ATTENTION: Registration Problems/Course Line Up

REGISTRATION PROBLEMS Ah. technology! It's great when it works, but when it doesn't... We've experienced a glitch in our registration system. We do not currently have the ability to tell who signed up for which webinars so we are alerting everyone to the problem. Fortunately we are able to hold webinars. To access a webinar, please go to https://ventureneer.adobeconnect.com/webinars at the scheduled time. Your computer speakers will provide the best audio for the event. If you have trouble with the audio from your computer, we have a limited number of dial-in connections available on a first-come. first-served basis. To access one of the these connections, follow the instructions below: Conference Number: (800) 832-0736 Enter: * Room Number: 7282920 Enter: # Thank you for you patience. VENTURENEER WEBINARS For Nonprofits and Social Enterprises: Get to "Yes" By Unleashing Your Passion Transform your passion for your nonprofit or social enterprise into an effective, riveting presentation to funders and investors. Find out how in this free webinar from Ventureneer. The webinar will be held Tuesday, March 1, 2-3pm ET and will be taught by Pamela Ziemann, author of Giving Voice to Your Cause. For Small Businesses and Nonprofits: Get Peer Insights, Expert Analysis Small businesses recharge with training and peer support. Experience the energy and be part of the solution for real-life businesses in a new peer-support and coaching webinar from Ventureneer. Join Danielle Douglas, a Kauffman Foundation FastTrac facilitator, for this free webinar on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, from 12n-1pm ET. For Small Businesses:Tell A Story That Draws In Customers The story a business tells can boost its brand in the eyes of consumers. In Ventureneer's free webinar, Want to Have a Brand That Sticks? Give It A Good Story! small business owners and solo-preneurs will learn to tell a compelling story that draws customers in.Join Alan Siege of Small Business Management Consulting on Wednesday, March 16, 12pm-1pm ET. For Small Businesses: Tools to Build a Better Brand The reputation of a business -- its brand -- is its greatest asset. In an encore free webinar, Ventureneer shows small business owners, entrepreneurs, and solo-preneurs how to build their brand to attract more business. Join Alan Siege, Wednesday, March 16, 2011, from 12n-1 pm ET. For Small Businesses and Nonprofits: SEO in Plain English More than 1 billion questions are asked of Google every day, by "seekers," people who are actively looking for a new place to do business or to re-connect with one they liked. When your business is the answer to someone's question, you want to be at the top of the search results page; you want Google, Bing or Yahoo! to find you first. Ventureneer's free webinar will show you how to choose the right search engine optimization strategy (and what that means). Join Robert Weil of Blue Fly Business Solutions on Wednesday, March 16, 2pm-3pm ET. For Small Businesses and Nonprofits: Internet Marketing Essentials Internet Marketing is an elusive creature: What's hot today might be passé tomorrow. How does a business owner or nonprofit executive keep up? In Ventureneer's free webinar, held Thursday, March 24, 2-3 pm ET Internet Marketing Essentials for Small Businesses and Nonprofits, Maisha Walker will teach you how to make sense of the latest marketing trends; determine which tools and approaches are right for you; and learn the fundamentals of creating an Internet Marketing Action Plan. OTHER EVENTS 12-weeks of Coaching Helps Small Businesses Grow Quickly Become your own change-agent with the help of this 12-week, 24-session online seminar presented by Ventureneer's promotional partner, Inspire Enterprise. Sessions will be lively and interactive with a focus on how-to strategies, valuable advice, and individual and business development. The 2011 Sales & Marketing Playbook Conference Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | 8:00a - 1:00p The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan With most predictions calling for mild economic growth, businesses seeking to increase revenues need to have to be more aggressive with their sales and marketing initiatives. · Does your company struggle to get noticed among its competitors? · Are you aware of the latest proven sales & marketing tactics for the new normal? · Do you know the keys to shortening the sales cycle? · What elements must your website have to be validated by your prospects? At this one-of-a-kind conference, leading experts will provide attendees both the strategy and the tactics needed to create and execute the sales and marketing plans to help them achieve their goals for 2011. This event will feature six breakout sessions covering a variety of critical sales and marketing topics. Ventureneer subscribers receive a 15% discount with promo code ventureneer. RECENT BLOG POSTS The Mood of Your Listener will Determine which Story to Tell Uderstand the specific feeling of the person or people you're talking with and you'll communicate better with them. Is free web content just another way for corporations to exploit those who create the corporate value? Collaboration, the wiki-model, the chance for everyone to post their opinion: all wonderful benefits of the information age. Is the AOL purchase of the Huffington Post exploitive or a win-win? Doors Are Opening For Social Enterprises Seeking Funding, Support Funding and support social entrepreneurs is finally in view. Find out whose helping and what they're doing. SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES FOR NONPROFITS Check out Nonprofits + Social Media a one-stop, continually updated central resource about social media as they are used by nonprofits, which is sometimes different than the way for-profits use them. Also don't forget to check out our survey report, Nonprofits and Social Media: It Ain't Optional. Contact Geri Stengel geri@ventureneer.com

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