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Independent retailers and restaurant owners who compete against massive chains have long felt that being small offers an advantage in terms of greater personalization. But now big retail and restaurant chains are honing in on what’s been the independent advantage: They’re testing smaller locations, Read More

Solid Cactus is a “total solutions provider” which in a nutshell means we do everything for an ecommerce store owner except pack and ship their orders.
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What if you opened a Facebook store and nobody came? That’s the situation some major retailers are facing, reports Bloomberg. It’s a big change from a year ago, when Facebook stores were being touted as a threat to dominant shopping sites such as eBay and Amazon.com.
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Are late payments from customers cramping your business’s style? You’re not alone. According to the latest Small Business Pulse Survey results released by PaySimple, 80 percent of small businesses are struggling with late payments. Despite this difficulty, however, the majority of small business ow Read More

Are you redesigning your small business’s website, or launching a new website for your company? Then you should know some crucial information about what elements of your website are most important to customers.
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The term “new normal” is old news by now. But a recent survey of consumers, conducted for STORES by BIGinsight, shows that consumers at all income levels are still tightening the purse strings.
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Think you know all there is to know about social media? Before you answer, you might want to check out these four social media myths dubbed “unicorns-and-rainbows” by online marketing pro Dan Zarrella. If you’re superstitious about magical marketing quick-fixes, keep reading. Read More

Is your business involved in federal contracting or subcontracting? Are you trying to get an SBA loan or obtain a grant? If so, you’ll want to know about new changes to the SBA’s small business size standards.
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If your target audience is business to business customers, are you using content marketing to help them find your business when they search for products or services you sell? You should be, according to the results of a new study by GlobalSpec reported by MarketingProfs.
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Small business lending activity seems to finally be looking up. In January, alternative lenders—such as community banks, credit unions and others–approved more small business loan applications than they had done in any month during 2011, reports American Banker.
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