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AI for Small Business Marketing: How to Write, Repurpose, and Publish Content More Efficiently—Without Losing Your Brand Voice
AI for Small Business Marketing: How to Write, Repurpose, and Publish Content More Efficiently—Without Losing Your Brand Voice
  • AI as a marketing assistant to amplify—not replace—their brand voice, clarify messaging, improve marketing effectiveness grow their business
  • Wednesday Mar 25, 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
  • Wednesday Mar 25, 2026
Market Your Business with YouTube
Market Your Business with YouTube
  • Video is the king and queen of the Internet and gets the most engagement out of any content format anywhere! Youtube is the most powerful, prolific, and widely
  • Tuesday Mar 31, 2026
Financing Your Business
Financing Your Business
  • All start-up, growth and scale-up businesses need capital. Learn about the sources of capital and how to successfully apply for it before needed. Sources of mon
  • Thursday Apr 2, 2026
Unlocking Growth: Sales Funnels for Your Business
Unlocking Growth: Sales Funnels for Your Business
  • The concept of the Sales Funnel is critical to building interest and rapport with your customers.
  • Tuesday Apr 21, 2026
Hire Right the First Time
Hire Right the First Time
Basics of Bookkeeping
Basics of Bookkeeping
  • Are you looking to start a business soon, and need to gain a deeper understanding of your business' financials? Gain a workable knowledge of how to properly re
  • Thursday Apr 23, 2026
How to Find Your Customers
How to Find Your Customers
  • Market research isn’t just for startups; it’s an important ongoing process for every small business. In marketing you have two strateg
  • Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Text Marketing (SMS) for Top Visibility
Text Marketing (SMS) for Top Visibility
  • There’s not much more visible than a text. These days, most people keep their phones with them at all times. If they aren’t already in-hand, they are nearby in
  • Tuesday May 5, 2026
Understanding the Financial World of Nonprofits
Understanding the Financial World of Nonprofits
  • Are you a business owner or involved in a nonprofit such as a board member or executive? Are you wanting to know more about how to understand the finances of a
  • Wednesday May 6, 2026
How to Start a Business in the Summer of 2026
How to Start a Business in the Summer of 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
  • Thursday May 7, 2026
Tips for Powerful Websites that Produce Results
Tips for Powerful Websites that Produce Results
  • Does Your Website do it’s job? As your home base online, it’s critical that you are arranging and leveraging it to produce the best results possible. Many busin
  • Tuesday May 12, 2026
Lunch and Learn: Market Your Brand
Lunch and Learn: Market Your Brand
  • Join us! Bring a bag lunch and learn: A brand is more than a name and logo. It is the perception that people have in their mind about a company, product or
  • Wednesday May 13, 2026
How to Create and Present a Winning Business Pitch
How to Create and Present a Winning Business Pitch
  • Entrepreneurs have many opportunities to increase their ''Top of Mind'' status to successfully promote their business. On a daily basi ...
  • Thursday May 14, 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