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Building your Business with the Experience Economy

Join the Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce and the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center for Building your Business with the Experience Economy. Participants will discuss how their businesses can benefit from creating experiences for their customers. The SBDC staff will also provide an overview of the services and tools available to help entrepreneurs create experiences, and share how current clients are creating memorable experiences for their customers. Prerequisite: Introduction to the Experience Economy. Location: Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by calling the Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce, at (610) 683-8860, by January 2.

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Internet Advertising

Learn how to advertise your businesses’ products and services on internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo! Topics will include how to set up and manage an advertising campaign aimed at connecting potential customers to your website. Tips to optimize your results along with pitfalls to be avoided will also be featured. Attendees will need to register in advance of the workshop. Registration is necessary for the distribution of printed materials.

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Introduction to the Experience Economy

Keep your business thriving by staying ahead of your competition with Introduction to the Experience Economy. This workshop is designed for entrepreneurs and others interested in the new opportunities and challenges facing small businesses. Businesses that provide services comprise nearly 80 percent of the country's economy today, but the business environment is changing with emergence of the experience economy. Participants will learn about the experience economy and how businesses design memorable experiences. Location: Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce RSVP by calling the Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce, at (610) 683-8860, by December 5.

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Website Optimization Webinar - SPECIAL

E-commerce has become a popular trend in the business world. Many companies invest in creating Websites to market their businesses, make savings and increase sales. As part of your company's marketing strategy, you can utilize your website to increase visibility of your business on the web through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The following is a package of benefits to your business: Website Optimization Webinar (WOW) helps participants to understand the elements of online marketing. It also explains basic concepts, terminology and gives tips on how to maximize online success.

  • Discusses strategy
  • Develops Website ideas
  • Explains current Website trends
  • Detailed WOW report will be provided with results from the analysis from the participants' websites structural design. The report highlights:
  • Weaknesses and strengths of your website
  • Suggests areas where improvement is needed
  • The report is intended to assist the business owner in the development of an action plan for the Website, with changes being made through your company's internal staff or through an outsourced Web developer. After attending the webinar and implementing suggestions from the report, Website improvement from the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) process will include:
  • Improved functionality
  • More user-friendly
  • Increased visibility via many search engines
  • Upon completion of the Webinar, each participant will also have a one hour free consultation to review the report findings with an SBDC consultant. If you have any questions before registering for the Webinar, please do not hesitate to contact sbdc@kutztownsbdc.org Click here to view a sample report The WOW report will be developed by the Kutztown University SBDC and delivered, via email, within 14 days of the Webinar.

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    Pre-registration Price: $249.00 $199.00
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    Client Success Story

    David Lucas, Lucas Lane, Inc.

    David Lucas
    Lucas Lane, Inc.

    Lucas Lane Inc. is a working veal farm and an oil filter recycling facility. Oil filters of all sizes, from lawnmowers to locomotives find their way to this pastoral setting, where David Lucas and his family recycle them for scrap steel and waste oil. With help from the KU SBDC, Lucas Lane Inc. has grown to servicing a 60-mile radius of Reading, and has landed a contract with the National Guard. Read More

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