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Optify Lets Agencies Provide Small Business with Marketing Automation, Distributed Marketing, and Sales Enablement

Customer Experience Matrix

By contrast, the fourth trend seems to be driven by recognition that small business presents a huge opportunity. Optify was founded in 2008 and launched its original product, a search engine optimization (SEO) tool, about a year later. This makes it a system for both small business and service vendors: two of my four themes.

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Hubspot Offers Small Business Marketers a Big Bundle of Features

Customer Experience Matrix

Small businesses willing to invest some effort should be pleased with the results. Yesterday’s post described one strategy to sell marketing automation to small businesses: provide a specific, turnkey service that requires virtually no skill or effort from the user.

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How These 7 Companies Thrived During the Recession

Hubspot

In 2008, the Great Recession was all over the news. TeamLogic IT provides IT solutions and consulting services for small businesses. Interestingly, IT has been a growing industry during times of uncertainty , including the 2008 recession. In fact, sales for technology increased during the 2008 recession.

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101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Achinta Mitra on September 29, 2009 in Industrial Marketing Blog , Industrial Websites , Social Media Marketing I came across an incredible blog post recently that I think every small business owner should read.

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How Online Sales Can Help You Grow in Hard Times

Hubspot

It’s become pretty impossible to escape those themes, particularly if you’re a small business owner or on a sales team. Companies around the world are trying to figure out how to address these challenges while continuing to grow their business. So what could this look like for your business? Looming recession.

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Preparing for the Surge

Outbound Engine

No longer able to meet with customers face-to-face, and losing out on buying and selling opportunities, many agents saw shades of 2008. This is not 2008. So far, many of the best agents have quickly adapted to the new normal, digitizing their businesses and meeting people where they are, online.

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10 Emerging Social Media Tools to Try in 2023

Valasys

Considering the increasing importance of social media apps, the list below consists of tools that can be used to check a business’s social media performance. Top 10 social media tools to try in 2023 Hootsuite Starting the list with the most talked about social media tool in the market, Hootsuite has been around since 2008.