Category Archives: Local Businesses

The Megaphone of Main Street: Startups, Fall 2019

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The first year of operations is a critical time for any small business, with decisions made about market focus, finding financing and hiring a team that will have a significant impact on the business’s success or failure in the future.

SCORE’s fall 2019 “Megaphone of Main Street” data report focuses on the challenges facing startups, which are companies in operation for less than one year.

This latest installment of the Megaphone of Main Street is the fourth in a data report series that presents a snapshot of the current American small business landscape. This particular report delves into the world of startup entrepreneurship, sourcing both qualitative and quantitative data directly from a diverse group of roughly 1,000 startup small business owners across the nation. Continue reading →

When advertising, think about the context.

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Have you ever read a magazine or newspaper while waiting for a haircut, dental exam, or car repair? A Kitsap SCORE client is offering an alternative choice for local advertisers. Here’s his message…

tidbits-mags.pngWelcome to Tidbits — “The Neatest Little Paper Read” — locally owned and operated.

Tidbits is an affordable way to tell the folks who eat, shop, work and play in the greater Kitsap County area about your business!

Your ad will be visible in 290 + points of distribution from one end of the county to the other. Available in restaurants, fast food places, medical and dental offices, hair and nail salons, markets, quick lubes, tire stores, repair shops, hotels – any place where people have to wait and want to be entertained.

You can have an exclusive spot on the front page and beat the competition once again! Act quickly to join this exclusive club of only 9 of Kitsap’s best advertisers. Continue reading →

Email marketing: Keep it simple.

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Here’s an email marketing message from one of our Kitsap SCORE clients. His company is focused on protecting healthcare companies’ data from ransomware attacks. The message and call to action are simple. How about yours?

Dear __________________ ,

You may not think it could ever happen to your company, but with the prevalence of ransomware and the rise of malicious attacks, it’s now just a matter of when it will happen in your business. The best line of defense is to prepare and plan, implement the most effective technologies to protect data and then invest to train all of your employees on how to avoid potential ransomware attacks at all cost.

We have the solutions and the expertise to help your business get proactive and stop ransomware from becoming a disruptor to your day-to-day operations.

Let’s schedule a call to discuss how we can help.

Best,

John Benjamin | CEO
Phone: 206-866-5340
Email: john@cavunetworks.com
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Your Business Roundtable

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Kitsap SCORE and local Chambers of Commerce are working to develop a series of roundtable discussions for people who want to solve problems, find opportunities, and grow their businesses. Please share your answers to four simple questions and help us pick the best time to meet and choose topics for conversations.

Kitsap businesses do interesting things.

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There’s a local company owned by a local guy with a lot of experience making videos to help businesses tell their stories. It’s called I Heart Kitsap and here are some samples of Mike Barnet’s work.

M&T COFFEE

M&T Coffee hired us to create a video ad and run a Facebook video ad campaign to promote their recent grand opening in Bremerton.  The campaign resulted in their best day of sales to date. 

View the video HERE.   

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