Below is taken from a guest post I wrote on Anita Campbell’s SmallBiz Trends…a huge thank you to Anita for allowing us the privilege of posting on her site.

Marketing to consumers’ cellphones has long been viewed as something of a holy grail by businesses – prized but always beyond reach. Recently however, new [...]

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There are plenty of articles online advocating the use of twitter for your small business or online company. This one may be no different; however, it also exemplifies important reasons, 8 reasons to be exact, why this powerful tool can help generate traffic and business for your company.
1. Openness of Twitter. The openness of Twitter, [...]

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Silverpop recently shared the results of a survey about email marketing, and found that not only will social media play a bigger role, but email marketing budgets will increase in 2010.
According to the firm’s findings, about half (40%) of email marketers intend to increase their budgets for email marketing next year. 47% said their budgets [...]

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Text Messaging makes the perfect medium to reach frantic consumers as they shop. It is quick, convenient and can be very time sensitive. Buyers are time and price conscious.
The holiday season also brings out many ‘non-regulars’ who rarely venture downtown, or to the mall. Make sure they can see your text coupon offers proudly on [...]

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As we enter the new year, we can begin to forecast what the new trends will be for small business owners. Here are the top 10 small business trends to look out for in the new year.
The New Frugality: A variety of factors have coalesced to create an era of frugality – the bad economy, [...]

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