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SUMMARY:Marketing Monday:  Success through e-Commerce
DESCRIPTION:If you’re interested in pivoting more of your efforts to ONLINE SALES\, join us during lunch and learn:\n\nThe variety of websites available\, the possibilities for upgrading yours to better accommodate online sales and the estimated costs to accomplish this!\nThe various e-commerce platforms available and how to select the best based on your specific business needs.\nHow to setup and manage your online storefront or service portal and how to use data and marketing to maximize returns.\n\n \nInstructor:  Cameron Nelson\, Business Communications and Technology Advisor\, CV SBDC\n \nMr. Nelson has over 18 years experience in technology\, and as a senior tech consultant in Silicon Valley helping Fortune 500 companies improve their digital marketing and eCommerce. At the same time he founded several tech companies\, including a SaaS website for tree preservation and a blockchain platform for nonprofits. Cameron is accomplished in language\, culture\, has an MBA and MA and believes new technology products have the ability to help shape our world for the better. \nCameron is also available for one-on-one consultations.  Please email Lynda at events@cvsbdc.org to schedule an appointment. \nREGISTER\nOnce registered\, you will receive a confirmation email from centeric@clients.virginiasbdc.org\, our automated system. This email will contain the ZOOM LINK to join the workshop.  If you cannot find the email\, please check your spam folder.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/marketing-monday-pivoting-to-e-commerce-sales-2/
LOCATION:Orange County Economic Development Office\, 109 West Main Street\, Orange\, 22960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online event
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SUMMARY:Google Search and Maps - a Google workshop
DESCRIPTION:Do you want your business to be found more easily online?  Are you interested in learning how to better manage your business on Google Search and Maps?  This is the workshop for you!\nJoin us to learn about Google My Business\, a free tool for local businesses who want to connect with customers on Google Search and Maps.  We will highlight the importance of verifying and how to use Google My Business effectively.\n\nIn this session we’ll show you how to:\n\nCreate or claim your Business Profile on Google\nManage your business info across Google Search and Maps\nUse Google My Business to connect with  potential customers\nTips\, tricks and what’s new!\nHands-on demo of Google My Business\n\nSpeaker:  Randi F Penfil\, Grow with Google Trainer \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/get-your-local-business-on-google-search-and-maps-a-google-workshop/
LOCATION:Orange County Economic Development Office\, 109 West Main Street\, Orange\, 22960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online event
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SUMMARY:Cybersecurity and Data Protection Awareness Training
DESCRIPTION:“Secure Towns” and North Star CMM \nMay 18th at 9:00 AM \nRegistration Information Below \nSmall businesses are under cyber and data-breach attacks by nation-states\, as well as organized and disorganized criminals\, who are stealing intellectual capital\, personal and business information\, creating havoc in business environments. America’s SBDC and local Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide small businesses with simple awareness information and a path forward to a more in-depth assessment protection of critical confidential information. \n “Secure Towns” starts from the ground up to help you identify critical information\, understand your responsibility to care for it\, and provide a common direction with others in the community including the government. \nNorth Star CMM represents the direction needed that utilizes standards provided by the Department of Defense for this purpose. \nBy using this standards-based model\, it will make it easier for you to understand the how others can help you\, share resources\, and share practical methods to reduce costs and friction in communications. \nAmerica’s SBDC is supporting our local Central Virginia Small Business Development Center\, located in the Culpeper Economic Development Center\, as the host of a one hour zoom meeting on May 18th at 9:00 AM.   \nThis training/discussion will be provided for businesses on Level-1 of North Star CMM as basic cyber hygiene\, at no cost and will provide some basic things you can do to protect the information of your business\, employees\, and clients. \nFor those with more advanced needs\, this meeting will provide a foundation that can be built on with additional training at Level 2\, Intermediate Cyber Hygiene and Level 3\, Good Cyber Hygiene. \nCharlie Tupitza\, the Lead Cybersecurity and Data Protection Consultant for America’s SBDC’s national program is a town resident and will lead the class and will be joined in discussion with Tom Stamulis\, a Cybersecurity expert with the Virginia SBDC. \nFor any questions\, email:  dreardon@cvsbdc.org \nREGISTER HERE!\n 
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/cybersecurity-and-data-protection-awareness-training/
LOCATION:Orange County Economic Development Office\, 109 West Main Street\, Orange\, 22960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online event,Technology
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SUMMARY:Success through e-Commerce
DESCRIPTION:Join us if you’re interested in pivoting more of your efforts to ONLINE SALES!\nLearn:\n\nThe variety of websites available\, the possibilities for upgrading yours to better accommodate online sales and the estimated costs to accomplish this!\nThe various e-commerce platforms available and how to select the best based on your specific business needs.\nHow to setup and manage your online storefront or service portal and how to use data and marketing to maximize returns.\n\n \nInstructor:  Cameron Nelson\, Business Communications and Technology Advisor\, CV SBDC\n \nMr. Nelson has over 18 years experience in technology\, and as a senior tech consultant in Silicon Valley helping Fortune 500 companies improve their digital marketing and eCommerce. At the same time he founded several tech companies\, including a SaaS website for tree preservation and a blockchain platform for nonprofits. Cameron is accomplished in language\, culture\, has an MBA and MA and believes new technology products have the ability to help shape our world for the better. \nCameron is also available for one-on-one consultations.  Please email Donna at contact@cvsbdc.org to schedule an appointment. \nREGISTER\nOnce registered\, you will receive a confirmation email from centeric@clients.virginiasbdc.org\, our automated system. This email will contain the ZOOM LINK to join the workshop.  If you cannot find the email\, please check your spam folder.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/success-through-e-commerce/
LOCATION:Orange County Economic Development Office\, 109 West Main Street\, Orange\, 22960\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online event
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SUMMARY:Using YouTube to Grow Your Business - a Google workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in creating a YouTube Channel but not sure how to get started? This is the webinar for you!\nLearn best practices for creating a YouTube Channel and how to create compelling video content that promotes your products and services and drives engagement with your brand.\nIn this workshop we’ll discuss: \n\nWhy you should have a YouTube channel\nHow to set up a YouTube channel\nWhat‘s important when uploading a video\nMaking creative/engaging videos\nHow to target and measure video success\n\nSpeaker:  Randi F Penfil\, Grow with Google Trainer \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/using-youtube-to-grow-your-business-a-google-workshop/
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