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Shareholder Update: Q3 2020

Buffer

In late 2010, Joel launched the first version of Buffer and has led the company from that early twinkle of an idea to building a company that is now generating over $21,000,000 in annual revenue. As you may know, we've been looking for an experienced product leader to join Buffer for quite some time.

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SMB IT Spending Recovers: Looking for ROI and Diagnostic Guidance

The ROI Guy

released its second annual Microsoft SMB/Partner Insight Report and the study shows that although SMBs remain concerned about the business climate, most will increase technology spending in 2010, highlighting the role of IT as a strategic business tool in this crucial sector of the global economy. Microsoft Corp.

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SMB a New Year Bright Spot for IT Sales and Marketing?

The ROI Guy

According to SpiceWorks latest State of SMB IT report, there was a 9% increase in second half 2011 budget forecasts, the highest planned budget uptick over the past two years. Hiring demands are increasing at the same time, from a low of only 20% planning staff additions in the latter half of 2010, to 31% currently planning staff additions.

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Supporting Small Business Saturday with 2020-Conscious Marketing

Moz

American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 in response to the Great Recession. He’s like so many of our SMB clients. Unless you’re holding out in the hopes of a Fortune 500 company becoming your star client, you’re already working with one or two feet in the SMB camp. What is Small Business Saturday?

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How Your Agency Can Add Value and Minimize Risk for Small Businesses

Hubspot

Basedon on a recent Gartner CMO Spend Survey , marketing budgets now account for 12% of company revenue, a steady increase from 2010. This makes SMBs understandably cautious when choosing a marketing agency —and creates challenges for the agencies themselves. Create a Great Friendship Between Your Agency and SMB.

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The Science of Email Marketing « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Also, MailChimp is now known to be used by large corporations (they focus on SMB market) therefore the data may not take into account larger organizations. It’s easy to say that B2B and B2C email patterns are similar, but without seeing the data underlying that assumption I’m very skeptic. United States License.

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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.