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We are offering exclusively to small businesses the opportunity to promote products and services as a banner on our site and/or on our monthly SME2SME email out.
Monthly product site listings are available at $150 per month
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 You can now book on any of our courses directly (subject to the usual eligibility requirements) and you can see which courses you have registered for and when they happening.
Turning Internet Traffic into Repeat Business
This 2 part intensive series is offered exclusively to previous attendees of our Trafficology workshop. Attendees will come away knowing how to turn leads into customers and keep them coming back over the longer term.
Session 1 - Conversion Strategies (3 hours)
Pre-qualified visitors who arrive from traffic generation activity must then be presented with persuasive content that propels them forward through the sales process of pre-defined calls to action. Includes tips on persuasive content and tips on how to design effective calls to action.
Session 2 - Database e-Marketing Strategies (3 hours)
Although the Internet is an excellent lead and sales generator, perhaps the biggest potential for most businesses is to use the medium to communicate more with database members, resulting in significantly more repeat business. Includes strategies for data capture and profiling, personalisation of content and mechanisms for ongoing dialogue.
The Presenter: Hamish Clark & Richard Calkin
Date: Tuesday 2nd & Tuesday 9th June
(Both parts must be attended)
Time: 5.30-8.30pm
Location: Lower Hutt- TBA When booking
To book a place please register online or For further information please call or email Gabby 04 494 0990, gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Tax Basics
Tax Basics is a three hour workshop that runs through the core tax issues faced by small businesses.
This workshop will cover:
How income tax works, company tax vs individual income tax shareholder salaries & dividends.
Interposed activities, provisional tax, terminal tax & GST basics.
The Presenter: John Forde
Date: Monday 8th June
Time: 5.30-8.30pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please register online or For further information please call or email Gabby 04 494 0990, gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Exporting Services
In the U.S. services exports have more than doubled over the last ten years. New Zealand’s services exports have been growing steadily. The sectors that have particularly high export potential include: Construction, Design and Engineering; Legal and accounting services; Education services & Management consulting services.
However there are important features that differentiate exporting services from exporting products. Services are less tangible than products, providing little in terms of samples that can be seen by the potential foreign buyer. This makes communicating a service offer much more difficult than communicating a product offer.
SO… take advantage of this opportunity
BUT … make sure your strategies are sharp.
And that's what this series of two 3-hour workshops is aimed at - sharpening up those skills before we leave our cozy shores to go and compete with the rest of the world.
To assist in your planning you will hear first hand from existing service exporters about the trials and tribulations of venturing afield. These “lessons from the trenches” are all about real situations, good and bad, by people who have been there and done that.
You will also learn the “best practice” thinking about:
· Preparing for exporting
· Selecting the correct market
· ‘When in Rome’ – understanding our new market
· Planning your marketing
· Overcoming cash fatigue
If you thinking about exporting your services then don’t miss these workshops.
The Presenter:Warwick McCormack
Date: Wednesday 10th June
Time: 9-4pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please register online or For further information please call or email Gabby 04 494 0990, gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
*****please note this an all day class
 Branding beyond your logo…
In the good old days branding was generally regarded as a mark on any product or package identifying it from competition.
Sounds simple enough…unfortunately we don’t live in a simple world and marketing has got more competitive than ever!
Today, good branding must go beyond the visual identity alone to tell the “story” of your brand…to leave your customers with the emotional and physical characteristics of a product or service that make them stand out from the crowd.
In this workshop we’ll cover:
· The definition of a brand
· Creating brand image
· Company versus product branding
· Identifying competitive advantage
· Brand strategy development
And all on a small budget!
The Presenter: Laurie Wilson
Date: Monday 15th June
Time: 5.30-8.30pm
Location: Lower Hutt - TBA When booking
To book a place please register online or For further information please call or email Gabby 04 494 0990, gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Exporting Online – Internet Marketing Accelerator
The export sector is particularly challenged by the requirement to market effectively online. This 2-part workshop series provides a comprehensive set of Internet marketing strategies.
Part 1 – Traffic, Conversion & Referral Strategies (3 hours)
Every export-related website should be built from the ground up to make sure it will receive a healthy level of targeted traffic. Learn key strategies on attracting direct traffic, search engine optimisation and pay-per-click advertising. You will learn sales processes including the ‘9 elements of persuasive content’ . Also Learn communication strategies to generate more repeat and referral business, including data capture, profiling & personalisation of content.
Part 2 – Strategy Implementation and Capability Assessment (3 hours)
A hands-on, interactive workshop that underscores and reinforces the Part 1 by turning theory into practise. Participants are split into groups. Each group is required to invent a new export initiative then ‘Internet-enable’ their initiative by applying the key Internet marketing strategies and principles conveyed in Part 1. Group initiatives are then scored according to a, pre-defined rating criteria.
 Presenter: Hamish Clarke
Where: The Business Centre
When: Thursday 4 & 11th June ( Both parts must be attended)
Time: 9am - 12pm
To book a place please register online or For further information please call or email Gabby 04 494 0990, gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
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