Sample topics relevant to growing a small business include:

TOPIC: CONTENT RELEVANT TO EACH TOPIC:
FREE Introduction
  • Needs assessment, overview of group and content.
Business Planning
  • Defining the concept
  • Product/service definition
  • Financial analysis and pricing
  • Competition
  • Target market
Operations
  • Delivering the product
  • Office infrastructure
  • Legal/license
  • Bookkeeping
  • Insurance
  • Taxes
  • Database tracking
  • Employees
Marketing:

Defining Your Image

  • Corporate identity
  • Logo
  • Collateral material
Marketing:

Getting the Word Out

  • Direct marketing methodology
  • Direct mail/lead generation
  • Targeted lists
  • Advertising
  • Public relations
  • Newsletters
E-Marketing
  • Email marketing
  • Web presence
  • Increasing search engine hits
  • Web marketing
  • Web movies
  • Web surveys
  • Offline to online
Sales
  • Meeting prospects
  • How to get appointments
  • Sales process
  • Closing more sales
  • Sales follow-up
  • Selling to the government

 

Growing the Business
  • Refining the offer
  • Loyalty programs
  • Active referral program
  • Up-sell and Cross-sell options
  • Outsource options
  • Partnerships
Open Roundtable and Brainstorming
  • Open roundtable discussions centered on issues that group members bring to the table. Includes problem resolution, finding solutions, and creative brainstorming.

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