Lord Fairfax Small Business Development Center's

4th Annual

Small Business Retreat

October 16th, 2014

7:30am - 4:30pm

Everything You Wanted to Know About Marketing (but were afraid to ask...)

The 4th Annual Small Business Retreat is designed for those interested in going into business for the first time or those with existing businesses.  Our focus this year is MARKETING!  Looking for new trends in social media or how to successfully update your traditional print materials or merely interested on how to start a blog, this Small Business Retreat will have the answers to the marketing questions that you seek. 

No matter the size of your business, big or small, this Retreat will have information that you will be able to take home and implement immediately.  With four full tracks, attendees will have the opportunity to hear about business topics such as:

Make the Most of Your Website

Marketing Your Business With Web-Based Video

Staying Relevant to a Changing Customer

The Truth about Crowdfunding

Facebook & LinkedIn

Take your iPad to your Small Business

Alignable

...and many, many more.

Our lunch keynote speaker is Ms. Rieva Lesonsky.  She is the CEO and founder of GrowBiz Media, a custom content & media company that helps national marketers reach small business owners and helps entrepreneurs start and grow their companies.  Lesonsky has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Martha Stewart Show and Oprah, and can be regularly seen on MSNBC's Your Business.

Lesonsky regularly contributes content to numerous websites, is a contributing editor for Success magazine and write regularly for her own site SmallBizDaily.com

Registration fee is $30 which includes two breaks and a boxed lunch.  Registration will go up to $50 the week of the event, so register early to receive the discount.

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Small Business Administration.