The Okanagan Valley Entrepreneur Society (OVES) invites qualified entrepreneur and business trainers to submit completed Requests For Proposals (RFPs) to provide Workshops and Seminars as part of our ongoing business skills educational program. We are planning now for sessions in January, February and March of 2010 and will be offering the workshops described below.

Please note that the descriptions included are a brief overview of the content and we are open to ideas to add maximum value to our workshops. Dates are to be determined and are not necessarily in the order as presented:

Principles of Business Finance: Every business manager/owner should have a basic understanding of accounting and business financial principles and why they are important for you, even if you don't do the books. A lack of financial fitness is a key attribute to many business failures and this workshop delves into teaching you the basics you need to know to build and maintain a successful business.

Providing Outstanding Customer Service: In this age of extreme competition and declining customer loyalty, this workshop focuses not only on strategies for getting new customers, but how to keep the customers you already have. Advances in web search technologies means more people are buying online. How do you capture this online market, and how do you re-align your customer revenue goals in the Internet age? The Customer Service workshop outlines and details strategies, programs and ideas to help you get more customers and keep them coming back.

Enhanced Sales and Marketing Strategies: Everyone needs sales. After all, without sales, there is no business. This workshop outlines different sales and marketing strategies that include increasing your sales to your current market, growing your market share in new markets, guerrilla marketing tactics that don't cost much money, getting free PR and recognition for your products, service and gaining increased awareness for your company. The workshop also covers how to use the Internet to capture new sales and revenue streams and strategies to showcase your products and services to an increasingly active online market.

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