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Chambers Offer Marketing Seminars for Women and Minorities

Submitted by: John Warner on Mar 14, 2004 at 6:00 am Tagged with: General Archives Source:

Chambers Offer Marketing Seminars for Women and Minorities

Janet Christy of Leverage & Development, LLC will be conducting workshops for
Woman and Minority Owned Business in March for the Florence and Greenville
Chambers.

The Florence Chamber workshop, ''Capitalizing on Being Woman or Minority Owned,''
will be held on Wednesday, March 17 from 9 to 12 at the Chamber offices.
Interested persons can register by calling the Chamber at 843-665-0515.

The Greenville Chamber workshop, ''Capitalizing on Being Woman Owned,'' will be
held on Wednesday, Marc 24 from 8:30 to 11:30 am in the Chamber Board Room.
Interested persons can register in the events section on the Chamber website
www.greenvillechamber.org.

The workshop will include: Identifying and qualifying prospects that benefit
from using WOBs/MOBs, Marketing and sales strategies that leverage the WOB/MOB
status, Examples of ''rules of engagement'' for doing business with some specific
establishments and agencies, Certifications and registrations – what's
necessary, what helps and what is a waste, and other critical ''How To''
information.

Leverage & Development, LLC specializes in the development of marketing plans
for Woman Owned Business and Minority Owned Business. The firm also works with
government, education and non-profits in grant writing, economic development
projects and vendor negotiation. Additional information can be found on the
firm's website www.leverageanddevelopment.com.

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