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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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We all know consumers are using smartphones, tablets and desktop/laptop computers to shop. But new research from Google and Ipsos shows that consumers are using the different devices for different things, and at different stages in the purchasing process.
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It seems like the economy might finally be on a permanent upswing. But even though economic indicators are looking more positive, that doesn’t mean your chances of finding business financing are improving.
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