The business advisors/instructors of the Small Business Institute of Seattle & Bellevue provide continuing education in all fields vital to assist small businesses to succeed. Fields of study include Tax, Accounting, Law, Marketing, Computer Networks, Search Engine Optimization, Business Insurance, Office Software, and much more. Through sponsorship, we are able to provide quality continuing education FOR FREE. Register at: http://smallbusinesswebcast.com

Growth Hackers are those who "engineer virality at the core of their products to build a steady flow of users." Coding capability is now essential to becoming a great marketer, in many industries. Growth hackers have hybrid skillsets, part marketer, part coder. “How do we get customers for our product?” We answers with A/B testing, Landing page optimization, search and social optimization, email deliverability, and Open Graph protocol. At the core of all of this, a growth hacker maintains the di …

… From sourcing your products, determining a fulfillment method, maintaining your inventory, designing your store, setting up a payment gateway, building content, social media, online marketing, email marketing, customer retention, shipping problems, and anything else.    I am super excited about this! I think we can all grow and learn a lot from each other build our businesses! Rock on!

Meet others in your local area who want to build websites with Joomla. We are just starting up so please join the group and get on the forum so we can discuss how to proceed to build our local community! We plan on having: -Social Meetings -Presentations -Work Parties -Other?   Want more? Check out or website - http://bellevuejoomers.org Or join our email list at: http://groups.google.com/group/bellevuejoomers

eCommerce works on many of the same principles as business in general. If you have a product or service that others need and can afford, you are basically in business. The rest is marketing and management.Whether you are in the business of selling online or offering to help other businesses sell online, you may consider using Magento as part of that solution. But Why Magento? How does it compare to other eCommerce platforms? What does it cost?   Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-sour …

This group meets on a weekly basis to discuss one social media topic. We use the rest of the time as a work session. Bring your laptop or a pad of paper and spend some time planning your social media strategy or doing the actual work. You get the benefit of new information, group brainstorming and a time set aside to do some focused work on social media for your business. Our goal is to explore new developments in social media. These are some of our recent topics. Twitter: Connecting with peopl …