KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) – Develop Nebraska held its Twenty fourth-annual MarkeTech Convention June 21-22 on the Younes Convention Middle in Kearney. The occasion featured small enterprise house owners from throughout Nebraska trying to learn to develop their enterprise right into a model.

“We wish to present data to Nebraska companies about tips on how to market with know-how,” stated Janell Anderson-Ehrke, CEO of Develop Nebraska. “Over time we’ve seen lots of modifications with social media however it’s develop into increasingly more vital.”

Additionally they introduced in representatives from well-known, home-grown corporations like Runza and Allo take part on a panel; giving recommendation to enterprise house owners on tips on how to develop their enterprise.

“I believe it’s actually vital as a result of companies have to find out about all the nice alternatives,” Anderson-Ehrke stated. “Our keynote speaker [Maria Elena Duron] gave lots of good advise about Google developments right this moment, to open right this moment’s session. The networking periods are extra fingers on and we had Entire Meals and Russ’s B&R speak about the way you get into these shops.”

She additionally defined how this 12 months’s occasion was an all-time document in attendees with 57 exhibitors and 263 enterprise house owners.

“This occasion is completely different from different networking occasions as a result of I get to remain within the state of Nebraska as an alternative of should journey to a different state,” stated Hemp Co. Proprietor Brett Mayo.

Mayo went on to explain what he will get from attending Marketech.

“Networking,” he stated. “Assembly a bunch of latest folks and doing interviews to get the corporate identify on the market. Simply getting out right here and being the face of the corporate, assembly a number of folks, and educating. In our enterprise, CBD in Nebraska its not an enormous factor, so we’re simply educating folks. Telling folks how secure and pure it’s and the way it might help them.”

This 12 months’s occasion was sooner than final 12 months’s because of partnership obligations with the Nebraska State Truthful. Subsequent 12 months’s occasion might be pushed up as effectively, to March 1-2 as Develop Nebraska companions with Nebraska Tourism and Enterprise for MarketTech 2023.

“We do have tons of of attendees which have been to nearly each certainly one of them and that simply retains telling us we’re hitting the mark,” Anderson-Ehrke stated. “That we’re offering subjects and data that folks want – that’s a very vital indicator to us.”

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