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Business Banking Specialist at Wells Fargo
Topic:
How to get started with credit as a small business
Objectives:
Understand what banks will typically look at when applying for credit as a small business. Participants will also gain insight on how to repair credit (both personal and business) and what types of creative financing are available to them (vehicle, equipment, new practice, etc.).
Benefit to audience:
Participants gain a new resource to keep them educated on the ever-evolving world of small business credit. I am also available to speak in regards to the full spectrum of business services, including merchant services, payroll services, retirement plans, commercial real estate financing, and how to transition from one entity type to another (or into retirement).
Founder, President at Hanson Associates, Inc.
Topic:
Human-centric brand design, Establishing brand relevance, Team brands
Objectives:
Brands begin with people. Creating a desirable brand relationship starts with understanding your audience. The more you know and understand your audiences, the stronger the 'brand bond' you can create. Here are a few key questions to clarify: What do you want others to feel about your brand? Where and when are the best touch points for your brand to meet and connect with customers? How attractive is your brand in the competive market space?
Benefit to audience:
Gil shares his knowledge and experience in creating strong and effective brands. Gil helps clients discover, visualize and create and recreate brands. Gil's brand workshops help align business goals with customer experiences. The best brand experience is relevant, meaningful and personal.
Founder and Managing Partner at Akela Partners Consulting Group
Topic:
Small Business Marketing Made Simple
Objectives:
1. The critical difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics
2. The four step conversion equation that must be followed if your marketing is to be effective regardless of the advertising channel you use
3. How to identify your ideal clients emotional hot buttons.
Benefit to audience:
How do you get the attention of your ideal prospects and turn qualified leads into great clients?
Businesses today are led to believe that all they have to do to be successful is create some type of attention-grabbing form of marketing and they will generate leads at will. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
This workshop will show you specific strategies and tactics to follow to quickly generate more leads and attract more clients.
Partner at Duane Morris LLP
Topic:
Employment, Benefits, Labor and Immigration Law
Objectives:
Gain a better understanding on monitoring employee attendance, FMLA compliance, medical and religious accommodations, leaves of absence policies, harassment and discrimination prevention, responding to harassment and discrimination claims, FLSA and wage and hour compliance, including employee misclassification, business diversity, termination of employees, hiring practices, performance appraisals and performance management.
Benefit to audience:
All participants will come away with practical knowledge to use in the workplace.