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Forecasting New Business

  • Business forecasting helps you identify who will buy your products and services, and what demand you can expect
  • Accurate forecasting helps you find the right markets and avoid wasting money
  • Defining the overall market size, deciding which segments you want to target, defining characteristics of targeted market segments, and more
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All About Small Business Branding

  • Your business’s brand is its unique value, or the thing that causes people to choose it over other alternatives
  • Creating a brand strategy, brand story, and brand assets
  • A branding example of a small business in Connecticut
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Developing a Small Business Action Plan

  • A small business Action Plan is useful for introducing new products and services, expanding staff, and other purposes
  • An 11-step process for creating this plan
  • A real world example of an Action Plan used to meet the objectives of a med spa business
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Dashboards to Drive Your Small Business

  • A dashboard offers an easy way to track key metrics related to your business
  • Tracking sales, return on investment, employee performance, and more
  • Factors to consider when creating your dashboards
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The Action Plan: Making the Business Plan Happen

  • An action plan establishes a short-term effort to achieve the goals of a strategic action plan
  • Assembling a team, monitoring actions, creating a timetable, and other steps
  • Building in flexibility to account for unexpected circumstances
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Creating a LinkedIn Business Page

By Kempton Coady

LinkedIn is like a social network for the business world. Individuals set up professional profiles to share their work experience, connect with others in their company and industry, and find ways to grow professionally.

Entrepreneurs and companies can take advantage of this resource as well, setting up a LinkedIn page for their business. Doing so allows them to share insights, grow their brand awareness, and improve communications with both employees and customers.

Anyone with a personal LinkedIn profile and verified e-mail address can follow a step-by-step guide to set up a LinkedIn page for their business. LinkedIn also has a set of recommended best practices to improve the effectiveness of the page, along with instructions on utilizing videos, blogs, and other features.

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Putting Together a Facebook Business Page with a Business Manager

By Kempton Coady

Social media channels are an important part of getting the word out about your business, and Facebook is a juggernaut in this arena. By setting up a Facebook page for your business, you’ll be able to reach new audiences, connect with customers, extend your advertising reach, and more.

The Facebook algorithm changes constantly, but you can stay up to date through their Facebook for Business portal. This provides assistance in areas such as creating a customized marketing plan, establishing an online presence, and more. There are also specialized resources for small businesses and individual industries.

When establishing a Facebook business page, consult the company’s guide to the Facebook Business Manager. These instructions take you through the steps for establishing and maintaining multiple assets, managing permissions, tracking ads, and setting up payment methods.

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Review the Executive Summaries associated with each course prior to attending the courses.

This Expert Summary is © InnovatorsLINK. For republishing, please contact dlangeveld@innovatorslink.com.

Big Box Challenge: How Small Business Can Compete

  • Small businesses have found ways to endure despite big box stores’ edge on pricing and selection
  • Offering a better experience and good service are essential steps in remaining competitive
  • A strong online presence has become more of a necessity as well
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