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60+ Creative Marketing Ideas for Small Business

Writtent Blog

If you’re a small business or new startup, you don’t have money to waste on expensive advertising like your bigger competitors can. Start by brainstorming with your business partners and connections to come up with several cheap outside-the-box marketing tricks. Network at your local Chamber of Commerce. Go get them!

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4 Small Businesses on How They’re Changing Their Social Media Strategy in 2023

Buffer Social

While you may have tried and tested methods when it comes to your social media posts, testing out something different is a great way to stay on top of trends and potentially grow your following. Here are four examples from small businesses and content creators who’re implementing new social media strategies in 2023.

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Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top Five: Social Networks Take Action on Politics. This week's top five social media must-know news features Facebook & Twitter's new rules for political content, Google's action on scammers, new features from Snapchat & LinkedIn. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers . Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. May 30, 2018.

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5 Simple Ways Small Businesses Can Ace Social Listening in 2019

Waxing UnLyrical

Big business bureaucracy stifles B2C communication. Small businesses on the other hand, are like the local government, they’re closer to consumers. However, most SMBs haven’t a clue how they can profit from this proximity which gets even better with social media via social listening.

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12 Solid Stats Surrounding Social Networking (Plus Four  Timely Tips)

Webbiquity SMM

Though it’s dangerous to assume anything about leadership in the social networking space (Facebook overtook MySpace as the biggest social network less than a decade ago , after all), the landscape does seem to have matured and stabilized somewhat at this point. Just 29% use LinkedIn for business. (

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90% Of Small Businesses Are Networking Online

The Realtime Report

Nearly 90% of small businesses are spending time networking online, according to a new study by small business forum Manta. Out of 600 small business owners nationwide, 74% believe social networking platforms are as important as in-person networking – if not more so.

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What “Big” Social Media Means for Small Businesses

The Realtime Report

Social media and viral content working on such a large scale is always a marvel to behold; however, it does create a bit of a conundrum for small businesses. The key to social is setting goals and starting small. No, small businesses cannot compete with the Oscars. The Bottom Line. Image via Flickr.