Webinar Descriptions

Are you too busy to attend seminars to help you grow your business? Or, maybe you're thinking of starting a new business, but work a full-time job and can't take time off to learn how to get started.

MetroAction is now offering some of our most popular training programs as webinars! All you need is an internet connection and a phone line to take advantage of these great training programs.

Getting Started with Facebook Webinar: Many businesses are using Facebook to interact with customers and prospects and reach out to new audiences – but what’s the best way to get your organization started on this hugely popular social networking site?

This webinar will walk you through the essential steps to establishing and managing a successful Facebook presence for your business.  You will leave with action items that will help you create an engaging Facebook presence for your organization.

The cost is $35. No special equipment is needed-all you need is an internet connection and a phone line. This webinar is geared towards new Facebook users or businesses wanting to know how to start incorporating Facebook into their marketing plans.

Grant Writing 101: Presenter Christina Hitchcock will walk through the basic components of a grant proposal, successful approaches, and the do’s and don’ts of grant writing. She will share the lessons she’s learned by working on both ends of grant writing spectrum – as a grant writer and a grant proposal reviewer with an area foundation. Get practical how-to information, learn best practices, ask questions, and leave with action items that will help you create a strong grant proposal for your organization. [$25]

Three Steps to Business Success: If you are thinking about starting a small business or if you have already started and realize you still have questions, this Business Basics webinar is what you need. Learn quick and easy tips for writing your business plan and recommendations on how to use your plan. This webinar is ideal for all business types, such as retail, wholesale, hospitality, agricultural, child care providers, technology business and manufacturing. [$10]

Marketing 101: A well thought out marketing plan is the cornerstone to every business plan, but many small businesses have haphazard or, worse, no marketing strategies for their business. This Marketing 101 webinar shows how to take a systematic and strategic approach to marketing by implementing a simple and effective marketing system. [$10]

Financing Your Business: This webinar walks you through the various sources of small business financing -- from banks to venture capital. It also provides information on grants and what lenders look for. [$10]

Ask the Expert: 3 Things Every Business Should Know About Marketing: In this webinar, Catherine Shaffer, owner of cds creative, Kingston, PA, discusses the three things that every business should know about marketing. [$10]

Ask the Expert: 3 Things Every Business Should Know About Human Resources:As part of MetroAction’s Ask the Expert webinar series, Ryan French, AVP and Director of Human Resources for Wayne Bank, talks about key human resources considerations for businesses. [$10]

Applying for a Small Business Loan: This webinar explains how to apply for a MetroAction loan. The webinar discusses loan details such as amounts, rates, terms and eligibility and also discusses how to complete MetroAction’s small business loan Pre-Qualification application. [FREE]

Writing a Business Plan: This webinar discusses the basics of writing a business plan such as, information to gather, the parts of a business plan, helpful resources and how to complete MetroAction’s Business Planning Templates. [FREE]

Submitting Your Business Plan Templates: This webinar explains how to complete and submit MetroAction’s Business Planning Templates. [FREE]