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 Hannah Grimes Retail Focus Newsletter July/August 2012 |
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Events to Help Your Business Innovate
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With Ann Connor, AdviCoach
Hannah Grimes Center - Suite C, Keene
Contact us to schedule a date & time
Are you looking for more structure and focus to create SMART long term goals for your business? Schedule a one-hour one-on-one strategic coaching session. Ann's expertise includes Strategic Planning, Profit & Loss Management, Cash Flow Management, Budget Planning, Inventory Control, Marketing and Product Development. Audience: Established & emerging businesses. Call 603-352-5063 or email jillian@hannahgrimes.com to set up a free coaching session. Retailers Workshop
Retail Control SystemsThursday, August 11, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Red Hook Brewery, Portsmouth
Business owners and IT/Operation managers who are interested in increasing sales, decreasing expenses and protecting their business from cyber threats should attend this one-day event. The combination of sessions and exhibitors will provide you with you with everything you need to begin applying it to your business the very next day. We have put the most important facets of running your retail business all in one place. This one day event will help you understand the latest in Retail Technology, the complexity of PCI, the maze of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as how to grow your business with customer loyalty programs, search engine optimization and more.
Hands on Blogging for Business
KSC Division of Continuing Education Wednesday, September 26, 4 p. m. - 6 p. m. Keene State College
In this 2-hour workshop, participants will learn the basics of business blogging, including which blogging software to use; how to get a blog designed and set up; how to integrate a blog with other social media sites and how to keep it filled with interesting content. Participants will have a chance to set up a "practice" blog and learn by doing. Christine Halvorson founded Halvorson New Media, LLC in Hancock, NH in 2006, where she provides businesses and nonprofits with training and strategic consultation in using social media-blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and podcasting. She also writes and edits social media content. She is the author of two e-courses on social media, "Social Media for Small Business" and "Advanced Social Media Tools Tactics for Small Business". Cost: $30. Register online or call 603-358-2290.
Passing the Baby: The Eight Must-Haves of Successful Succession Planning Webinar Prairie Family Business Association With Beth Adamson, Executive Director Thursday, September 27, 8:30 a. m. - 9:30 a. m. One of the ongoing challenges of a successful business is how to plan for an effective transfer to the next generation. How do you keep the business growing while deciding on the next generation's role, if there is one? When executed well, succession planning can create a proud and honorable legacy of principles and prosperity. If done poorly, the same can turn a healthy, profitable, growing family business system into a veritable nightmare of irrational decision-making and wealth destruction. Based on personal experience with families throughout the Midwest, Beth will provide you and your family with knowledge, tools and takeaways that can be applied be your business immediately. Register online for this webinar.
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Events to Help You Connect with Retailers & Other Experts
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Healthy Employees Make Healthy Companies
Occupational Health and Wellness Management
Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce
Friday, August 10, 12 p. m. - 1 p. m.
What does it mean to be a healthy workplace? Can you champion healthy behaviors at your worksite? Find out why healthy behaviors at work are so important and how you can help your company to become even healthier. Discover ways you can improve your personal health at work--quick tips on ergonomics, work stress, and healthy snacking will all be covered. Cost $5 members/ $15 Not-yet members. Register online or call 603-352-1303. |
News & Resources to Inform & Inspire
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Nominations accepted through Friday, August 24
The New Hampshire Business Review is accepting nominations for the Business Excellence Awards - awards that recognize the imagination, industriousness, innovation, achievements and dedication to the larger community of people who often don't get the kind of public recognition that they deserve: small-business owners and operators. The Business Excellence Awards - to be awarded in 12 different categories - honor owners and operators of businesses with 100 employees or fewer.
The 2012 award categories:
- Business Services
- Construction
- Financial Services
- Health Care
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
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- Media & Marketing
- Non-Profit
- Professional Services
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Technology
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Click here to submit your nomination now!
Five Foursquare Tactics to Attract Customers
Originally Posted at the Harvard Business Review
by Carmine Gallo
There are troubling signs for the country's retailers as Americans continue to slow down their spending and hunt for deep discounts. No one expects a blockbuster holiday season. Most retailers are just hoping to eek out a slight increase over the year before. Some retailers, however, are leveraging location-based mobile tools like Foursquare to outsmart the competition.
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