and increase your sales.
 

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Was 2020 the end of retail as we know it? Do you have a strategy to make 2021 your best year yet? Running operationally excellent stores is a gamechanger. The goal of a well-executed operational excellence strategy is to exceed customer expectations. By improving processes and making ongoing improvements in customer experience, you will see excellent results.
 
 
Retail Expert Rachel Williamson has spent 3 decades in Retail running Store Operations. Most recently, she was the Vice President of Store Ops for a 1000+store chain. Now she owns her own retail consulting firm called Running Great Stores. She will share her knowledge and expertise with easy to apply tactics that you can use immediately!
 

Being a woman-owned, minority-owned, or service-disabled veteran-owned business helps you get a leg-up on your competitors! Where your business is headquartered can also serve as an advantage–but only if you’re certified as such. 
 
What you may not know is that your local SBDC helps with that! Between our own government contracting coach and the resources at the nearest Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), we can provide the following one-on-one confidential consulting services:
  • Determine suitability for government contracting
  • Understanding the language and basics of contracting
  • Secure necessary federal, state, and local government registrations
  • Assistance in applying for small business programs including agency certified programs (SDVOSB, 8(a), HUBZone) and self-certifying programs (SDB, EDWOSB, MBE), and more.
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Was 2020 the end of retail as we know it? Do you have a strategy to make 2021 your best year yet? Running operationally excellent stores is a gamechanger. The goal of a well-executed operational excellence strategy is to exceed customer expectations. By improving processes and making ongoing improvements in customer experience, you will see excellent results.
 
Retail Expert Rachel Williamson has spent 3 decades in Retail running Store Operations. Most recently, she was the Vice President of Store Ops for a 1000+store chain. Now she owns her own retail consulting firm called Running Great Stores. She will share her knowledge and expertise with easy to apply tactics that you can use immediately!
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What should a business owner be doing to get ready to file their income taxes? Josh Storts from LWS Tax & Accounting will be on hand to answer all your questions about how to make filling out that Schedule C easier, while keeping more money in your pocket.