Sales and Marketing Proves a Difficult Challenge for Small Businesses Infusionsoft's 2015 Small Business Sales & Marketing Survey shows sales and marketing are top priorities for small businesses, yet many find it a challenge -- especially those without a Website. [source: Infusionsoft] CHANDLER, Ariz., Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sales and marketing activities are among
The Surprising Basics Business Owners Are Ignoring You'd be surprised by how many business owners would rather stick their heads in the sand and not take advantage of basic online tools to grow their companies. Don't be one of them. [source: OpenForum] Ignorance is not bliss. Most people who hear 18th century British poet
Why LinkedIn Is Brilliant for Small Business Marketing As a social platform, LinkedIn takes it lumps. [source: Social Media Today] There is the perception that it is a business job site, corporate networking site, not as good for business development as other platforms, and so on. But, ignoring LinkedIn in your small business marketing strategy
Social media is the favorite marketing channel for small businesses. The verdict is in. Social media is crucial to small business marketing. [source: Laura Montini, Inc Magazine] More than half of small businesses have increased their spending on social media and social media advertisements from the previous year. This infographic by Visual.ly and LinkedIn explains
Are you still making excuses? After years of working with small business owners, we’ve heard every excuse under the sun for why any given company doesn’t need to have a Website. [source: Homestead] “But my industry isn’t technical,” we hear as one common refrain. Another excuse, “I just don’t have time to build a Website right