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   Online Training


Business Tactics for a Troubled Economy

If your company is experiencing difficulties and you want to IMMEDIATELY improve your business performance, this video training will give you practical advice from experts in marketing, finance, accounting, operations and corporate revitalization.



Get Your Customers Buzzing with Dynamite Branding

How can small businesses harness the power of branding? At this workshop you will learn WHY it is so profitable to build trust in your company, to make your company stand out, and to keep your customers delighted. But more importantly, you’ll learn HOW to create a strong brand identity.


 

 

Get Your Customers Buzzing through Internet Marketing

This workshop will cover the best ways to use the Internet to build your sales. You’ll also learn about the four functions that it takes to build and manage a profitable web site: a techie, an artist, a copywriter, and an SEO pro.



Get Your Customers Buzzing with Networking & Sales

The single most-important purpose of any business is to create a customer. Powerful promotional campaigns and networking are two of the best ways to create customers. This workshop will give you the tools to effectively sell, promote and network your business.         



What are Social Medial and e-Tools?

Should you Twitter? LinkedIn? Blog? Facebook? What's best for your type of business? If your company is looking to improve its marketing for little or no cost, this video training will help you learn how to use social media to improve your business performance.


 

LinkedIn & Facebook: Building communities in B2B and B2C     

This workshop will teach you how to open a LinkedIn and Facebook account. We discuss registering businesses in both networks along with fan pages and discussion groups.


 

Tweets & Blogs

Learn strategies for creating business communities using Twitter and blogs.


 

The Business of Art

Are you striving for a satisfying, sustainable living from your art, your passion? This training will help you make the business of your art a profitable success. We discuss marketing, sales, pricing, budgeting and business plans.



Marketing Your Business in Tough Economic Times  

Times are tough. But this is not the time to just cut your marketing efforts and budget.  This presentation will help you learn low cost ways to actually increase your market penetration and sales revenue.


   Business Videos


The Fox Robbins Business Show airs on Cape Cod Community TV
(Channel 17) on Tuesday nights from 7:30-8:00 p.m. Co-hosts are Bill Fox and Cliff Robbins; directed by David Major.
   

Episodes in blue are available now, others are coming soon
Episode 1 So, You Want to Start a Business? Cliff's Top Ten Rules
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Episode 2 So, You Want to Start a Business? Cliff's Top Ten Rules (continued)
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Episode 3 So, You Want to Start a Business? Cliff's Top Ten Rules (continued)
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Episode 4 So, You Want to Start a Business? Cliff's Top Ten Rules (continued) 
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Episode 5 Winning Long-Term Sustainable Marketing Strategies
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Episode 6 Starting Up a New Business - Guest: Robert Brown, CEO/Founder of Tvissimo
Episode 7 Starting Up a New Business - Guest: Carl Persson, CEO/Founder of Cape Cod Capital Management, LLC
Episode 8 Starting Up a New Business - Guest: Walter Brooks, CEO/Founder of Best Read Guides & Cape Cod Today
Episode 9 Starting Up a New Business - Guest: Peter Karlson, CEO/Founder of NeuEON
Episode 10  Starting Up a New Business - Guest: Julie Brooks, President of eCape.com
Episode 11 Cape Cod Focus Group - Guest: Steve Abbott, Co-chairman of Cape Cod Focus
Episode 12 Building a Business Plan - Guest: Warren Rutherford, President of Rutherford Advisor, Inc.
Episode 13 The 12 Pitfalls of Starting a Business, Part I
Episode 14 The 12 Pitfalls of Starting a Business, Part II
Episode 15 The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and Small Business
Episode 16 Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network - Guest: Melinda Ailes, Regional Director of MSBDC Southeast Regional Office, Part I
Episode 17 Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network - Guest: Melinda Ailes, Regional Director of MSBDC Southeast Regional Office, Part II
Episode 18 Communications and Small Business - Guest: Terry Duenas, Executive Director of the Cape Cod Community Media Center
Episode 19 New Business Education Opportunity in Southeast Massachusetts - Guests: Garry Clayton, PhD, Assistant Dean of Charlton College of Business at UMass Dartmouth; and Michael Bejtlich, Professor of Business Management at Cape Cod Community College
Episode 20 New Business Education Opportunity in Southeast Massachusetts - Guests: Garry Clayton, PhD, Assistant Dean of Charlton College of Business at UMass Dartmouth; and Michael Bejtlich, Professor of Business Management at Cape Cod Community College
Episode 21 More on Cash Flow, Part I
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Episode 22 More on Cash Flow, Part II
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Attleboro Update airs on Attleboro Access Cable System, Inc. This video contains an interview with Peter McHenry, former MSBDC counselor, speaking about business services available through the MSBDC.
 

McHenry Video (13 MB)
   
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   IRS Video and Audio Presentations

Short presentations dedicated to helping your small business. In addition to video and audio presentations, visit the Small Business Tax Workshop Video page for instructional lessons.






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