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SUMMARY:Automations & AI for Small Business Operations
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, you’ll discover the affordable tech tools you can use to automate your customer experience – from how you acquire new customers\, sell to them\, deliver your products and services\, invoice and get paid easier! Sara from REPLY-ALL will show you how you can save time by making use of automation and AI… in a way that still feels human!
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/automations-ai-for-small-business-operations/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Growing your Business,SBCO,Starting a Business
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SUMMARY:Sales Success Blueprint: Elevating Your Revenue in 4 Weeks
DESCRIPTION:Join our intensive 4-week Sales Training Program and embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a sales champion.\n\n\nUnlock Your Sales Potential in 4 Weeks! \nAre you ready to supercharge your sales skills and boost your revenue? \nWhen you book a ticket you are automatically in all 4 LIVE WEEKLY sessions. \nJoin our intensive 4-week Sales Training Program and embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a sales champion. This workshop-style program will make sales simple and easy for any business owner. \nWhether you’re a seasoned or new entrepreneur\, this program is designed to take your sales game to the next level. \nJan 18th – Week 1: Sales Fundamentals\nIn the first week\, we lay the foundation for your success in the world of sales: \n\nGain a deep understanding of the sales process and its pivotal role in business growth.\nMaster essential sales communication skills to connect with your clients on a personal level.\nLearn how to set clear\, achievable sales goals and develop winning strategies\n\nJan 25th – Week 2: Prospecting and Lead Generation\nWeek two is all about filling your sales pipeline with high-quality leads: \n\nDiscover the secrets of effective lead generation strategies and managing a sales funnel.\nBuild valuable networks and referral systems to expand your reach and create a steady stream of prospects.\nUnderstand different outreach channels and harness their power for lead generation.\n\nFeb 1st – Week 3: Sales Techniques and Closing Deals\nIn the third week\, you’ll hone your sales skills and learn how to seal the deal: \n\nDevelop strategies to create compelling win-win value propositions\nPrepare and deliver compelling sales content and communication that leave a lasting impact on your clients.\nLearn how to handle objections with confidence and get the business.\n\nFeb 8th – Week 4: Sales Management and Growth\nThe final week is dedicated to automating your sales processes and making them scalable. \n\nGain insight into sales automation and CRM systems that will streamline your sales processes.\nLearn to measure and analyze sales performance\, enabling data-driven decision-making.\nLearn to include all your business stakeholders and customers in the selling process.\n\nTake advantage of this opportunity to grow your revenue by mastering modern selling. Secure your spot today\, and let’s embark on this exciting journey to sales excellence together! \nAbout The Presenters: \nMaggie Perotin \nProfessionally\, Maggie has been working in the facility management corporate world holding operational leadership positions for over 13 years. She has done a lot: people and team leadership\, managed operations of a 24/7/365 critical department\, a portfolio of facilities\, lead small construction projects and North American programs; business analytics\, technology upgrades & implementations. \nMaggie helps entrepreneurs take full control of their time and run their businesses strategically so that they can successfully lead a balanced life. \nThe services Stairway to Leadership provides consist of business strategy coupled with high-performance time management skills and habits; people leadership; effective business communication\, and operational excellence. \nChantel Escoffery \nChantel Escoffery is a passionate Marketing Professional with over 23 years of marketing experience and skills\, providing her the ability to see connections and correlations rather quickly. She is a strong marketer with experience and success in all aspects of marketing including strategic planning\, integrated omnichannel marketing\, loyalty\, research\, consumer analytics\, market and business trends\, event engagement planning and execution across different channels. She has worked with some well-loved brands in various industries and sectors such as gaming\, charitable gaming\, non for profit\, online legal products\, financial\, travel and retail/ service industries for both consumer and B2B markets. \nIn 2018\, Chantel founded CE Marketing Solutions Inc. in efforts to help provide entrepreneurs\, small and medium businesses uncover out of the box opportunities packed in a customer centric customized marketing solution. Her company provides marketing consulting\, training and coaching\, customize products\, promotional items and event planning support. \n\n \n\n 
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/sales-success-blueprint-elevating-your-revenue-in-4-weeks/
CATEGORIES:Growing your Business,SBCO,SBCOEvents,Starting a Business
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SUMMARY:The Trauma-Informed Entrepreneur: Resourcing Yourself to Serve Your Clients
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will provide you with information on the role trauma (such as living through a pandemic!) can play in entrepreneurship. Learn about how trauma can manifest in your business and how you can take steps to identify and manage triggers. This presentation will help you understand how trauma may be affecting your entrepreneurial journey; how it can impact your relationship with your clients & customers; and how it can get in the way of decision-making and creativity. Most importantly\, you will learn practical tips and practices to help you increase your “window of tolerance” so that you can access your entrepreneurial brain and better serve your customers. \n  \nWhat you will learn: \n• What trauma is \n• How trauma shows up with entrepreneurs \n• How trauma impacts the brain and business thinking \n• How to help your customers/clients who might be facing trauma \n• How to meet the six key human needs \n• Somatic practices to use when you feel triggered \n  \nJoin us to learn about trauma-informed entrepreneurship and what resources are available to help you manage your trauma while building your business. \n  \nSpeaker Bio: \nJen Lawrence\, MBA\, is Managing Director of Process Design Consultants Inc. Jen draws on 30 years of experience in corporate training\, investment banking\, coaching\, and management consulting to help organizations develop critical thinking\, change management\, and talent management skills with a trauma-informed lens. She’s a Certified Career and Business Coach\, Trauma of Money Facilitator\, and a member of International Coach Federation. Her work has been featured in several international publications\, including US News & World Report\, Canadian Family Offices\, The Globe and Mail\, CTV Your Morning\, Inc.\, Thrive Global\, and HuffPost. As a member of the National Task Force for Women’s Economic Justice through the Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment and her pro bono work with Tastakel\, Jen is passionate about advancing the rights and economic status of women. She’s a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto in the area of trauma-informed thinking\, and has authored three books\, including Engage the Fox: A Business Fable About Thinking Critically and Motivating Your Team. \n 
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/the-trauma-informed-entrepreneur-resourcing-yourself-to-serve-your-clients/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Business Basics,Growing your Business,SBCO,Starting a Business
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SUMMARY:Business Planning for Small Business
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is aimed at entrepreneurs in the early stages of small business development who are looking at various types of business models and trying to determine where to start. By the end of this presentation\, you will understand how to determine if your business idea is feasible\, create a business plan\, perform market research for your business plan\, interpret your idea into a realistic financial plan\, and take the next steps to get your business off the paper and into reality. \n  \nWhat you will learn: \n• What is a business plan? \n• How do I determine if my business idea is worth pursuing? How can I assess it? \n• Where do I start in creating a business plan? What should and shouldn’t I include? \n• How do I determine the market size\, addressable market\, and target market? \n• What is a SWOT analysis and why is it important? \n• How do I accurately reflect the financial aspects of my small business in my plan? \n• What stage am I in now and what should I do next? \n• What resources are available to help me with my business planning? \n  \nJoin us to learn all about business planning for your small business or start-up. \n  \nSpeaker Bio: \nKaren Fischer is the co-founder of RK Fischer & Associates\, a business coaching and consulting business\, operating since January 2010. Karen started the business after 20 years of success in marketing\, sales\, channel development and general management in the high-tech\, business services and manufacturing sectors. She held management or executive roles for companies\, such as Cognos\, Entrust\, Mitel\, Siemens\, and Pitney Bowes. In the last six years of her career\, before starting RK Fischer & Associates with her business partner\, Karen held start-up Executive roles that included helping with plans for financing and acquisition for the businesses she worked. Based on this experience\, Karen found the consulting industry underserved the small business market and decided there was a need to fill this hole. \n  \nKaren is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Business Advisory Centre of Durham Region and volunteered as a mentor for several of their programs. She served on Membership\, Marketing\, and Event Committees for the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade and was responsible for helping develop their Professional Development Series. Upon moving to Sarnia\, ON\, Karen served as a Board Member for two years for the Sarnia Chamber of Commerce and has taught several online business courses at Lambton\, Mohawk\, and Algonquin Colleges.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/business-planning-for-small-business/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Business Basics,SBCO,Start-up,Starting a Business
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