SBA Launches Social Media Webinar Series for
Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group, an entrepreneurial ecosystem of digital communications companies, is launching a five-topic social media webinar series to help small businesses leverage and grow their businesses using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and mobile marketing.
Social media is playing a growing and vital role in the success of small businesses growing and creating jobs. It provides the opportunity to build deeper relationships with customers, to increases sales and to reach new markets in a cost-efficient manner. The webinars will help small businesses to develop a comprehensive social media plan that is engaging, effective and that has maximum return on investment.
The first social media webinar for small businesses, Introduction to Social Media: Helping You Get Started, will be held on April 24, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. PDT. To register for the webinar, visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6526746452209580800. The webinar will highlight topics such as:
• What social media is and isn’t;
• Why it’s important to get involved;
• Demographics on who is using social media;
• Best practices; and
• Ways to get started.
Topics for future webinars in the social media webinar series include: Blogging 101, Creating Content for Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, Identifying and Connecting with your Influencers and Getting Started with Mobile and Location-based Marketing.
WHAT: “Introduction to Social Media: Helping You Get Started”
WHEN: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT
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News Release
San Diego District Office
San Diego SBA Announces Local
Small Business Week Award Recipients
SAN DIEGO – The SBA San Diego District Office is proud to announce its 2013 Small Business Week Award winners:
California Small Business Person of the Year
(In the running for the National Award)
Michael Jason Ianni, President, M Bar C Construction, Inc.- San Marcos, CA Small Business Exporter of the Year Ramon C. Castillo, President & Joseph M. Fernandez, Executive Vice President, CMF Global, Inc. – Chula Vista, CA Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year
Kathy David, President/CEO & Jeff David, Vice President, IT TechPros, Inc. – Escondido, CA Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year
Alejandro “Alex” Galicia, President/CEO, BPI Plumbing – Bonita, CA
Women-Owned Small Business of the Year
Danna Korn, CEO/Co-Founder, Sonic Boom Wellness – Carlsbad, CA Financial Services Champion of the Year
Valery Belloso, Business Development Officer, ACCION San Diego – Southeastern, San Diego, CA
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
Victor Castillo, Director, Southwestern College, San Diego CITD – Chula Vista, CA
Additional Awards – Winners to be announced at awards program.
George Chandler Leadership Award
Anthony Vigil Small Business Advocacy Award
SBA Community Service Award
SBA Lender of the Year Award (7a)
SBA Lender of the Year Award (504)
San Diego Business Improvement District Council Award
--More-- “As America celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Small Business Week, this is an excellent opportunity to honor the small businesses that have helped make our nation great,” says SBA San Diego District Director Ruben Garcia. “SBA has helped well over 20 million Americans start, grow and expand their businesses, placing tens of billions of dollars in loans into the hands of entrepreneurs in all sectors of the economy.”
Business organizations, lending institutions, chambers of commerce and trade associations typically nominate candidates. A panel is convened at the San Diego district office to review local nominations and select a winner in each of the several categories. District office nominees are sent to SBA’s regional office in San Francisco for judging, and the regional office then submits nominations for national consideration. The regional office covers California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam.
The Annual Small Business Awards Luncheon & Conference, sponsored by SBA and the North San Diego Small Business Development Center, will be held June 12, 2013, at the Scottish Rite Event Center, in Mission Valley to publicly honor our local small business owners and advocates. More information and registration is available at www.sandiegosmallbiz.com.
SBA will honor America’s top entrepreneurs at this year’s National Small Business Week events which will take place all across the country and feature exciting and informative events designed to help small businesses start, grow and succeed. Events will be held in Seattle (6/17), Dallas (6/18), St. Louis (6/19), Pittsburg (6/20), and Washington DC (6/21).
This year’s activities will include forums discussing the small business landscape, business coaching services, matchmaking events as well as networking opportunities and award ceremonies. The week’s events culminate in Washington where the 2013 National Small Business Person of the Year will be announced. Candidates from all 50 states and territories will be competing for the award. And all small businesses that attend will interact with federal government officials, local elected leaders, representatives from national businesses and other small business experts.
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NOTE: More detailed descriptions of each small business winner are available. Please call Cynthia Harris, SBA, at (619) 727-4884 or email your request to cynthia.harris@sba.gov. For more information on National Small Business Week 2013 events, including award winner bios, visit http://www.sba.gov/nsbw. News Release
PRESS OFFICE/San Diego
April is National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month
SBA, AARP and North San Diego SBDC to host a half-day training event in Escondido
San Diego – On April 23 at 8:30 am, the U.S. Small Business Administration, AARP and the North San Diego Small Business Development Center will host a free training event in honor of National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month. The event is targeted to entrepreneurs over the age of 50 and will include the sharing of success stories, by senior entrepreneurs, in a session entitled: “We Thought We Were Going to Retire, Right? Re-Careering Senior Success Stories”. In addition, there will be two workshops entitled: “Everything You Need to Know about Operating a Home-Based Business” and “Finding Cost Effective Ways to Market Your Business”. The event will end with a panel of representatives from traditional and alternative small business lenders addressing: Sources of Capital – Where’s the Money?
National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month is part of a larger effort by SBA, SCORE and AARP to promote entrepreneurship among individuals ages 50 and older. Events across the country will match encore entrepreneurs with mentors who have small business experience. These events will also connect encore entrepreneurs with mentors from SBA’s network of resource partners.
With one in four individuals ages 44 to 70 interested in becoming entrepreneurs, and 63 percent of Americans planning to work during retirement, small business ownership is a good option. Small business owners with long-term counselors see bigger sales, hire more workers and last longer.
WHAT: Encore “Wantrapreneur” Day Escondido - National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month
WHEN: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
INCLUDES: Continental Breakfast (Hosted by: AARP)
WHERE: Park Avenue Community Center, 210 Park, Escondido, CA 92025
CONTACT: Jill Andrews, jill.andrews@sba.gov or centerinfo@miracosta.edu (760) 795-874
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PRESS OFFICE
Sell Around the Globe? Tell the World
Enter SBA and Visa’s export video contest for a chance to win $10,000.
WASHINGTON – Do you sell bowling balls to Bangladesh? Or dish towels to Delhi? Maybe you send laser technology to Lisbon? If you export your goods or services around th
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