Manage your subscription below
IN THIS ISSUE:
THE BIZ CENTRE
PO Box 386, Wellington
TEL: (+64) 04 494 0990
FAX: (+64) 04 494 0991
EMAIL:
info@thebizcentre.co.nz
WEB:
www.thebizcentre.co.nz
Spring is here!!
September has rolled around already, bringing with it the first signs of spring: sunny mornings, daffodils blooming and the occasional foolhardy soul in shorts and jandals. No doubt a holidaymaker from Alaska. And it’s time to spring-clean your business! It’s the perfect stage of the year to dust down your business plan – check and celebrate your progress in it, then refocus your goals for the important period leading up to Christmas.
At The Biz Centre we’ve found out something rather fascinating about you. An amazing 64.7% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand have no employees at all.
Here’s the lowdown on the research into SMEs compiled by the Ministry of Economic Development:
- SMEs account for 37.3% of the country’s total economic output
- firms with five or fewer employees have the highest average real profits per employee
- 86.8% of SMEs employ 5 or fewer people.
Wellington Calendar
Book your place on September’s courses on our website at www.thebizcentre.co.nz or contact us here at The Biz Centre. Keep in mind that places are subject to availability, and suitability for you and your business.
All courses are held at The Biz Centre, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington unless otherwise stated.
The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce is our alternative venue at Level 9, Geni Tower, 109 Featherston Street, Wellington.
Course |
Date |
Presenter |
ALL ARE 5.30-8.30PM UNLESS STATED |
||
Emarketing |
||
Trafficology |
Wed 07 September |
Hamish Clark |
Trafficology |
Thu 08 September |
Hamish Clark |
Blog Marketing |
Thu 15 September, 5.30-7.30pm |
Hamish Clark |
Marketing |
||
Kick Ass Selling 1 Pieces of the Puzzle |
Wed 14 September, 5.30-7.30pm |
Rick Wallace |
Kick Ass Selling 2 Sorting Out Your Head |
Thu 22 September, 5.30-7.30pm |
Rick Wallace |
Kick Ass Selling 3 Just Do It! |
Thu 29 September, 5.30-7.30pm |
Rick Wallace |
Customer Service |
||
Build The Ultimate Customer Service Team 1 |
Tue 06 September |
Chris Elphick |
Build The Ultimate Customer Service Team 2 |
Wed 21 September |
Chris Elphick |
Be Excited!!
There are plenty of exciting courses this month to keep your business moving forward. Grab your diary or planner and read on!
Business Acceleration
Our Business Accelerator course is an invite-only series for businesses on the brink of greatness, but who are struggling to jump that last hurdle. This eight week programme involves intensive coaching and input from an external board of business advisors. If you haven’t received an invite but believe this is for you, please contact Karen at The Biz Centre.
E-Marketing - Trafficology
You’ll learn how to build website traffic and lead generation tactics, with an emphasis on practical knowledge that you can put to immediate use in your own business. Techniques taught at this workshop include optimising search engine use, accessing pay-per-click advertising and generating keyword aligned content.
Wednesday 7th September or Thursday 8th September, 5.30-8.30pm at The Biz Centre, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington.
Contact Renee to book your place.
E-Marketing - Blog Marketing
Find out how to use blogs to increase visibility on search engines, build a dialogue with customers and automatically generate compelling and powerful content. This workshop includes key blog components, use of RSS feeds, securing of advocates, best practice policies and ethical guidelines.
Thursday 15th September, 5.30-7.30pm at The Biz Centre, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington
Contact Renee to book your place.
Build The Ultimate Customer Service Team
Why shouldn’t your team love what they do?! This boot camp styled series takes an in-depth look at the service needs of your clients and the personal motivators of your staff. It’s a challenging workshop, where participants are able to recreate their business environment through role playing and videos. A ‘customer panel’ of judges will also help you devise the most appropriate training plan for your team.
Tuesday September 6th 5.30-8.30pm and Wednesday September 21st 5.30-8.30pm, at The Biz Centre, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington.
Contact Renee to book your place.
Marketing - Kick Ass Selling
The Kick Ass Sales programme is a three-part course that delivers knowledge and skills around the essential ingredients for successful selling. The first part, Pieces of the Puzzle, highlights the areas you need to be on top of to achieve excellence in sales. Then Sorting out your Head takes an entertaining and informative look at the number one key ingredient for success in selling – YOUR ATTITUDE.
The third workshop - Just Do It - enables you to put the sales, skills, tips and tricks that you are learning into perspective of your own business.
Kick Ass Selling is an interactive and challenging programme built on practical experience, aiming to equip you with real skills and techniques to help you achieve your sales goals.
Wednesday September 14th, Thursday September 22nd and Thursday September 29, 5.30-7.30pm at The Biz Centre, Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington
Contact Renee to book your place.
You are currently subscribed as:
Your email preference is currently: (EmailPreference)
Or to unsubscribe via email, click here and press send.