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Go to There: Next Door's Email Marketing Strategy Workshop
Come May 21, if your email marketing could use a little spit-shinin', Scott Winterroth, the founder of Front and Social will be at the free co-working space Next Door on Diversey. According to the literature for... Read »
Go to There: Google’s Social Media Marketing Free Webcast
Do you think social media is important? What about marketing? Read »
Go to There: CCC’s Business Writing Seminar
If you’ve been struggling with figuring out how to make your business communications clearer and have people stop wondering what it is exactly you want them to do, a late May CCC workshop may be perfect for you.... Read »
Go to There: Chicago CFO Executive Summit
What does a CFO do? You might know what the letters mean, but, really, what does being a chief financial officer entail? Can you tell whether yours is doing a good job — or if it is your job, whether you’re... Read »
Go to There: Inspire Startups
There’s a lot of false positivity pushed around the entrepreneurial community, and I won’t say it’s necessarily a bad thing, but it is a false thing. Sometimes running your own business is tough. You want to... Read »
Try This: Free Online Classes All New Entrepreneurs Should Take
The smooth geniuses over at Inc. have concocted a fantastic list of eight free online courses all new enterprising entrepreneurs should consider taking before taking the big big plunge. The classes writer Julie... Read »
Go to There: Intro to SEO (Not Exactly)
This one’s coming up fast and hard (that’s what she said, am I right folks?), on March 20, but it is perfect if you’re looking for a full-day crash course on SEO. That day, at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce... Read »
Go to There: Next Door's Workshop on Hiring as a Biz Owner
I often recommend Next Door events on here, and for good reason: The Diversey establishment’s events are free, concise and chock-full of super-useful info. Case in point, on March 23, Eric Hoss, author of the... Read »
Go to There: 2013 Womenetics Chicago POW! Awards
Hey folks, it’s barely even spring yet — in fact, that still feels an awful way away — but it’s time to check your bad-weather blues and ditch ‘em in favor of some more celebratory gestures and exclamations. It... Read »
Go to There: WordPress in a Nutshell Workshop
You’ve no doubt heard it before: Content is king. Right, but how do you get that content online and how do you manage it? The answer to that is also king, and it’s also probably WordPress. It’s a super-versatile... Read »
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