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To see a full list or to submit your own event, contest or award listing, visit the Small Business Events Calendar.
Year End Tax Planning Webinar
December 10, 2013, 3pm Eastern, Online
Join business experts for a FREE webinar. Rohit Arora, CEO of Biz2Credit, veteran CPA Alan Goodman, and John Meyer of The Company Corporation. Moderated by Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends.
Looks at year end tax planning, what CPAs are recommending to small businesses and how financing plans to meet your tax planning goals.
Productivity Strategies to Grow Your Holiday Sales
December 11, 2013, Online
Make your holidays productive! Microsoft Office 365 and Meylah are teaming up to bring you world-class small business experts for an awesome FREE webinar filled with productivity tips and tricks! Register for your VIP Access – on Dec 11 at 11am PT/2pm ET.
Hashtag: #ProductiveHoliday
WordStream’s $25,000 Marketing Makeover
December 15, 2013, Online
Win $25,000 in pay-per-click advertising budget for 2014, plus marketing tools from WordStream and Constant Contact. Grade and get paid today! Hashtag: #25KforPPC
Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2014
March 19, 2014, San Francisco, CA
AM Days is the must attend event for affiliate managers who are responsible for their company’s affiliate marketing strategy, management and operations. Whether you have an existing affiliate program or you are creating a new initiative, AMDays offers you valuable insight into how other online retailers are successfully implementing and managing their affiliate programs. Topics include: Affiliate program set up; Affiliate recruitment techniques; Affiliate marketing fraud; M-commerce; and much more.
Hashtag: #AMDays
ICON14 by Infusionsoft
April 23, 2014, Phoenix, AZ
#ICON14 is the eighth annual conference for small business, hosted by Infusionsoft (previously called Infusioncon). Over 3,000 attendees expected. Confirmed speakers include Seth Godin, JJ Ramberg and Peter Shankman.
Hashtag: #ICON14
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More Events
- Leading in Local: Interactive Local Media
December 10, 2013, San Francisco, CA - Ajax Union Presents: Social Media Seminar
December 10, 2013, Brooklyn, NY - The Role of HIPAA in an Increasingly Unregulated and Under-Regulated World of Devices
December 11, 2013, Online - Grow Your Business with WBDC: A Service Guide
December 11, 2013, Online - Orange County Franchise Business Workshop
December 11, 2013, Irvine, CA - Free Shipping Day – Canada
December 12, 2013, Everywhere, Canada! - Give Back as a Mentor: Realistic Expectations
December 12, 2013, Online - Take Action. Get A SLAP: Create A One-Year Growth Plan For Your Business
December 17, 2013, Online - Free Shipping Day – USA
December 18, 2013, Everywhere, USA! - New HIPAA Breach Notification Rules
December 19, 2013, Online - Aspen Global Investment Forum
January 06, 2014, Aspen, CO - Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry: Creating What Will Be
January 13, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Small Business Expo 2013 – Miami
January 16, 2014, Miami, FL - Take Action. Get A SLAP: Create A One-Year Growth Plan For Your Business
January 23, 2014, Online - Mastering the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
January 30, 2014, Online - Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training (AIFT)
February 10, 2014, Las Vegas, NV - Small Bytes & Apps
February 22, 2014, Cambridge, MA
More Contests
- 2014 BIG Innovation Awards
December 13, 2013, Online - Small Business ICON Contest
December 17, 2013, Online - 200 Million HP LaserJet Sweepstakes
December 24, 2013, Online - SBA’s National Small Business Week Awards
January 17, 2014, Online - DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award
February 03, 2014, Online
This weekly listing of small business events, contests and awards is provided as a community service by Small Business Trends and SmallBizTechnology.
Reza Tehrani
Thanks for posting the links here. They will help me alot for starting some small business.
Aira Bongco
There are some interesting events here. But what I am interested in is the Year End Tax Planning Webinar. First is because it is online and second is because it will really benefit a lot of businesses.
John @ lead nurturing
Thanks for finding a comprehensive list of events I can work on attending. I wanted to search these events out anyway and you were super helpful in putting it all together for me.