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SCORECard - February 2016
Let's Keep Moving Forward Together
2016 is in full swing! Don't lose any momentum. Whether you're thinking about year-end taxes or the current state of small business, SCORE is here to help you every step of the way. Make an appointment with a SCORE mentor today for all of your small business needs.

February 10, 2016, 8:00am-12:00pm   Location:  Memorial Art Gallery
Join government and commercial small business financing experts for Rochester's first Small Business/Lender Matchmaker!
It is an exclusive opportunity for small business to build upon their capabilities by fostering a relationship through face to face interactions with different small business lenders and government and commercial small business financing experts.  Attending lenders are seeking to establish financial relationships with local small businesses.
 
 




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Building Your Business Through Social Media
Tuesday, February 16, 2016  8:30-12:30pm  Fee: $60
Location: RBA (150 State Street downtown Rochester)
Confused about social media? Wondering how it can help your business right now? This workshop has been designed to give you golden nuggets and actionable takeaways you can implement in  your business later that day. This workshop will help you simplify what you think social media is or is not.

Time Management for New & Existing Business Owners
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 8:30-11:30  Fee: $60
Location: RBA (150 State Street downtown Rochester)
How many times have you felt there were not enough hours in the day? This 3 hour program will give you an easy to implement, hands-on, proven way to identify all of your daily tasks, rank them in priority order, delegate where necessary and lead you to a far more efficient control of your life and work.

Take Your Marketing to the Strategy Level
Thursday, March 24, 2016  8:45am-3:30pm  Fee:  $90
Location:  RBA (150 State Street downtown Rochester)
Most small business owners spend much of their time being a sales manager and they never make time to identify what it will take the business to the next level of performance.  To do that, they will have to carefully identify their customer's needs and plan to create a total offer that meets those needs.  This interactive workshop will enable you to look at the big issues that will shape your marketing plans well into the future.      
 
February 4, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT
Truth
This webinar sponsored by ComplyRight will explore seven employee misconceptions about time and pay. You'll discover the real truths surrounding these demands, as defined by current law. Just as important, you'll gain a better understanding of how to protect your rights as an employer while still doing right by your employees when it comes to time and pay issues.
 




Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT
BWP
SCORE is proud to provide how-to advice to hundreds of businesses every day. Yet there are many small business owners who don't realize the full scope of what SCORE offers -- or take advantage of all of our FREE services.

Bridget Weston Pollack, Vice President of Marketing, will show you where to find and how to apply our free resources to launch, grow, or more effectively manage your business.
 

Marketing On A Budget
You've worked hard to develop your business plan and refine your products or services. Now it's time to connect with the people your business was designed to help.
 
Marketing your company can quickly become expensive. If you're operating on a shoestring budget, you may feel discouraged that you can't do enough to promote your hard work.
 
Even if money is tight, you can still make marketing work for your new business. Learn how in this SCORE blog.
 
Tuesday, February 18, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT
CPA
Certified public accountant Micah Fraim will take questions submitted by audience members in this lively "internet talk radio" webinar. This webinar is a natural spin-off from Year-End Tax Planning: 5 Clever Moves To Make Now To Reduce What You Owe in April, which was widely-praised by audience members who complimented Micah's insights and practical advice.
 

Reading 

"Having my mentors excited and ready to bounce ideas off of really helped me get organized and take significant actions."
As a working, full-time student, Tamer Marshood was busy. But that didn't stop him from finding ways to support his community through social justice programming. He's taken his big world-changing vision and shrunk it down to actionable size in a hyper-local program that relies on teamwork.
 
 
Small Biz
In a recent annual report, Constant Contact found that while small businesses are viewed as the backbone of the U.S. economy, 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years!

With such a daunting rate of failure, why do entrepreneurs do what they do? 62% say passion, but is passion enough?

Click below to view the three key areas affecting small businesses and their marketing, right now!
 
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EDT/10:00 a.m. PDT

Safeguard
In this SCORE LIVE Webinar, presenter Martha O'Gorman with Liberty Tax Service, will first discuss the scope of the problem - including the not-often-discussed use of stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns - and then offer sound advice on what you can do to protect yourself and your business.
 




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