Posted 08-04-2008
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Small Business
by Virginia Wren

Small Business Marketing Course

This nine week course could be just what you need

Would you like to further develop your skills or the skills of your staff to
Grow Your Business?

Learn how to:

 Promote your services and products
 Use cost effective marketing strategies
 Research the market
 Identify growth areas
 Build client relationships
 Increase sales
 Evaluate your marketing
 Set realistic goals
 Obtain business growth

Time :   5.30pm to 9.00pm 1 night per week for 10 weeks
Date :   Commencing Wednesday April 23, 2008
Cost :   $209.00 – receive $30.00 training voucher upon completion of course (redeemable on any future ITeC course)   

Free Women in Business Growth Strategy Workshop 

To many people, digital marketing is a mystery. So what’s it all about? How can you use digital technology to enhance and promote your business and your customer relationships – or is it just for the big end of town? 

Jenny Williams of Idea Garden knows the answers. Recently named as one of the top 50 most influential people in digital media, previous managing director of Tribal DDB and head lecturer for the University of Technology Sydney’s AdSchool eMarketing course, Jenny will show you what’s happening in the digital marketing space and how it can impact your customer relations and your business growth. 

This workshop could change the way you do business in the 21st century. It is part of Home-based Business Week. Ring 4223 3100. Registration is compulsory for catering.

Time :   9.15am for 9.30am to 1.30pm  
Date :   Tuesday May 20, 2008 
Cost :   FREE 
Venue : Villa Dor’o Function Centre

Free Intellectual Property Seminar

Intellectual property (IP) is the general name given to the laws covering patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, circuit layouts, and plant breeder’s rights.
Intellectual property laws protect the property rights in creative and inventive endeavours and give creators and inventors certain exclusive economic rights, generally for a limited time, to deal with their creative works or inventions.
Do you have an innovative product or service?   Would you like to find out how to register a design, trademark or patent or how to commercialise your product or service?  At this FREE two-hour seminar you will hear speakers from the following organisations:

• Intellectual Property Australia
 Davies, Collison and Cave (Patent Attorneys)
 Illawarra Innovation Advisory Service
 Local Illawarra / Southern Highlands Case Study

The seminar will cover what steps you need to take to secure your IP, who to contact and how much it will cost.  You may also like to book in for a FREE
30-minute private meeting with a patent attorney to discuss your innovation further.  

Seminars are being run in Wollongong, Nowra and Mittagong.

Time:   9.00am to 11.00am seminar with light lunch then bookings
being taken for 30-minute individual meetings with
patent attorney
  
Date:   May 6 - Wollongong
May 7 - Nowra 
May 8 - Bowral 

Cost:   FREE 

To register for the above seminars, please phone 1300 650 058 or 4223 3100.

This is only a brief outline of the types of small business advice and assistance that we can offer. Want to know more? Remember I am a FREE service and can assist you in developing your business in many ways. Call me today on 42233100 or check out our website at www.illawarraitec.com.au 

 

Virginia Wren is the Manager of the Illawarra Small Business Centre (a division of Illawarra ITeC). The Illawarra Business Advisory Service is funded by the NSW Department of State and Regional Development and provides free advice to small business start-ups and existing businesses.

 

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