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23 Low Budget Online Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

Kissmetrics

If you’re a small business owner trying to compete in the big leagues , this blog is for you. Even though I’ve been in the game for a long time, I still perform fresh keyword research several times a week. Join or Create a Facebook Group. Facebook Groups are underrated by marketers. What a waste of money!

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

“Right before we launched, I had a panic attack when I did the math of how many customers we would need to survive,” recounted Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It and Hunter estimates that the site has saved as many as 400 bookshops from going out of business.

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Ecommerce Development for Small Businesses: How to Get Started

MagentoBrain

Ecommerce development has become a popular way for small businesses to reach customers and increase sales potential. With the rise of technology and online shopping, ecommerce development provides small businesses with the ability to expand their reach, reduce costs, and offer greater flexibility to customers.

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How Small and Local Marketers can Take Advantage of the Metaverse

Retail TouchPoints

Tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft have gone all-in on the metaverse, based on the idea that it’s the future of digital experiences like gaming, collaboration and marketing. While we have metaverse-like experiences today — including games like Fortnite or Roblox — an actual, fully realized metaverse is still a few years away.

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The Facebook Retail Reinvention

RTP blog

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief A few years ago retailers were lamenting their decisions to try to use Facebook as a commerce channel. A Business Insider article made the statement clearly: “Companies first started selling things directly through Facebook in 2009. They all ended up closing their stores within a year.”

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As Consumers Lose Faith in Traditional Institutions, Brands are Bridging the ‘Trust Gap’

Retail TouchPoints

Conversely, trust in large and small businesses has increased significantly since the pandemic. Complete confidence in small businesses has nearly doubled since 2016 (from 21% to 39% ), and for big businesses it has increased more than 4X during that time, from 5% to 21%. For things like services (e.g.

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Ebay VP on the Platform’s Competitive Advantage: ‘We Don’t Compete with our Sellers’

Retail TouchPoints

When Ebay debuted in 1995, it and Amazon were pretty much the only game in town. Not only have a slew of new marketplaces launched, but big-name retailers like Walmart , Target and most recently Michaels are adding their own marketplaces. But there are also many sellers who are just a one-woman or one-man show, managing their business.