Virtual Drop-In Business Coaching
2025-07-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-24 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-06-18 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-03 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-27 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-22 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-06 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 11 more dates | ONLINE
Are you thinking of starting a business?
Do you already have a business but want it to grow?
Are you facing a business puzzle that you’d like help with?
Schedule your free 30-minute session with one of our talented business coaches!
Virtual Drop-In Coaching sessions are held via phone call.
Note: Please limit reservations to one session.
Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact coaching@businessimpactnw.org or call (206) 324-4330 x 135

Federal Way Library Drop-In Business Coaching
2025-06-26 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Federal Way Library, 34200 1st Way S, Federal Way, WA, 98003, United States
Are you thinking of starting a business?
Do you already have a business but want it to grow?
Are you facing a business puzzle that you’d like help with?
Schedule your free 30-minute session with one of our talented business coaches!
Drop-In Coaching sessions are held at the Federal Way Library, 34200 1st Way S, Federal Way, WA 98003.
Note: Please limit reservations to one session.
Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact coaching@businessimpactnw.org or call (206) 324-4330 x 135

Small Business Marketing and Strategy Coaching
2025-06-13, 2025-05-09, 2025-04-11, 2025-03-14, 2025-02-14 | ONLINE
Growing your small business with a community-centric marketing strategy
Are you a Business Impact NW lending or technical assistance client ready to implement a practical marketing strategy tailored to your business?
Your $40 payment earns you 3 virtual coaching sessions with Small Business Marketing Consultant Tad Richardson, co-founder of Abundant Marketing Collective (a $450 value). With individualized coaching sessions and access to AMC’s exclusive “5 C’s” Small Business Marketing Framework, you will walk away with a roadmap to develop and execute a manageable marketing plan that will drive measurable growth for your small business through the power of community.
What you can expect from each 60-minute session:
Session 1: Learn what makes the biggest brands successful and how you can achieve great results for your small business without the benefit of a big budget!
After a brief intake to understand your business and goals, you’ll learn the fundamentals of brand-building that will set the stage for creating your own successful marketing strategy.
Session 2: Begin review of the Abundant Marketing Collective “5 C’s” marketing framework, covering topics of:

Clarity of your Brand Identity and Audience

Visual Branding
Messaging
*Homework – Messaging and Positioning Framework

Channels (Where you sell)

Website review and best practices
Social Media review and strategies
Event-based (in-person) strategies

Community engagement strategy

Identify strategic partnership opportunities
Build your own advocate network
Homework – Social Media Audience “Tune-up”

Session 3: Review of Session 2 material and homework, followed by remaining “5 C’s” material:

Content Marketing

Using your platform to engage, educate, entertain, and inform your audience
Best Practices and Resources for content creation
Benefit of engaging with 3rd party content

Calendar

Creating a manageable and effective marketing schedule
Review of scheduling platforms

Completion of all 3 Sessions earns you one additional pro-bono session with Tad.
Upon registration and payment, you will receive a direct link to Tad’s calendar to schedule a session at your convenience.
About Tad:
Tad Richardson (he/him) is a digital advertising pioneer and marketing executive, and among the first innovators of behavioral targeting and value-based marketing strategies for some of the most premier publishers and advertisers in the world. Tad is an advocate of “business for good” and a firm believer that “marketing for good” must go hand-in-hand. Applying his unique experience in enterprise marketing, small-business, community-building and fundraising, Tad has created proven community-based marketing and revenue-generating platforms for notable non-profits such as Meals on Wheels, and several stakeholders of the former Negro Baseball Leagues, including the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Josh Gibson Foundation and the Buck Leonard Association.
Tad is a native of the Puget Sound and a lifetime resident of Washington state. He’s the co-founder of Abundant Marketing Collective (an underground team of marketing superheroes), a member of the Seattle Made makers community and a small business marketing consultant with Business Impact Northwest.

Virtual Drop-In Business Coaching
2025-06-11 10:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE
Are you thinking of starting a business?
Do you already have a business but want it to grow?
Are you facing a business puzzle that you’d like help with?
Schedule your free 30-minute session with one of our talented business coaches!
Virtual Drop-In Coaching sessions are held via phone call.
Note: Please limit reservations to one session.
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact coaching@businessimpactnw.org or call (206) 324-4330 x 135
