We’ve collected these social media marketing statistics for small businesses from a variety of sources. Last updated: December 4, 2016 NOTE: to discover how many users each social network has, see our Social Media Statistics 2016 post. GENERAL SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING STATISTICS: 6 percent of small businesses report using social media to promote their businesses and among them, Facebook is ... Read More »
Until recently, social media marketers who wanted a visual marketing solution to manage their image-heavy posting schedule have gone without. Now Viraltag has come to the rescue. What is Viraltag? At its core, Viraltag enables you to manage your social media updates, workflow and tracking in one spot. In that regard, the tool is similar to many of the other social media ... Read More »
Usefulness Functionality Price Summary The SurePulse Dashboard from SureFire Social aims to help small businesses simplify, automate and centralize their marketing efforts, both locally and beyond, all while saving you money. One of the best parts of my job is watching the evolution of business solutions with my own eyes. Yep, I’m geeky that way. Over the years, I’ve noticed ... Read More »
Usefulness Functionality Price Summary Scoop.it is flexible and has great content marketing features. It might so far be the easiest way for small businesses to create and curate content for their blogs/websites. If you struggle with having a steady flow of relevant, fresh content for your website, you are not alone. Perhaps one of the easiest and best ways to ... Read More »
The Internet makes our world smaller and our classrooms larger. Have you noticed the rise in online degrees? That’s the university system using a digital format to educate students in certain fields. The Internet itself is kind of like space, with undiscovered planets of knowledge in various corners of this universe. Except we don’t need a spaceship to travel through ... Read More »
As with many other things, car owners can now turn to their smartphones for the task of finding an auto mechanic who can take care of their auto repair needs. Services like RepairJungle and RepairPal allow customers to receive online estimates for auto repair services via a mobile version of their site so customers can process requests from anywhere. Apps ... Read More »
Small Business Trends: Give us some of your personal background. Sameer Patel: I have been in enterprise software for about 20 years. And prior to that I was at SAP for four years. I joined SAP to help build out their presence in collaboration software and took that product to many millions of users. I had a fantastic team at ... Read More »
When people are looking for a local business, more and more often they’re turning to their smartphones or tablets for help. Mobile searching is a whole new playing field, with the majority of searches related to shopping or finding a nearby business—a gas station, a restaurant, a hotel or retail store. Google dominates mobile phone searches, even more so than ... Read More »
Social media is a great place to market your business, especially if you’re a small business. It doesn’t limit your traffic or reach, and allows you to connect directly with buyers without having to invest large amounts of money. By optimizing your approach to social media marketing, you can indefinitely increase everything from brand recall to lead generation, and actual ... Read More »
Social media’s potential impact for small businesses cannot be understated. But if you’ve been using social media for awhile, then you probably already know a lot of the standard tips. However, there are plenty of other things you can do on social media aside from just posting product photos and responding to customer inquiries. Here are some social media marketing ... Read More »
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