Mountain BizWorks will host a five-week marketing course beginning Tuesday, Oct. 16 from 6-9 p.m. at the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce building, located at 2753 Lynn Road (Hwy. 108) in Lynn.
Mountain BizWorks classes focus on developing the entrepreneur and their business management skills.  In “Marketing for Your Business,” participants will get help in developing a solid, focused marketing plan. The course is facilitated by Carol Lynn Jackson, MBW Business Developer and owner of Manna Cabanna, in Saluda. She brings many years of local marketing experience, particularly in the areas of food, agriculture and rural enterprises. Carol Lynn Jackson is a local food system advocate who works to bridge the marketing and distribution gaps for WNC food producers. Her business lends administrative support and “social capital” to the producer while educating the community about the power and wealth of a local foods system.
The course is designed to help participants discover more about who they are and how that knowledge can help them better market their business, how knowing customers and building relationships can be the key to success and how to become the trusted expert where your customers return again and again.
Specific marketing and networking resources in food, agriculture or rural enterprises are available through this course.
Registration is now open. Pre-registration is required. Contact Ashley Epling, 828-253-2834 ext. 27 or Ashley@mountainbizworks.org or Janet Sciacca, 828-859-6236 or janet@carolinafoothillschamber.org.
– article submitted
by Carol Lynn Jackson