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MUNI OF ANCHORAGE – EO-16 takes effect for the month of December

...laska SBDC is here to help. If your business is struggling or is going to be impacted by these orders, please reach out to one of our business advisors. With over three decades of experience helping businesses in Southcentral, our staff is standing by to help your business through

AlaSkins, LLC

...h the SBDC, Sara shared, “Cliff was so helpful in breaking down my monthly costs and showing me the sales goals I need to set each month, as well as showing me where I can cut costs. Very thankful for his assistance and glad he is close by for

Expert Advisors

...Alaska SBDC Business Advisors are experts in a wide variety of fields and industries. All of our business advisors have experience as business owners and several hold advanced degrees in relevant areas of study....

Get Ready for #ShopSmall Season!

...ll throughout the holiday season. Help spread the word! Print – the Support Alaska Small Business poster and display it, loud and proud! Snap – a photo or video of the poster at your favorite small business to show your support. Share – your photos and videos using #AKSmallBiz,

eCommerce for Small Businesses

Workshops

...hops available, both as live events and on-demand videos, and we are continually adding new workshops. Live workshops allow you to interact with the presenter. You can use the filtering controls to more easily identify workshops that interest you. All courses listed here include a link to the signup...

Suite of Services

...esenter. Learn more. Tools These are documents, spreadsheets and templates that our advisors use on a regular basis. Use them to get started on business planning, financials, loan proposals, etc. Learn more. Partner-Produced Training A list of links to organizations that provide educational and train...

Highlighting: Dragonfly Dad

...rafted survival cord dragonflies to not only inspire you but to carry smaller items as well serving as a durable keychain. Made with USA materials, these colorful dragonflies symbolize the resiliency and fun of life in Alaska. Read his story here!...

What’s New in 2014

...s employees interact with clients is essential in world with social media marketing, where one client’s bad experience could haunt the reviews forever. This class is great for business owners as well as employees who work directly with customers on a daily basis. Make sure to sign your workforce

In Memory of Alexander Salov, Anchorage Business Advisor

...erence to countless entrepreneurs. Multi-lingual (English, Russian and Japanese), an adjunct Languages professor with the University of Alaska Anchorage, a member of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage, and a talented board member of the Anchorage Classical Guitar Society, Alex was deeply immer...

Proudly Highlighting: Miriam Wagoner!

...mergency situations in Juneau. Additionally, with English serving as her second language, Miriam’s goal as a writer is to share a positive message through her work that anything can be achieved and adversities can become a success. Her work with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has helped...

Eos Creative Media

...r, Alaska would have been much harder than that already seems.” Eos Creative Media has upgraded from a single couch in the living room into a fully integrated, hi-tech systems office and built-in custom theater for client video project screenings and the occasional social event. Through their own har...

There’s No Place Like Home (Page)!

...reat” it is. If you haven’t guessed, in a perfect world you’ll want to get the email of every visitor to your site (and their permission to continue sending them educational emails.) The most effective way to do this is to “treat” them to something of value and get

Can Small Businesses Survive on Facebook?

...ble, make sure that it is text only (no pictures, videos or links). Facebook’s newest algorithm changes now favor posts that are text only while before they favored picture posts. Keep in mind that although this type of post may show up in more of your fan’s newsfeeds, it

The Importance of Local Search Optimization

...payment method, offered services, images and even videos. 2. Verify your listing through phone or mail, and use the provided PIN from Google to claim the specified listing. 3. When this process is complete, your listing will be accepted by Google and can be viewed on Google Places. Want

Dianne’s Wild Fork Catering

...wl of their famous South African Peanut Soup, and news outlets such as Alaska Daily News and KTUU covered the event. The choice to transition to catering did not come easily for the Tydings. They had endured many challenges to keep their doors open, including a threat to their

Conquer Alaska’s Challenges with AI: SBDC Summit Unveils Innovative Solutions

...yeska Pipeline Company; Vicky Ho, Anchorage Daily News; Nat Herz, Northern Journal; and Adelyn Baxter, KTOO. Panels exploring the use of AI in state and local governments and its impact on elections and political campaigns. Featured speakers include Mark Begich, Northern Compass Group; Andrew Halcro,...

Hearthside Books

...lling books and her passion and experience in the world of literature made her a perfect candidate to take over the business. Business Advisor, Ian Grant, assisted Weaver in navigating the process of buying an existing business. Grant and Weaver completed a financial analysis, looked at ways to strea...

New classes with the Center for Corporate and Professional Development

...successful strategy from a failing one. And, in a world of social media, 24 hours news cycles and political hyperbole, a firm or organization’s market strategy must be integrated with its strategy to address media, government regulation, politics, NGO’s, activist groups, etc., the nonmarket strategy....

Birch Leaf Chapel

...planning and imagining the business and knew that Russ would be able to help her bring it to life. Russ walked them through the planning process as they worked through the financial projections for the startup costs, carefully chose the artisans and contractors who helped them build the Chapel,