WELLINGTON COUNTY – Digital Main Street, along with the Minto Chamber of Commerce, Township of Wellington North and Township of Mapleton, are hosting two free workshops for local businesses.
Content for social media
This workshop is a free in-person event for small businesses in northern Wellington, to be held on Oct. 18 from 5 to 8pm at the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex.
It can be tough to keep up with social media content creation, but if you create and repurpose your content smartly, you can stay ahead of the curve. In this beginner-level workshop you’ll learn the tricks of how to efficiently craft and plan what you’ll share on social media:
– how to create a month’s worth of posts for social media in one sitting;
– tactics and ideas for repurposing content, so creating content doesn’t become your full-time job;
– how to share content across different social media channels without just copying and pasting;
– how to build (and populate) an editorial calendar; and
– how to create and reuse “evergreen” content.
Laptop computers aren’t necessary for this class, but are recommended.
Digital tools to manage small business
This workshop is a free in-person event for small businesses in northern Wellington, to be held on Oct. 19, from 9am to noon at the CNRA Clubhouse in Palmerston.
From accounting to scheduling, file sharing to project management, there are digital tools to help with every aspect of running a small business. Knowing which ones are right for you can be a challenge though.
This beginner-level workshop will help you learn what’s out there to help you manage with efficiency and ease.
Participants will learn about the most efficient, cost-effective apps for:
– bookkeeping, invoicing, accounting;
– productivity and time management;
– project management;
– communications;
– client and customer relationship management;
– file storage and sharing; and
– scheduling and calendar management.
Participants will also learn:
– how best to evaluate software and apps for running your small business;
– how different apps work together; and
– which software and apps are worth paying for, and which have free/low-cost alternatives.
Laptop computers aren’t necessary for this class, but are recommended.
These sessions are facilitated by Avery Swartz, founder of Camp Tech, which offers informative hands-on workshops for adults who want to learn practical tech skills.
These workshops are mask friendly. Masks are not absolutely required, but encouraged for safety of instructor and participants. To register, visit mintochamber.on.ca.
