North Carolina Network and Small Business School show

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Educational Television Is A Key

Charlotte's WLVT-TV is a voice in the wilderness.

Small Business Resources:

1. Business Associations
· NC Better Business Bureau
· North Carolina Retail Merchants Association
· Business Marketing Association
· more to come

2. Chambers of Commerce
· Chambers of Commerce
· Association of COC Executives
· Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

3. Economic Development
· NC Economic Development Authority
· NC Small Business & Technology Dev
· Self-Help, a community development lender serving small businesses
· more to come

4. Education: · Duke University Fuqua School of Business · NC Community College Support for Small Business Success · NC State University Small Business Primer · North Carolina A&T State University School of Technology · The School of Business at North Carolina Central University · UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School · And more to come

5. Finance: · Small Business Investment Companies · State Securities Commissioner · SBA Preferred Lenders (over 60 banks) (let's rate them ourselves! click here.) (This listing is strictly alphabetical.) - Banco Popular, North America - Bank of America - Business Loan Express - CIT Small Business Lending - Citibank, F.S.B Nancy Savis - G.E. Capital Small Business Finance Corp - Interchange Bank - JP Morgan Chase Bank - New Millennium Bank - Soverign Bank - UPS Capital Business Credit - Wachovia Bank
· more to come

6. Government: · Governor's Office · North Carolina Business · Small Business Development Centers · North Carolina SBA · NC Small Business Assistance Program · North Carolina Urban Incentives · SBA, SBDC (listings) · SCORE: (an episode with Ken Yancey) See the complete listings - next column. · Workforce Initiatives · more to come

7. Press: · Business Media · Business Media · North Carolina Business Journals Contact: · North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) · Business Media

8. Other - Regional Resources · CPAs - Lawyers - Investment Bankers CPA: Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP - Lawyers: Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. (being developed) · Broker-Dealers and Financial Planners (being developed) · Professors, Coaches and other advocates (being developed)

2007: Broadcast Times

What's on in your neighborhood?

Click on the Hour/Day to find out!

Location	Station	Hour/Day	Sponsor*

Charlotte	WTVI	11:30 am Sundays	TBA*

Click on WLVT-TV to go to the station's website. Click on the city to go to their Chamber of Commerce; or Air Time to find which episode is airing this week.

*Sponsor Small Business School on WLVT-TV. Or, if your business market is better served by another show, sponsor it!

For an annual agreement, the amount is a surprisingly low and there are many benefits.
Open Letter: Why public television is so important. Please support and become a member of your local station.

Local sponsors of your station

ROI: There are four overarching reasons to sponsor the show but eighteen particular ways to maximize your ROI:

1. Opening and closing credit

2. Online Learning

3. Streaming Media Center

4. Collateral and collaborative relations.
ROI: Eighteen ways to say Thank You.

If your business would like to sponsor SmallBusinessSchool across the state or in several states, please click on contact (just above) and call us.

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Demographics of North Carolina

Est. Population: 8,638,000+
Est. Small Businesses: 750,000+
Our Targeted Viewers: 400,000 per week (always 4-5% of the total population)
Targeted online listings: 75,000 owners
Targeted online profiles: 7500 owners
Targeted television profiles: 750 owners
(13 in production, over 700 in preparation)

SmallBusinessSchool will seek to have no less than 400K viewers per week. We will focus on identifying at least 75,000 small business owners and begin prioritizing the online profiling of as many as 7500.

This show only considers those businesses that have been recommended from within their communities. Though this selection criteria is our guideline, we rely mostly on the small business advocates listed on these pages.