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Marketing in Minutes: How to Prioritize Your Day as a Small Business Owner
Marketing in Minutes: How to Prioritize Your Day as a Small Business Owner
  • Marketing your business doesn’t have to take all day—or all your energy. In this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn simple, effective strategies to fit marketing in
  • Wednesday Dec 3, 2025
Hiring and Keeping Great Employees
Hiring and Keeping Great Employees
  • Hiring and Keeping Great Employees: Building a Team That Thrives! Understand key traits of high-performing employees. Develop effective hiring processes to at
  • Monday Dec 8, 2025
Lunch and Learn: The Power of Video Marketing: YouTube, Instagram, and more!
Lunch and Learn: The Power of Video Marketing: YouTube, Instagram, and more!
  • Video is the king and queen... and whole royal family of the Internet! It gets the most engagement out of any content format and the platforms know this and cat
  • Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Automation: Take Your Business to the Next Level
Automation: Take Your Business to the Next Level
  • Digital Marketing is critical in today’s world, but all the moving parts can be overwhelming. Small businesses struggle to stay caught up with trends, manage th
  • Thursday Dec 11, 2025
How to Start a Business in 2026
How to Start a Business in 2026
  • Understand the basics of starting a business in this seminar that takes you from idea to opportunity. Learn key strategies for start-up, financing and marketing
  • Tuesday Jan 6, 2026
7-AI Resilient Careers: Strategies for Long Term Success
7-AI Resilient Careers: Strategies for Long Term Success
  • AI Resilient Careers Strategies for Long Term Success what makes a career more or less vulnerable to automation. Identify and explore future-proof career paths
  • Wednesday Jan 7, 2026
Owning Your Worth & Pricing with Confidence
Owning Your Worth & Pricing with Confidence
  • Pricing can be one of the toughest—and most emotional—parts of running a business. This interactive workshop helps entrepreneurs understand the real value of th
  • Thursday Jan 8, 2026
Build Your Business with Facebook (Online)
Build Your Business with Facebook (Online)
  • Facebook is the largest and most prolific social media channel out there with well over 2 billion users. So, how do you best leverage it for your business or no
  • Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
How to Write a Business Plan (In-Person Workshop)
How to Write a Business Plan (In-Person Workshop)
  • creating your business success plan. This ''custom'' business planning template, based on industry best practices, makes it easier and faster to create a busine ...
  • Saturday Jan 17, 2026
Top Ten Secrets to Getting A Grant
Top Ten Secrets to Getting A Grant
  • We asked top NC foundation staff to tell us their top 2-3 tips that wish they could tell nonprofits about grant writing. In this session, we will discuss the te
  • Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Flourish In Growth: The Guided 8-Week Business Planning Lab
Flourish In Growth: The Guided 8-Week Business Planning Lab
  • Build your business with confidence—one step at a time. Are you someone who thrives with structure, loves a checklist, and wants to build your business with cl
  • Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Best Free and Low-Cost Marketing for 2026 (Online)
Best Free and Low-Cost Marketing for 2026 (Online)
  • You do not need to spend money on marketing to start grow your business in 2026.best ROI Return of Investment learn the best free and low cost ways to
  • Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
30 Day Social Media Challenge for Small Business Owners (Part 1 of 3) Plan & Prepare (Hybrid)
30 Day Social Media Challenge for Small Business Owners (Part 1 of 3) Plan & Prepare (Hybrid)
  • Feeling stuck or inconsistent with social media? Join this 30-day challenge designed to help small business owners build momentum and confidence by posting just
  • Wednesday Jan 28, 2026

Rep/Contact Info

Kim Crocker
SBC Specialist
Heather Goede
SBC Administrative Support Specialist
Joy Poe
Small Business Center Specialist
Ben Smith
Small Business Center Director