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SUMMARY:Building a Marketing Strategy for Your Small Farm
DESCRIPTION:The Building a Marketing Strategy for Your Small Farm workshop series is designed to help small farmers\, ranchers\, and food business owners develop a personalized marketing strategy\, amplify your message\, and connect with customers to grow your business. Each week of this workshop series will focus on key digital marketing strategies for messaging\, websites\, social media\, and email communication. By the end of this workshop you will have a clear understanding of your marketing message\, the tools you can use to connect with your customers\, and a holistic marketing strategy to grow your business. The workshop series includes: \n\n4 Saturday morning class sessions: 9 – 10:30 am PST / 10 – 11:30 am MST\, February 3\, 10\, 17\, & 24th \n4 Wednesday evening group coaching sessions: 5:30 – 7 pm PST / 6:30 – 8 pm MST\, February 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28th \n\nThe Wednesday group coaching sessions will focus on strategies for applying the topics discussed during the previous Saturday class session through large group discussions and small group breakout rooms. The group coaching sessions will help you apply what you’ve learned in the class\, answer specific questions you have\, and optimize the marketing strategies you are applying. \nBonus! Participants that attend all 4 Saturday class sessions and Wednesday group coaching sessions\, complete each weekly homework\, and take the end of course evaluation are eligible for 1 hour of free 1-on-1 coaching with instructor Emily Black. Limit 10 participants. \nWorkshop Series FAQ > \n​ \nWorkshop Cost \n $75 per person\, household\, or farm \nPartial scholarships available.  \nEmail cdephelps@uidaho.edu to request a scholarship. \n\nRegister ASAP – Space is limited! \n\nRegister for the Workshop
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SUMMARY:Contracting: Joint Ventures Program
DESCRIPTION:Joint ventures allow certain businesses to compete together for government contracts reserved for small businesses. Joint venture benefits to participants include: \n\nCollective representation of past performance\nShared costs and resources\nLeveraging the other partner’s experience and market share\n\nA mentor and its protégé can joint venture as a small business for any small business contract\, provided the protégé individually qualifies as small. The joint venture may also pursue any type of set-aside contract for which the protégé qualifies\, including contracts set aside for 8(a)\, service-disabled veteran-owned\, woman-owned\, and HUBZone businesses. \nJoin us this week to learn more about this program\, benefits\, and how to create a joint-venture to pursue new opportunities. \nWednesday Webinars \nWednesday Webinars with SBA Seattle is an ongoing series of free\, virtual\, webinars covering a variety of topics to benefit small business owners. On the third Wednesday of each month\, we will be focusing on government contracting opportunities\, certifications\, and business development programs. \nAbout the Presenter \nFernando Cervantes is the Lead Business Opportunity Specialist in the Seattle District’s Spokane Branch office. Fernando joined the SBA following an accomplished career in the U.S. Air Force\, most recently from Fairchild Air Force Base. During his service\, he was a contracting officer (Level II certification) and worked in several contracting squadrons in the Air Force. In addition to his vast contracting experience\, Fernando has demonstrated a commitment to small business success in contracting. He set the squadron small business record with 95% set aside\, earning the unit the No. 1 small contracting squadron for women-owned small business and No. 2 for small disadvantaged business for Air Mobility Command.
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SUMMARY:Linkedin Marketing Essentials
DESCRIPTION:As one of the most important B2B social media platforms\, LinkedIn can help you attract more eyes on your business. The biggest advantage of LinkedIn is that it is frequented by many senior-level influencers\, decision-makers\, and thought leaders. If you want to grab the attention of top-level executives\, then you should work on your LinkedIn marketing strategy. Unlike other social networking sites\, LinkedIn offers a goldmine of opportunities for B2B marketers. You’ll be better informed about what’s going on in your industry and the industry of your ideal\, favorite and most profitable clients. \n  \nWhat You Will Learn: \n• Why LinkedIn \n• LinkedIn Profile Musts \n• How and Why to Create Your Company Page \n• Finding LinkedIn Groups \n• Making Connections \n• LinkedIn Posts\, Articles and Newsletters \n• Content Calendar (complimentary content calendar provided to all attendees) \nInstructor: Patty Ross \nPatty Ross has well over 20 years experience in marketing and has been in the online space since 1998 where she developed an e-commerce program for a gourmet gift company into a million dollar business. She has marketing coaching and full service clients in financial\, legal\, education\, health and beauty\, wine\, motorsports\, e-commerce\, coaching\, landscape design\, CBD/cannabis\, restaurants\, transportation and logistics\, political activism\, non profits and more. Golden State Marketing and her other business\, California Wine Marketing\, were founded in 2006. \nPatty enjoys speaking on various marketing topics to help business owners understand the importance of marketing their brand online and offline.
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