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"Wait, How Do I Market This?" A Seminar on How to Start Marketing as a Small Business

July 29, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (PDT)

Description

Are you a small business owner, entrepreneur, or solopreneur trying to figure out how to attract your very first customers — and keep them coming back?

Join us for an energizing, practical session where you’ll learn:


✅ How to truly know your customer
✅ How to define your brand in a way that stands out
✅ Simple, effective ways to start connecting with the right people
✅ Actionable tips for building trust, visibility, and real relationships


This isn’t just theory — we’ll walk through live examples, real exercises, and leave you with tools you can use immediately.


✔️ Perfect for: Small business owners, solopreneurs, nonprofits, and anyone launching something new—or anyone who’s had their own thing going for a while and wants to give their marketing a boost!
✔️ Friendly, informal, and interactive.


Let’s help you stop guessing and start growing.


Speakers:

Katie Gray Garrison

Principal, Message Maven Consulting


As principal of Message Maven Consulting, Katie provides executive, corporate, and sales communications and thought leadership guidance for clients across various industries, including consumer technology, media, biotechnology, manufacturing, IT, and agency.


For the past 17 years, Katie Gray Garrison has empowered senior leaders and Fortune 500 brands to convey complex product and vision ideas in clear and compelling ways. She brings a knack for crafting a great story, a mind that is both creative and analytical, and a self-starter's innovative spirit.


Robert Robledo

Marketing Strategist | Executive Leader | Event Architect | Community Connector


Robert is a dynamic marketing executive, event architect, speaker, and community advocate with over two decades of leadership experience across corporate, civic, and nonprofit sectors in the Bay Area. He most recently served as Director of Marketing and Communications for the San Jose Downtown Association, where he led award-winning campaigns and event promotions that generated millions of impressions, drove foot traffic in and around the downtown core, and boosted economic activity for many small businesses.


Currently, Robert is the Director of Sales and Operations at Marketing Inventors, a digital business solutions firm that helps brands ignite growth through a blend of social media management, organic marketing content creation, website development, and strategic landing pages, all coupled with precision-driven advertising.

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