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Boone, Blowing Rock Chambers to Host Small Business Workshops at CCC&TI in October

Join your local chamber of commerce at the Small Business Center Workshops for the month of October. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about retail metrics, how to market your online eBay store, fueling your business and more! 86dda9fc-156f-4b59-a2e7-c41de1246930

These programs are sponsored by CCC&TI and Boone and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce.

The Perfect Day For Small Business Owners  Register

Thursday, October 08, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

If you own a small business, what would be a The Perfect Day for you? Can you describe it? If you could set and meet your priorities, make some sales, work more effectively with the people around you, make some sales, dig out from under the paperwork and email avalanche, makes some sales and move closer to a balanced life, wouldn’t that come close to a Perfect Day? Let Mike Collins and The Perfect Workday show you how to: — Find an extra hour a day. — Plan on purpose and plan with a purpose. — Include marketing as part of every day — Deal with difficult people. — Set and track priorities: Are you trying to do too much? — Meet timelines and deadlines: How to do three things at once. — Manage money more effectively — What to do in times of crisis and conflict. — How to handle the information avalanche. — Getting it done and go home on time. You can have a Perfect Day. Here are 100+ strategies, tactics, and tips to show you the way! About the Presenter Mike Collins, author of The Perfect Workday Book and president of The Perfect Workday Company, an information company based in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. He has been a successful, small business owner for over 30 years. Mike is a guest lecturer in the top-ranked Executive Masters Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Speaker: Mike Collins

Location: Fairfield Inn & Suites, Conference Room, Boone

The Inner Road Map: For New Entrepreneurs  Register

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Speaker: Jason Owens

Location:  Blowing Rock Emergency Center, Blowing Rock NC

Low-Cost Marketing In A Small Town  Register

Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Marketing in small towns is tougher than it has ever been. Big box stores, dying downtown areas, rapidly changing groups of customers and the Internet are all having an impact on small town marketing. However, when times get tough the tough get focused. When other businesses are grasping for advertising gimics and wasting precious resources trying to grab any available sale smart entrepreneurs are looking to their core businesses and core customers. In “Low-Cost Marketing In a Small Town,” business owners and managers will learn why small town marketing is different and how to market when-for whatever reason-times get tough. You will learn: The basic reasons customers buy from YOU! Why small town marketing is different The three best low-cost advertising methods How to compete against The 800-Pound Gorilla: the big box stores How to create a low-cost marketing plan Why word-of-mouth promotion can hurt in tough times How to score more sales from current customers The only way to win in tough times is to use a focused strategy as the core of your marketing program and then look for creative, low-cost ways to promote your business. “Low-Cost Marketing In a Small Town” will be presented by Mike Collins, an expert in low-cost marketing. Collins is the president of The Perfect Workday Company, an information company based in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina.

Speaker: Mike Collins

Location: Blowing Rock Emergency Center, Blowing Rock. NC

 12 Suggestions for Staying in Business – RSVP to your Chamber  Register

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 8:30-10:30 am

Speaker:  Herman Metzler

Location:  Blowing Rock Emergency Center, Blowing Rock, NC

What does it take in these turbulent times to stay in business and be successful?  Are you aware why small businesses fail?  Have yu selected an advisory board?  Are you using your past customers to attract new ones?  Are you using the Pareto Principle to manage your business?  Additional topics will be covered to make you succeed in difficult times.

Never Meet A Stranger: Guerilla Marketing for Networking Events, Trade Shows and Expos  Register

Thursday, November 12, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Trade shows, expos and networking events can be excellent ways to attract business…if you understand that they are netWORKing events. They are not net-eating, net-visiting, net-standing-around-waiting-for-someone-to-talk-to-you-events. These events can establish your credibility, help you meet new prospects, network with current customers and allies, and even practice new sales techniques. Event visitors come specifically because of their connection to your market so you are meeting fewer suspects and more prospects. However, shows and exhibits can a terrible waste of time and money if you do not create a workable plan and execute it. In “NEVER MEET A STRANGER: GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR NETWORKING EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS AND EXPOS ,” you will learn: – How to determine your networking and show mission – How to integrate networking with your ongoing marketing – How to create the most effective type of booth and exhibit – When and when not to offer a prize – How to turn trade show contacts into sales – How to tell the suspects from the prospects – How to follow-up after the event – How to work an event if you are not exhibiting “NEVER MEET A STRANGER: GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR NETWORKING EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS AND EXPOS ,” will be offered at ______ and sponsored by _______. Presenter Mike Collins is one of the most frequently featured business seminar presenters in the Southeastern United States. He is an expert in low-cost marketing and presents over 100 programs a year for a variety of business, educational and association clients.

Speaker: Mike Collins

Location: Fairfield Inn & Suites, Conference Room, Boone

The Sales Workshop  Register

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Speaker: Jason Owens

Location: Blowing Rock Emergency Center, Blowing Rock NC

Survival – RSVP to your Chamber  Register

Friday, December 11, 2015, 9-11 am

Speaker:  Herman Metzler

Location:  Fairfield Inn & Suites, Boone, NC