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 Sassmann To Speak at the Avery County Chamber Quarterly Breakfast
The Avery County Chamber will host its Quarterly Breakfast, Tuesday, August 28, during the Home and Business Expo being held at the Chapman Center (on the road to the Williams YMCA, Linville the entrance is on the left). We believe this is a great way to network with local businesses and support the Chamber as we promote businesses in our region.
We encourage you to attend the BRUNCH at 10:00am
Speaker for the event will be Boomer Sassmann of Big Boom Design
Boomer (from Big Boom Design) has designed and manages many of the High Country websites – Ashe Chamber, Beech Mountain TDA, High Country Host, Avery County Chamber and several local business.
Read MoreBoomer 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 MoreNew Help Desk Feature
Need help with your site? Did your hosting overlap? Want to add a new plugin? The quickest and most efficient way to communicate with us on these issues is through the new “Help Desk” feature. When you visit the Big Boom Design website, located on the left of your screen is a red tab labeled “Help Desk”. Simply click here and a small text box will become available; then fill out your question, comment, or concern. This will help streamline all of our client’s needs into one area. Use it today!
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