AB Tech Small Business Center
The Small Business Center (SBC) at A-B Tech Enka is part of the statewide Small Business Center Network (SBCN), a community college-funded initiative with a vision to foster and support entrepreneurship, small business, and economic development in local communities with an emphasis on assisting start-ups, early stage, and at-risk enterprises.
Upcoming Classes
September 2019
An entrepreneur’s guide to bridging the digital divide
Get information on web-based resources and tools to streamline day-to-day operations and alleviate stress from navigating the digital world. This class will help business owners understand the Internet as it continues to evolve and integrate those changes into optimal business performance. Topics covered include: website tracking using Google Analytics, search engine optimization or SEO, blogging platforms, WordPress, social media basics, and many web-based applications that are free to use online. Bring your favorite note-taking tool, whether analog or digital.
Find out more »October 2019
Build a website with WordPress
Having a web presence is critical for any business. Learn how to build your business’ web platform with WordPress, one of the most popular website publishing platforms on the open source market. This course will offer a thorough overview of the background, install process, setup, and build out process of a WordPress website. Topics include: initial setup, adding content, selecting templates, selecting plugins, optimization, and security. This class is great for beginners, but advanced WordPress users will also benefit greatly.…
Find out more »Using Google Analytics to Develop Your Business Platform
How many people visited your website this week? What parts of the world are they visiting from? How long did they stay? What page keeps people’s attention the longest? Google Analytics offers the free tool to track and improve business. We will start with setting up an account followed by adding the tracking code to the website. The majority of the class will cover navigating to and understanding the basic reports. The main focus of this class will be an…
Find out more »November 2019
Using WordPress to Blog for your Business
Perhaps you have heard that WordPress is an easy way to post progressive dialogue about your business on the Internet...but how do you get started? Join Boomer Sassmann, owner of a local website company (Big Boom Design), to learn how to get your content, photos and voice onto the Internet. Using WordPress is a great platform for blogging that is constantly updated, produces new features and integrates better ways to import photos, videos and links.
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