SBA Online Small Business Training – Recorded Webinars and Videos: Start, Manage and Finance a Business, Government Contracting; Green Business; Disaster Preparedness; Record-keeping; Buy/Sell; Attracting Investors

SBIR STTR America’s Seed Fund by SBA – The mobile-compatible site allows you to learn about the program through a combination of videos and text. No registration is required – and all the courses are free.

Topics covered include the following:

• Agency differences
• Registration requirements
• SBIR data rights
• Accounting
• How to find partners

SCORE Online workshops -Start-up, Business Plan, Finance, Disaster Recovery, Marketing, etc.

AARP webinars live and recorded include Starting a Business, Financing Your Business, Social Media 101, Q & A with mentors and Avoiding Frauds & Scams

ASBDC Blog – Marketing, Internet, Financial Solutions, etc.- Searchable – ASBDC Sponsor content

PASBDC – Business Continuity Recorded Webinars

Each webinar is between 16 to 26 minutes long. Viewers must register in order to watch the webinars, which include the following topics:

“The Cloud: Embracing the future of business” – Hear about the benefits and complexities of backing data on the cloud, selecting the most pertinent cloud service and considerations when shopping for a cloud provider.

“New markets: New opportunities” – Get the specifics of entering international, government, and online markets.

“Business continuity planning” – Learn the process of identifying potential business interruptions and ways of mitigating them to remain productive at all times.

“Marketing your business online” – Watch a detailed overview of establishing an online presence, including the concepts of building a website, search engine optimization and social media marketing and its platforms.

Washington Department of Revenue Online Workshops & Tutorials

WSBDC Export Training Page

Microsoft

• Microsoft Office Applications Training
• Delivering Exceptional Customer Service: 3 Best Practices (45 minute on demand webinar)
  • Improve customer service: How to incorporate customer data and social inputs to build customer profilesthat boos sales and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Social selling: How to use social media to learn about your customers’ likes and dislikes
  • Integrated brand experience: How to have your company be identified for all outgoing calls to a customer
• Social selling: Using social networks to grow sales(on demand webinar)
  • How to leverage social channels like LinkedIn to nurture customer relationships and build your pipeline

SBA Podcast Course ‘Introduction to Franchising’

Washington State SBDC Franchising Resource Page – links to resources and upcoming SBDC Franchise training events

Idaho SBDC online trainng

Business Impact NW Veterans and Women’s Business Outreach Centers Calendar