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SUMMARY:BACD Business Fundamentals: Marketing & Sales
DESCRIPTION:This session will help you create a marketing plan that targets your ideal customer and help you identify the marketing tactics.\n\n\nMarketing and Sales: Marketing drives sales. Let’s build your strategy. \nWithout a clear marketing and sales strategy\, your business risks wasting time\, money—and missing out on customers. In BACD’s Marketing & Sales Session\, you’ll learn how to attract the right audience\, build your brand\, and convert leads into loyal clients. \nWe’ll help you create a strategy that works for your business and budget. \nHere’s what we cover: \n\nBranding and your value proposition\nOnline and offline marketing tactics\nLead generation and client acquisition\nSales strategy and follow-up process\nDigital tools and web elements that support growth\n\nThis session is part of our Business Fundamentals Series\, which also includes Start Up\, Business Planning\, and Finance & Operations. Take them in any order—sessions run monthly with flexible times. \nJoin us and start building a marketing and sales strategy that gets results.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/bacd-business-fundamentals-marketing-sales-10/
LOCATION:Durham Region HQ Oshawa Room\, 605 Rossland road East\, Whitby\, ON\, L1N6A3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Social Media 101 – A Complete Guide for Small Businesses – 4 Part Series
DESCRIPTION:Unlock the Power of Social Media to Grow Your Business.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/social-media-101-a-complete-guide-for-small-businesses-4-part-series-9/
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SUMMARY:Writing Your Business Plan
DESCRIPTION:Join the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre for an in depth look at business plan development.\n\n\nWhat is a business plan and why do you need one? \nJoin the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre for an in depth look at the basics of developing your business plan. Topics include why write a business plan\, sections of a business plan\, and how to build out each section. \n\n\n\nSession will be held at St. Catharines City Hall. 50 Church St.\, St. Catharines. Burgoyne Woods Room on the 3rd floor.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/writing-your-business-plan-2/
LOCATION:St. Catharines City Hall\, 50 Church Street\, St. Catharines\, ON\, L2R 7C2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Creating Your Business Plan and Financial Forecast
DESCRIPTION:From vision to viable plan.\n\n\nA great business needs both a solid plan and clear financial direction. In this session\, you’ll learn how to develop a business plan and understand the essentials of cash flow forecasting. Topics include building each section of your plan\, understanding finances and cash flow\, and applying best practices through real examples. \n\n\n\n**Please complete all sections of the registration\, including additional questions. Incomplete registrations or registrations with invalid answers may be cancelled. \n\n\n\n\nLocation Details: \n\n\n50 Church St.\, St. Catharines – City Hall \n\n\nBurgoyne Woods Room \n\n\n3rd Floor
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/creating-your-business-plan-and-financial-forecast/
LOCATION:St. Catharines City Hall\, 50 Church Street\, St. Catharines\, ON\, L2R 7C2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Your First AI Agent: Deciding What to Delegate
DESCRIPTION:AI can do more than write content\, but knowing what to delegate (and what not to) is where most small business owners get stuck.\n\n\nThis hands?on workshop helps you identify which repetitive tasks in your business are ready for AI automation and guides you through building your first simple AI agent\, step by step. \nLed by Sara Norton of Reply All\, this session focuses on smart decision?making first\, then practical setup\, so you’re using AI intentionally\, not randomly. \nIn this session\, you’ll learn: \n\nWhat an AI agent is (explained in plain language)\nHow to spot repetitive\, time?draining tasks that are ideal for AI\nWhich tasks you shouldn’t delegate to AI\nA clear decision framework to choose the right tasks for automation\nHow to think about risk\, accuracy\, and oversight when delegating to AI\nHow to build a simple\, working AI agent you can actually use\nReal?world examples relevant to small business owners\n\nYou’ll walk through the process together and see a working example in action. \nThis workshop is ideal for: \n\nSmall business owners who feel stretched thin\nEntrepreneurs already using AI but only at a surface level\nBusiness owners curious about automation but unsure where to start\nAnyone who wants AI to save time—not create more work\n\n  \nAbout the Speaker: Sara Norton is the founder of Reply All\, helping business owners use technology and AI in practical\, realistic ways that save time and support growth. Sara focuses on real?world application—not trends—so entrepreneurs can confidently use tools that actually work for them.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/your-first-ai-agent-deciding-what-to-delegate/
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SUMMARY:Marketing AI 1-2-3 – Entrepreneurs Connect
DESCRIPTION:An overview of modern AI tools to automate and accelerate your go-to-market strategy.\n\n\nJoin us in this 1 hour seminar: Marketing AI 1-2-3\, 2026 Entrepreneurs Connect Spring Series\n \nPlease bring your own laptop\, as this is an interactive session.\n \nThis session will provide an overview of modern AI tools that can help entrepreneurs automate and accelerate their go-to-market strategy. From market research and content creation to customer outreach and workflow automation\, participants will learn how AI can streamline key business functions and reduce the time it takes to launch and scale new products or services. Attendees will walk away with practical insights into tools\, workflows\, and strategies that can help them move faster and make smarter decisions in today’s competitive market. \n \nProudly Sponsored by TD \n \n\n\nAgenda:\n6 – 6:20pm – Registration/Networking \n6:20 – 6:30pm – Opening Remarks \n6:30 – 7:30pm – Presentation/Activity \n7:30 – 8:00pm – Networking/Wrap Up \nABOUT THE SPEAKERSComing soon! \n— \nNote: If you require an accommodation\, please notify us by email at least 1 week before the event date at bec@brampton.ca \nTo cancel the accommodation\, we require 5 business days’ notice before the event date.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/marketing-ai-1-2-3-entrepreneurs-connect/
LOCATION:Brampton Entrepreneur Centre\, 41 George Street South\, Brampton\, ON\, L6Y 2E1\, Canada
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