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Learn the fundamentals of digital marketing and how you can maximize tactics like SEO, paid search, and social media advertising to grow your business during this interactive session. Justin Seibert from Direct Online Marketing will share best practices with actionable steps for you to take and apply to your target audience and geographic market.

So you’ve made the commitment to be a more diverse, equitable and inclusive company. Now what? Do you know where to start on that journey, how to identify areas for improvement and measure your success? Making data-driven decisions is key to achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals whether within a company or in a community. In this program, we’ll talk with three Maryland entrepreneurs, one of whom has developed software that produces metrics around which a company, organization or community can develop its DEI strategy and that helps predict the impact the identified level of DEI will have on a company, organization or community. The other helps organizations build their capacity to collect and evaluate data to improve results.

With new changes taking place for Women-Owned Small Business Certification, join this webinar to get the updates! The WOSB (Women Owned Small Business) Federal Contract Program was implemented with the goal of expanding opportunities for WOSBs to win Federal contracts by providing a level playing field for WOSBs to compete. It is also intended to assist Federal agencies to meet the 5% contracting goals for WOSBs. The Program allows WOSBs to compete for set-aside contracts or receive sole source awards in industries where women-owned small businesses are substantially underrepresented. It also enables Economically Disadvantaged WOSBs (EDWOSBs) to compete for set-aside contracts or receive sole source awards in industries where women-owned small businesses are underrepresented. Are you interested in doing business with the federal government? If yes, you should attend this webinar to learn about the steps to selling your product and/or services to the federal government.

Workforce Services is offering a FREE business education series for Frederick County business owners, executives, HR specialists, and employees! All can benefit from this high-level, value-added professional training to streamline processes, build strategic plans and develop effective practices during the pandemic and beyond. The professional series will include an engaging and interactive three-hour session each month. These sessions will be taught by certified instructors and business professionals who will pass along relevant, meaningful content, and advice to make your business more successful. You do not have to attend each session in the series to participate - but space is limited, so sign up while you can!

This webinar provides an overview of business startup funding options, including SBA lending (and the application process) HELOCS, Securities-Backed Loans and the Pros/Cons of "partnerships" to improve funding capabilities. It also introduces and includes a relatively detailed presentation of ROBS (Roll Over For Business Start-Ups) as a funding option. This session applies equally to franchise and other startup businesses.

Congratulations! You’ve been promoted! You’re the boss! Well, you’re at least a front-line leader or project manager. You may have attended some training, you may be naturally a great leader.If you are a in a leadership role for the first time, you may be surprised by what you are finding. They promoted you, and they are expecting results. Your team is expecting leadership. And many first time leaders have problems that are compounded by the fact that as a lower level leader, you may be managing lower priority activities, which means that resources are scarce. In many cases, you are a working supervisor. Join Lisa and Dave as they provide advice and some tips based on their current immersion in the world of project management and leadership. Registration for this event is FREE. Please register all attendees by clicking the REGISTER button. Your login information for Zoom will be included in your registration confirmation.