The IWCC Entrepnreneurial Center and Small Business Developement Center is a free resource for small businesses and small business start-ups. We provide resources and counseling for business planning, market research, marketing, finance and more
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- Location:
- Council Bluffs, IA, 51501
- Phone:
- 712-265-6552
- Mon - Fri:
- 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Events
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- Smart Start workshops
Three locations -- IWCC E Center; S...
Wednesday, November 4 at 6:00pm - 2009 Small Business Summit
Mid-America Center
Tuesday, December 1 at 5:00pm
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center
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Everywhere you turn, businesses are vying for your customers.
How do you make sure your message is heard through all the noise?
The 2009 Small Business Summit’s focus is on engaging with your customers. Our panel of experts will examine approach...es to customer relationships and tools you can start using today to create and build those relationships. In short, you’ll learn how to make sure your customers can hear you.
Our power-packed line up of experts includes Chris Russell from Google, Bryan Jennewein from InfoGROUP, Kristina Hamilton from Broadmoor, Sue Pitts from the Small Business Development Center and Julie Mierau from IWCC's Entrepreneurial Center.
Cost is $20 per business (enables you to register two participants). Register online at www.IWCCECenter.com or by emailing ctrost@iwcc.edu.
Space is limited; register today.Read More
Everywhere you turn, businesses are vying for your customers.
How do you make sure your message is heard through all the noise?
The 2009 Small Business Summit’s focus is on engaging with your customers. Our panel of experts will examine approach...es to customer relationships and tools you can start using today to create and build those relationships. In short, you’ll learn how to make sure your customers can hear you.
Our power-packed line up of experts includes Chris Russell from Google, Bryan Jennewein from InfoGROUP, Kristina Hamilton from Broadmoor, Sue Pitts from the Small Business Development Center and Julie Mierau from IWCC's Entrepreneurial Center.
Cost is $20 per business (enables you to register two participants). Register online at www.IWCCECenter.com or by emailing ctrost@iwcc.edu.
Space is limited; register today.Read More
Can Your Customers Hear You?
Time:5:00PM Tuesday, December 1st
Location:Mid-America Center
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center
"Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do old jobs, energy-saving ways to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine existing technologies — will thrive." Read the full text at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/opinio
Source: www.nytimes.com
Those who create services, opportunities and ways to recruit work can compete on the world market. That is the key to understanding our education challenge today.
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center Check out our class schedule on our FaceBook page. Tried to send the classes to our fans but had some FB issues...
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center
If you need help starting your business or want to find out if your idea is viable, attend one of November's Smart Start workshops. Spend two hours of your time learning the basics of what you need to do before you start a business, how to write the all-important business plan and other specific topics like legal entit...ies, market research and pricing. The cost is $20 per business. Classes are as follows:
November 4, IWCC E Center, 6-8 p.m.
November 10, Sidney, Iowa, 6-8 p.m.
November 19, IWCC E Center, 2-4 p.m.
November 24, Atlantic, Iowa, 6-8 p.m.
Contact Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or ctrost@iwcc.edu to register.Read More
November 4, IWCC E Center, 6-8 p.m.
November 10, Sidney, Iowa, 6-8 p.m.
November 19, IWCC E Center, 2-4 p.m.
November 24, Atlantic, Iowa, 6-8 p.m.
Contact Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or ctrost@iwcc.edu to register.Read More
Need help starting your business?
Time:6:00PM Wednesday, November 4th
Location:Three locations -- IWCC E Center; Sidney, Iowa; and Atlantic, Iowa
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center
Learn how to fully use your Website to retain and gain customers. Learn best practices on marketing your business online through search engine optimization and paid advertising. Need to know more about social networking tools? Why, yes, you do! Learn how to use these and other Web 2.0 tools.
Best of all, this last-minut...e offer is that the class is FREE. That's right, there's no charge to attend tomorrow morning's session. Just call Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or shoot her an e-mail at ctrost@iwcc.edu to register.Read More
Best of all, this last-minut...e offer is that the class is FREE. That's right, there's no charge to attend tomorrow morning's session. Just call Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or shoot her an e-mail at ctrost@iwcc.edu to register.Read More
Last-minute Great Deal!
Time:8:00AM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:IWCC Entrepreneurial Center
The answer is nothing. Facebook and other popular social media tools will not be very helpful to your business unless you have a focused social media objective and facebook and other popular formats are used in unison to accomplish the objective...
If you think that your business is too small, too local or too Iowan for social media marketing to have an effect on your business, think about this. How do you buy products and services today? What is the first couple of things that you do to begin the process...
On NPR’s “Marketplace” this morning, the host asked a simple question: Who has more disposable income — Gen Y’ers or Baby Boomers? The answer surprised me. Studies show that the Gen Y population has more disposable income than their parents, the Baby Boomers. The Mill...
Here isa great resource from the Marketing Savant Group. This is full of great information and tips to help you devise a marketing plan using social media. Social Media Toolkit: The Nuts & Bolts of Your Social Media Strategy Posted using ShareThis
Should businesses, even in small towns and rural areas, have a blog for their business? The answer is YES. And the reason is simple. Kind of. The main reason is to provide interesting, useful and frequent content to your customers, potential customers, industry experts, media, etc...
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center The IWCC E Center and SBDC have some great classes coming up next week and through this fall. Marketing, Internet, Social Networking, Quickbooks and Business Succession.
I doa lot of reading, thinking and brainstorming on ideas for small business in small communities like Council Bluffs and across southwest Iowa. Here are three ideas that are definitely not innovative or for that matter, new… but just may work in today’s economy. Th...
Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial Center
Okay, you created a Website for your company, but how do you make sure your customers can find you? Do you know what drives users to your site? How can you get your site to come up in Internet searches?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the hot topic of the month. Find out the basics of SEO and how to make them work f...or you. After all, you want your Website to work as hard as possible.
Join SBDC Director Sue Pitts for an overview of SEO and a discussion of how your colleagues and other business owners are using these tools to the advantage of their businesses.
RSPV Required: Contact Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or ctrost@iwcc.edu.Read More
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the hot topic of the month. Find out the basics of SEO and how to make them work f...or you. After all, you want your Website to work as hard as possible.
Join SBDC Director Sue Pitts for an overview of SEO and a discussion of how your colleagues and other business owners are using these tools to the advantage of their businesses.
RSPV Required: Contact Coreen Trost at 712-256-6552 or ctrost@iwcc.edu.Read More
Make the most of your online investment
Time:3:00PM Tuesday, September 8th
Location:IWCC Enterpreneurial Center
Want to trade accounting services for goat cheese? How about bike repairs for graphic design? Advertising for overnight accommodations? Small business ownersget lots of offers to swap services or trade products...
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