Smart Simple Marketing

Webinar World 2019: Engage for Action
2019-03-11 08:00 - 2019-03-13 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hyatt Regency San Francisco, CA
Webinar World 2019 centers on the theme, “Engage for Action,” calling on companies to redefine digital engagement as personalized, data-rich, and audience-centric. The three-day conference brings together digital engagement experts, marketing, training and communications leaders, and webinar practitioners to accomplish this goal by sharing strategies, best practices and tactics for audience engagement and business growth.

SaaStr Annual 2019
2019-02-05 08:00 - 2019-02-07 17:00

Creating Leaders For a World of Change - NAWBO Leadership Development Training
2019-01-25 | The Saguaro Scottsdale

The New Method - A Fresh Perspective on Business Growth
2018-12-12 09:00 - 17:30 | Microsoft HQ Redmond, WA

Digital Program Book NAWBO CA Propel
2018-04-22 - 2018-04-24 | Citizens Hotel, Sacramento, CA
The Business Conference of Small Change for Extraordinary Gains

6th Annual Insurance Diversity Summit
2017-11-28

Astra WBE Northern California Economic Development Summit
2017-11-13 09:00 - 17:00

Supplier Diversity In Tech - Quarterly Cocktail Reception
2017-11-07 17:30 - 19:30
BY INVITATION ONLY
Are you a minority-owned and/or women-owned business interested in selling your products or services to tech companies and/or the federal government?
If so, this is an event you don’t want to miss.
Join us on Tuesday, November 7th for our Quarterly Cocktail Reception exclusively for MWBEs seeking to generate new leads and close more business in the tech industry.
The invitation-only event is hosted by Wil Hart and Sydni Craig-Hart, Co-Founders of Smart Simple Marketing and winner of the WRMSDC 2015 Diverse Supplier of the Year Award (Class 1).
This dynamic duo will be putting their combined decades of experience to good use, providing exclusive insight, and facilitating valuable network connections that will help MWBEs globalize and grow their businesses.
This is an opportunity to meet prospective referral partners, gain insights on the latest trends and receive expert advice on how to generate more revenue in your business.
Don’t miss your chance to get the inside scoop on how to tap into profitable supplier diversity opportunities for your business.

2017 NMSDC Conference + Business Opportunity Exchange
2017-10-22 - 2017-10-25
The NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunity Exchange is the nation’s premier forum on minority supplier development. For four days, more than 6,000 corporate CEOs, procurement executives and supplier diversity professionals from the top multinational companies, as well as leading Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American business owners and international organizations will convene in Detroit, Michigan to re-energize their collective efforts to Certify > Develop > Connect > and Advocate for solid minority firms in the global corporate supply chain.

2017 Northern California Elite SDVOB "Veterans First" Annual Conference
2017-10-17 08:30 - 16:00
The 2017 Northern California Elite SDVOB “Veterans First” Annual Conference is a robust, tactical day designed to give you a “hand-up” with strategic corporate influencers dedicated to supporting small businesses in Northern California.
Wil Hart will be speaking on H2H Marketing – “How To Build Profitable Relationships”.
Also, the SDVOB network is looking for small businesses to connect with Primes and large corporations who see the value in working with SDVOBs and veteran-owned businesses.
This event is FREE. If you have any questions about the upcoming event, please contact:
Mr. Lavelle Jones
T: (408) 505-3032
E: Lavelle@Elite-NorCal.org

Choose Your Path to Scale and Grow
2017-10-16 11:30 - 12:30
“Savvy Solopreneur” – You’re doing it all, incredibly busy, so how do you grow? On this track you’ll learn the secrets behind other successful Solo’s successes and strategies for growth with sanity.
Success Panel: Choose Your Path to Scale and Grow – Learn from other successful solopreneurs who chose to build their businesses in a variety of different ways.
Moderated by Nancy Schuelke, Wells Fargo
Panelists: Ana Parmet, Carrie Summer, Allison Neumann Lundy, and Sydni Craig Hart

2017 National Women's Business Conference
2017-10-15 - 2017-10-17
As women business owners, we’re naturally “daring” individuals. After all, we took a huge leap in starting our own businesses and continue to dare every day—to break boundaries, push limits, change the status quo, work together, attempt the unexpected, be authentic and create our magic. We simply look at the world differently and see opportunities in obstacles. Join NAWBO’s inspiring community of women entrepreneurs as we dare together to reach new heights in our lives, our businesses, our communities and the world. There’s no limit to what we can do when TOGETHER WE DARE!

Boost Your Business with Facebook
2017-10-03 09:00 - 12:00
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15), Facebook and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) are teaming up to host a series of “Boost Your Business with Facebook” events across America. These free, educational events will celebrate the unique contributions of Hispanic and Latino owned businesses around the country and empower attendees to take their businesses to the next level with Facebook and Instagram.
Registration is open to everyone. Spanish translation services will be provided.

How To Turn Networking Opportunities Into Relationships and Contracts
2017-09-19 13:00 - 14:30
The PG&E Supplier Diversity Team has prepared a live online training to help DVBEs prepare for the annual Elite SDVOB Northern California conference.
We will teach you:
* How to prepare to partner with Primes by conducting effective market research and develop compelling marketing materials
* Effective Networking – How to start, build and maintain business relationships
* Account Based Marketing for DBEs – How to graciously nurture leads and consistently stay in touch with your network
Get ready to shine and learn the skills needed to separate your business from the competition.
You don’t want to miss this training!

Selling to Small Businesses – How to Create Content that Generates More High-Quality Leads, Increases Profits, and Meets Your Sales Goals
2017-09-07 12:05
To be successful in marketing and selling to small businesses, even if you’ve never had a business yourself, you need to understand how small business owners think, how they make purchasing decisions, and how their business operations differ from those of larger companies. You can do that most effectively by speaking with real people (not the made-up personas developed in your conference room) and using those conversations to create content that helps individual business owners to be successful.
Attendees will learn:
* How email marketing company, Constant Contact, focused on one customer to create content that attracted over 50,000 small business customers and prospects to the company
* How to speak the language of small business owners and appeal to them on an individual level (even if you’re speaking to thousands)
* How to position your products and services to solve specific pain points How to create a team of ambassadors to sell your products and services for you
* The top 3 content marketing formats that are most effective for selling to small business owners
LOCATION: Content Marketing World

Content Marketing World
2017-09-04 - 2017-09-07
Content Marketing World is the one event where you can learn and network with the best and the brightest in the content marketing industry.
You will leave with all the materials you need to take a content marketing strategy back to your team – and – to implement a content marketing plan that will grow your business and inspire your audience.
Save $100 on registration with code “SYDNI100”!

Supplier Diversity In Tech - Quarterly Cocktail Reception
2017-08-29 17:30 - 19:30
BY INVITATION ONLY
Are you a minority-owned and/or women-owned business interested in selling your products or services to tech companies and/or the federal government?
If so, this is an event you don’t want to miss.
Join us on Tuesday, August 29th for our Quarterly Cocktail Reception exclusively for MWBEs seeking to generate new leads and close more business in the tech industry.
The invitation-only event is hosted by Wil Hart and Sydni Craig-Hart, Co-Founders of Smart Simple Marketing and winner of the WRMSDC 2015 Diverse Supplier of the Year Award (Class 1).
This dynamic duo will be putting their combined decades of experience to good use, providing exclusive insight, and facilitating valuable network connections that will help MWBEs globalize and grow their businesses.
This is an opportunity to meet prospective referral partners, gain insights on the latest trends and receive expert advice on how to generate more revenue in your business.
Don’t miss your chance to get the inside scoop on how to tap into profitable supplier diversity opportunities for your business.

WRMSDC Secrets & Strategies Series: Prospecting For Opportunities
2017-05-30 13:00 - 14:30
This is part 2 of a 3 part series designed to help small, diverse business owners:

Learn how to create an Opportunities Schedule
Learn where to find the right opportunities for your business
Build a strategy and learn what you can do right now to build your business
Learn directly from industry professionals guest speakers

Sydni Craig-Hart will be presenting on how to create the exact opportunities you’re looking for to grow your business.

WIA Supplier Diversity Summit
2017-05-24 08:00 - 17:00
The Supplier Diversity Summit is a dedicated day-long event developed to connect a more diverse group of businesses to major wireless companies and to facilitate productive discussions focused on the role diversity plays in the wireless infrastructure industry.
Sydni Craig-Hart will lead a hands-on workshop for diverse suppliers on how to turn conversations into partnerships, client engagements and lucrative contracts.

CEB Marketing to Small Business Summit
2017-05-09 - 2017-05-10 | Virtual
The 2017 Marketing to Small Business Summit will focus on the way small business owners interact with enterprise suppliers in the digital realm.
Sydni Craig-Hart will host an executive roundtable during the event and participate in a panel discussion highlighting insights marketing teams need to know when targeting small businesses.
