• Wednesday, February 8, 2012, HCC Southeast Campus
• Wednesday, February 15, 2012, HCC Spring Branch Campus

Event Information

“Overview – Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses”

You may qualify for an exciting new program for small business owners. Been in business two years? Have four or more employees? Annual revenues between $150,000 and $4 million? Learn how to apply. All accepted applicants receive full scholarships to a training and education program sponsored by Goldman Sachs and Houston Community College.

“The Power of Email Marketing for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs”

More than 500,000 businesses use Constant Contact to help grow their business! You’ll learn how to build relationships that are the key to the success of your business with easy, inexpensive and highly effective email marketing! We will explore the basics of what email marketing is, why it works so well, how it easily integrates with social networking sites, and how to use it in your business planning and marketing strategy to achieve special goals.

This session will teach you how to master email marketing communications with a comprehensive look at best practices and winning strategies for getting and keeping quality subscribers, increasing deliverability and open rates, writing good headlines and content, saving time, getting readers to take action, and more!

“Overview – Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses”

Sandra Louvier – 10,000 Small Businesses

To register for this session only-at no cost, please go to http://www.hccs.edu/10ksb

You may qualify for an exciting new program for small business owners. Been in business two years? Have four or more employees? Annual revenues between $150,000 and $4 million? Learn how to apply. All accepted applicants receive full scholarships to a training and education program sponsored by Goldman Sachs and Houston Community College.

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

“The Power of Email Marketing for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs”

Shelley Roth – Constant Contact Local Expert

More than 500,000 businesses use Constant Contact to help grow their business! You’ll learn how to build relationships that are the key to the success of your business with easy, inexpensive and highly effective email marketing! We will explore the basics of what email marketing is, why it works so well, how it easily integrates with social networking sites, and how to use it in your business planning and marketing strategy to achieve special goals.

This session will teach you how to master email marketing communications with a comprehensive look at best practices and winning strategies for getting and keeping quality subscribers, increasing deliverability and open rates, writing good headlines and content, saving time, getting readers to take action, and more!

You will be able to:

• Reach more people with your message;
• Create email campaigns that get results;
• Get your emails opened and read;
• Write compelling subject lines and copy;
• Interpret email campaign results (open-rates, bounce-rates, click-thru rates, etc.);
• Examples of successful email campaigns; and
• Discover NutshellMail –this free tool aggregates your social media messages into emails.

Who Should Attend: Suitable for all experience levels. Anyone interested in learning more about email marketing.

Note: Participants do not need to be a Constant Contact customer to attend. All information provided can be applied regardless of the system or service you are using for Email Marketing.

To register for this or both events:

http://conta.cc/w4KRMq

“Overview – Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses”

Lin Giralt-10,000 Small Businesses

To register for this session only-at no cost, please go to http://www.hccs.edu/10ksb

You may qualify for an exciting new program for small business owners. Been in business two years? Have four or more employees? Annual revenues between $150,000 and $4 million? Learn how to apply. All accepted applicants receive full scholarships to a training and education program sponsored by Goldman Sachs and Houston Community College.

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

“The Power of Email Marketing for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs”

Shelley Roth- Constant Contact Local Expert

More than 500,000 businesses use Constant Contact to help grow their business! You’ll learn how to build relationships that are the key to the success of your business with easy, inexpensive and highly effective email marketing! We will explore the basics of what email marketing is, why it works so well, how it easily integrates with social networking sites, and how to use it in your business planning and marketing strategy to achieve special goals.

This session will teach you how to master email marketing communications with a comprehensive look at best practices and winning strategies for getting and keeping quality subscribers, increasing deliverability and open rates, writing good headlines and content, saving time, getting readers to take action, and more!

You will be able to:

• Reach more people with your message;
• Create email campaigns that get results;
• Get your emails opened and read;
• Write compelling subject lines and copy;
• Interpret email campaign results (open-rates, bounce-rates, click-thru rates, etc.);
• Examples of successful email campaigns; and
• Discover NutshellMail –this free tool aggregates your social media messages into emails.

Who Should Attend: Suitable for all experience levels. Anyone interested in learning more about email marketing.

Note: Participants do not need to be a Constant Contact customer to attend. All information provided can be applied regardless of the system or service you are using for Email Marketing.

To register for this or both events:

http://www.constantcontact.com/local/houstonmetro/events.jsp?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D98576939

What: A FREE, informative business roundtable led by an industry professional

Who: Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Members & Prospective Members.

February Topic:

“Strategically Networking for Success”

Presented by Christine Spray (President, Strategic Catalyst)

Why is making and maintaining relationships important?

Some people see a large network in terms of knowing many people or being known by many people is worth achieving by itself, but growing your network constantly is completely worthless. It’s what you make out of the relationships you have and knowing which new relationships will be valuable to you. The most successful people are those that know it’s more about others.

Attendees will learn:

• The Benefits of Networking
• Why Networking Skills are Crucial
• Connecting Influences Everything
• Success All Starts with Your Attitude
• Connecting One-on-One
• Connecting Beyond Words
• Using Your Energy Wisely
• Tips for Working the Room
• It’s More Skill Than Natural Talent
• The 30 Second Introduction
• Tips for Working a Table
• Great Ways to Maximize Your Networking
• Strategies that Work in Any Room

Christine Spray is an energetic, passionate speaker and business advisor with a passion for helping companies grow. Spray launched Strategic Catalyst, Inc. after working in public accounting and industry in leadership management roles with start-up, restructuring and growth responsibilities. She recognized that by aligning business goals with marketing, human resource and business development strategies, organizations could leverage new business opportunities for far greater results.

As former Director of Practice Growth, Director of Business Development, Director of Practice Development, Strategic Sales Director, Vice President of Sales and Marketing as well as Regional Director of Sales and Operations, she has led organizations’ efforts in new business development, strategic planning, marketing initiatives, collaborative relationship development, employee retention, client relations and operations. She has proven that building deep relationships is the catalyst for building new business one relationship at a time.

To RSVP: email sarah@hwcoc.org or go to:

http://www.hwcoc.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=644

Contact: Phone: 713-785-4922; Email: info@hwcoc.org

• What is marketing?
• Customer awareness
• Knowing your target customers
• Customer Interests and preferences

You can pre-register for the event by clicking the link below:

https://newspringcenter.wufoo.com/forms/z7w1s9/

The added value of pre-registering online is not only a quick sign in at the door, but if you pre-register online and bring a friend, you pay for your friend, and you get in for free; two get in for the price of one.

A light lunch will be provided.

• Discipline/Skills
• Milestone Chart
• Target Market
• Defining the Customer

BPC Training Sessions are closed sessions for contestants and advisors in the 2012 Business Plan Competition. Newspring conducts 4 training sessions for contestant teams and their business advisors about the required focus and planning to write their plans and move effectively through the competition.

Sessions focus on target market, the customer, product and business differentiation, structure, organization and financing (project revenues and break-even, income statements, cash flows, balance sheets, investment capital needs and other key issues to include in your Business Plan or Growth Plan); Group Q&A, team meetings and Presentation skills.

For more on this  http://www.hccbizconnect.org/programs/competition/bpc-fast-track/

For More on the  HCC Newspring Business Plan Competition and To Apply: http://www.hccbizconnect.org/programs/competition/