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| | | | | | | Latest Small Business News | | | | | Many customers left without a response on social media | By EDWARD CAVANAUGH
Posted: 5/22/2012 4:25:43 PM | | Customers are increasingly using social media channels to reach out to businesses about their products and services; however, many businesses are failing to reply to their customers. According to a recent A.T. Kearney survey, 70 percent of customer complaints on social media are going unanswered... |
| | Avoid these common gaffes made by employers | By EVELYN BRANDT
Posted: 5/18/2012 3:38:07 PM | | Many small business owners can become enamored with a potential employee and may bring him or her into the fold without doing enough research to determine whether the person will be a right fit for the company. ... |
| | Make sure email marketing content isn't marked as spam | By ANN SILVERSTEIN
Posted: 5/10/2012 4:35:45 PM | | While email has grown in popularity and is quickly becoming one of the top marketing practices for small businesses, it is important that these efforts aren't sent straight to the spam folder of intended recipients... |
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| | | | | | | News of the Web | | | | DMA calls for end to top-level domain program | By PAULINE CROSS
Posted: 9/15/2011 4:14:24 PM | | The Direct Marketing Association recently called for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to abandon its top-level domain naming program. The DMA claims the plan will cause damage to both brand owners and consumers that will likely be irreparable... |
| | Many small business contests reward small businesses with prizes | By DEREK MCALLISTER
Posted: 8/16/2011 12:51:27 PM | | Small businesses will now have the opportunity to compete for a prize and the title of America's Favorite Small Business. Dell, MasterCard and Microsoft have teamed up to create a 13-week contest that invites small businesses to submit a short video explaining why they should be AFSB and claim the $75,000 prize package... |
| | Mobile apps have become increasingly important to small businesses | By CAROLINE FOSTER
Posted: 8/3/2011 8:56:32 AM | | Mobile applications and digital communications are continuing to become a larger part of how small businesses operate. Microsoft Corporation reports that small businesses are expected to use more than 60 percent more business apps by 2014, according to its recent SMB Cloud Adoption Study... |
| | Resources are available to improve small business websites | By SONIA PARKER
Posted: 8/5/2011 4:38:53 PM | | Small businesses looking for help with their website have another resource to turn to. 352 Media Group, a web development and digital marketing firm, is launching a sector of its company created specifically for small businesses and startups... |
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| | | | | | | Starting a new business | | | | | Avoid these common gaffes made by employers | By EVELYN BRANDT
Posted: 5/18/2012 3:38:07 PM | | Many small business owners can become enamored with a potential employee and may bring him or her into the fold without doing enough research to determine whether the person will be a right fit for the company. ... |
| | Many entrepreneurs challenged by customer payments | By J.S. VANDERBERG
Posted: 5/15/2012 4:20:58 PM | | According to a recent survey from the Kauffman Foundation, customer payments are becoming an issue of larger concern for new businesses, considering 24 percent said their largest challenge was having customers pay late or not pay at all... |
| | Many Canadian small businesses choose to not use accountants | By PAULINE CROSS
Posted: 4/30/2012 2:26:24 PM | | According to a recent study conducted by Sage North America, 39 percent of Canadian small business do not use an outside accountant, while of the 61 percent that seek an accountant, 77 percent do so because of their accounting services... |
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| | | | | | | Office and Homeworking | | | | | | | Tips for 'working from home' population | By PAULINE CROSS
Posted: 4/30/2012 2:27:24 PM | | While many Americans enjoy the flexibility allowed by working from home, there are still some things these individuals should think about when trying to get their work done... |
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| | | | | | | Customer retention | | | | How businesses can make sure they have loyal customers | By PAULINE CROSS
Posted: 5/8/2012 4:31:20 PM | | With the wide range of communication outlets businesses have at their disposal, a strong customer retention strategy is not only easy to carry out, but also essential as more businesses are trying to reach out and cater to their current customer base... |
| | | Businesses must have a strong mobile site | By JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Posted: 4/6/2012 1:57:19 PM | | With more consumers using their mobile devices for online shopping, it is important for businesses to make sure they have a mobile site. Entrepreneur Magazine recently provided some tips for businesses looking to build a strong mobile site... |
| | | Email rates dropped more than 14 percent since Q2 2010 | By J.S. VANDERBERG
Posted: 9/6/2011 5:37:58 PM | | A recent study from the Direct Marketing Association and Epsilon found that the average email volume-per-client has dropped 14.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011 from the same period in 2010. Researchers argue that email marketing campaigns are fighting for attention in consumers' inboxes, where many overwhelmed consumers are no longer opening promotional messages but simply deleting them... |
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| | | | | | | Marketing | | | | Many customers left without a response on social media | By EDWARD CAVANAUGH
Posted: 5/22/2012 4:25:43 PM | | Customers are increasingly using social media channels to reach out to businesses about their products and services; however, many businesses are failing to reply to their customers. According to a recent A.T. Kearney survey, 70 percent of customer complaints on social media are going unanswered... |
| | Make sure email marketing content isn't marked as spam | By ANN SILVERSTEIN
Posted: 5/10/2012 4:35:45 PM | | While email has grown in popularity and is quickly becoming one of the top marketing practices for small businesses, it is important that these efforts aren't sent straight to the spam folder of intended recipients... |
| | | Marketing professionals even more active on social media | By JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Posted: 5/14/2012 4:18:16 PM | | Advertisers and marketers have realized the potential benefits social media can provide to their careers. According to a recent survey conducted by Heat, 97 percent of those with jobs in promotions have a Facebook account, while 82 percent of Americans not in the industry use Facebook... |
| | The time is now for mobile marketers to strike | By DOUGLAS CHAN
Posted: 5/11/2012 2:48:39 PM | | Marketers are always looking for the next best ways to reach their customers, and there has never been a better time than now to enable a mobile marketing strategy, with recent research from Nielsen finding more than half of cellphone subscribers in the United States own a smartphone... |
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| | | | | | | Business Banking | | | | Businesses beginning to be able to trust banks slightly more | By SONIA PARKER
Posted: 5/2/2012 4:03:54 PM | | Many businesses throughout the United States are still failing to place all of their trust in the financial system, according to the latest issue of the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index... |
| | BofA announces it will cut nearly 2,000 jobs | By EVELYN BRANDT
Posted: 5/1/2012 4:26:07 PM | | While Bank of America purchased Merrill Lynch & Co. to help with services such as investment banking, commercial banking and non-U.S. wealth-management units, the company recently announced it is planning to cut 2,000 jobs in the same industries. ... |
| | US Bank to help students to become smart business bankers | By J.S. VANDERBERG
Posted: 4/24/2012 2:59:55 PM | | With financial education lacking within many business men and women throughout the country, U.S. Bank is focusing its efforts on teaching children the ins and outs of finances with its Teach Children to Save Day... |
| | Automating processes can make business banking easier | By SONIA PARKER
Posted: 4/18/2012 3:28:52 PM | | Small businesses can often feel overwhelmed with their banking needs, which is why more businesses are opting to optimize their banking by using products like BP Logix Process Director, which automates accounting and loan processing... |
| | Small businesses may find it harder to gain credit | By J.S. VANDERBERG
Posted: 4/5/2012 2:04:56 PM | | A recent FICO-Elma survey found 71 percent of businesses in parts of Europe believe it will be harder to get credit in 2012 due to the credit gap created by strict regulations... |
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