Small Business Trends

This list of small business events, webinars and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.

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Small Business Heroes Tour

October 12-16 – Charlotte, NC

This five-city tour (remaining dates shown) features expert speakers and product demos; giveaways; marketing consultations; and presentations on social media, online marketing and more.

The Internet Marketing Conference – Mobile
October 12-13, 2010, New York City

The InternetMarketingConference (IMC) is bringing this unique Mobile CrossMedia event called IMCM in order to debate and discuss how to efficiently enter a strategy of mobile and online marketing convergence.
The format for the two-day event will be a series of keynotes and panels. Each panel will feature a mix of experts from both vantage points: the Mobile Platform Experts vs. The Online platform Experts debating mobile.

2010 Annual Membership Meeting and Business Trade Show
October 13, 2010, Brooklyn, NY

Featuring a keynote address by New York City Deputy Mayor of Operations Stephen Goldsmith. Cocktails and light dinner served. Trade table and corporate sponsorship opportunities available.

Small Business Tech Tour 2010

October 14 – Salt Lake City
October 25 – Boston
November 5 – Washington, DC
November 9 – Atlanta

Learn how to leverage technology as a tool to grow your business! Brought to you by Smallbiztechnology.com, this full-day event is for business owners, entrepreneurs and business professionals who want to have fun, network and learn – whether you know nothing about technology or know a lot.

BlogWorld & New Media Expo
October 14 – 16, 2010, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

This is the world’s largest New Media event, where you can learn about content creation, distribution and monetization strategies, step-by-step techniques and bleeding-edge tools.

Monetization Superpanel- while there, be sure to check out this extended two-hour session. Moderated by Jim Kukral, this panel features Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, John Chow, Darren Rowse and Anita Campbell (of Small Business Trends), who will be sharing their secrets for monetizing a blog. Come with your questions and apply to get your blog and monetization ideas critiqued.

Use discount code SBTVIP for 20 percent off any pass.

Maximize Your Success – SCORE, HP & Intel: Small Business Workshops
Multiple Dates and Cities

SCORE, HP and Intel provide real insights and simple solutions to help you increase efficiencies, boost your productivity and grow your business.

You will get essential advice on technology-based solutions and marketing strategies that can help your small business, including how to better understand your customers and target them more effectively, how to rethink your marketing in the digital age, and how to manage your marketing to reduce costs and increase sales.

October 14: San Antonio
October 20: Minneapolis
October 27: Washington, DC, area
November 16: Tampa

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Series
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Research
Multiple Dates, Hudson, OH

Akron Archangels Investment Network: Small Business Funding Options
October 18, 2010
John Myers of the Akron Archangels Investment Network will explain how “angels” and venture capitalists work as small business funding options.

Entrepreneurship and the Green Economy
November 8, 2010
Dr. Robert J. Hannemann, director of the Tufts Gordon Institute at Tufts University School of Engineering in Massachusetts, discusses entrepreneurship and the green economy.

Numbers Demystified
November 17, 2010
Jim Griggy, Certified Business Advisor at the Ohio Small Business Development Center (OSBDC) at Summit Medina Business Alliance Inc., will explain how to read financial statements using meaningful comparisons and financial ratios.

COSE 2010 Small Business Conference
October 20-21, 2010

The fifth annual COSE Small Business Conference is a two-day experience packed with educational workshops, national keynote speakers, a business-to-business tradeshow and effective networking opportunities. Keynote speakers include famous “apprentice” Bill Rancic, national advertising expert Sally Hogshead and government attorney turned incredibly successful baked goods entrepreneur Warren Brown of CakeLove.

BizTechDay
October 23, 2010 – San Francisco

BizTechDay is one of the fastest growing business and technology conferences, where inspiring entrepreneurs share practical business and technology strategies. Their goal is to inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs through the power of real-time interaction. Their purpose is to bring innovative and practical ideas and help grow a new generation of entrepreneurs. If you’re in one of these cities, or nearby, this is a must-attend event.

Register and get 20% off with discount code: SmallBizTrendsEarly.  Note:  Anita Campbell, Founder of Small Business Trends, will be there giving a talk about “How to reach small business owners with your product or service.”  She will also be available during the “Meet the Press” luncheon to hear about your business!

Inc. Leadership Conference
October 27-29, 2010

Together, Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces will identify and honor those benchmark small and midsized businesses that offer truly innovative, supportive environments, thus achieving significant, sustainable business results. In the June 2011 issue of Inc., Winning Workplaces will name the top private companies that foster a productive work environment and satisfied employees. Join Inc. and Winning Workplaces for three days of exchanging new leadership strategies at the Denver Marriott City Center from October 27 through October 29, 2010.

PR+MKTG Camp East
October 28, 2010, New York City

PR+MKTG Camp™ East is a highly interactive one-day conference. Its goal is to help PR and marketing professionals maximize their impact in reaching new influencers in today’s increasingly socially driven media landscape. Sessions will focus on integrated strategic engagement — ways that organizations and companies can benefit from internal collaboration and aligning communication, customer support, sales, and community management and moderation.

L2 Innovation Forum
November 5, 2010, New York City

A day interacting with top entrepreneurs, strategic thinkers, and recognized academics such as Red Envelope and L2 founder Scott Galloway, NJ’s Wine Library’s own Gary Vaynerchuk, and Four Season’s President & CEO Katie Taylor, and other innovators and top marketing talent? The full-day event will address innovation in digital marketing and implications for prestige brands. The Forum will feature: • Never-seen-before research benchmarking brands’ digital marketing efforts • Provocative presentations from thought leaders in industry and academia • On-stage conversations with prestige brand leaders • Networking with senior executives and top MBA students • Cutting-edge product demos

New York Entrepreneur Week
November 8-12, 2010, New York City

NYEW is a semi-annual event built for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, providing an exclusive educational experience for innovation-minded start-ups to multi-million dollar revenue generators.

More than 100 speakers from 40 cities, 15 states and 3 continents converge at NYEW to unite the state’s diverse entrepreneurial community; giving you the opportunity to connect with and learn from New York’s best and brightest entrepreneurs who are relentless, driven and dedicated to improving your business and the economy.

New York Entrepreneur Week encompasses five days of innovative and hyper-targeted events, including:

* Inspiring keynote speeches from recognized business leaders
* Riveting panels delivering relevant mission-critical advice
* The flagship RELENTLESS business plan competition

Pubcon 2010: Social Media, Search and Affiliates
November 8-11, 2010, Las Vegas, NV

PubCon Las Vegas 2010 conference is an important gathering of search and social media innovators, offering an unrivaled highly-productive conference experience at cost-effective rates, and with the leading technology and online marketing visionaries. Every attendee will come away with valuable new ideas and solutions for their businesses.

This year’s Kickoff Keynote speaker is New York Times technology columnist, David Pogue. It will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas, and features 28 in-depth sessions, plus fresh keynote speakers every hour. Register.

Nassau Trade Show 2010
November 9, 2010, Woodbury, NY

The Nassau Trade Show 2010 is creating countless opportunities by bringing together premier businesses from Long Island, New York City and the greater metropolitan area with national corporations, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, government agencies, business advocacy groups and the media.

Toyota’s Opportunity Exchange
November 10, 2010 Cincinnati, OH

This annual trade fair and seminar brings together Toyota’s Tier I suppliers, who participate as exhibitors, and MBEs who attend as our guests. Toyota believes this one-of-a –kind event demonstrates our commitment to lead by example and pushes the importance of applying creativity to the business of Supplier Diversity.

BYOB 2011 – Build Your Own Business – Become Your Own Boss
November 13, 2010, Philadelphia

Come and spend a day with Melinda Emerson, Smallbizlady, in Philadelphia on November 13th. You’ll plan a strategy to leave your J.O.B. to start your own business; those of you already in your own business will learn new skill sets to take your business to the next level. Whether you’re thinking about starting a business or in your first five years in business, this workshop will give you new perspective on how and what you do!

Global Entrepreneurship Week
November 15-20, 2010

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. This annual event occurs over the span of one week and includes the participation of entrepreneurial experts, policy-makers, education practitioners and politicians.

Last year 88 countries hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week and generated over 32,000 activities. This year, GEW will feature thousands of events in more than 100 countries. In the United States, universities, colleges and organizations from all 50 states will connect young people through a variety of local, national and global GEW activities and events designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.

SM@RT Conference
December 8-10, 2010, Reno-Tahoe, NV

The SM@RT conference features keynotes by David Nour and Scott Klososky, plus more than two dozen presenters speaking on a wide range of social media topics. The conference is designed for business professionals, small businesses, nonprofits and those working in marketing/advertising who want to take their promotions and business strategies to the next level using social media

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