Small Business Development Center Online Courses
offered through Harford Community College or Cecil College

To learn more about the courses below or about how the Small Business Development Center can help your business, visit them at Harford Community College, Edgewood Hall, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, MD 21015-1698, call 443-412-2237 or email sbdc@harford.edu. For HCC courses registration, you should call 443-412-2376. For Cecil College course registration, all 410-392-3366, ext. 605 or email training4success@cecil.edu unless otherwise specified.

Building a Mail Order Business, Online 2/8-4/26
Learn how to run a mail order (direct marketing) business from home. Mail order firms span everything from the sale of how-to books, to catalogs containing specialty food products, to selling clothing over the Internet. It is a business that can easily be started on a shoestring from your kitchen table, but can also grow into a full-time occupation. Learn how to choose profitable products, locate suppliers, create advertising that attracts buyers, and fulfill orders quickly and easily.
Tuition: $125, Course number: 25699, 2/8 through 4/26
This is an online course. Call 443-412-2376 to register.

Real Estate Investing, Online 2/10-4/28
Learn how to use real estate investing to build personal wealth, techniques for locating bargain properties and motivated sellers, acquiring property with creative financing, locating sources of cash, fixing up properties, handling tenants, and selling properties.
Tuition: $125, Course number: 25698,  2/10 through 4/28
This is an online course. Call 443-412-2376 to register.

Virtual Assistant Business, Online 2/11-4/29
Designed for students who want to run their own virtual assistant business from home, learn to provide administrative support services to other companies over the Internet. A virtual assistant can make from $25-$50 per hour performing word processing, database management, desktop publishing and email services. Moreover, because virtual assistants work from their homes, for customers they often never meet, they do not need to be located in the same city or even the same state. Learn how to establish and successfully grow a virtual assistant business including learning how to locate customers, set fees and develop client contracts.
Tuition: $125, Course number: 25697,  2/11 through 4/29
This is an online course. Call 443-412-2376 to register.

Making Money with Online Auctions, Online 2/11-4/29
Learn the ins and outs of making money through buying and selling merchandise form online auctions such as government auctions and liquidation sales. This course introduces students to a variety of auctions and sales and provides tips on both the buying and selling process.
Tuition: $125, Course number: 25701, 2/11 through 4/29
This is an online course. Call 443-412-2376 to register.

Additional training | SBDC Publication/Special HBL Inserts 2009 | 2008 | 2007