Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Email Marketing with Constant Contact. Email marketing doesn't cost much. It doesn't take a lot of time. And it's effective! A perfect fit for small businesses! Target the customer you want to reach and get results with email marketing. Learn how to get your email opened, how to grow your list, and how to use Constant Contact software to create professional-looking email campaigns in a snap. No technical expertise is needed.

Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: First Community Bank, First National Banking Company, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, Baxter County Library, ASU Mountain Home, Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Website in a Day. Does your business need a website? Have you been held back by a lack of funds or a lack of technical skills? Then, Website in a Day is the hands-on workshop for you! Come sit down with the ASBTDC's laptop lab and design a website using Weebly. You'll be taken step-by-step through creating a free account and creating an attractive, functional, five page website. All participants receive a free 20-page workbook with detailed instructions. Seminar is limited to 15 and you must pre-register.

Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: First Security Bank, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Simmons First Bank, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Jonesboro Association

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Online Marketing Strategies. This presentation will cover how small businesses can use online advertising (FB, Google ads, etc.) to help their business. It will include how they fit into the overall online strategy, best practices on setting them up, and key metrics to monitor the campaign.

Speaker: Steven Trotter, PLETH

Co-sponsor: First Security Bank, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Simmons First Bank, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Jonesboro Association

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Social Media Marketing. Not sure where to begin with social media or why you should bother? Businesses of all sizes are using online tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs to connect with customers. We'll show you five low-cost ways social media can bolster your current marketing efforts, and you'll leave with your own social media marketing plan. Learn which social media are a good fit for you, where your target customers are looking online, and what it could mean for your business if you aren't involved in social networking.

Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Mainstreet Batesville, ASU SBTDC, Citizens Bank, First Community Bank, First National Banking Company, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Merchant & Planters Bank

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Business Financing Options. This seminar will explain how and where to get financing for prospective and existing businesses. Credit requirements, places to go for funding and the Small Business Administration's loan guaranty program will be presented.

Speaker: ASU SBTDC Staff

Co-sponsor: First Security Bank, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Simmons First Bank, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Jonesboro Association

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Looking for protection of business assets such as intellectual property, a business name or logo? This seminar is for inventors, entrepreneurs, and business owners who want to learn how to protect a logo, invention, name or artistic creation. The session is taught by patent attorneys and will give participants an overview of patent, trademark, and copyright law, processes and available resources

Speaker: Joe Calhoun, Calhoun Law Firm

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Social Media Marketing. Are you ready to take your Business Facebook Page to the next level? This session is for any business owners or professionals who have already set up a Facebook Page for their business and are ready to increase their fans, likes, and interactions on Facebook. We will also discuss key social media marketing strategies to improve both Facebook Marketing and other social media platforms!

Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: First Community Bank, First National Banking Company, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, Baxter County Library, ASU Mountain Home, Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Online Marketing Strategies. This presentation will cover how small businesses can use online advertising (FB, Google ads, etc.) to help their business. It will include how they fit into the overall online strategy, best practices on setting them up, and key metrics to monitor the campaign.

Speaker: Brad Hyde, Delta Medical; Steven Trotter, PLETH; Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: First Security Bank, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Simmons First Bank, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Jonesboro Association

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Financial Statements Made Easy. This seminar is for the small business owner and manager. The seminar takes an in-depth look at the numbers on your balance sheet and income statement and helps you better understand what is happening to your business. Topics include understanding the financial position of a business and the presentation of the numbers, as well as how to use the numbers in evaluating business profitability.

Speaker: ASU SBTDC Staff

Co-sponsor: First Security Bank, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Simmons First Bank, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Jonesboro Association

Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents Get Listed Locally. Find out key words to use to receive maximum hits and see your business flourish! Is your business receiving the hits it should when someone searches it on the internet?

Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Director

Co-sponsor: First Community Bank, First National Banking Company, Liberty Bank of Arkansas, Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, Baxter County Library, ASU Mountain Home, Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce