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Keeping the Books

This course will provide attendees with an overview of basic accounting principles, strategies for interpreting the numbers and examining the overall financial fitness of the business. Attendees will be equipped with the tools necessary to plan and execute their business financial goals.

Workers' Comp For Healthcare Providers

This one day seminar is designed for Doctors' and their billing staff, ancillary health care providers, insurance carries, claims adjusters, and case managers. Topics covered will include entitlement to medical benefits, doctors' roles and responsibilities, return to work and case management, and much more!

Worker's Comp 101

This one-day seminar will provide information on laws and rules of the Workers' Compensation Act for small business owners. In addition to covering the rights and responsibilities of both the business owner and employee, the session will also cover medical, income and death benefit eligibility requirements, the claims process, return to work, the dispute resolution process and health, safety and prevention programs.

State Taxes and Permits

This seminar will discuss the permits required, laws and rules, web user information, and filing procedures.

Crash Proofing Your Business

This seminar focuses on five trends which could have a financial impact on a client's portfolio. Learn how to increase longevity and the price of living longer, return of inflation, new rules and retirement financing, high cost of government, and getting real with investment performance.

How to Start a Restaurant

This course will cover each aspect of opening and managing a restaurant. The session will include discussion of practical issues faced on a daily basis as well as offering tips from an experienced restaurateur about the risks and rewards. Topics site selection, staff management, menu selection, kitchen organization, and much more!

Selling on eBay

This course introduces information needed to get your business up and running including how to open an eBay account, how to use the eBay platform to sell items, and how to accept online payments with PayPal.

Marketing Your Business for Free

This course will cover how to effectively write press releases to promote your business, product or event, effectively. Experienced journalist will be on hand to answer questions you may offer advice on obtaining media coverage.

Getting Your Business on the Web

This course will discuss internet-based businesses, the different components needed for a successful website, as well as marketing your site.

Social Media Marketing

This seminar discusses how to integrate social media into your marketing strategy. A professional and experienced instructor will guide you in learning how to develop and implement a social media marketing plan, focus on how social media impacts marketing efforts, and review case studies.

Hypergrow! Your Business

This seminar will cover natural laws which impact the success of every business. If you use them to your advantage, they can propel you forward. HYPERGROW is a business development system based around a book called HYPERGROW YOUR BUSINESS: Double, triple, or quadruple any business by harnessing the natural laws of growth. The system also has an extensive consulting workbook which helps you put the growth concepts to work in your business. Various aspects of marketing are also covered.

The Power of Email Marketing

The session looks at best practices of email marketing - what it is, why it works so well, and how to use it in your business planning and strategy to achieve specific goals. Topics also include how to create list building, how to avoid spam, and tips for scheduling. Examples of successful email campaigns will be reviewed to see how they were developed to build the business and true sales.

Access to Capital

This course will define the importance of credit, planning and preparation. Learn about SBA's loan guaranty programs and how SBA can be an option for your financing needs through participating lenders and credit unions.

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