Custom workshop
A practical, hands-on, in-person workshop for your members or team — social media, websites, email, SEO, shopping local and more — with a workbook for everyone to keep. For BIAs, chambers of commerce and business teams.
- $1,500
- for a 90-minute workshop
- $2,500
- for 3 hours, up to 20 people
- A workbook
- for everyone — printed, plus the PDF
Practical marketing your members can use the next morning.
Who it's for
- Business improvement associationsSkills that bring more people through your members' doors.
- Chambers of commerceA member event people actually want to come to.
- Business teamsStaff confident running your marketing and website.
- Industry groups, networking groups and non-profitsAnyone bringing small business owners together.
Popular topics
- Social media
- Content and Reels
- Website management
- SEO and Google
- Email marketing
- Shopping local
- A year of marketing
- AI in a small business
- Operations and systems
Something else in mind? Ask — if it helps small businesses grow, I can probably teach it.
What's included
- Built for your groupTheir businesses, their level, their questions.
- Hands-on, not a lecturePeople leave having done something, not just heard about it.
- A workbook for everyoneA printed copy on the day and the PDF to keep.
- Time for questionsAnswers about their own business.
Planning next season's events? Request a workshop.
Request a workshopWhy me
I grew my own retail business, The Local Space, to over $11 million in retail sales — so I teach what's worked with real money on the line, not theory.
Today I run The Local Biz Club and work with local businesses on their marketing, websites and operations every day.
How it works
- Request a workshopYour group, the topics and when.
- Your proposalThe plan and the price — ready for your board if you need approval.
- Book the dateThen I tailor it to your group.
- The workshopIn person, with a workbook for everyone who came.
Questions
What about bigger groups?
3-hour workshops are $2,500 for up to 20 people, plus $75 for each person over 20.
Where do you run them?
In person. The Lower Mainland (Vancouver to Chilliwack) and the Okanagan (West Kelowna to Penticton) at no extra cost; anywhere else, I'll quote the travel.