Small Biz Helper

12/27/2022

Hey Small Business Owners,
Come to the (FREE) Boston Small Business Retreat on Tues Jan 24 between 10-noon and 1pm-3pm at the Kirstein Business Library & Innovation Center (at the Copley Main Branch of the Boston Public Library).

A team of expert consultants will be on hand to help you, with expertise in:
- Loan & Growth Capital Products
- Small Business Grants
- Financial Accounting & Planning
- Financial best practices for 2023

Register: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6390a3010748ed36005dd53b

Chinese, Spanish, Cape Verdean, Portuguese Creole, and Haitian Creole translations will be available.

This event is co-sponsored and co-hosted by www.smallbstrong.com and https://www.bpl.org/services-central-library/kblic/.
Check out their resources now, and come to the retreat, as well.

District Hall, Boston Innovation Center Skytop Digital Services Roxbury Innovation Center Hyde Park Main Streets Mattapan Square Main Streets Three Squares Main Street JP JP Centre South Main Streets Newmarket Business Association Soleil Restaurant & Catering Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Upham's Corner Main Street Uphams Corner Strand Dorchester Bay Economic Development CorporationCodman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (CSNDC) Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts My Sister's Crawfish II Sam’s Spot Catering Four Corners Main Streets Vargas & Vargas Insurance Agency Monkonjay African Closet Greater Ashmont Main Street Fields Corner Main Street Fields Corner Business Lab Small Business Collaborative - Greater Boston

12/20/2022

Big shout out to all of my small business colleagues who participated in my course in digital marketing these past four weeks, called "Finding Your Audience Online". You've brought so much energy, ideas, and support to each other and to me.

Shout-outs to JGJ Designs Monkonjay African Closet Asian Women for Health D Legacy Pace Setters Window Decor In A Bag, LLC 4 Corners Yoga + Wellness People Capital Funding Serenity Wellness Massage Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Robert E. Newton Tax Consultant Beacon Trust Insurance Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation

12/20/2022

Hardest part of marketing is making it routine (a consistent schedule) - at least for me it is!

But we put one foot in front of the other - and somehow, if I forgive myself for past inconsistencies - I embrace the forward broken path toward something that starts to look like success.

Thank you to JGJ Designs for sharing this tool from Constant Contact (no enrollment necessary, no fee - just a freebie from Constant Contact's blog): might be helpful to some of you to inspire ideas for social media posts for your business: https://www.constantcontact.com/blog/online-marketing-calendar/

Monkonjay African Closet Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation Upham's Corner Main Street Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Constant Contact

Download our free 2023 online marketing calendar template, get a list of holidays, and learn to use them to plan your marketing efforts.

12/08/2022

Come out to this wonderful holiday event - lots of small businesses selling their wares! Find a great gift - meet a great small business!



JGJ Designs Four Corners Main Streets
Greater Ashmont Main Street 4 Corners Yoga + Wellness

11/23/2022

Reminder to business owners in Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain or Roslindale.

Sign up for our FREE 4-WEEK COURSE
with additional FOUR 1-on-1 COACHING SESSIONS

Learn how to recharge and chart your Digital & Social Media Marketing for Small Business.

START DATE: Nov 30 at 6pm on zoom

SIGN UP HERE: https://www.smallbizhelper.org/course-on-social-media-2022

Fields Corner Business Lab Corner Main Street Greater Ashmont Main Street Monkonjay African Closet
Vargas & Vargas Insurance Agency
Four Corners Main Street Sam’s Spot Catering
My Sister's Crawfish II Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation Uphams Corner Strand Upham's Corner Main Street Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Soleil Restaurant & Catering Newmarket Business Association JP Centre South Main Streets Three Squares Main Street JP Mattapan Square Main Streets Hyde Park Main Streets

11/22/2022

Thank you for sharing our announcement - 8 seats available for Digital & Social Media Marketing for Small Business - start date Nov 30 - https://mailchi.mp/smallbizhelper.org/free-course-for-business-owners-in-digital-social-media-marketing-14460092

11/21/2022

A $10,000 grant program for Black- and Latinx-owned small businesses.
Deadline to apply is Nov 21.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/Apply-for-Coramino-Fund-Grant

Thanks Center for Women & Enterprise Eastern MA for alerting us and LISC Boston for supporting this grant.

The Coramino Fund is a nationwide small business grant program of LISC and Gran Coramino™ Tequila, the new brand co-founded by comedian and entrepreneur, Kevin Hart, and 11th generation tequila maker, Juan Domingo Beckmann.

Like most small business owners, Black and Latinx entrepreneurs have big ideas and big dreams, but many face systemic barriers on their journey. Grants from The Coramino Fund will provide the infusion of capital that Black-and Latinx-owned small businesses need to grow and thrive.

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11/21/2022

Reminder: 9 seats available for Digital & Social Media Marketing for Small Business - start date Nov 30 - https://mailchi.mp/smallbizhelper.org/free-course-for-business-owners-in-digital-social-media-marketing-14459800