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The Small Business Center of Surry Community College will offer �How Small Business Can Leverage the Cloud to be More Effective� on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 from 6:00 until 9:00pm at the Pilot Center, located at 612 East Main Street in Pilot Mountain. Social Media and SEO expert Martin Brossman of Brossman and Associates will be the presenter for this free seminar.

This information packed session will be an introduction to cloud-based (Web-based) computing tools. Cloud-based computing, which allows you to share files and applications over the internet, provides a high level of accessibility that frees the small business owner from a fixed workstation environment. Cloud service options include highly flexible, very secure data storage and manipulation. Some of the popular data sharing/processing/storage services are Dropbox, Salesforce and Evernote, among a wide variety of cloud-based services Mr. Brossman will introduce. These free and low cost Web-based resources are accessible from your desktop, tablet or smart phone.

This training will include:
� How to use team sharing of information
� How cloud resources allow you to enhance customer relationships & improve your marketing effort
� How to be able to access data in front of your customer
� How to establish security for your Web-based services
� You will come away with a broad knowledge of cloud-driven tools for reducing costs and increasing efficiency in your small business

Pre-registration is required for this seminar by emailing [email protected] or calling the Small Business Center at 336-386-3685. The Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce is co-sponsoring this event. Contact the chamber at http://www.mtairyncchamber.org to see how the chamber can assist your business.