Customers have become increasingly comfortable buying things online, but many small businesses still have yet to cater their business to this option. In fact, 36% of small businesses still don’t have a website, let alone selling products/services online. Lack of experience, ability, and expertise to launch an offline business online often hold small business owners...
Small business owners don't always sail smoothly. Off and on, they find themselves in troubled waters. Recently, COVID-19 affected most small businesses, making it hard for them to stay afloat. If you want to survive and grow your small business, you need to adopt a startup mindset. A startup mindset can help your business become...
No matter what stage your business is at, it’s never too soon to have a scaling-up strategy in place. It can always be amended as you go, but being mindful of where your business can use an efficiency boost will always be a winning strategy. Keep in mind, however, that this is not a guide...
RECENT ARTICLES Customer experience automation and three realizations for small businesses Sol Dolor2021-01-17T02:01:54-05:00When you think about customer experience automation by ActiveCampaign, a good insight can be had just by looking at your email inbox, says Maria Pergolino. The chief marketing officer says that there are emails that you're excited to read and ones that are just...
RECENT ARTICLES Thinking About In-stream Audio Advertising? Pandora Executive Shares Insights Sandeep Rathore2021-01-19T12:10:08-05:00Music streaming is poised to grow exponentially. According to Statista, user penetration for music streaming is expected to reach 40.1% in the US by 2025. Pandora, a music-streaming company, has around 58.50 million monthly active users. That said, running in-stream audio advertising should be...
Over the last few years my wife has made amazing, glittery, handmade wreaths from ornaments. The kind of ornaments you might see on a Christmas tree. These wreaths are used to decorate the door of a home, the wall of a kitchen or living room or to spruce up a drab hallway. Like so many...
John Lawson and Jackson Cunningham spoke at the Survive and Thrive Summit and talked all about starting e-commerce. Hosted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media, the first two Summits were successfully held in 2020. The next one will be in the spring of 2021. Be the first to know when that...
Holiday sales 2020 prospects remain high for the most prepared small businesses despite COVID-19, a recent Visa study reveals. The Visa Back to Business Study: Holiday Edition finds that despite the pandemic, 88% of consumers plan to go holiday shopping this year. For the report, Visa surveyed people in eight markets, including the US, Canada,...
Businesses of all sizes have had to shift their marketing efforts because of COVID-19. Small businesses in particular have had an especially hard time due to limited resources. We were lucky enough to sit down with a small business marketing expert, and hear her advice first-hand. So if you've been wondering what marketing tips...
Yesterday, NetSuite cofounder Evan Goldberg briefed journalists on how NetSuite is evolving to meet the needs of its customers. CRM, ecommerce, inventory and people management have always been important. However, this year they're more important than ever. Companies, such as NetSuite customers have had to scramble to make rapid change, in the midst of uncertainty,...
