June 7th | Webinar Livestream | Learn the Basics of Google Ads

June 7th | Webinar Livestream | Learn the Basics of Google Ads

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

June 7th | Livestream | Learn the Basics of Google Ads

Description: In this workshop you will learn how to reach more customers and grow your business with Google Ads. Throughout the presentation, we will provide practical tips, best practices, and real-world examples to illustrate the concepts. By the end of this session, you will have a solid understanding of how to utilize Google Ads to reach more customers and drive business growth.

Key takeaways include:
-How to create an account and set up an ad campaign
-How to write great ads, refine keywords, and include ad extensions
-How to measure success

Sign up to attend live and/or get the recording afterward!

DATE: June 7th

TIME: 12PM-1PM CST

LOCATION: Livestream

COST: Free

Meet The Presenter | Maria Elena Duron

Maria Elena Duron is a digital marketing professional with more than 18 years experience in all aspects of digital initiatives for start-ups and all sized businesses. She has over a dozen years active experience in international eCommerce. Her expertise was awarded by the Texas Governor’s office with the Excellence in Small Business Award and Person of Vision award for the State of Texas. She is recognized by the Grow with Google Program and commissioned to speak professionally for Google.

  • 18+ years of practical experience in online and offline connections and developing brand communities including founding one of the Top 10 Twitter chats in the world
  • Serves as a skilled catalyst for positive conversation around your brand.
  • Delivers great brand recognition to clients and their positioning as industry experts
  • Through a partnership, provides Appreciation at Work and Appreciation in Business workshops to passionate professionals and executives.

Maria is a guest lecturer at the University of Texas SBDC, editor-in-chief of the award winning Personal Branding Blog, and a contributing columnist for publications like Business Insider, American Business Journal, Fox Business, US News & World Report, Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post, and The Young Entrepreneurs Council. Maria was awarded the Texas Governor’s Excellence in Small Business Award and is the founder of #brandchat, a recognized online chat focused on marketing and branding. She earned her B.B.A. in marketing from Texas Tech University and graduate work at Cornell University, University of California in Davis, and University of Phoenix.

Featured Member
Rustic & Red LLC
Featured Sponsor
Wells Fargo Foundation

June 22nd | Webinar Livestream | Show Me the Money: Budgeting Tips for Small Businesses

June 22nd | Webinar Livestream | Show Me the Money: Budgeting Tips for Small Businesses

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

June 22nd | Livestream | Show Me the Money: Budgeting Tips for Small Businesses

Description: Explore the financial side of running a business and understand how to bring order to the chaos. Learn how to develop a budget and how it can be utilized to help save your business money. A budget is an important tool that will answer the questions of “is my business making money”, this question will be answered during this presentation.

Key takeaways include:
-Learn tips to start a budget
-Find resources to help with the financial aspect of your business
-Discover the ways a budget will help your business
-Understand the concept of benchmarking
-Learn the ways that a budget can help save money.

Sign up to attend live and/or get the recording afterward!

DATE: June 22nd

TIME: 12PM-1PM CST

LOCATION: Livestream

COST: Free

Meet The Presenter | Kiley Phelps

Kiley Phelps is the SBDC center director for the Omaha region. As an Omaha native, Phelps is passionate about helping the community grow. Phelps was previously a business consultant with NBDC and assisted business owners through all stages of the business development process, with focuses on business planning and financial analysis. Phelps also has prior experience in the fields of supply chain management, data analytics, and holds an MBA from UNO.

Featured Member
Rustic & Red LLC
Featured Sponsor
Wells Fargo Foundation

June 15th | Webinar Livestream | Cut Fat and Maximize ROI: Stop Lighting Your Marketing Dollars on Fire

June 15th | Webinar Livestream | Cut Fat and Maximize ROI: Stop Lighting Your Marketing Dollars on Fire

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

June 15th | Livestream | Cut Fat and Maximize ROI: Stop Lighting Your Marketing Dollars on Fire

Description: Put aside the sexy pitches and learn what really matters in marketing. This presentation will provide insights into the trends that consistently drive growth in your business, as well as the metrics and insights that I personally use to measure the success of my own marketing. Let’s get to the bottom of what actually works and leave the rest of the shiny but unproven objects behind

Key takeaways include:
-Better understand the difference between strategies and tactics

-Learn how to track your marketing… potentially for free

-What marketing channels are people currently consuming

-How marketing is actually a multiplication problem and not an addition problem Insights to the best campaigns that we have worked on

Sign up to attend live and/or get the recording afterward!

DATE: June 15th

TIME: 12PM-1PM CST

LOCATION: Livestream

COST: Free

Meet The Presenter | Steve Maly

Steve Maly, Founder of Maly Marketing, speaks at conferences throughout the Midwest on relevant topics such as how businesses can stop lighting their marketing dollars on fire and gain trackable, predictable results. His main focus day-to-day is strategy and media buying, along with his role of being the owner and dispenser of paychecks. Steve and the teams work has resulted in Maly Marketing winning over a dozen American Marketing Association Prism Awards which focuses solely on results based campaigns. He also sits on the board for the Nebraska Travel Association and the Public Policy Committee for the city of Lincoln along with numerous business boards in his home base of Lincoln Nebraska. Away from the office, Steve chases little white balls around the golf course and is passionate about continuing education.

Featured Member
Rustic and Red LLC
Featured Sponsor
Wells Fargo Foundation