Free confidential business counseling. SCORE can help you grow your current business and pursue your dreams. Take advantage of the knowledge and wisdom of our volunteer counselors. These successful former executives and business owners have experience in all areas of business.

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Sign up for low-cost workshops for both start-up and existing business entrepreneurs. Designed to provide you with the skills necessary to start a business or improve an existing business. Includes workshops across a variety of subjects including starting a business, buying a business, writing a business plan, and marketing/sales.

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Marketing and Sales:
There is no element of business success more important than marketing and sales. Who is your ideal customer? Why would customers buy from you? How often do they buy? What should the price be? This workshop will help you answer these and many other critical  questions.
Thursday May 21, 2009
5:30 PM to 8:30
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Getting More Traffic To Your Website:

CS Wurzberger presents her eCommerce workshop on Internet Marketing.  What makes a website effective?  Should you have a store?  How do you get the search engines to find you?  How can you build customer loyalty.   If you have a website, this workshop will help you make it more effective.

Topics include: Internet marketing, creating an on-line marketing plan, web promotions, website optimization for search engines, which search engines to submit to, use of vital keywords and avoiding on-line scams.


Monday Jun 01, 2009
5:30 PM to 8:30
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Writing A Simplified Business Plan:

This workshop takes the mystery out of writing your business plan and permits the author to prepare it in the manner most useful to the business. The result is a very compact, focused plan that is suitable for banks, landlords, future investors and others. The plan results in a set of focused financial and management details that become the core of operational tools needed to run and monitor the business.


Tuesday Jun 30, 2009
5:30 PM to 8:30
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Luis Noguiera,
Art Life Dental Labs

"I needed marketing help when I went to SCORE"

Being one of the best doesn't make you successful if you don't have enough customers!

Mike Lynch & Gary Adams,
Laser Advantage, LLC

"We've been working with SCORE for 6 years!"

Mike and Gary bought their former employer

Susan and David D'Amore,
Mid City Body And Frame

"It was amazing how Shep Bartlett found solutions to some of our start up problems"

Owners bought this business from their employer and have 26 employees!