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Management, Strategy & Planning

Hiring Trends for Small and Medium Businesses: How to Find Employees

February 14, 2024

Via: Entrepreneur

Staying ahead in the competitive hiring market is crucial for small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs). The right team can propel your business to new heights, but finding the perfect match can be a challenging task. In this article, we’ll explore […]


Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Amazon Solves Top Small Business Pain Points

November 27, 2023

Via: CO

Amazon wants to be a full-service brand-building ecosystem for the millions of small businesses that sell products on its site, even if that means equipping them to grow beyond its platform. The world’s largest online marketplace is working to topple […]


Management, Proposal Management

Even Small Businesses Without CRMs Know They Need One

October 6, 2023

Via: Small Business Trends

By now, we’ve all heard enough about customer relationship management (CRM) solutions and how businesses of any size could benefit from them. As a global software vendor, Zoho has always been curious about how this awareness of CRM solutions translates […]


Finance

A Guide to Future-Proofing Digital Assets

August 29, 2023

Via: CO

Most small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners have numerous digital assets, or digitally stored pieces of information that hold value and are unique to their company. These assets — which may include things like contracts, white papers, and other documents […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

AI-Driven Business Advisor “BizAI” Targets Small Business Growth

August 25, 2023

Via: Small Business Trends

The launch of launch BizAI, an AI-driven business advisor exclusively tailored for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), was announced by vcita. The tool, designed to help SMBs tap into actionable business advice derived from their own data, is scheduled for […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

Constant Contact Wants to Help SMBs Monetize Content Via AI

June 21, 2023

Via: CO

As artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved, so have the tools that Constant Contact provides for its business partners to communicate with their customers. The marketing technology company, which helps businesses execute and manage their email, SMS (text messaging), and social […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

Where to Find Market Research Services for Your Business

June 8, 2023

Via: Small Business Trends

Market research is one of the most important business services to help your company grow. It does a variety of things, including identifying a target audience if you’re starting out. Marketing research also helps identify trends and market opportunities with […]


Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Use These Two Tactics to Make Your Customer Experience Stand Out in 2023

January 17, 2023

Via: Entrepreneur

With 2023 upon us, savvy small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will look beyond savings and bring customers to cheer in the form of unexpected experiences and timely engagement. Despite the lifting of most social distancing guidelines, consumers continue to prefer […]


Management, Strategy & Planning

Impact of Inflation Still Worrying Small Businesses

October 6, 2022

Via: Small Business Trends

The impact of inflation is highlighted in a new global report by Meta, the parent company of Facebook. According to the report, inflation and rising costs of inputs are emerging challenges for most Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs). The analysis […]


Marketing, Marketing Strategy

The Top 5 Online Marketing Challenges — and How to Overcome Them

March 10, 2022

Via: Entrepreneur

According to Statista, the global online trading market will increase to an estimated $12.16 billion in 2028. This is from a base of around $8.3 billion in 2020. Yet, reaping its benefits is challenging, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses […]


Marketing, Marketing Strategy

The Content Marketing Mantra: “Create Once, Use Many”

December 3, 2021

Via: Business 2 Community

When developing social media messaging, there is often a knee-jerk reaction to constructing a post per channel. This is not an unfounded best practice. We often see good social media marketers crafting unique posts for each channel based on network […]


Finance

Marketing Mistake 2: Not Having a Marketing Budget For a Small Business

November 30, 2021

Via: Business 2 Community

This season I’m talking about the marketing mistakes I made with my first startup, and I’m hoping that you may benefit from my failures as well as my subsequent experience working with other entrepreneurs. I didn’t realise this mistake while […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

5 Make-or-Break Shifts in Digital Marketing to Be Aware of This Year

March 11, 2021

Via: Entrepreneur

To say 2020 was a crazy year would be a giant understatement. So many small businesses and entrepreneurs struggled, and it was a tough time for many. Running a digital marketing agency gave me a front-row seat to the challenges, […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

How Small and Medium Businesses Are Recovering From COVID-19

March 4, 2021

Via: Business 2 Community

Small- and medium-sized businesses were impacted the most by the pandemic due to the financial fragility that the COVID-19 disruption put on businesses during the initial stages. Businesses had to adapt to changes quickly, and a lot of them couldn’t […]


Management, Strategy & Planning

Dear Brit: ‘I Want to Turn My Passion Into a Business, But I Don’t Know My Passion!’

February 25, 2021

Via: Entrepreneur

This is one of my favorite problems to help solve! Your idea is the foundation of whether or not you will succeed. Step one is finding your passion. If you’re not sure what your passion is, you’re not alone. You’d […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

Shipping for Your Online Business Can be a Breeze with Shippo

February 9, 2021

Via: Entrepreneur

t’s never been easier to launch a side hustle or a small business online. Building websites, snapping beautiful product shots, launching your social media campaigns, targeting your ads, even listing on major websites — it’s all gotten a lot easier. […]


Management, Strategy & Planning

How to Thrive in Niche Markets

February 3, 2021

Via: Entrepreneur

Every business needs a clear direction. It needs to nail down the specifics of what to sell, who to sell to and how its products or services can serve the market. And what better way to have a crystal-clear direction […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

How to Leapfrog Competition With Local Digital Marketing

January 25, 2021

Via: Business 2 Community

Local digital marketing is the cost of entry for today’s small businesses. But, if you want to get ahead, you should master four important skills. Major Shift in Consumer Expectations We live in an age of constant churn. This is […]


Management, Strategy & Planning

The Multi-Cloud Environment in 2020: Advantages and Disadvantages

July 7, 2020

Via: Business 2 Community

Now more than ever, organizations have been implementing multi-cloud environments for their public cloud infrastructure. We not only see this in our customers’ environments: a growing proportion use multiple cloud providers. Additionally, industry experts and analysts report the same. In […]


Marketing, Software and Tools

Digital Marketing Tools for SMBs Impacted by COVID-19

April 2, 2020

Via: Business 2 Community

The majority of digital marketing companies are operating in an #AloneTogether mentality, meaning while we may be physically distant we can still come together as one. With the U.S. reaching a record 3.3 million individuals who filed for unemployment this […]