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3 Reasons to Market Your Small Business Like A Drug Dealer

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Andrew Frazier You need to market your small business like a drug dealer. Small business owners can learn a lot from analyzing what drug dealers do in terms of defining their target market, performing marketing activities, and building relationships. The same principle works for small business owners.

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Small Business Saturday Is America’s Economic Engine

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Today’s American economy is driven by small business and today, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, is dedicated as Small Business Saturday. This day of recognition is relatively young and was founded by American Express in 2010. Here are some facts about small businesses here in the US.

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The Pipeline ? 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure

The Pipeline

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Yes Social Media Works for Small Business Owners

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Finally in February of 2010, I started this blog. Of the over 27 million businesses here in the US and 97.7% of those are small businesses with 9 employees or less, so standing out is very difficult. Yes social media works for small business owners. ” Social media works very well with content creation.

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Small Business Leadership Roles Continue To Change

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According to the US Census Bureau in 2010, 98.2% of all small businesses are small business with 99 employees or less. This transition has dramatically changed the small business leadership roles. Gone for right now are the big corporations commanding the majority of the booths in the marketplace.

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What Holds Back Small Business Sales Teams?

Pipeliner

My company’s clients are usually classified as “small businesses”—although I personally despise that term. It is these very same “small businesses” that actually power the U.S. In fact the last census (2010) showed that small businesses (defined as having less than 500 employees) comprise 99.7

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