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Join us for an insightful one-hour webinar designed specifically for small business owners who are eager to leverage the collective expertise and accountability that mastermind groups offer. Whether you're just considering joining a group or are looking to get more from your current group, this webinar will provide you with the tools and strategies needed to maximize collaboration and drive significant growth in your business.

What You’ll Learn:

• Foundations for Success: Understand the essential elements that make a mastermind group effective, from choosing the right members to setting clear, achievable goals.
• Strategic Engagement: Discover how to prepare for and engage in mastermind sessions that spark meaningful dialogue and actionable insights.
• Sustained Growth: Learn how to measure the impact of your mastermind group on your business and adapt strategies to ensure long-term success.

By the end of this session, you'll not only appreciate the transformative potential of mastermind groups, but you'll also have a clear plan to harness this potential to achieve your business objectives. Don't miss this opportunity to transform collaboration into a powerful driver of your business success. Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HI2j0fj4QbmuEYBFykID6A#/

Are you ready to create Amazon listings that attract customers, drive traffic, and boost sales?

If so, you’re in the right place! Selling on Amazon is a powerful way to grow your brand and business, and an optimized product listing is the key to success.

In this one-hour webinar, we’ll guide you through the best strategies for listing and optimizing your products on Amazon, whether you're a reseller or a brand owner.

 As a Reseller – Learn how to list on existing and new listings, win the Featured Offer, and maximize your sales potential.

 As a Brand Owner – Discover the step-by-step process to create and optimize your own listings.

All while leveraging free resources, data, and Amazon’s best practices to drive success.

 What You’ll Learn:

• How to create optimized, high-converting listings
• Tips to increase visibility and drive more sales
• Expert techniques for crafting titles, bullet points, and product descriptions
• Leveraging backend keywords and attributes 
• Telling a compelling product story through listing images
• This webinar is perfect for beginners, experienced sellers looking for a refresh, and anyone wanting to maximize their success on Amazon!
•  Don’t miss out - join us and take your Amazon business to the next level! 

Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0e1w_wH1RAW-VsQScBeiBw#/

Marketing is largely storytelling. Every business and brand has a story. How do you share it without spending half your working hours putting together marketing plans and working on content creation?

Every business and business owner has a rich and complex history, passion for why they do what they do, and a drive to share what they offer with the world.

Short of hiring a professional, what are some simple ways you can share yourself, your story, the story of your brand, and what you offer?

Do you ask an AI to write something about you? How do you know the AI is going to know your story well enough to pick the pieces you should actually be sharing?

And once you know that, there are so many platforms out there. How do you know which platforms to use and where to spend your time and energy when it comes to making posts?

This webinar will go over

• How to figure out what the story is that you want to share
• Simple questions to ask and answer when it comes to your content creation
• Easy content ideas for quick posts which share your story
• Different social media platforms and which to focus on
• How to save time and maximize reach by utilizing multiple platforms

This webinar is scheduled for 1 hour of instruction and 30 minutes of questions. Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cVC0xq8NQaidfLSJnWBzew#/registration

In Part One, we will review how to define realistic profit goals and ways to manage expenses by covering the following topics:

Budgeting for Profitability - Entrepreneurs often budget by taking last year's sales and increasing it by a few percent, if they budget at all. This section will take the traditional Revenue - Expenses = Profit equation and turn it around to make sure you are budgeting for profit first.

Determining the Owner's Profit - Learn how to determine how much profit you should expect your business to generate and how to make sure it actually ends up in your pocket.

Examining Operational Expenses - Entrepreneurs often pay attention to sales and little else. They expect extra sales to result in extra profit, but too often this does not happen. This section examines all categories of operational expense with a goal of significant overhead reduction.

Examining Variable Expenses - We will perform a similar analysis of variable expenses to suggest ways to reduce them and increase gross profit. We will also look at the different impacts of operational versus variable expenses and why you should take steps to move expenses from one category into the other. Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NK5cgk73QheuQcwoF5EWgQ#/registration

The Florida APEX Accelerator at the University of North Florida is hosting monthly roundtable discussions on topics related to government contracting. These no-cost, virtual and informal sessions are for business owners or those thinking about entering into the government contracting sector; federal, state or local. You will be able to ask questions about doing business with the government; each session will start with one or two specific topics, then we will open the floor to attendees to ask our Government Contracting Consultants their specific questions.

Topics of discussion for 2025 will include:

• Are you ready for government contracting
• Supplier Diversity Programs and Socioeconomic goal requirements
• Necessary federal, state, and local government registrations and regulations
• Tips on applying for business socioeconomic certification programs; Federal, State and Commercial sectors
• How to connect with government buyers and prime contractors
• Understanding the language and basics of contracting
• Research of procurement histories and forecasts
• Identifying proposal and bid opportunities
• Best practices for automated bid match service
• Review solicitations, proposal documents, and make recommendations
• Contract performance requirements
• Contract audits
• Post-award contract administration requirements

Register >> https://events.blackthorn.io/en/6g3Q8Wa7/coffee-and-contracting-virtual-roundtable-for-government-contracting-5a1eVO8GJi1/overview

In this session, you will learn how to:

Reference Solutions is a set of databases that allows you to download records of your target market prospects for free.

• Access Reference Solutions from home for free with your library card,
• Identify new sales prospects,
• Create customized business & consumer marketing lists,
• Identify key business contacts,
• Locate home-based businesses,
• Find businesses with web addresses,
• Define delivery routes,
• Gather competitive business intelligence,
• Identify major industry groups,
• and much, much more!

Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l9pFJ-hiQx2sm8GO95pnNg#/registration

Designed for anyone who has done their business research, most of their marketing plan, and understands some basic accounting and finance. It explains the purposes and value of a plan and uses a content template to help determine what goes into each section of this plan. FREE! A $35 value! Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AO-oEt3HT3CJA48w7zC4FA#/

Government agencies move quickly to secure critical goods and services when disasters strike – whether hurricanes, floods, or other emergencies. Is your business ready to respond?

Join the Florida APEX Accelerator and representatives from federal, state, and local agencies for a free, informative webinar focused on how Florida-based businesses can prepare for and win government contracts during disasters and emergencies.

In this session, you will learn:

• How disaster-related purchasing works at the federal, state, and local levels
• How to register and qualify for emergency contracting opportunities
• The importance of being proactive and procurement-ready before a disaster
• How the Florida APEX Accelerator can support your readiness

We’re excited to feature a lineup of experienced and knowledgeable presenters who bring a wealth of expertise to this webinar:

• Alex Garza, - Small Business Professional, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Alona Vinson, Bureau Chief of Goods and Services - Florida Department of Management Services
• James Walters, Purchasing Officer - City of Niceville

Register >> https://events.blackthorn.io/en/6g3Q8Wa7/government-contracting-in-disasters-what-florida-businesses-need-to-know-5a1eVO8wp3y/overview

In this workshop we discuss some banking basics for business including why it is important to have a separate business account from personal and we introduce a basic cash flow worksheet. We discuss how to grow your business through business credit by discussing why it is important to create business credit and how it can help with planning and expansion of a business. Finally, we discuss the importance of insurance for the business, no matter the size, and why that is important. Register >> https://score.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_94fL3ngMQRGkb7liw9wJuA#/registration

This workshop will give an overview of the seven basic requirements for business STARTUP:

• Selecting an idea
• Testing the market
• Acquiring capital
• Writing a plan
• Turning for help
• Understanding legal requirements
• And putting it all together

Register >> https://events.blackthorn.io/en/6g3Q8Wa7/startup-your-business-webinar-5a1eVO6JMJ8/overview

The Florida APEX Accelerator at the University of North Florida is hosting monthly roundtable discussions on topics related to government contracting. These no-cost, virtual and informal sessions are for business owners or those thinking about entering into the government contracting sector; federal, state or local. You will be able to ask questions about doing business with the government; each session will start with one or two specific topics, then we will open the floor to attendees to ask our Government Contracting Consultants their specific questions.

Topics of discussion for 2025 will include:

• Are you ready for government contracting
• Supplier Diversity Programs and Socioeconomic goal requirements
• Necessary federal, state, and local government registrations and regulations
• Tips on applying for business socioeconomic certification programs; Federal, State and Commercial sectors
• How to connect with government buyers and prime contractors
• Understanding the language and basics of contracting
• Research of procurement histories and forecasts
• Identifying proposal and bid opportunities
• Best practices for automated bid match service
• Review solicitations, proposal documents, and make recommendations
• Contract performance requirements
• Contract audits
• Post-award contract administration requirements

Register >> https://events.blackthorn.io/en/6g3Q8Wa7/coffee-and-contracting-virtual-roundtable-for-government-contracting-5a1eVO8GEjy/overview