Upcoming Events

With over 700 million monthly users, Instagram offers businesses a huge potential audience. This program consists of a four part framework of: Analyzing, Adjusting, Arranging, and Activating your Instagram Plan. A Ventura County SCORE webinar.

Learn the basics of successful paid advertising strategies and how to drive new leads for your business. Online marketing is constantly evolving, which can make it difficult for your business to keep up. In this webinar, SCORE will break down the different paid ad campaigns by platform with best practices you can use to get the most out of your marketing dollars. A Ventura County SCORE webinar.

Tax season will be here sooner than you think! If you have tax questions, SCORE has tax answers. Join SCORE for this LIVE Q&A session with certified CPA and small business tax expert Micah Fraim. A whole hour dedicated to answering your tax-related questions and concerns, offering tax advice you can implement throughout the year. A Santa Barbara Score Webinar.

Join this live webinar and bring your own chocolate! Every business owner will go through hard times, and staying resilient can be the difference between the businesses that succeed and the businesses that don’t. In this webinar, Founder & CEO of MYRetreat Inc., Melissa Mueller-Douglas, will demonstrate how you can improve your resilience and sharpen your focus with an experiential learning technique called mindful eating. A SCORE Webinar.

This live, interactive webinar session is designed to help you understand the features, functions and benefits of QuickBooks Online for small business owners as well as assist you in implementing accounting best practices to manage your business finances including COVID-19 Funds and Forgiveness. Juliana Ramirez from JR Bookkeeping will live answer your questions related to the subject matter including live demonstrations. A Ventura County SCORE webinar.

When you start off selling on Amazon, you have to advertise to generate “sales velocity”. As your Product listing matures, you still have to advertise , but at a lower % of Sales to maintain your momentum. In this workshop SCORE will discuss the basics as it relates to how to setup your own Amazon Marketing and Ad Campaigns. A Santa Barbara SCORE webinar.

This webinar, co-hosted by CMTC and the CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), will provide practical guidance to California manufacturers on multiple economic incentives, resources, and workforce training funding to save money and foster growth – Moderated by Linda Rosenberg, CMTC, Client Advisor. A CMTC webinar.

Studies show that most sales communication fails to perform in the first meeting, but even worse, it absolutely collapses when your audience tries to “re-tell” your message to other key decision makers the vital “second meeting.” So can you engineer our communication in a way that will make it more robust and memorable in the first meeting and more importantly, allow it to survive the “re-tellability test?” A SCORE webinar.

As women and entrepreneurs, our boundaries are often stretched and tested both personally and professionally. In this session, Rochida McClure, LMFT, will help you make space in 2022 for joy to reenter your professional and personal life by learning to establish boundaries from a place of courage and self-care. She will provide tools to gain a better understanding of yourself – your fears, your values and the boundaries you will need to set to create more space in your life. Come to this workshop not just to learn how to say “no” but to understand why you say “yes” to so many obligations in the first place! A WEV webinar.

Who’s ready to get organized this 2022!? Let’s be honest, we all get overwhelmed by Social Media because we often wear too many hats and think we need to be on every platform. The fact is we only need to be posting on the platforms where our target market is spending their time. The best way to get organized and efficient is to create a social media calendar. Deborah has a saying: schedule it in your calendar, see it in your life and she will show you how to do it to save time, energy and make you money. An EDC SBDC webinar.

Sponsored by Self-Publishing School: Writing a book is not just for novelists, it can be a great investment for your business. In fact, publishing a book can help position you as an authority in your service field and bring in leads and revenue for your business. In this webinar, Chandler Bolt, CEO of Self-Publishing School, will give you key strategies on how to write and publish your first book. You’ll get the 3-Step System used to rapidly mind map, outline, and write your books in as little as one week.  A SCORE webinar.

In this webinar for small business owners, top marketing consultant James Bond will share five secrets to growing your business, increasing your number of clients and customers and boosting your profits almost immediately, using advanced and guerrilla marketing techniques. If you have a small or mid-sized business, you will learn a few simple ways to win more and  get better clients and customers for your business. A Ventura County SCORE webinar.

This webinar, co-hosted by CMTC and the CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), will provide practical guidance to California manufacturers on multiple economic incentives, resources, and workforce training funding to save money and foster growth. There will be an opportunity for Q&A, and you are also welcome to submit questions in advance during registration. A CMTC webinar.

In this webinar SCORE will look at how to create a powerful on-line marketing system using email marketing and social media. They will discuss best practices, ideas and what is getting results in the real-world. SCORE will look at ways to grow your email list and what to consider when targeting your audience. A Ventura County SCORE webinar.

Connect, Collaborate, Learn with WEV. Strong Women, Strong Coffee is WEV’s monthly meet-up/community empowerment group. Join WEV each month (with your favorite morning brew) to connect, collaborate, and learn from other women entrepreneurs. Meeting every 3rd Friday of the month from 9:00am to 10:00am, you will have the opportunity to share, listen and support one another with reaching your business goals. A WEV webinar.

2021 was an unprecedented year in so many ways. 2022 looks to be a bit brighter regarding the pandemic, however, with all of the laws the California Legislature and Governor passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been difficult to keep up on what is and isn’t new. This presentation will inform you of the latest updates and new bills that touch on almost every facet of employment for 2022. Ranging from new reporting requirements due to COVID-19 to wage theft consequences and a new minimum wage, join the Workforce Development Board of Ventura County to learn more about the new employment laws that impact California employers.

Sponsored by Equitable: New businesses are on the rise across the United States, and particularly in the black community. If you’re an entrepreneur with a good idea, it might be the right time to finally start your business. Join this educational webinar, presented by Owner & CEO of PKJ Consulting Phyllis Johnson, where she will break down how to plan your start up, grow your business, and succeed in your industry.  A SCORE webinar.

The USC Center for Economic Development will bring together representatives from banks and CDFIs to discuss how small businesses, and especially minority- and women-owned businesses can access capital from lenders. Experts from the lending institutions and technical assistance providers will discuss challenges faced by small businesses due to COVID-19, opportunities to access loans/grants, and resources available. The workshop will be held in an online format with multiple sessions and panelists. A USC Center for Economic Development webinar.

In celebration of Black History Month, join the U.S. Commercial Service for the kick-off of their “From Local to Global: Celebrating Diversity” event series, as they feature a dynamic panel of Black founders and leaders from Southern California-based companies, who will share how they have successfully grown their businesses internationally.

Sponsored by FedEx: In this session, FedEx Services Customer Technologies manager Christina Roushakes will share expertise on the need to re-platform technology, shipping systems and solutions, and dive into order and warehouse management options to grow your business. A SCORE webinar.

Social media can be overwhelming for business owners. Which platforms. How often to post. What to post. What is “live”. What are Stories? Pages? Groups? This Two Part class will give you the basics every business owner should know as well as the latest trends to grow your business. A Santa Barbara County Score webinar.

Conecta, colabora y aprende con WEV. Únase con WEV una vez al mes (con su bebida matutina favorita) para conectarse, colaborar y aprender de otros emprendedores y emprendedoras. Reuniéndose cada cuarto viernes del mes de 9:00 am a 10:00 am, usted tendrá la oportunidad de compartir, escuchar y apoyarse mutuamente para lograr las metas de su negocio. Un seminario web de WEV.

A good online reputation is essential for a business to thrive. When a business is able to uphold a positive online reputation, good things such as professional image, increasing sales, and even attracting great talent for future recruitment is likely to follow. Learn the best advice and tips for businesses to follow in order to successfully monitor and uphold a positive online reputation. An EDC SBDC webinar.

Are you thinking of starting a new business of your own but don’t know where to begin? Join SCORE Santa Barbara for an Interactive Business Start-Up Webinar Session led by Greg Loosvelt and Eric Saltzman to learn key elements that will help you be successful. A Santa Barbara SCORE webinar.