As a company owner, financing its growth is your responsibility. If a loan isn’t a possibility, how about equity? If all you know about equity investment is what you’ve seen on “Shark Tank”, you’ve only scratched the surface of this method of financing high-growth companies. Whether you’re sure that equity funding is the right financing vehicle for your company or you just want to get more information, here’s a webinar that will give you some straight answers and help you prepare for equity investment.
It's the right time for taking advantage of smart ad spend and placement opportunities. Learn from Internet Marketing expert and best selling author, Kris Jones the importance of developing the right offer, for the right audience, at the right time and place and avoid spending thousands of dollars and not achieve your goals. Now is the time for getting your digital marketing and growth strategy right and be prepared to pull ahead of your competition as the world reopens for business.
Kris Jones and Chris Nash have started businesses during tough times and, like you, feel the squeeze too. In this two part series they will share their knowledge and the most up to date information on using the most effective digital marketing channels, content, data and optimization strategies including examples, tools and tips to achieve the best results and drive demand.
The current pandemic environment will not last forever. Now is the time for getting your digital marketing and growth strategy right and be prepared to pull ahead of your competition as the world reopens for business.
Join us for this webinar - "Managing Liabilities During the COVID-19 Crisis." Tom Sharbaugh, Professor of Practice at Penn State Law in University Park and the Director of the law school’s Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, will cover a wide range of topics related to managing commitments in the COVID environment, including loans, leases and other contracts, as well as potential personal liability as a guarantor or otherwise. Be ready to get answers to your most pressing questions during a Q&A with Tom.
In this webinar training session, Chris Norris will teach you how to tap into your iPhone’s built-in video camera to share your message, product or service with your customers. He will teach you why you don’t need a perfectly polished, highly produced video to share a compelling and effective message via video.
In this webinar training session, Chris Norris will teach you how to tap into your iPhone’s built-in video camera to share your message, product or service with your customers. He will teach you why you don’t need a perfectly polished, highly produced video to share a compelling and effective message via video.
Email marketing may be one of the oldest marketing tactics but it remains one of the most effective. In fact, email generates $38 for every $1 spent - a 3,800% ROI. If you're not connecting with your customers and potential customers through this channel, you're missing a huge growth opportunity.
During this session, you will learn what the current email marketing best practices are, and how you can integrate this tactic into your marketing mix.
If your company isn't using on PR as part of its marketing mix, it's missing out on huge opportunities for boosting brand awareness and interest in your product or service. Leveraging your local media is often the easiest place to get started. Building relationships with media contacts in advance of launching your business/product is key. During this webinar, you'll learn the latest in online PR best practices. Instructor Erin Fessler, Vice President of Marketing & Community and Government Relations at The Erie Community Foundation, will cover a range of topics, including social media integration, goal setting, storytelling and more.
If your company could increase its sales conversion rate at a higher dollar amount and shorter sales cycle, would you do it? These are several of the consistent benefits B2B companies are witnessing after shifting to Account-Based Marketing or ABM. What is ABM? Simply put, ABM is a strategy that directs a company’s marketing resources towards engaging with a specific set of targeted accounts. Instead of casting a wide net associated with lead-generation efforts, companies can sync their sales and marketing efforts to identify key prospects and then tailor customized marketing programs and messaging that speak directly to the needs of those target accounts.
If you’re already engaged with a content marketing strategy or are planning one, you better know how to measure success. As with most digital strategies, the data is there, but data alone isn’t enough…you must know what’s important, how to analyze it, and understand whether you’re achieving a positive ROI. Josh is going to show you how!
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