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Business Development Workshops
About the Workshops
The Economic Development Division partners with the Center for Women & Enterprise, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and local organizations to provide financial literacy and business development programs and services to Cambridge residents, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Through the Best Retail Practices Program, the Division also hires retail specialists to work with Cambridge retailers and restaurant owners to improve their establishments’ interiors and marketing strategies.
Cost and Registration
All workshops are free for eligible Cambridge participants unless otherwise noted. Non-income eligible participants may pay a small fee per workshop upon attendance.
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Pre-registration is required for all workshops. Unless otherwise noted under the workshop description, to pre-register and to determine your eligibility status, please call Rona Holmes at 617/349-4637 or by email at rholmes@cambridgema.gov or Pardis Saffari at 617/349-4654 or psaffari@cambridgema.gov.
Workshops will be held at the 2nd floor Community Room at Cambridge City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, Cambridge unless otherwise noted.
Workshop Calendar
We
also offer Financial Literacy Workshops.
May
More than Just a Website: Extending Your Reach Online
At this workshop learn easy-to-implement tips to help you improve your online visibility, build your brand, and grow your website traffic. Topics discussed will include making your website more intuitive for visitors, engaging in social media effectively and the mystery of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In this workshop students will have the opportunity to submit their existing website for critique during the session.
- Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
- Time: 10:00 A. M to 12:00 P. M.
- Cost: Free to eligible Cambridge residents and business owners, $20 for others.
- Location: City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Directions and Map.
- Preregistration: To pre-register please contact Rona Holmes at 617/349-4637 or rholmes@cambridgema.gov or call Pardis Saffari at 617/349-4654.
- Presented By: Center for Women and Enterprise.
Harness the Potential of Mobile Applications for Location-Based Marketing
What does it mean if people “check into” your business online? It means they love you! Location-Based Marketing (LBM) is the term for marketing your business using mobile location apps such as Foursquare, SVNGR, Google Latitude and Facebook Places. In this workshop, we will review the major LBM mobile applications, how to use location-based applications to expand business and how businesses are harnessing the power of users that love you enough to share it on their social networks. This workshop will be of particular interest to businesses of all types with brick-and-mortar locations.
- Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
- Time: 6:00 P. M to 8:00 P. M.
- Cost: Free to eligible Cambridge residents and business owners, $20 for others.
- Location: City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Directions and Map.
- Preregistration: To pre-register please contact Rona Holmes at 617/349-4637 or rholmes@cambridgema.gov or call Pardis Saffari at 617/349-4654.
- Presented By: Center for Women and Enterprise.
Business Demographics Workshop
Understanding your market and customer base is a key ingredient to every stage of your business. City staff will give an overview of the Cambridge population and commercial districts.
- Date: Monday, May 24, 2012
- Time: 9:00 A. M. to 10:00 A M.
- Cost: Free to all.
- Location: City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Directions and Map.
- Preregistration: To pre-register please contact Rona Holmes at 617/349-4637 or rholmes@cambridgema.gov or call Pardis Saffari at 617/349-4654.
- Presented By: City of Cambridge.
For More Information
For more information, please contact Rona Holmes, rholmes@cambridgema.gov, at 617/349-4637. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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