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Free business coaching with Tina Heathers
Do you need guidance and support growing your business? Community Futures Huron provides FREE business coaching. Tina Heathers, our Business and Lending Consultant, offers free business coaching to Huron County business owners & entrepreneurs, providing advice and guidance on such topics as: accounting/bookkeeping/QuickBooks e-commerce business planning cash Flow employment Law If you need advice on sales & marketing, human resources, inventory management, buying & selling a business, bookkeeping, and taxation, Tina is here to help. Make an appointment You are invited to use our quick and easy online scheduling app, Calendly, to schedule a time to chat with Tina. Click here to schedule your appointment! To reach Tina directly, please…
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Business, Business Advice, Business Services, CFHuron Update, Coach's Corner, Customer Service, Small Business Management, Solving Small Business
7 ways to make your customers feel important
How many times have you spent your well-earned dollars on a product or service, only to feel like a number or a commodity to the company once they’ve received payment? On the other hand, how well do you remember the companies that made you feel like they really valued you as a customer? It seems that the second scenario is becoming rarer, and those companies that do go the extra mile to make their customers feel important and valued, stand head and shoulders above the rest. Winning customer loyalty takes a lot of time and energy… achieving it will give you a never-ending source of repeat business and referrals. Winning…
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Business Services, CFHuron Update, From Our Network, learning, Online Business Training, Small Business, Small Business Management, training, webinar, Workshops
Workshops & Webinars update
We’ve recently updated the Workshops & Webinars page on our website with the latest info on upcoming learning opportunities from Community Futures Huron and from our network. If you or your organization have an upcoming webinar, training opportunity, or learning resource that you’d like us to share, just send us an email at info@cfhuron.ca. You can find our Workshops & Webinars page here: https://cfhuron.ca/workshopswebinars/
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Business, Business Services, Client News, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, Communications, News, Online Business Training, Patrick Donnelly, Small Business, Small Business Management, Tina Heathers, webinar
Doing Business Online – Go Where Your Customers Are
Small business owners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, you are invited to this April 9th webinar all about getting into and excelling at online sales during this difficult time of COVID-19. With everyone stuck at home, the internet is where they are hanging out. Let’s discuss all the different ways you can continue to meet and work with customers online. Even if you have never done business online before, there may be creative ways to keep your customers engaged and make a little survival cash in the process. Join Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business Coach and Lending Consultant from Community Futures Huron as…
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Business, Business Services, Co-Hosted Webinars & Workshops, COVID-19 Support, Economic Development, Online Business Training, Patrick Donnelly, Small Business Management, Tina Heathers, webinar
Creating a Covid-19 Business Survival Cashflow Plan 2.0
We’re co-hosting another cash flow webinar on April 7! Small business owners and entrepreneurs, you are invited to: Creating a Covid-19 Business Survival Cashflow Plan 2.0. Join Community Futures Huron and Huron County Economic Development and review how to make a survival cash flow plan for small businesses again! Planning to minimize expenses, tap into government funding options, and staying focused on business stability will make all the difference to your business when business activity returns to normal. Many funding updates have been announced since last Friday & we’ll be discussing what we know. Hosts Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business…
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Ensure your next website designer is a good fit for your business
In this age of wisdom and technology, a website is an absolute necessity for doing business. In fact, many people wouldn’t even consider you a credible business if you don’t have one. And even businesses that don’t sell much online, require a website so people can check them out before they come into the store. Unfortunately, having a website designed is still a large expense for most small businesses, and website technology changes so rapidly that almost by the time you get it built, something new has come out that could make it better, faster, more friendly, and easier to optimize. Web design companies are also prolific. Look in any…
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The Unequivocal 3 Best Steps to Small Business Success
Step 1 – Start With A Business Plan. There you have it! We’ve heard it before but how many readers can honestly say they’ve created a comprehensive plan for their business? The first step in any successful business is to develop your idea. It really is that simple. The business planning exercise will help you decide where you want to go. The plan itself will show you how to get there AND give you a schedule! Simply put, the business plan is your road map to success. How easy is that? Step 2 – Do A Marketing Strategy. A business plan without a marketing strategy is crap! Yes, I said…
