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Produced by East Gippsland Shire Council, this e-newsletter is designed to inform local business operators about business training opportunities. If you would like further information, we invite you to call us on (03) 5153 9500 or email Councils Economic Development Team . 
MONDAY   25 MARCH          

TIME:          5.30-8.30pm
VENUE:      Bairnsdale Library, 22 Service Street
CONTACT:  (03) 9490 1402

Websites are a critical communication channel for businesses. Most consumers rely on the internet to find the product or service they need, so not only may your small business lack legitimacy without a website, but it misses a critical opportunity for discovery.

It’s time to level up your marketing with an online presence. Platforms such as WordPress make it easy to build your own website. This workshop will guide you through a digital strategy and details for creating a basic WordPress website.

Here's a quick taste of some of the topics we'll discuss:
  • Where and how to buy a domain name and website hosting
  • Structuring a basic website for easy user navigation
  • The power of content builders/content management systems
  • How to use open-source website builders such as WordPress
This workshop is for small business owners who want to:
  • Create a basic website or update their existing site
  • Develop their online presence
  • Walk away with a better understanding of the process required to build their own website
Register here
TUESDAY 26 MARCH

TIME:          9 -4.30pm
VENUE:      Bairnsdale RSL, 2 Forge Creek Rd

GROW Gippsland is a collaborative program that seeks to strengthen social and economic outcomes and increase job opportunities through maximising local spend in the region.

GROW is delivering a free one day training workshop to support organisations to understand leading practice in delivering social and local economic outcomes through procurement.

The recent introduction of Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework now requires all government departments and related agencies to incorporate social procurement as part of the way they deliver projects and buy goods and services.

This training workshop brings together leading practice, local case studies and practical guidance to allow participants to drive real social and local economic benefits:
  • Learn to identify local and social procurement opportunities
  • Understand how to deliver on local and social procurement opportunities
  • Understand the new Victorian Government social procurement framework
  • Be ready to apply and respond to the social procurement framework
  • Develop tools and strategies to deliver social and local impact for your organisation
Who should attend? Local procurement professionals, project managers, business owners and suppliers in Gippsland who may be interested in delivering local and social impact or who are impacted by the new Social Procurement Framework.

For more information please contact Shalene Wilcock on 0417 133 289 or shalene.wilcock@arcblue.com.au
Register here

Marketing Your Business
How to get it right the first time
Monday 27 May 2019, 5.30 – 8pm

Bairnsdale Library, Room 1
22 Service Street, Bairnsdale
$20 A light supper will be provided

An effective marketing strategy should boost your brand, capture customers, keep them coming back, and ultimately save you time and money.
Find out why just a website and a Facebook page is not going to cut it at this back-to-basics workshop that will show you how to develop a marketing action plan to keep your effort and resources focused in the right areas.

Learn how to:
  • Set marketing goals that work
  • Choose the right activities
  • for your business
  • Use market research and
  • maximise customer service
  • Make the most of marketing
  • processes and systems
  • Develop an effective marketing action plan
  • Attract and keep customers
  • coming back
  • Get your business noticed
  • Maximise social media
For information contact: Marlene Rickhuss (03) 5153 9500

 
Register here
Recovery Strategies
For
Business
The Small Business Mentoring Service has been engaged by the Victorian State Government to run a business assistance program for the next five months. The program consists of one to one mentoring sessions (up to five sessions), mentoring clinics and standalone workshops dealing with recovery strategies for business affected by severe conditions.

What do mentors do……
  • Help analyze business issues: Marketing, Finance, Planning, Budgeting
  • Identify business options & discuss advantages &  disadvantages
  • Help you to make your business better
  • Give you access to organizations that can help
  • Help build action plans based on your personal and business needs
To access the FREE mentoring support, visit the SBMS website, click on “I want to book with a Voucher”, type the Code DSCI5 and fill out your business details. Your mentor will be in contact within 72 hours
 
The SBMS will also be visiting the following locations, 
  • Orbost- Tuesday 26 March 2019, Orbost Service Centre, 1 Ruskin Street
  • Mallacoota -Monday 1 April 2019, Mallacoota Library, 70 Maurice Ave
  • Omeo – Tuesday 2 April 2019, East Gippsland Shire, 179 Day Ave.
  • Bairnsdale Monday 8 April 2019, Bairnsdale Library, Meeting room 2, 22 Service Street.
  • Paynesville – Monday 15 April 2019, Paynesville Library, 55 The Esplanade.
 
Information Session:  presented by the author of “Are you Ready”, Anthony Turner
This workshop will teach business operators strategies to deal with recovery from severe conditions;
Each attendee will receive a hardcopy of the Nationally awarded book “Are you Ready”
Date: 15 April 2019
Bairnsdale  Library, 22 Service Street
6 - 7.30 pm

To register for the free mentoring program or to attend the workshop go to the SBMS website, or contact Ross Jennings on Ph: 0409 016 517.



 
Small Business Victoria Bus
Visiting Dates:
Orbost 14 May 2019
Lakes Entrance, 15 May 2019
Bairnsdale 16 May 2019

 
Tuesday 14 May 2019, 5.30 – 8pm

Bairnsdale Library, Room 1
22 Service Street, Bairnsdale

This workshop focuses on succession planning for business operators who are planning for retirement.

Facilitated by experienced Department of Human Services, Financial Information Officers, you will learn how succession planning can impact your eligibility for the age pension.

No cost, A light supper will be provided
For further information contact Marlene Rickhuss (03) 5153 9500
 
Register here
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