Latest Stories for December, 2011
4 Rookie Mobile Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
Mobile marketing. Sure, everyone’s talking about it. They’re busy talking about SoLoMo and how small business owners need to use mobile to target customers on the move. But with the rush to get in on this hot new medium, sometimes we let our excitement get the better of us and we don’t take…
Growing Small Businesses Have to Get Creative with Financing Options in 2012 Says Interface Financial Group
Bethesda, MD (Press Release – December, 2011) – For small businesses, 2012 looks like a doozy. Despite predictions of an easing recession overall, the outlook for small business growth is discouraging.
The National Association for Business Economics predicts sluggish growth (just 2.4…
How Small Businesses Invent the Future
How does a small business, or any business for that matter, invent the future? They do so by staying true to their own vision with the customer in mind. We look here at a couple of ways of viewing both your business and your customers as you contemplate your small business strategy for…
Should You Incorporate Now or in 2012?
It’s almost time to turn the page on 2011. But before you start thinking about your New Year’s resolutions, it’s a good time to take stock of various odds and ends that should be completed while it’s still 2011.
Perhaps you have been considering incorporating or forming an LLC for your…
Paltalk, Leader In Video Chat Community, Acquires Easy To Send
NEW YORK, NY (Press Release – December 6, 2011) – Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with over 70 million downloads, announced today that they have acquired Easy To Send, an innovator in small business email and digital marketing.
Easy To Send was launched as an…
Top 9 Rural Small Business Trends for 2012
Rural small business trends are always different from general small business trends. This year, the difference is in the economic outlook. With the consensus of economic predictions for 2012 showing slower national growth and the odds of a renewed U.S. recession at 1 in 3, the national economy…
4 Questions to Ask Yourself About Content
Most of us have been told that we need more unique, relevant content on our websites. We need stuff that will differentiate us from our competitors, convert customers and give the search engines something to rank us for. Unfortunately, many of us take that as an excuse to add random blog posts and…
Just Between Friends Franchise Systems Inc. Announces Top Achievers of the Year
Tulsa, Okla. (Press Release – December 6, 2011) – Just Between Friends Franchise Systems Inc., is pleased to announce that 32 franchises were named Top Achievers for 2011. Top winners were announced at this year’s annual conference. To qualify for Top Achiever Status, a franchise must…
Tips for Running Your Business During the Holidays
Receive tips for running your business during the holidays and other important information by checking out today’s Small Business Trends roundup. Got some suggestions to add to any of the information you see? Why not leave them in the comment section below?
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Hot or Not: Sales and Marketing Trends in 2012
The techniques that are effective to keep and get new customers continues to radically change. In 2012, they will evolve even more. Here is what’s going to be hot (and what’s not) in the year to come.
1. Direct Selling
Not: It used to be that every sales effort started from picking up the…
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