Business Startup

Phase 2 of the BA program gives you the resources you need to start and manage your business.

Phase 2 provides:

• Advanced business management training modules
• Continued business coaching
• Networking opportunities with other businesses and participants
• Live interactive sessions with guest speakers!

To be eligible for Phase 2 you must:

• Have successfully completed Phase 1
• Have a completed business plan that has been reviewed by the BA Mentor Team
• Be ready and committed to putting your business plan into action

Advanced business management training modules:

• Promotions and Sales for Small Business
• Record Keeping for Small Business
• Stress Management
• Time Management
• Establishing Your Own Consulting Business
• How To Collect and Still Keep Your Client
• Customer Service Essentials
• Fusion Marketing
• e-Marketing: Promoting Your Business Online
• Approaching Galleries and Other Venues
• Creating Your Own Promotion
• Obtaining Financing
• Manual Bookkeeping
• Publicity Made Simple
• Sales Techniques
• Sales Management System
• Basics of Branding
• The Art of Being Prepared
• Income Tax Returns for Sole Proprietorships / Partnerships
• Effective Use and Creation of Advertising
• eBay Basics: Building Your Business the eBay Way
• Customer Service Manual
• Preparing for Craft Fairs
• Mastering The Cold Call
• Promoting Your Business On a Shoestring
• Tips for Terrific Online Customer Service
• Preparing Your Portfolio

Continued business coaching

• Set and achieve goals more quickly
• Be more focused and effective in your actions
• Find inspiration and increased success
• Explore your creativity and individual gifts
• Communicate more effectively

Networking opportunities with other businesses and participants

Communicate individually or in a group session with other participants and small business owners: connect through Skype, GoToTraining, telephone, and email

Share business ideas such as:

• Marketing that works for you
• Easy-to-use and efficient bookkeeping software
• A great publication you saw
• What worked for you and what didn't
• Popular trade shows

LIVE webinars with guest speakers!

• Branding in Today's New Media World
• Fusion Marketing: Like-minded People Working Together for Mutual Benefit
• Social Media: Getting it Right for Your Business!
• Using Social Media to Your Advantage
• Facebook Basics For Business
• Balancing Life's Opportunities and Demands
• Reflections from Cam’s Bipolar Blog (cam.majorminer.ca): Insights and Discussion into the Topic of Mental Health
• Enhancing Personal Empowerment
• Making Sense of Content Management Systems (CMSs)
• Secret to Generating Revenue
• Innovation Without Boundaries: Discovering Your Voice of Achievement

Webinars will be offered through GoToTraining web conferencing technology.