promoting local businesses

50 Small Business Marketing Tips Every Business Owner Must Know

If you’ve made it here, you must be looking for more about small business marketing. Well, you’ve come to the right place. Most business owners don’t know how to promote their business the right way. That’s why I wanted to write this for you today. Let me try and help you with your small business…

New Ideas For Small Business Holiday Marketing

2 seconds after Halloween it seems that all the retail stores put up their Christmas decorations – trying to capture as much of the Holiday market as possible. Typical ways that retail stores use to capitalize on the holidays include extended hours and sales. This is all well and good. Today I want to give…

Small Business With No Emergency Preparedness Plan? You’re Heading for Disaster

The word “Disaster” immediately brings to mind violence – of a hurricane or flood or earthquake. It’s only on second thought that the actual impact of a disaster – no matter what its cause – becomes clear. When disaster hits a small business with no emergency survival plan, the chances are it will mean total…

Effective Suggestions For Marketing Small Business Start Ups

If you are the owner or manager of a new business, it is important to make potential customers aware of your products or services. There are various strategies and techniques you can use for marketing small business start-ups, it is essential to analyze various factors in full before drawing up a final plan. There are…

Ethics, Morality and Cut Throat Sales

Ethics and morality used to be used interchangeable in business. I do not believe this can or should be the current practice. Many businesses, including the DSA – Direct Sales Association have defined a Code of Ethics. Those business ethics basically say be forthcoming and not deceptive, don’t use false claims, etc.; pretty cut and…

Small Business Email Marketing – How to Improve Your Marketing ROI

IPT Ltd recently released some survey results that proved very interesting reading. They asked the public what they considered to be the most effective marketing medium. There were no surprises to see that TV came first with 37%, but a surprising second was email, which came in at 32%! Which approach do you think will…

How to Identify Your Small Business Differentiator and Why

When you are the owner of a small business, there are times when the scale of bigger companies can overwhelm you. At these times, you may wonder what you have that will make potential customers pick your brand over another. This particular factor is a business differentiator, and it helps consumers in the market identify…

Small Business Marketing

There are many marketing strategies that can be used for a small business which will provide maximum success for any online business. Many small businesses have a huge advantage with the Internet because they have access to a wide variety of tools and many resources to become successful Internet marketers. However, knowing which marketing strategies…

Starting An Online Business – Top 3 Ways To Improve Your Existing Local Business

I think we can all agree that these days are tough times to start an online business. Some say the economic crisis is over. It may be, but it doesn’t change the fact that consumers and investors are still reeling from the effects of it. But if you already have an existing local business, then…

Top 5 Small Business Marketing Mistakes

In recent years, business has shifted to being conducted in a large part online. With millions of consumers using the web, there are vast opportunities for small businesses to make a mark on the web. Using strategies such as local online marketing and advertising campaigns, search engine optimization, etc. (the same tactics used by large…

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