Square Order Uses Mobile to Offer Coffee on Demand
Media

Square Order Uses Mobile to Offer Coffee on Demand

10y Emily Alford

Square Order Uses Mobile to Offer Coffee on Demand

Square is enabling customers to pre-order a cup of coffee so that their beverage is ready when they arrive at the shop. Read More...

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SMBs Allocate More Budget to Social Than Other Channels
Data insights

SMBs Allocate More Budget to Social Than Other Channels

10y Yuyu Chen

SMBs Allocate More Budget to Social Than Other Cha...

BIA/Kelsey’s new study shows that small and medium businesses now use social more than any other media platform for business purposes. Read More...

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SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad Spend in 2015
Ad Industry Metrics

SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad Spend in 2015

10y Yuyu Chen

SMBs to Represent More Than One-Third of Local Ad ...

BIA/Kelsey predicts that SMBs will spend more than $50 billion on local media in 2015. Additionally, they will continue to allocate even more ad dolla...

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Groupon Reveals Time-Based Booking for Businesses Accepting Reservations
Social

Groupon Reveals Time-Based Booking for Businesses Accepting Reservations

10y Emily Alford

Groupon Reveals Time-Based Booking for Businesses ...

Groupon's time-based booking allows businesses to offer deals that act as reservations, allowing merchants to fill off-peak hours and lure new custome...

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Align SEO and Social Marketing Practices Inside Your Company
Search

Align SEO and Social Marketing Practices Inside Your Company

10y Idris Nagri

Align SEO and Social Marketing Practices Inside Yo...

In today's digital ecosystem, marketers must align their SEO and social marketing practices in order to design an effective overall marketing strategy...

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Why MailChimp Is Killing Auto-Responders: The Rise of CRM
Automation

Why MailChimp Is Killing Auto-Responders: The Rise of CRM

10y Idris Nagri

Why MailChimp Is Killing Auto-Responders: The Rise...

New features in MailChimp's services are making auto-responders things of the past. How? And what does this mean for digital marketers at small busine...

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Marketing Automation Tools for Smaller Tasks
Automation

Marketing Automation Tools for Smaller Tasks

10y Idris Nagri

Marketing Automation Tools for Smaller Tasks

While they may not be looking for advanced solutions, small businesses can benefit from many simple, free marketing automation tools. Here's a look at...

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Facebook Leads Way In In-store Sales for SMBs [Study]
Data insights

Facebook Leads Way In In-store Sales for SMBs [Study]

10y Yuyu Chen

Facebook Leads Way In In-store Sales for SMBs [Stu...

A new study from digital marketing company G/O Digital shows that compared to Twitter and Pinterest, Facebook is better at driving offline sales for s...

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Microsoft and Salesforce Union: Does It Hurt Small Businesses?
Automation

Microsoft and Salesforce Union: Does It Hurt Small Businesses?

10y Idris Nagri

Microsoft and Salesforce Union: Does It Hurt Small...

While the partnership between Microsoft and Salesforce provides options for marketers, there are other offerings available that may be better suited f...

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The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing (Part 3)
Analytics

The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing (Part 3)

10y Parth Mukherjee

The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing (Part 3)

Part three of this five-part series takes a deeper look into a start-up's marketing plan, and more specifically looks at how you can implement content...

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WeVideo Moves Video Creation to the Cloud for Small-Business Marketers
Media

WeVideo Moves Video Creation to the Cloud for Small-Business Marketers

10y Idris Nagri

WeVideo Moves Video Creation to the Cloud for Smal...

The video creation platform allows small businesses to create effective video marketing content in the cloud without the expensive, complicated hassle...

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Privacy vs. Personalization - The Creepy Side of Small Business CRM
Automation

Privacy vs. Personalization - The Creepy Side of Small Business CRM

10y Idris Nagri

Privacy vs. Personalization - The Creepy Side of S...

There's a fine line between impressing your customers with what you remember about them and creeping them out with your extensive knowledge - here are...

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Google My Business – A Step Forward or Lipstick on a Pig?
Local

Google My Business – A Step Forward or Lipstick on a Pig?

10y Idris Nagri

Google My Business – A Step Forward or Lipstick on...

Google's new local marketing platform is a small step forward to help the tech giant to engage with small businesses. Here's a deeper look at its func...

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The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing Part 2
Analytics

The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing Part 2

10y Parth Mukherjee

The First Month in Start-Up/SME Marketing Part 2

The second part in this five-part series details how to create a marketing strategy, how to ensure people are on board with it, and how to plan its im...

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Small Business Budget, Big Business Ideas for Twitter Advertising, World Cup Edition
Social

Small Business Budget, Big Business Ideas for Twitter Advertising, World Cu...

10y Idris Nagri

Small Business Budget, Big Business Ideas for Twit...

There are a number of different ways that small and medium-sized businesses can use Twitter to tap into the World Cup buzz happening on the social net...

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5 Approaches for SMBs to Set Up An Internet Marketing Team
Asia

5 Approaches for SMBs to Set Up An Internet Marketing Team

10y Idris Nagri

5 Approaches for SMBs to Set Up An Internet Market...

Consider these 5 ways before you market your products online. Read More...

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Facebook Integrates Shutterstock Images for Small Business Ads
Marketing

Facebook Integrates Shutterstock Images for Small Business Ads

11y Idris Nagri

Facebook Integrates Shutterstock Images for Small ...

Facebook released a series of updates today to help small businesses create more visually engaging ads and manage more of their content and social act...

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5 Quick Excel Tips for Marketers and SMBs With No Time
Paid Search

5 Quick Excel Tips for Marketers and SMBs With No Time

11y Idris Nagri

5 Quick Excel Tips for Marketers and SMBs With No ...

Save time and improve your reporting skills with these important tips. Read More...

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Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small Business
Local

Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small Business

11y Idris Nagri

Yahoo Launches Listing Management Tool for Small B...

Yahoo today announced the release of Localworks, a product that it says will help small businesses recapture sales they may be losing due to incorrect...

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The Search Agency Automates SEM for SMBs
Local

The Search Agency Automates SEM for SMBs

11y Idris Nagri

The Search Agency Automates SEM for SMBs

The Search Agency has launched an automated alternative that lets search resellers get better results for small businesses doing local search - and ma...

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Email Marketing for Local Business
Email

Email Marketing for Local Business

11y Idris Nagri

Email Marketing for Local Business

Tactics to drive a digital future at the check-out counter. Read More...

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How to Engage Customers With B2B Video
Conference Coverage

How to Engage Customers With B2B Video

11y Idris Nagri

How to Engage Customers With B2B Video

Even B2B marketers at SMBs can use video to build relationships with customers…just ask Orabrush. Read More...

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SMBs' Digital Marketing Spend Outpaces Online Advertising by 2.5X
Marketing

SMBs' Digital Marketing Spend Outpaces Online Advertising by 2.5X

12y Idris Nagri

SMBs' Digital Marketing Spend Outpaces Online Adve...

Local advertisers are spending more than twice as much on digital marketing services than online advertising, according to a new report from Borrell A...

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Yelp: 5 Tips for Managing the Reputation of Your Firm
Marketing

Yelp: 5 Tips for Managing the Reputation of Your Firm

12y Kim Cabot

Yelp: 5 Tips for Managing the Reputation of Your F...

What doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, and other professionals need to know about the review site. Read More...

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Facebook Offers Consulting to Automotive Brands
Social

Facebook Offers Consulting to Automotive Brands

12y Idris Nagri

Facebook Offers Consulting to Automotive Brands

Aamco is among brands getting help with pages. Read More...

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BIA/Kelsey Lowers Forecast for Local Digital Ad Revenue
Display Advertising

BIA/Kelsey Lowers Forecast for Local Digital Ad Revenue

12y Idris Nagri

BIA/Kelsey Lowers Forecast for Local Digital Ad Re...

Rising competition among ad sellers and sluggish economy puts a damper on earlier forecast. Read More...

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Report: Local Ad Player WebVisible Has Closed
Local

Report: Local Ad Player WebVisible Has Closed

12y Idris Nagri

Report: Local Ad Player WebVisible Has Closed

In a note obtained by TechCrunch, CEO tells employees the bank has foreclosed. Read More...

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