ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (May 3, 2023) – The Kentucky Small Business Development Center will host the ribbon cutting and open house for the Center of Kentucky Entrepreneurship Wednesday, May 3 at 12 p.m. EDT at 1201 North Dixie Highway in Elizabethtown. This event celebrates Small Business Week and will showcase the entrepreneurial services of the Center …
Increase Small Business Slaes By Closing More of What’s in Front of You Most times we only equate “increasing sales” with putting more customers in front of us. If we want to increase sales revenues by 25 percent, then how can we bring in at least 25 percent more prospects? So, to bring these prospects …
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Business Budgets: Why They Matter And How To Make One Business budgets are critical to success for all businesses, especially small businesses. Why are they critical? Provide visibility and calculations about the potential profitability of a business. Budgets and forecasts are not an exact science, more like a starting point for making major business decisions. …
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Organization and the Domino Effect Have you heard of a professional home organizer? Their expertise creates an organized flow between our living spaces. From the kitchen to the closet, office, garage, bedroom, etc. we can all agree that organization is important to the flow of our personal and business lives. A clear space can mean …
Scale Your Business By Exporting…It’s Easier Than You Think Have you considered Exporting your product or service? Small-to-medium sized businesses are often in a good position to sell to overseas markets despite never having done so before. With over 95% of the world’s consumers outside of the United States, an increasing amount of U.S. companies …
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Pro Tips: It Takes More Than Likes to Make a Sale I’d like to pass along an experience from a couple months ago from a small business consult that carries an important lesson when it comes to sales. Like many small business startups today he depended mostly on Facebook for his marketing. At first glance, …
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Busy B’s Flowers Inc., Neon, KY Fleming-Neon is a small town nestled in the mountains of Appalachia. Those who call Fleming-Neon their home have faced adversity before, but they could not imagine the events which would transpire in late July of 2022. For the Kincers, they would wake as so many others to see their …
Lexington, Ky. (Nov. 26, 2022) – The Kentucky Small Business Development Center (SBDC), celebrates Small Business Saturday on November 26, as a day to support small businesses and all they do for their communities. The Kentucky SBDC encourages holiday shoppers across the Commonwealth to take part in Small Business Saturday and “Shop Small” this season. …
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ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2022) – The Kentucky Small Business Development Center in Elizabethtown is joining a new collaborative effort to provide a one-stop small business service center for the region. Officials will soon open a new office alongside other economic and business development groups in the Center of Kentucky Entrepreneurship Building. “We’re thrilled,” said …
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2022) – The America’s Small Business Development Center named Kentucky SBDC’s Ryan Ferguson and JC Phelps among inaugural 40 Under 40 Award recipients. America’s SBDC launched the 40 Under 40 Award to recognize outstanding young SBDC staff across the nation who demonstrate innovation, leadership, and commitment to the SBDC mission. In September, …
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