Launch Your E-Commerce

The Veterans Business Outreach Center of the Pacific is a program of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, funded in part by a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

VBOC of the Pacific

Online 2-day workshop to help you started with your e-commerce business

<a href="https://hilo.hawaii.edu/vboc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> VBOC of the Pacific</a> and <a href="https://www.ywcaoahu.org/mbda-ewoc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The MBDA Enterprising Women of Color Business Center</a> present a 2-day online workshop &quot;Launch Your E-commerce&quot;.E-commerce plays a significant role in the marketplace, both nationally and internationally. With more people making purchases online rather than at traditional retail stores, it is becoming a fast-growing area of business. In this 2-day workshop, we will teach you how to start and launch your e-commerce store and grow your business online.AGENDADAY 1: GETTING STARTED WITH E-COMMERCETuesday, April 27th, 12.00 PM - 2.30 PM<ul><li>LLC setup, banking + accounting best practices</li><li>TM/copyright basics</li><li>GE Tax + sales tax basics</li><li>Picking a platform + why</li><li>Privacy + security best practices</li><li>Shopify setup + theme selection demo</li></ul>DAY 2: LAUNCH YOUR E-COMMERCEThursday, April 29th, 12.00 PM - 2.30 PM<ul><li>Getting started with shipping + fulfillment</li><li>Customer service best practices</li><li>International sales basics</li><li>Information architecture, core pages + trust signals</li><li>Digital marketing basics: content/SEO, ads, social media, email marketing</li><li>Collecting and understanding analytics</li><li>Evaluating apps, add-ons + digital services</li><li>Launching + domains</li></ul>Our PresenterPaolo founded <a href="https://www.hiddengears.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hidden Gears</a> in 2012 and has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing and web development. He began his digital career by building servers for software startups during the dot-com boom and transitioned into creating custom enterprise e-commerce and digital marketing integrations for startups Philadelphia and Boston. Paolo is a contributor to Search Engine Journal, and has been featured in EContent Magazine, CIO and Mashable.Open to everyone. Registration required.<a href="https://www.ywcaoahu.org/mbda-ewoc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Enterprising Women of Color Business Center </a>at YWCA O’ahu is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency.<a href="https://hilo.hawaii.edu/vboc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VBOC of the Pacific</a> is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or MBDA.

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