Business Training & Education
“HOW TO BEAT THE SUMMER DOWNTURN – A COLLABORATIVE NETWORKING EVENT WITH CVWBC AND SHAREKITCHEN” in Palm Desert
PALM DESERT, Calif. – Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center and ShareKitchen will present “How to Beat the Summer Downturn – a Collaborative Networking Event” Friday, June 21st . The featured speaker will be Stephanie Greene CEO of FG Creative. This event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at ShareKitchen, 68-805 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Cathedral City 92234. Cost for the event is $20 with online registration. The snowbirds may be gone, but the heart and soul of your business is the over 500,000 year round residents and summer tourists!   Don’t stop marketing now—adjust what you do to keep the buzz alive!  Join Stephanie Greene,...
SBVEZ Goes Green
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA – In addition to redesigning its website, the San Bernardino Valley Enterprise Zone (SBVEZ) has launched a new online vouchering and management system that allows local businesses, CPAs and other tax consultants to file EZ hiring tax credit vouchers electronically for the first time. Users can get started today by visiting http://sanbernardino.enterprisezonesoftware.com to register an account. The system is a web-based software program that allows the SBVEZ to streamline and automate the voucher application process, saving both businesses and zone administrators time, money and resources. Businesses now have the ability to quickly and securely file multiple vouchers with a few...
Ad Club Speaker to Discuss Google Shopping & ecommerce on June 13
(Rancho Cucamonga, CA) A luncheon speaker will discuss how to master the new Google Shopping for ecommerce on June 13 at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Rancho Cucamonga.  It is open to the public and registration begins at 11:30AM. The presentation by Andrew David, “How To Make Google Shopping Work,” is directed at marketing managers, agencies, business owners, paid search managers, and ecommerce managers who control ecommerce websites.  It is sponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). Davis is the author of Merchant Comparison Shopping Handbook, the first handbook on comparison shopping engines for online...
SBVEZ workshop provides online vouchering system training, legislative update
SAN BERNARDINO, CA– Local business owners, CPAs, accounting staff and HR managers will have a chance to learn how to use the San Bernardino Valley Enterprise Zone’s new online vouchering system and find out what’s happening to the program in Sacramento, Tuesday, June 11. Elizabeth May, director of client services at Tax Credit Co. will lead a workshop, which will be held at the Norton Regional Event Center, 1601 East Third Street in San Bernardino from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. In a forward-thinking step to streamline the voucher application process, the zone launched the new web-based system a couple...
Free Small Business Seminar Focuses on Growth Strategies
Rancho Cucamonga – Free seminar for small businesses to learn about the financing options and resources that are available to them. The information for the event is as follows: Date: June 4, 2013 Time: 9 to 11:00 a.m. Location: Victoria Gardens Cultural Center – 12505 Cultural Center Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 Registration: 888-715-9594 Enterprise Funding Corp., president, Jeff Sceranka, will be moderating a panel of local industry professionals that includes Mike Stull (IE Center for Entrepreneurship), Michelle Skiljan (IE Women’s Business Center.), and Vincent McCoy (IE Small Business Development Center.). The seminar will connect the small business community with...
$750,000 Education Grant Awarded to SBETA Under The Affordable Health Care Act
San Bernardino, May 14, 2013 — The San Bernardino Employment and Training Agency is among the first recipients in California to receive a grant from Covered California for the outreach and education of individuals and organizations about health care coverage options under The Affordable Health Care Act. The grant of $750,000, was announced today by Peter V. Lee, Executive Director of Covered California, at a meeting held in Los Angeles.  Lee stated that they searched for organizations to represent the broad mix of the population in California. Between now, and the end of open enrollment for health care, under the...
Ad Club: American Advertising Federation – Inland Empire Seeks Board Members
AAF-IE is a group of advertising thought leaders located in the Inland Empire, California. Are you a thought leader? We’re looking for awesome people to join our amazing AAF-IE board and help us keep building the best professional group in the I.E. Have fun, learn, and meet great people. (Inland Empire, CA)  The Inland Empire Advertising Club is seeking people to serve on the board of directors for the upcoming term. Several committee positions are open, including communications, social media, public relations, membership and programs.  “We’re looking for people in the ad business who want to serve our industry and...
Is your business trapped because you don’t have enough time?
Three Small Business Time Traps and How to Eliminate Them Forever Too much to do with too little time and help? Attend this informational seminar and improve your productivity. Register now. Slated for discussion are strategic areas to review in your business, simple tools to monitor progress, options to consider when personnel and capital resources are limited, and tools for collaboration. This seminar will be of great value to CEO’s, entrepreneurs, and established or start-up business owners who are looking to increase their company’s potential and profitability. If you are a business owner with 5-100 employees, please join us for this informational session....
Meet Your Lender – What You Need to Know About the Business of Lending and You
PALM DESERT, CA. – Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center will present Meet Your Lender – What You Need to Know About the Business of Lending and You” on Tuesday, April 30th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the CVWBC Office, 77-806 Flora Road, Palm Desert.  Cost is FREE. This workshop will be facilitated by Bill Zwierankin, Branch Manager,  Citibank NA. If you’re planning to start a business, please consider that one of the most important relationships you will build is with your bank. Many people are surprised about this fact, but take into account that this will be long term, and may last the...
The Business Website; How to build it and why
April 24th, Wednesday 8:00-10:00AM The Business Website; how to build it and why. Presented by Jon  Burgess Cost: FREE To Register, click here. Today only a hot dog vendor can get away without a website. But 90% of websites are not effective in the ever-increasing competitive environment of the internet. You Will Learn: Why your website is out-of-date Why your traffic is constantly dropping without maintenance Why and how to build killer content for your website How and why you need to push more traffic to your website Social media and your website Email and your website Search Engine Optimization and...
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