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[Research] Navigating the Storm: Small Businesses’ Struggle for Marketing Confidence in Turbulent Times

Convince & Convert

The Current State of SMB Marketing , a new research study Ascend2 completed with Constant Contact , uncovered many insights into how SMBs think about marketing and where they need the most assistance. In the 18-page study, researchers polled 1,335 SMBs in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US. Let’s talk.

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What Is an SMB and What Do You Need to Know to Be Successful?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Starting a small and medium-sized business (SMB) involves planning, making key financial decisions, and understanding what it takes to succeed. The good news is, that you have the potential to make a big impact if you can learn what it takes to be successful as an SMB. There’s the standard definition for SMB, of course.

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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. This opportunity to bring creativity and agility to the table is one of the many reasons why employees find SMBs rewarding workplaces. And often, with SMBs, the product offering aligns with employee values and belief systems. But let’s face it.

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Branding Your SMB On a Budget

BenchmarkONE

This step is one that shouldn’t be done quickly; rather, it requires a lot of thought and research. How you’ll be using your content and your distribution strategy. The post Branding Your SMB On a Budget appeared first on BenchmarkONE. Dive into things like: . The kinds of content you’ll produce. An editorial calendar.

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Research Maps Spending on Content Marketing

B2B Marketing Directions

billion on content marketing this year, according to new research commissioned by The Branded Content Project. In Borrell's October survey of SMB's, 45% of the respondents said that content marketing had become more of a priority in 2020, and 57% said they are planning to increase content marketing in 2021.

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How SMB eCommerce retailers can turn everyday challenges into sales

Biznology

But the channel percentages represent common channel distributions I’ve seen in real life. Perhaps the money saved there could go into research and experiments in other channels, like social and email. She returns via that email and purchases: Paid search receives a conversion “assist.”. Email receives a “last-touch” conversion.

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The Tax Bill Has Passed. Do You Know How It Will Impact Your Business?

Hubspot

And one place where that confusion is especially widespread, it seems, is within the small to midsize business (SMB) community. HubSpot Research surveyed 1,046 SMB owners and VP-level leaders in the U.S. This information, understandably, could be disconcerting to SMBs. Our research found that 88.5%

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