SCORE Eastern Connecticut Small Business Meetup

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Franchise Coach and Consultant Ruth Terray offers an insightful and practical webinar on franchising, a proven business model that offers tremendous opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. This webinar will help you understand the concept of franchising and how it differs from starting a business from scratch; the advantages franchising offers; different types of franchise ownership; and how to navigate common challenges and pitfalls. Whether you’re a potential franchisee, an existing business owner looking to expand through franchising, or simply curious about this popular business model, this webinar will provide the key insights you need to make informed decisions. Have your questions answered by experts in the field!

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If you have your own business, have turned to QuickBooks™ for help as a new user, and find you need help setting up the program, this free live webinar with Intuit ProAdvisor Elizabeth Santaus is for you. It will explain the Chart of Accounts and its critical importance in the correct use of QuickBooks. There will be time for Q&A on any QuickBooks questions you have.

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In this follow-up webinar to "Managing Your Business Finances with QuickBooks," Intuit ProAdvisor Elizabeth Santaus will discuss Intuit’s decision to discontinue their QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Premier, and Mac products this spring, and what options remain. We will compare QuickBooks Online versions, Intuit’s remaining desktop software – QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions – and other possible accounting software platforms for small businesses. A detailed guide to migrating from the Mac/Pro/Premier QuickBooks versions to QuickBooks Online will be made available to participants. There will be time for Q&A.

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With marketing and e-commerce veteran Anne Driscoll, a Subject Matter Expert at SCORE, learn about LinkedIn’s sales platform offering expansive data, insight, and relationship-building tools to develop Business-to-Business sales networks. The webinar will cover the basics of how LinkedIn Sales Navigator can help you, how to filter prospects, and how to develop a process to nurture and engage prospects, whether on LinkedIn or via tools like Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms.

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Join award-winning strategist Maria Miranda, recently honored by the Small Business Administration as Connecticut’s Small Business Person of the Year, for a fast-paced presentation about 25 trends for 2025 that will impact how you reach your market and how your message will be perceived. From the mixed signals about TikTok to the economic impact of climate change, come prepared to learn key trends that will define success for the new year. Sponsored by TD Bank.