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Marketing During Tough Times

Do you have all the customers you can handle?

In today's tough times, your answer is probably "no." You are stretching your dollars to meet your commitments and you wonder what can go and what must stay. The marketing strategies and tactics you have used in the past either don't work or you feel the budget just won't allow any more spending. But...you also know that if you don't get the word out, you are not going to have the customer you need.

Join national speaker, Al Lautenslager, to learn the secrets of Guerrilla Marketing. Al, co-author of "Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days," promises to show you how to:

Employ revolutionary marketing strategies
Advertise on a virtually nonexistent budget
Bring in new business
Maintain focus and motivation
Get massive PR without an agency
Implement the most important elements of a marketing plan
AND, share ideas that can be use the same day!!!

When: Thursday, July 30, 2009
            8:00am - 12:00pm

Where: Center for History
             808 W. Washington
             South Bend, IN

Registration: $49 per person
             Reservations are required
             Call 574.282.4350 x0
             Deadling for registration is July 28 at 3pm

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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of Indiana, Project Future, and our many local partners. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance by calling your local SBDC.