Trainings for Business Owners

Skill building for small business owners

As business owners, it’s hard to overstate the number of hats we wear. One of our goals at The Biz Journey is to whittle down the things you need to know in key areas of business growth and management to those that will make the biggest impact on your business and to your life.

Our library is just getting started! Community members will be alerted when new content is added, so don’t forget to register for your free membership, today!

If there’s a training you’d like us to add, please let us know! Drop us a line using the contact form, or even better, join us in our free, public, Facebook or LinkedIn group and post your idea there.

FREE 1-Hour Training: 101 Level

Build Your Digital Visibility

Watch now, free (here or on YouTube)

The top 15 essential steps to help build the strongest foundation for your business visibility in AI searches, traditional SEO, and beyond:

  • Getting your Google Business Profile actually working for you — not just claimed and forgotten

  • Why today’s AIs now answers customer questions for you (and what that means for your website)

  • Building review momentum that search engines and AI tools both notice

  • Getting found on Apple Maps, Siri, and Bing/Copilot — not just Google

  • Making your website's content accessible to AI searches, not just human visitors

No coding needed; most even work without a website (or the know-how to edit it)!

What Attendees Say…

“I don't think I have stopped raving about this training since I attended it! It was chock full of current, valuable, and easy to digest information followed by very clear and simple action steps. Not one second of my time was wasted and I know exactly what to do. SEO can be intimidating and confusing sometimes and there was none of that during the training.” — N. Murphy

“Thank you, Wendy, for a great educational session. I learned so much!” — E. Morrison

Tap below to receive the step-by-step companion guide

This info packed free training is led by Wendy Harrington, owner of Beacon Creative Lab LLC, a marketer and digital expert with 40+ years serving agencies from Main Street solopreneur to global behemoth.

Ready for more?

We’ve got it: Today’s SEO 201

30+ next-level steps to boost visibility even more: SEO, AI search, and beyond!

4-week self-paced course, just $29

The practical, step-by-step, 4-week course for local service business owners who want to understand how to increase their ability to be found in online searches, including AI responses, without a tech degree.

We’ll cover strategies including:

  • Often missed platforms AIs love.

  • Building your digital reputation monitoring system.

  • Enhancing your site’s credibility so AIs want to recommend you.

  • Making your business a stronger match for prospects’ searches.

  • Optimizing your social platforms to support AI and Google searches.

  • New strategies in FAQs, review responses, and more.

Take charge of your visibility.

Local SEO isn't about tricks or shortcuts, it's about making your business seen, understood and credible to every search engine and AI tool that your customers are using. 

When that foundation is solid you’re more visible. When pieces are missing, confusing, or conflicting, you're invisible.

In this email-based training series, you’ll receive a realistic, targeted, set of actions that you can do with no tech skills required!

We’ll share the what, why, and how in 30 actions you can take to increase your visibility in traditional and AI searches. Your training will include checklists, descriptions, and the details you need to ensure your success. If you have questions along the way, just ask in the group.

It’s the building blocks you need for a strong, searchable foundation.

And it’s just $29.

Why is it priced so low? Because our mission is to help good businesses get found so they can serve their communities! If you’re not completely satisfied, let us know and we’ll refund you.

Content prepared by the SEO and marketing experts at Beacon Creative Lab LLC.

Don’t forget!

Register for your FREE membership today!

Be the first to hear about new trainings and tools as they become available. PLUS, you’ll also get:

  • Regular, free, weekly Owner-to-Owner Connection opportunities, online and in-person (in the Raleigh NC area) for support, learning, ideas, collaboration opportunities, and networking, including an invitation to our PRIVATE owners-only Facebook group, and more.

  • Monthly free online trainings on topics essential to business success: marketing and sales, leadership and mindset, finances, hiring, and much more.

  • Business promotion through our Facebook and/or LinkedIn groups, and a listing in our growing Live • Love • Local Business Directory, including profile, links to your key online pages, and logo.

  • The Beacon Blueprint marketing essentials series: A practical, free, how-to series to ensure you have the strongest marketing foundation to build your business. Take the self-assessment, then customized content is delivered as a weekly email series starting on what you need to address first.

Join us now. It's free!

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