Gain skills to grow your business from your Digital Coach
No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, join your local Coach for training and coaching to help your business take the next step like how to connect with customers, sell products online, and improve business productivity – for free.
Find your Coach
Business owners who learned new skills to take the next step for their businesses like how to drive website traffic or reach new customers1
Participants recommend Digital Coaches’ workshops to other small business owners2
Connect with your Digital Coach
Join your Digital Coach for live workshops, hands-on coaching, and opportunities to learn directly from businesses in your community.
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Angelina Darrisaw
National Coach
Founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach, a career-coaching resource that helps organizations retain and engage diverse talent. -
Jake Foreman
Indigenous Community Coach
Director at New Mexico Community Capital, an organization that provides tools to emerging Indigenous-owned businesses and tribal enterprises. -
Roberto Martinez
California CoachHablo español
Founder and CEO of Braven Agency, a digital marketing agency, with over 14 years of marketing and entrepreneurial experience. -
Chelsea Brosterhous
Oregon CoachSmall Towns
Owner of Chelsea's Marketing & Ad Agency, an agency that provides digital marketing strategies and social media coaching to small businesses. -
Mary Rábago
Arizona CoachHablo español
President and CEO of Mary Rabago Productions, a marketing agency helping businesses and corporations reach the Latino buying power. -
Vicky Sepulveda
Texas CoachHablo español
CEO of Crossing Bridges Consulting with more than 19 years of experience working with small businesses in areas such as marketing and strategic planning. -
CJ Harris
Illinois CoachNew Coach
Award-winning designer, creative strategist, CEO and Creative Director of That's So Creative, LLC. -
Lindsey Newland
Iowa CoachSmall Towns
Founder & Owner of The Newland Company, a graphic design and marketing strategy firm based in Ottumwa, IA. -
Katrina Turnbow
Michigan Coach
Entrepreneur dedicated to closing the digital divide by activating other entrepreneurs through digital marketing education and training. -
Teresa Heger
Michigan CoachSmall Towns
Owner and Founder of Teresa Heger Coaching & Consulting, an organization that provides leadership development to entrepreneurs and small businesses. -
Keisha Mabry Haymore
Missouri Coach
Author, speaker, motivator and Director of the Elevate/Elevar Accelerator for Black & Latinx entrepreneurs. -
Lindsay Sims
Ohio Coach
Founder and CEO of Predictable Results Marketing, an organization dedicated to helping small business owners scale through digital marketing strategies. -
Janet Hurn
Ohio CoachSmall Towns
Senior Director at Miami University Regional E-Campus working to increase access to education and opportunities for all. -
Jarrod Foster
Oklahoma CoachSmall Towns
Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at Elephant Rock Garden Supply and a U.S. Army Veteran. -
Gilberto Herrera
Alabama CoachHablo español
CEO of Scale You Consulting, a firm that grows and builds profitable brands through direct response branding and marketing. -
Sterling McKinley
DMV CoachNew Coach
Sterling is founder of Diversify Digital, he helps entrepreneurs and businesses enhance their digital skills, enabling them to thrive in the ever-changing digital landscape. -
April Ross
Georgia CoachSmall Towns
Owner of BeeTV Network, a television platform featuring interviews with community leaders, small businesses, and tips for growth. -
Vicente Pimienta
Florida CoachHablo español
Co-Founder and CEO of Digisults, an agency that helps business owners transition from traditional commerce into digital commerce. -
Krystal Hardy Allen
Louisiana Coach
CEO of K. Allen Consulting, a successful global management firm that trains school, nonprofit, and business leaders. -
Enovia Bedford
North Carolina Coach
Enovia is the Founder of VettDeck, a multicultural marketing agency that offers support in a wide range of topics including sponsorship strategy and experiential event solutions. -
Tierra Norwood
North Carolina CoachSmall Towns
Owner of Ajon's Professional Solutions, an agency that helps entrepreneurs market and scale their businesses with cutting-edge strategies. -
Ken Walker
South Carolina CoachNew Coach
Entrepreneur dedicated to investing in South Carolina as a realtor and business mentor. -
Lara Hudson
South Carolina CoachSmall Towns
Community Development Director for the City of Greenwood and the Uptown Greenwood Development Corporation. -
Netta Dobbins
Tennessee CoachNew Coach
Founder of Mimconnect, a consulting agency and professional networking platform helping companies recruit, train, and develop diverse talent. -
Courtney Stringer
Virginia CoachSmall Towns
Director of Community and Business Development for The University of Virginia's College at Wise, responsible for entrepreneurship, professional development and customized training solutions. -
Sandra Garcia
New York CoachHablo español
Marketing and brand elevation strategist, diversity and inclusion leader, and Afro-Latina content creator. -
Soleil Meade
Pennsylvania Coach
CEO of Soleil Branding Essentials, a leading branding & design agency that aims to enhance companies' brands through graphic/web design, strategic planning, project management, and marketing services. -
Joshua Miller
Pennsylvania CoachSmall Towns
Entrepreneur with years of experience working independently for small business owners providing consultation, photography and media marketing services.
PROGRAM NEWS
Empowering businesses in small towns with the help of local Digital Coaches
The Digital Coaches program is expanding to help business owners who live and operate in small towns build new skills to grow. Ten new Digital Coaches– onboarded through Main Street America– will offer free training for small businesses to help them reach new customers, thrive online, and grow.
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Frequently asked questions
Grow with Google Digital Coaches are local marketing experts and entrepreneurs who help diverse small businesses grow. They offer live training and hands-on coaching on topics like how to connect with customers, sell products online, and improve business productivity – for free.
Digital Coaches are local marketing experts and entrepreneurs. They are community builders who have found their own success and share the insights, knowledge and expertise they’ve gained with Black, Latino, Indigenous, and small town businesses in their local communities.
Businesses can find their local Digital Coach and sign up for training at grow.google/digital-coaches.
Digital Coaches are based in over 20 states. From Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania; to California, New York, Iowa and more; Coaches train diverse business owners in metropolitan and small town communities in their states. In addition, our Indigenous Community Digital Coach offers training and coaching to small businesses across Indian Country.
Google created the Digital Coaches program to help small businesses grow with the help of local coaches from their communities. Digital Coaches are marketing experts and entrepreneurs who offer training, hands-on coaching, and ongoing opportunities for businesses to network. No matter where a business owner is on their entrepreneurial journey, their local Digital Coach can help them build skills to take the next step for their business.
The Digital Coaches program started in May 2017.
Workshops and programming led by Digital Coaches are free.
You can learn more about Digital Coaches at grow.google/digital-coaches.
Grow with Google workshops are open to, and meant to support, all small business owners. Digital Coaches do focus their outreach to diverse communities who have historically had a more difficult time entering the digital space – including Black, Latino, Indigenous, and rural-based small businesses. Digital Coaches provide training and hands-on coaching to help these businesses grow – for free.
1Google x Kantar Impact Research 2021 Report
2Digital Coaches program data