Store Owner Series

This series of FREE workshops provides valuable training for small businesses located in Philadelphia on topics that are practical and relevant for a business owner at any stage. We also provide opportunities for businesses to network with other small businesses in their local community.

We offer workshops at Community College of Philadelphia's three Regional Center locations in Northeast, Northwest and West Philadelphia, as well as at our Main Campus and in South Philadelphia. We also partner with local community organizations to bring select topics into the neighborhoods for added convenience. You have the option of choosing the location and training that are most convenient for you.

WORKSHOPS

Capital and Credit for Small Business

Sept. 27, 2023 | 1 to 3 p.m.

If you want to learn how to bring more capital into your business or understand more about how your credit affects your business when you are looking for capital, then we encourage you to join us for this free workshop we're offering in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia.

This workshop is in Person.

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Visual Merchandising and Marketing for Small Business (Part of the citywide MEDWeek events)

October 5, 2023 | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Lunch will be provided at no cost)

Visual merchandising and marketing are the use of images, videos, and other pieces of multimedia content to strengthen your brand and communicate with your target audience to push spending power and increase units per transaction per purchase.

In this workshop we will cover what Visual Merchandising is, understanding the principles of visual merchandising and how it can impact your small business. Join us for a day of interactive peer learning that that will impact how you merchandise your product or service and become more attractive to your customers.

Key Takeaways – Participants will be able to do the following:

• Understand the elements and principles of design to enhance visual merchandising.
• Execute the fundamental principles of visual merchandising and marketing to increase spending per transaction.
• Plan floor and digital layouts to activate adjacencies that keep the customer shopping longer.

This workshop is in Person.

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Managing Your Companies Online Presence

Oct. 18, 2023 | 1 to 3 p.m.

Learn way to keep your online presence in order. Learn how to efficiently set up and schedule all your online needs.

This workshop is in Person.

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Productivity Hacks for Small Business Owners: Doing existing tasks quicker and better. Doing new tasks thanks to technology.

Oct. 26, 2023 | 1 p.m.

• Are you too busy working “in your business” to find time to work “on your business”? If so, then this workshop is for you.
• Did you know that there are a number of low cost (and even free) automation tools that can save you hours every week?
• You will discover a framework for determining which tasks to automate, as well as learn about new activities that were previously too hard or too expensive but now are within reach thanks to these powerful hacks.
• We’ll look at tools that help you tame your inbox, create high quality content, automate mundane work and more.
• Bonus content: this workshop includes a beginner’s introduction to Generative Artificial Tools like Cha

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Trial by Fire. Testing Your New Business Ideas

Nov. 15, 2023 | 1 p.m.

Learn the process that small businesses use in order test out new ideas for products or services.

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Year End Planning for Small Business

Dec. 5, 2023 | 1 p.m.

For every small business the year end is a time for assessment and planning for the future. Learn how to look at year end result and translate them into plans for future growth.

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting