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AB Tech Small Business Center’s Annual Jumpstart
The A-B Tech Small Business Center will be having its annual Jumpstart event, sponsored by Asheville Savings Bank, at the Haynes Conference Center at the College’s Enka site on Thursday, April 25. For those of you who may not be aware, Jumpstart is a business-to business trade show that is geared towards entrepreneurs and small business people who are looking to connect with those who may have a product of service that can assist them in taking their business to the next level. Product and service providers will have booths on-site and make themselves available for questions that attendees may have regarding their business.
This event, which typically draws around 200 visitors, is FREE to those who would like to attend. Hope to see you there!
Thanks again to Asheville Savings Bank for sponsoring this great event!
Please visit our “Events” page at the following link or contact Duane Adams (7951) for more info.
Schedule:
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Booth Set-Up – Booths will be assigned
3:30 – 4:00 PM: Vendor Networking – NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
4:00 – 6:30 PM: OPEN TO PUBLIC
Check out Big Boom Design’s time lapse of last year’s AB-Tech Jumpstart Event below.
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Boomer to speak at the Grove Park Inn to The Southern Association of Orthodontists
Friday, September 28th, Boomer Sassman will speak at the 2012 annual Southern Association of Orthodontists meeting at the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville NC. Sassmann has been invited to be a keynote speaker for this event, and will be joined by Molly Millroy, of Molly Millroy Media. Millroy runs her own Asheville based public relations, and video production business.
Together they will address the audience about how the Orthodontic field can benefit from understanding more about Google, Social Media and CMS Website Design to help expand and strengthen their practice. If you’re attending this event, be sure not to miss Boomer and Molly’s keynote, titled “EmBrace the Digital Divide,” from 2pm to 5pm.
For more information you can visit http://saortho.org/
K Black Orthodontics gets a WordPress face lift
Be sure to check out a recent WordPress website that we just launched for the best Asheville Orthodontist Keith Black.
Boomer to Teach Class @ AB-Tech’s Small Business Center : “An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bridging The Digital Divide”
Attention business entrepreneurs!
Owner of Big Boom Design, Boomer Sassman, will be teaching a FREE class this coming Wednesday, (August 22) in the AB-Tech small business incubator facility on the Enka-Candler campus. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about some of the most useful web tools that can be used to simplify your business.
Don’t run from business web tools! Learn about the relevant ones and harness your ability to use them properly and efficiently. The main objective of this class is to make you feel comfortable with these programs, and to teach you how to implement them into your daily business life. After this class you can become current and confident with the way you integrate the internet and your business with one another.
Read MoreMake Your Website Mobile and “Thumb-Friendly”
Worldwide, more and more consumers are buying and using smartphones. It’s a new staple in our modern culture. Of course, it’s still essential for your business to have its own website and social media presence in order to be successful. However, the next hoop you should consider jumping through is that of the mobile website. Compare the size of your computer monitor to a smartphone screen. Yup, there is definitely a difference, there. Mobile websites condense the size and look of the original design, dispensing all the information users want with fewer buttons and megapixels— producing a cleaner, simpler look. A mobile website, without question, will enhance the smartphone users experience.
Read MorePay Your Big Boom Invoice Online
Going paperless is not only environmentally friendly—it saves time and postage too. To pay your invoice online, click the “Let’s Talk” page, and located at the bottom there’s a button reading: “Pay Invoices Online”. Rather then adding another thing to your to-do list, purchasing postage, and physically mailing your payment—with a few clicks you can securely pay online, helping all of us stay on time.
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