Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2021

Targeting is a core concern for small businesses. But there’s an audience segment that every small business (at least, those that don’t focus on age-related products like stairlifts) should target: young people. And if a campaign on one channel flops, you can start fresh on a different channel without so much baggage.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2021

If you’re one of the 47% of small business owners who run marketing completely on their own, it’s likely this function is one of the many hats you wear. And chances are unless you’re running a marketing business yourself, you don’t have a professional marketing background. Common small business marketing mistakes to avoid.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

We all know that marketing is essential for a small business, especially as you’re just starting 8out. Finding the time or skill-sets to do the job effectively on a small business budget may seem near impossible. Marketing your small business doesn’t have to be intimidating. But fear not!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Here are some great, profitable small business ideas to consider starting in 2019. #1. Without the ability to make a great impact online, it can be even more difficult for today’s businesses to make an offline impact on their potential customers and draw the numbers in. Digital Marketing. Content Creation.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Gather customer data across various channels and devices to have a more comprehensive profile. In fact, marketing automation platforms provide you with the ability to learn about your customers on a much deeper level and improve your personalization efforts. It’s all done by gathering and analyzing customer data.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2018

by Aditya Narula, head of customer success at Kabbage. Establishing a strong social media presence can mean big business for your small business. Use these nine social media tips to boost business and grow your brand. Use that as a guide so what you say online is congruent with what customers read on your site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the interests of helping you work smarter and last longer, I would like to offer my top ten list of key resource drains to avoid in early businesses and startups, based on my years of advising entrepreneurs and my own business experience: Expanding your product line too quickly for scaling. Excessive support and return activities.

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2020

And while generating new business and growing your customer base is necessary to succeed, it doesn’t happen overnight. If your sales have recently hit a plateau, check out these 10 proven methods to continue growing your business. Know your customers. Knowing who your customers are and what they need is vital.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2018

Generally, that adds up to a win for customers: they get personalized, efficient service for a fraction of the price. But for the companies on the other side of the equation, the story is slightly different — especially for small businesses. In fact, a steady hand here can win back dissatisfied customers. Make it easier.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Many small businesses are turning to customer relationship management systems(CRM) to better understand customer wants and needs. CRM applications, often used in combination with data warehousing, eCommerce applications , and call centers, allow companies to gather and access customer information. What is CRM?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. Online, everyone wants to know which ad each customer is most likely to click.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

Likewise, your website , the digital representation of your business, and the means through which people find you and connect with you, also needs to have metrics in place to know how it’s doing. How to measure your small business website performance. You can scale up what’s working well and can fix critical problems.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2020

Why is visual marketing important as a part of your overall small business marketing strategy? That is why 80% of marketers have already incorporated visual assets in social media marketing campaigns. That is why 80% of marketers have already incorporated visual assets in social media marketing campaigns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Many, however, don’t know how to take their small business to the next level. Customer loyalty and retention. Cost of customer acquisition.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

But being able to monetize customers and acquire those customers at a low enough cost is quite another. It’s not enough that your business has product/market fit. Especially in the early stages of growth, standing up to competition means that your business also needs to minimize the cost of acquiring new customers.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn what’s required to create a branding campaign that strikes the right chord. We’ll look at the importance of strategy and cover the key ingredients a campaign needs to increase brand awareness. It’s also why campaigns can’t ever be led by gimmicks. This is where a good brand strategy comes in.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

are trying to win their share, and they have some converts thanks to hard-fought battles through advertising campaigns, but everyone knows that Google is going to win the war. Google+ can enable you to connect with new customers, prospects and colleagues. Small Business, and PR Daily. Bing and Yahoo!

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Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2021

The copywriting agency we hired has spent as much as 60 hours for the research, discovery calls, and customer interviews. For example, when you work on an email campaign, you create a series and send out the first batch. When we reported that we were unhappy with the result, it took him a week to make changes to the campaign.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

On the other hand, while the small company loses 9 months to the loss of a key employee, or even implodes, the big company is the steady turtle that adds thousands of customer per month like clockwork and wins the race. When you’re small there’s no need to predict when the feature will ship. Predictability.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. Sales finds aligned accounts and works with marketing to create customized journeys. This required more product evangelism and customer wins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. Online, everyone wants to know which ad each customer is most likely to click.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2021

Website traffic is one of the most important key performance indicators for most businesses. Traffic leads to inquiries and sales, and consistent visits from the same users mean repeat customers. If the traffic drop is coming from paid ads, then check the keywords and metadata you’re using in your Google Ads campaign.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Here you can create detailed sales reports, monitoring customer habits, trends, and best-selling items. Ensure that it’s as easy as possible for your customers to order a takeaway, whether it’s via Deliveroo, Just Eat, or for collection. Use the right tools: To improve your social media campaigns, you’ve got to use the right tools.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For example, Gerber Labs appeals to hobbyists, students, startups, and small businesses that need to order prototypes or small quantities of printed circuit boards. Buyer personas help establish your ideal customer. For colors, be sure to choose a palette that isn’t too close to competitors – that can confuse customers.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Shopify is quite popular for its unique online store designs , branding tools, customized services, and applications to make insightful decisions based on real-time reporting and other ready-made programs. Shopify offers user-friendly services to enhance the business experience. How Artificial Intelligence makes Shopify Smarter?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For this reason, it could be a good idea to get a minimum viable product (MVP) as early as possible to show how your product will work to investors and customers. Then we ship it to customers way before it’s ready. To do that, research your target audience and build out customer personas. They also include a countdown clock.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Out of the various mistakes that small business owners make , choosing tools that only seem to help in this department when the truth is that they do not aid the business is quite common. However, some are almost always necessary for an online business and you should seriously consider using them. Saving Time And Money.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2020

However, there are a variety of marketing automation tools that many are unaware of and have the ability to help SMBs reach customers in a timely and effective way. In order for SMBs to compete with larger firms when it comes to customer reach, they need to approach their marketing plan with a strategic mindset.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2019

So you have a great business idea, you’ve done your research and due diligence, you know your market and you are good at what you do. Many small business owners and entrepreneurs begin their first foray into self employment neglecting some of the most crucial aspects of running a business. What could go wrong?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2021

As a business consultant, I often have to remind small business owners that their marketing needs to be more interactive, versus the traditional “ push ” model, where you broadcast your message to as many people as possible. The days of big-bang long-term campaigns that never change are over.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2021

5 Trends For Small Business Marketing In 2022 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I’m talking about small business marketing trends for 2022. 12:20] Small business learns to outsource content. [14:08] In fact, I'm gonna talk about small business marketing trends for 2022.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

A Commitment to Customer Service. While it is important to have confidence in your business, practicing a service mentality will also help you stay focused and inspired. Your customer service will also be one of your best marketing tools. Your customer service will also be one of your best marketing tools.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

However, it continues to poison marketing campaigns—and find its way into more and more courtrooms. In a time when advertising budgets are being cut and many businesses are facing economic uncertainty , putting every ad dollar to good use goes a long way. The clicks aren’t from potential customers, but they’re often from real people.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

What fractional CMOs can do for small businesses written by Editor read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Want to grow your business and position your brand for success? But with an average annual salary of over $330,000 many small to mid-sized businesses can’t easily afford a CMO.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Create websites or offer web design services for individuals or small businesses. Having conceptual ideas and good recommendations are a good basis for developing full-time business hiring people to extend list of services and maybe even establishing IT company. Websites and web design. 6. Advertising and PR.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

For many small businesses, determining your marketing budget is likely an afterthought. Marketing is an investment where the money is spent to acquire more customers for your business, leading to higher profits and more revenue. Bring in new customers. Marketing has the power to bring new clients to your business.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Google has a vibrant online presence in every local community, which means that business owners can leverage it to promote their stores. Not only can Google Ads help businesses reach customers who are searching for what they want online, but it can target customers in a precise location, increasing the likelihood of conversion.

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