Coffee & Tea Connections June 2020

Coffee & Tea Connections is the place to meet other chamber members and learn more about your community while also making others aware of your business and what you do. We cannot meet in person, but hope you will join us from the comfort of your own home or office. 
June will be hosted by Cascade Acupuncture Center and owner Carola Stepper will have a short presentation relevant to our current times. 
“How to Grow and Sustain a Healthy Business”
 
Setting up and running a business
Purpose   
Vision and Goals                                                                                                                             Business Plan                                                                              
Professional Support /Coaches                                                                                        
                                                                                                                            
Marketing, getting new clients/customers to come into the business
Successful Marketing Tools
Marketing Plan                                                                                                     
Marketing Budget                                                                                                 
Elevator speech   
                                                                                                                                                     
Running a sustainable, healthy business, daily operations 
Scheduled Office Time                                                                                                          
Give in Abundance                                                                                                                          Customer complaints 
Self Care
 
This is a selection of topics which apply to all kinds of businesses, taken from my 6 hour class with 36 topics called “How to Grow and Sustain a Healthy Acupuncture Practice”.  I have taught this class to Acupuncturists as well as students enrolled in a Master’s in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAcOM) program at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) in Portland. Dr. Carola Stepper, LAc, RN - retired