Opportunity for Small Business and Non-Profit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     February 22, 2008                           

CONTACT: 

Will Norris, Director

(504) 301-2485                                        

 (504) 897-6110


FREE SEMINARS AND GRANT PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL LOUISIANA SMALL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS


WHAT: Small businesses looking to improve their online marketing skills in order to grow their customer base are invited join a series of FREE seminars and webinars on how to develop and market a website, create email campaigns, utilize blogs and podcasts, and other creative social networking approaches to build a business.

WHO:   TechAssistLA Director Will Norris and leading experts in each field

WHEN: 6:00 PM on Thursday, February 28, March 6, March 20 and April 10

WHERE: Louisiana Technology Council, 1215 Prytania Street, New Orleans. The seminars will be simulcast on GoToWebinar for business throughout the state for free.

REGISTER TO ATTEND: For those businesses out of the New Orleans metropolitan area, you can join in also! These seminars will be simulcast, so look for the link at http://TechAssistLA.com/seminars, and click on GoToWebinar registration.

All Louisiana small business owners and non-profits are encouraged to join the next FREE TechAssistLA seminar series, “Getting Wired â€" Marketing with Technology,” which starts Thursday, February 28 and continues for three additional sessions on Thursdays, March 6, March 20 and April 10. The specific topics of the series are:

February 28 - Marketing 101 - Marketing Plans - Turning Visions into Reality

March 6 - Web 101 - Best Practices - Professional Website Design & Development

March 20 - How to Market Your Website; and Email Marketing

April 3 - Social Marketing - Social Networking (blogs, etc.); New Media

Funding for TechAssistLA is provided by a grant from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grants.

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