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Business Week, The Economist on the Trickle Down Recovery

May 17, 2010 by Steve King with 210 views

We've posted in the past on large corporations recovering more quickly from the Great Recession than smaller businesses.  Two recent mainstream media articles discuss this: The Perils of Being Small from the Economist reports on small businesses shed jobs at a higher rate than large corporations during the recession and have been... [read more]

Facebook Increases Local Ad Targeting Capabilities and SMB’s Rejoice

March 4, 2010 by Andy Beal with 176 views

With all the talk this week about Facebook valuations and the money that they are making (OK so it’s a guesstimate but what the heck……it’s the Internet!) it makes one think about just how Facebook plans to continue to grow top line revenue. One way was revealed as the ability to target Facebook ads locally increased considerably.... [read more]

Cheers to SMB’s Who Are Getting the Research Message

February 7, 2010 by Frank Reed with 240 views

I have spoken here at Frank Thinking about how it seems that SMB’s just don’t get it when it comes to Internet marketing and social media. Too much chasing rabbits and too little chasing reality. Well, I am real happy to say that I am seeing a shift. I am not ready to say that all SMB’s get it because that would not be realistic. I... [read more]

Small Business Demand Generation on Facebook & Chemosynthesis in the Deep Ocean Abyss

February 1, 2010 by Peter Auditore with 426 views

During a recent meeting with MVPs blogger in residence, Steve King, I asked him what were the key pain points for small businesses today and he replied, “Demand generation.” I was not surprised considering that all of us are now reexamining the value of the products and services that we consume. In several posts last year I talked about... [read more]

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