SCORE helps entrepreneurs who are starting in businesses or already in business and looking to develop and expand their enterprise. SCORE offers a variety of services including one-on-one counseling, business seminars, low-cost workshops, organizational tools and templates for building and managing business, assistance with Small Business Administration loans and on-site mentoring. The really cool thing is that almost ALL of SCORE's services are free to the client. There is a registration fee for SCORE's workshops in order to fray the operating costs, but these are kept carefully as low as possible to remain within reach of for the community.
How does the organization do all this at no or low cost to the client? SCORE, with chapters nation-wide, is driven by a network of volunteer professionals who've "been there, done that" in business. Some retired, some not but all experienced in specialized areas of business - Accounting/Finance, Bookkeeping, Business Technology, Business Loans, Manufacturing, Retail, etc.
Clients are paired with professionals who have expertise in the client's particular area of business interest and need. Let's say. . you wanna' open a retail candy store. SCORE sources its network of professionals to identify an experienced food retailer, maybe even a candy-person! This professional serves as your skilled and experienced Counselor/Mentor focusing on what-ever area of help you're needing.
Also, you might want to participate in SCORE's presently running program titled The SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP SERIES - a nine-part series started on September 10, 2011. However, you're not too late to get in on the remaining four workshops:
- Tools for Monitoring, Controlling and Growing Your Business - Oct. 29;
- Website Marketing, Strategy, Social Networking Part 1 - Nov. 5th
- Website Marketing, Strategy, Social Networking Part 2 - Nov. 12th
- Doing Business With The Government - Dec. 3rd, 2011.
If you find this information helpful and can see the value in these free and low-cost services, please help spread the word about SCORE's good, non-profit cause by performing these 3 simple steps:
- Click on the FACEBOOK link below to go to SCORE's Facebook Welcome Page,
- "like" the page then
- post a comment on the wall and hit the "share" link below your post.
Help SCORE help Small Business!..................FACEBOOK LINK
Posted by: Freda Ramey, PR and Marketing Supporter for SCORE - Ventura
2 comments:
The next SCORE workshop "Tools For Monitoring, Controlling and Growing Your Business" is coming up soon. I was curious about the best ways to get the word out about this workshop so I asked one of the SCORE leaders to tell me why someone would be compelled to attend. He explained that the business owner who does not feel he/she has control over cash flow, finances - where the money is going, how much they made last week, last month or who has no real accounting system such that they can go to a current, reliable reports on Payments, paid and due and receipts paid and outstanding, etc. Basically, I'll paraphrase. . .if ya don't know where your money is in your business, you don't know where you business is and actually you could be right on the brink of making a lot of money but not know it and therefore not do that one, two or three things that will put you over the hump.
The last three workshops of the series are the most popular and may very well sell out due to space limitations of the classroom. If you are interested in attending it's best to register early and assure you have a seat to learn all about increasing your business by utilizing web and social media strategies. The unique "How to do business with the government" features buyers telling you how to get government contracts; local, state and federal.
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