Formstack Launches Build Indy 2013
Breena Fain – As an Indiana small business owner or employee, you understand the importance of networking to grow your brand, as well as the importance of finding effective, cost-saving solutions for your business. As an Indy business ourselves, we want to spread the word about how local cloud-based solutions can connect organizations within [...]
ISBDC / March 13, 2013
How Well Do You Understand Your Business?
Tran Chau – A small or medium business (“SMB”) today faces many competitive challenges. In the retail industry for example, not only are consumers shopping more online, but big box retailers are also becoming more commonplace. Consumers are drawn to these alternative shopping outlets for time-savings and lower prices. To compete amidst challenges such as [...]
ISBDC / January 7, 2013
Employee Training and Assessment Tools Are Available – and FREE
Kris Deckard – We continue to hear – almost every day – that employers are having a difficult time finding qualified, appropriately skilled workers to fill their many open positions. Training is also needed to help current employees develop the necessary skills and demonstrate readiness for higher level positions. A less skilled, less educated labor [...]
ISBDC / October 26, 2012
Email Etiquette
Susan Davis – There have been a multitude of articles written about email etiquette. But, since most of us live and die by email, I thought I would highlight what I consider to be some of the most important. Summarize – I find it incredibly frustrating when I am sent an email that has a [...]
ISBDC / September 6, 2012
Your Emails and Text Messages Say a Lot About You!
Joe Ubben – As technology continues to change the way in which we communicate, it doesn’t change the fact that we are judged by these messages. Some of my clients who are in the 20 – 30 year old age group seem to think that it’s OK to alter the English Language with abbreviations, misspellings [...]
Northwest ISBDC / August 28, 2012
ISBDC, SCORE, Google Partner To Help Businesses Get Online
If you don’t have a website or online business listing, you’ll find everything you need to get started – web professionals at your side every step of the way. If your business is already online, you’ll find tools and resources to help you succeed. Space is limited, so register in advance for this FREE [...]
ISBDC / July 25, 2012
Does Social Media Help With Your SEO?
Kathy Pierce - Joining social sites isn’t just so you can look popular to visitors. These sites provide valuable “backlinks” that up your ante in the SEO world. From a Search Engine Optimization perspective, backlinks demonstrate your site’s popularity. When search engine spiders find a site with lots of other sites pointing to it, they conclude that [...]
ISBDC / July 23, 2012
Pre-Seed Workshop
When: September 25, 26, October 3 Where: DeveloperTown, Indianapolis The Pre-Seed Workshop is a no-cost workshop that will help with the “thickening” of an innovative technology or idea and present the opportunity to work with discussion groups to vet business ideas and launch pre-seed stage companies. In no way is this a boring run-of-the-mill lecture series. [...]
ISBDC / July 20, 2012
Be Aware: The Psychology of Phishing Scams
Alan Wlasuk - We all get unwanted email, referred to as spam, but why so much? Does anyone really fall for these obvious scams? Even as we ask these questions, a small voice inside our heads repeats a common retort, “If spam wasn’t making money for someone, would it continue to be sent?” Let’s start by defining spam [...]
ISBDC / May 23, 2012
DIY Web Design
Eric Kranz – Regardless of the business you run, the industry you are in or the customers you target the simple fact is that you need a web presence. Hiring a web design firm to create and maintain a professional web site can be a daunting expense for entrepreneurs and often falls by the wayside. [...]
Southeast ISBDC / February 27, 2012
