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Runners North to Host Run for Cache County Food Pantry

Reindeer Run 5K 2010 – poster

If you missed the last session of classes for “Initiative for Branding & Information Strategies”
 
I B  I S Curriculum, here’s your chance to take it again!
6 part workshop  11:30 – 1:00
Room 1901  Cache Business Resource Center

No fee
Held at Cache Business Resource Center, Room 1901 in the Bridgerland Applied Technology College West Campus; 1410 North 1000 West, Logan; 435-213-8713

Wednesday
Dec  1
        Who and What you are NOT!
                     Avoiding the Death Spiral
                     Become a Knowledge Hound
                     Controlling the Noise

Friday
Dec 3   The Path of Least Resistance: Why Secrets are overrated
                      Striking the Balance of your Value
                      Pareto Peace of Mind
                      Intellectual Capital: The Value of People

Monday
Dec 6   Identifying a Fair Trade
                      My Frenemy: Mr. Metrics
                      The Next Good Thing: Cycling up vs Out

Wednesday
Dec 8
   Tie it together with shoestrings
                       The More you want the Less you need
                       Hurry up Slowly

Friday 
Dec 10  
 Geography vs Domain
                        
 Accolading
                        Tailor Made: Making wiser decisions on marketing activities

Monday
Dec 13       
The Harvest model
                        
Conclusion

This week’s 3rd Thursday Entrepreneurial Networking at CBRC

 ”How to Prosper Your Business in Any Economy and how to understand the numbers” RC Mann Accounting Services. 7:00- 8:30 p.m.  No charge. Come network with other businesses and share best practices.

Marketing Workshop beginning Monday, 1 Sign up today

Initiative for Branding & Information Strategies I B I S Curriculum
6 part workshop  11:30 – 1:00
No fee
Held at Cache Business Resource Center, Room 1901 in the Bridgerland Applied Technology College West Campus; 1410 North 1000 West, Logan; 435-213-8713

Monday
Nov 1
        Who and What you are NOT!
                     Avoiding the Death Spiral
                     Become a Knowledge Hound
                     Controlling the Noise

Wednesday
Nov 3rd   The Path of Least Resistance: Why Secrets are overrated
                      Striking the Balance of your Value
                      Pareto Peace of Mind
                      Intellectual Capital: The Value of People

Friday     
Nov 5th   Identifying a Fair Trade
                      My Frenemy: Mr. Metrics
                      The Next Good Thing: Cycling up vs Out

Monday
Nov 8th
   Tie it together with shoestrings
                       The More you want the Less you need
                       Hurry up Slowly

Wednesday
Nov 10th
     Geography vs Domain
                    
    Accolading
                        Tailor Made: Making wiser decisions on marketing activities

Friday
Nov 12th   
The Harvest model
                          
Conclusion

Great fall harvests & crafts from Bear River Heritage Area

BRHA Fall Winter 2010

What good is your website if no one finds it?

 
For a free website analysis call: 435-881-9891

When a potential customer searches for the type of business or product you sell, does your website appear
in the search results? If not, we can help. Did you know 84% of searches are potential customers looking online for a type of business or product? Did you know 80% of searchers research products and services within a 10 – 20 mile radius before they make a purchase?
www.rlmarketingsolutions.com
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Logo and Graphic Design 

Let us show you how potential customers searching for your type of business can find your company website without paid advertising.
Other website costs you shouldn’t have to pay for.

Many businesses have relied on web developers for little changes they needed to make to their websites. This can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars a year unless business owners spend hours making the changes themselves. Many businesses also spend thousands more dollars for search engine optimization or pay for search engine ranking, hoping their websites will be listed when potential customers search Google, Yahoo, and Bing, other search engines.

The solution costs much less than most expect!  
With the technology available today businesses can create and edit content on their websites in only a few minutes, and with the right education, can keep their websites ranking high in search engines.
Let R&L Marketing Solutions help you build, or rebuild, a website that:

• Is optimized so customers looking for your business online can find you.
• Is easy to update and manage.
• Automatically updates your Facebook and Twitter accounts.*

We are also consultants and educators. We will build you a beautiful, effective website and then teach you, in just a few minutes each week, how you can add new information to your website and attract even more customers.

Call for a free website analysis today! 435-881-9891
* If you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter Account, let us start one for you and create a custom Twitter background for your business, too.

 
 

 

 

 

RSVPs due by Sept 24th

Don’t miss out on this series of workshops. Lunch provided, too, at Texas Roadhouse in Logan.

ESG Seminar Flyer Fall Series

Need help building and maintaining your website?

Special Web Design Services for New Businesses

Tips for Procuring Government Contracts

• Intro to Securing Government Contracts for Your Services and Products

• Tips to Successful Government Contracting
                 Selection Criteria as Vendors Read Requests for Proposals

Presented by Fred Lange and Chuck Spence, Utah Procurement Technical Assistance Center

Wednesday, September 29th
Held at the Cache Business Resource Center located in the Bridgerland Applied Technical College West Campus, 1410 North 1000 West, Logan, UT., Room 1901
10:00 a.m. – Noon
No fee.
RSVP to Cindy at croberts@cachebrc.com or 435-213-8713.

Sponsored by Cache Business Resource Center, Bear River Association of Governments PTAC, and Bridgerland Applied Technology College

21st Century Marketing Workshop

3 Day Seminar

HR Compliance Issues Workshop

ESG is excited to announce our fall series of seminars focused on human resource compliance issues.  Join us and learn how to avoid the pitfalls of poor pay practices on September 30th at 11:30 am at Texas Roadhouse in Logan – lunch is on us!  We’ll have the entire restaurant to ourselves (they don’t open until 4 pm).  In October we’ll be focusing on compliance with health care reform.  And in November we’ll review how to be compliant in some key areas of recruiting.  

Please join us for one or all of our sessions!  Please RSVP for our first seminar by September 24th

Dalynn Jones

ESG  – Employer Solutions Group
Human Resources Consultant

 
4844 North 300 West Suite 100
Provo, Utah 84604
Phone: 801.223.7007

Cell: 801.836.0097
Fax: 801.437.5745
Website:
http://www.esghr.com

Need Help with Your Web Presence?

3 Day Seminar – Choose Your Times

Get Your Web Analysis

Web Presence For New Businesses

Goin’ Down Up North?

What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit:
The fifth annual What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit is scheduled for September 30, 2010. This is a Summit to partner and showcase business and economic
development activity in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties in Utah and Bear Lake, Franklin and Oneida counties in Idaho. It will be held at the Calibration Auditorium, 489 East 1650 North Research Parkway, USU Innovation Campus, North Logan.

This Summit will provide the most current information on Northern Utah’s economic climate, economic development activity and resources for business development. Topics include workforce transitioning, social media marketing, business tax strategy, business financing, as well as an economic forecast. 

This year’s key note speaker is Lew W. Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah.

The Summit will be attended by business owners, city, county and state economic developers, and elected officials.  According to Sandy Emile, Cache County Chamber of Commerce, “The Summit is designed to highlight the business success stories of Northern Utah and offer a networking opportunity for all businesses in our region.” 

Registration closes September 27, 2010. Fee: $40. To register, please contact Monica Nielson at 435.797.9610 or visit the Summit website at http://whatsgoindownupnorth.usu.edu.

The Deal Forum – Life Sciences Edition

Having trouble raising money for your Life Science deal?
Submissions due by October 4th!
 
This Deal Forum features more companies and expanded networking at Utah’s number one venue, The Country Club. This may be just the ticket to learn the venture process and meet members of the local angel and regional venture community. If your company is early stage and doing therapeutic or diagnostic drugs or devices, healthcare IT or anything life science you should attend.
 
This Deal Forum will be held in conjunction with the Utah Life Science Symposium. Four local life science entrepreneurs seeking capital will rehearse their pitch with local and regional angel investors and venture capitalists. In addition, there will be special guests from the Utah Life Science Symposium
that represent industry and regional venture investment.
 
This Deal Forum will be held on Tuesday, November 9th from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.at the Salt Lake Country Club, followed by a special reception from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 
As an entrepreneur, The Deal Forum Process will prepare you to more effectively present yourself to investors. Through this experience you will:
• Better understand how to make a positive first impression to the angel community
• Discover what makes your deal attractive and/or unattractive to investors
• Increase your relevant networking opportunities
• Experience candid, real-world feedback following the presentations
• Receive a compressed world-class education at a fraction of the cost
• Accelerate your quest for capital
Come hear four (4) emerging companies challenge the local and national venture/angel community, then network and socialize with fellow entrepreneurs and other members of the regional venture community.
 
Unlike other Deal Forums, this event will feature more companies and an expanded networking session with guests of the Life Science Symposium.

When
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Where
Salt Lake Country Club
2400 Country Club Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84109
 
Attire
Business Attire
 
Attendance Fee: $10.00
Plan submission fee:  $25.00

Register   
http://guest.cvent.com/d/YZuZIZZ64EGdFvUdxW7P8w/17vs/P1/1Q?

Business Success Course

Build your business plan with this 8-session course.

Sept 2-28
Call Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for more information 435-797-2277

What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit:

The fifth annual What’s Goin’ Down Up North Economic Summit is scheduled for September 30, 2010. This is a Summit to partner and showcase business and economic development activity in Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties in Utah and Bear Lake, Franklin and Oneida counties in Idaho. It will be held at the Calibration Auditorium, 489 East 1650 North Research Parkway, USU Innovation Campus, North Logan.

This Summit will provide the most current information on Northern Utah’s economic climate, economic development activity and resources for business development. Topics include workforce transitioning, social media marketing, business tax strategy, business financing, as well as an economic forecast. 

This year’s key note speaker is Lew W. Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah.

The Summit will be attended by business owners, city, county and state economic developers, and elected officials.  According to Sandy Emile, Cache County Chamber of Commerce, “The Summit is designed to highlight the business success stories of Northern Utah and offer a networking opportunity for all businesses in our region.” 

Early registration is $30 by September 1, 2010 and will increase to $40 after September 1st.  Registration closes September 27, 2010. To register, please contact Monica Nielson at 435.797.9610 or visit the Summit website at http://whatsgoindownupnorth.usu.edu.
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For further information you may contact:
Paul Larsen
Brigham City
435.734.6603
PLarsen@brighamcity.utah.gov

Collaborative Marketing Workshop

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Cache Small Business Networking Workshop

This workshop is designed for small businesses that would like to get together and network to get to know each other. It is a great opportunity to get to know others in your field that may compliment your services. We invite you to come and have fun meeting new people.  Please feel free to bring your family, friends or a guest. Refreshments will be served at 6. If you have any questions email: jv@4p4u.com or croberts@cachebrc.com.

When:                      Thursday July 8, 2010
                                   6:15 – 7 p.m.

Where:                    Business Resource Center
                                  1410 N 1000 W Room 1901
                                  Logan, UT 84321

Cost:                        FREE

May Classes

CBRC Workshop Schedule

Workshops are held in the BATC West Campus, 1410 North 1000 West, Logan. Check class schedule for room numbers. To register, call 213-8713 or email croberts@cachebrc.com

The QuickBooks Workshop 1st Wednesday of each month Room 1905; 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. This 2-hour overview will help you set up QuickBooks properly and avoid common transaction errors. QuickBooks classes are offered at both the Logan and Brigham City campuses. Visit

  • www.batc.edu
  • or call (866) 701-1100 for Logan Campus, and (800) 827-0614 for Brigham Campus.

    May 5 Twitter & Blogging for Your Business-Overview and ways to use them to enhance your business.
    Wednesday, May 5th, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Cache Business Resource Center (located in WEST Campus of Bridgerland Applied Technology College, 1410 North 1000 West), Room 1815, $10.00

    May 6-27 (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
    Business Plans & Tools Made Easy

    6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
    Room 1905, Cache Business Resource Center

    Offered by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
    Call SBDC to register and for costs. Scholarships are available.

    May 26 “What Is My Brand?” Leaning to Identy What Your Brand Is and What You Want It be Be; 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.; Room 1901; Instructor, Michael Ruis of Brains Media

    May 27 “Using SKYPE and Outsourcing Tools to Lower Your Costs and Increase Your Staffing Capabilities” 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m; Instructor, John Davidson (VP of Education at BATC)

    SCORE Counseling Now Available in Box Elder County

    The Business Resource Center, serving Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties will now offer SCORE counseling in Perry, Utah beginning this Wednesday, March 31st. Hours by appointment. Appointments may be made for the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays between 1-4 p.m. Call (435) 213-8713 to schedule yours.

    Location: BRAG Offices; 2535 South Hwy 89, Perry, UT.

    Blogging II Follow-up Class

    March 23rd 6:30-8:30pm Room 1815 BATC West Campus. $10
    “Blogging For Business”: Learn how to advertise your business through blogging. Learn how to create quality content, research keywords, add content from other sources and how to optimize your WordPress blog for findability by search engines and site visitors.

    Learn content development strategies, keyword research and placement, blogging best practices to improve findability, WordPress optimization for findability.

    Contact Cindy for more information 435-213-8713

    e-Week to Be Held At Utah State University

    e-Week
    The Entrepreneur Club hosts e-Week annually at the end of the spring
    semester. The purpose of e-Week is to interact with local businesses,
    provide students with the opportunity to network with successful
    entrepreneurs and host competitions and seminars that help students
    develop entrepreneurial endeavors.

    To offer products, services or donations to the e-Week
    event, please contact the Director of e-Week:
    Tyler Spurlock
    (801)999-0288
    tyspurlock@gmail.com

    For more information on e-Club, e-Week or Utah State
    University’s Entrepreneur Program, please visit
    www.huntsman.usu.edu/entrepreneurclub/.

    Cache Entrepreneurial Council (CEC)

    Driving Growth in Uncertain Times
    Presented by Kent Adler, CEO of TTM Technologies
    When: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
    Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
    Where: Iron Gate Grill 155 Church Street, Logan, UTah * New Address
    Cost: $10 by cash or check paid at the door
    RSVP: As soon as possible, as seating is limited. Please contact Monica Neilson at 435-797-9610 or by email Monica.neilson@usu.edu

    Kent Alder has previously served as VP of Tyco Printed Circuit Group Inc., President/CEO of Electrostar, Inc, and as President of Lundahl Astro Circuits Inc, a predecessor company to Electrostar. Kent holds BS degrees in both Finance and Accounting from Utah State University. Having gone through the IPO process twice, he understands the importance of a solid management team, motivated employees, and business systems that lead to superior customer satisfaction.

    Come and hear the nationally know, experienced entrepreneur and network with other entrepreneurs and business professionals.

    Blogging Follow-up Class

    Mar 23    Blogging For Business II: Learn how to advertise your business through blogging.  Learn how to create quality content, research keywords, add content from other sources and how to optimize your WordPress blog for findability by search engines and site visitors.

    Learn content development strategies, keyword research and placement, blogging best practices to improve findability, WordPress optimization for findability