Certified Network Program-Women's Business Center of Southern Alabama

Jun 8th, 2004

Certified Networker Training Comes to Mobile
Word-of-Mouth Marketing Helps Professionals Remain Competitive

Today's business environment is tough. The weak economy and world unrest are
looming over everyone. Despite the uncertainty, businesses across the Mobile County area need to continue to develop clients. Certified Networker Training will help professionals do just that by positioning them for continuous never-ending profit.

Presented by Sharper Focus and the Women's Business Center of Southern Alabama, this 12-module program is a customized curriculum designed to teach business professionals strategic, measurable word-of-mouth networking techniques that will help them continue to generate business in this tough economy.

The preview class of the nine-week training series is FREE, and it will take place Thursday, June 17, 2004 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Business Innovation Center, 1301 Azalea Road (across from Old Time Pottery) in Mobile. This weekly seminar will train business professionals to find referral sources and maximize the potential of word-of-mouth marketing. Space is limited to 15.

Sharper Focus is a consulting firm that trains companies and individuals in South Alabama and Northwest Florida on the benefits of word-of-mouth marketing. The Women's Business Center of Southern Alabama is a project of the Women's Business Center, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to the mission of economic empowerment for women by assisting them to start and grow successful businesses.

For more information or to register, please contact the Women's Business Center at 251-660-2725 or email womensbusinesscenter@ceebic.org or Sharper
Focus at 251-479-1329 or email jmalone@bni.com.

This U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Cooperative Agreement is partially funded by the SBA. SBA's funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinion or services. All SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis.

For Immediate Release:
For More Information:
June 8, 2004

Phone: 251-479-1329 (in Mobile)
251-660-2725
800-781-9599 (Outside Mobile)
Fax: 251-479-3728

Email: jmalone@bni.com or womensbusinesscenter@ceebic.org