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Marketing your business in uncertain times

Join us for this short and practical webinar for local business owners focused on clear, low-cost marketing actions you can take right now.

Marketing Your Business in Uncertain Times is short and practical webinar for local business owners focused on clear, low-cost marketing actions you can take right now to maintain visibility and encourage steady foot traffic during community disruption.

Presented by Jen Jones, Founder of Whip-Smart
Whip-Smart is a woman-owned marketing and branding firm that specializes in brand strategy, marketing planning, messaging, web design, and email marketing. For more than a decade we’ve helped small business owners reach their goals faster and with less stress. We take a human-centered, strategy-driven approach to building lasting connections between small businesses and the people they serve. Our process looks like: meeting you where you’re at, taking a holistic approach in evaluating opportunities, building a clear, results-driven plan of action, and helping you activate the plan.

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Marketing your business in uncertain times

Date

February 23, 2026

Time

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Presented by

Elevate Hennepin and Whip-Smart

Cost

no-cost

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