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4 digital marketing pain points SMBs face today by Microsoft Advertising

Martech

To succeed as a small or medium-sized business (SMB), employees must work smarter. Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. Four universal digital marketing pain points.

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Get Your Content Engine Running Before Hiring A Fractional CMO

Marketing Insider Group

Hiring a content marketing agency will not only reserve some of your marketing budget, but also deliver a marketing strategy that’s backed by data and guaranteed to succeed. Here’s what you need to know about trending fractional CMOs and why a content marketing agency may be a better fit for your business.

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How Should I Prioritize the Marketing Budget for My Small Business?

BenchmarkONE

Effective small business marketing requires a savvy mindset. It also requires having a proper hold on your priorities, including what you should be spending on marketing and where you should be spending it. A small business marketing budget tends to be limited — but that’s okay! Email marketing tools.

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The $1,000 SMB Marketing Challenge: How Would You Spend It?

Biznology

As a business owner, what would you do with $1,000 to spend on marketing? If you don’t make a plan for your marketing spend, the money will vanish into thin air. Your marketing needs aren’t the same as those of other businesses, so first decide what your goals are. Where would you spend $1,000 for marketing?

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Marketing Automation Monday is Here!

The Effective Marketer

Buyer personas and content creation The interaction was great and the fact that we had people from both SMB and large companies was great, we could hear both sides of the story and how different size companies work with marketing automation. One of the interesting points raised during the discussion was about content creation.

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6 Best Free Digital Marketing Tools for Small Businesses (National Entrepreneurs Day Special)

Martech Advisor

To mark the importance of this sector, the third Tuesday of every November is designated as National Entrepreneurs Day. Set up Google Analytics for your website and track customer/visitor traffic. But, how do you go about performing these activities without a sizable marketing budget?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual.

The ROI Guy

Thursday, January 20, 2011 New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor EMC wanted a quick way for small / medium business IT executives and buyers to quantify how virtualized data center solutions could help drive capital cost savings, operations and application management savings and improved resiliency. Is Marketing Too Busy?

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