How to Start a Small Business

Have a great idea for a business, but not sure how to go forward? This workshop gives an overview of the basic steps to starting a business in Minnesota. Topics included: feasibility of your business idea, business plan basics, legal requirements, and understanding the aspects of financing a business.

Email Marketing for the Start-up Small Business

At the heart of small business marketing are the campaigns that drive action – collections of marketing activities that help a small business or organization to achieve its goals and objectives. They have become a core component of those campaign choices. Email is more important than ever – to the communication efforts of businesses and nonprofits everywhere; and to the customer, donor, client or supporter of those organizations. This session will reveal some simple but effective best practices and considerations for the small business or nonprofit seeking to make their email newsletters more effective.

Join us and learn some great new strategies to help your email and social media efforts be more effective components of one of the core campaign types, newsletters and announcements!

Bob Voss, BizzyWeb’s Buzz Development Manager, is presenting this seminar with the Workforce Center. Most recently, Bob has been the Chief Manager of BizOwner Training, an instructor of the Business Entrepreneur Program at Dakota County Technical College, an author, as well as being a Constant Contact Authorized Local Expert. Bob graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. Degree in Communications. In 2008, Bob was awarded the Entrepreneur Instructor of the year for the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship.

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