By Rieva Lesonsky
I’m delighted to be writing for Microsoft’s Small Business Center, where I’ll be answering users’ questions on using technology to manage and grow your business. You can send your questions to AskRieva@microsoft.com. Check out my most recent column about how (and why) to virtualize your small business on Microsoft’s Small Business Center.
With the devastation in Haiti on all of our minds right now, it’s a good time to think about what you would do if a similar disaster struck your business. Learn more in my column on AllBusiness.com.
At AT&T’s Small Business InSite, I let you in on the top 10 consumer trends you need to know about for 2010.
Find out what kind of small businesses will lead the nation in new job creation in the coming years in my post on Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends blog.
Last, but not least, over at AllBusiness.com’s Franchise Blog, I reveal the 3 ways franchisors can guarantee franchisee satisfaction.
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1. Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well.
2. The Center for Media Research has released a study by Vertical Response that shows just where many of these ‘Main Street’ players are going with their online dollars. The big winners: e-mail and social media. With only 3.8% of small business folks NOT planning on using e-mail marketing and with social media carrying the perception of being free (which they so rudely discover it is far from free) this should make some in the banner and search crowd a little wary…….
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Interesting – thank you for sharing this!