Business Skills Seminars

Held at: Let's Go! Business Hub, Enfield Business Centre, 201 Hertford Road, Enfield EN3 5JH (map)

Business Planning for Success!

Monday 3rd October, 9.30am - 12.30pm

This half day seminar will give you an overview of the business plan to help you get started in a clear and structured way. It will help you to:

Understand the key components of the business plan
Clarify all aspects of your business idea
Start to work on your plan using templates provided
Identify risks to improve your chances of success

Social Media Introduction: what it’s about and why you might want to use it

Thursday 20th October, 9.30am - 12.30pm

This seminar will give you an overview of the main social media platforms and help you understand how you can use it effectively to promote your business. It covers:

The meaning of terms, words and phrases that you were too afraid to ask about!
How to avoid making basic mistakes
Social media etiquette - what you should and shouldn't do
Free tools you can use to simplify your social media
Other platforms you may wish to consider

Financial Forecasting Without Fear!

Tuesday 27th September, 9.30am - 12.30pm

This half day seminar will help you understand the importance of financial forecasting within the business planning process. Join us to learn and understand:

Sales, profit and loss and cash flow forecasts
Ways to prepare forecasts by completing practical exercises
Key performance indicators and how these impact on your business
How to identify appropriate levels of resources (staffing / funding etc.) required

Mailchimp Training - Email Marketing for Beginners

Thursday 27th October, 9.30am - 12.30am

Mailchimp is a fantastic online tool to create, manage and maintain email marketing campaigns. During this practical training session on the computer you will learn how to create and customise your own email marketing campaigns. Join us to learn and understand:

Why use email marketing and what is Mailchimp
How to create an email list and an email campaign
How to customise a basic template with your own branding and content or use a pre-designed template
How to preview, test and schedule the campaign

Top Tips for Raising Finance (FREE)

Thursday 22nd September, 9.30am - 12.30pm

This seminar will give you a better understanding of the types of funding available and how to become finance ready, it covers:

Different sources of funding including: Start up loans, Crowdfunding, Community Finance (e.g. Credit Unions), asset finance, factoring etc.
What funders look for when lending and how funders assess an application
How to become finance ready
The Start Up Loans Scheme application process – Start Up Loans is a government initiative enabling people who are either looking to start their own business or within the first two years of trading to borrow finance at 6.2% APR (up to £25,000). Find out how you can apply

Smart Marketing for Small Businesses

Thursday 8th October, 9.30am - 1.00pm

This half day seminar is designed to help you identify effective marketing strategies for your business. Come away with a one-page overview on using marketing to develop your business successfully. Join us to learn and understand:

What marketing is and what will work for your business
The unique selling point for your product or service
Who you should target
What tools you need
Insider best practice secrets (so you stand out from your competitors and win more sales and clients!)

The Business Planning, Smart Marketing, Social Media, Mailchimp and Financial Forecasting seminars are heavily subsidised at just £35 inc. VAT, or discounted for registered Let’s Go! Business Hub users to £28 inc VAT. Please note there is a small additional booking fee if booking online. If you are a Hub user email hub@enterpriseenfield.org to get your discount code. The Top Tips for Raising Finance is FREE of charge.

You can also call Enterprise Enfield on 020 8443 5457 to book your place by debit or credit card (no booking fee). Or email us to call you on info@enterpriseenfield.org

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