PALM DESERT, Calif. – The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center at Cal State San Bernardino will host a luncheon on Wednesday, March 7 for existing or prospective business owners on the subject of marketing. Cost for the luncheon is $15.

“Navigating the Marketing Maze” is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the center’s office at 77-806 Flora Road, Suite C, just off Washington and the 10 freeway, in Palm Desert.

The workshop will explore various marketing strategies that can be implemented immediately that will achieve maximum results at a reasonable cost.

Facilitators for the workshop will be Carolyn Ortman of CKO Marketing & Training Group and Joan Burke Stanford of Jazzy Pen Communications.

The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center is a program of the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The CVWBC provides business counseling, training and mentoring designed for women business owners.

The program provides services in English and Spanish to Latina business owners, currently the fastest growing group of women business owners in the country.

The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center’s hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only.

For more information, or to register for the workshop, contact Kim Scanlan at (760) 345-9200. To register online, visit the CVWBC website at cvwbc.org.

For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Public Affairs at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.