Colfax church to host business workshop
On Oct. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Colfax Christian Church Community Room (101 North Locust Street), Margie Johnson of Shop Talk will lead a free Regional Business Workshop about “Strategies to Revitalize your Business.”
This workshop is hosted by Colfax Main Street and is sponsored by the Iowa Downtown Resource Center, within the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED).
The workshop about “Strategies to Revitalize your Business” will equip Iowa retailers and commercial business owners with new practices for success and will address initiatives that will assist in the repositioning of individual businesses. Designed to stimulate and challenge business owners and managers, attendees will walk away with an understanding of how consumers’ choices are being redefined, and how time has become the currency of the new millennium.
Johnson will discuss factors shaping the retail landscape, successful customer retention strategies, extraordinary customer service and creative marketing, customer feedback mechanisms, and repositioning businesses in today’s highly competitive marketplace.
Johnson with Shop Talk, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a highly acclaimed speaker, trainer, author, and consultant who has developed customer-centered strategies that have given businesses the competitive edge needed to survive and thrive.
Since 1985, Shop Talk has served as a specialized consultation and research firm concentrated in retail, hospitality, health care, and financial industries.
Her passion for growing businesses has positively impacted companies of all sizes — from national retailers to regional financial institutions and small entrepreneurial firms. More information about Shop Talk can be found at www.shoptalk.org.
Anyone wishing to attend the business workshop should RSVP by calling Julia Kern at (515)554-6989 or via e-mail at juliahkern@yahoo.com.
