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Monica Bussolati and 2 other people answered this question

What small/medium business social media success stories do you know?

Social media is just a channel. The secret sauce is the content on the channel and that's content marketing. Here is a content marketing story.
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Susan Lannis and 3 other people answered this question

What do you consider as the top 10 needs of small business owners in 2012?

Lots of good ideas here already - one I would add-
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Al Shultz answered this question

What are the factors that affect the growth of a small business?

Here are the three biggest factors:
1. Establishing yourself as and looking like an important player in your target market.
2. Establishing a clear differentiation — standing out above all your competitors.
3. Keeping yourself (your differentiated messaging) in front of your target market on ... more

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Al Shultz and 4 other people answered this question

What are the biggest concerns about social media that need to be addressed?

The biggest problems with SM are that it's a very passive, indirect and weak way to get a marketing message out to a market. Especially if you are a smaller, newer or less significant player in your market, you will have a particularly hard time ... more

May 14, 2012

wilfred godstone and 5 other people answered this question

How do you sell the value of adding internet service to a small business when they don't see a need?

it is better to put more advartisments in several media ie internet so as to get knowing where customers are located and also local business should expand. more

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May 14, 2012

Lucius Liew asked a question

What were the biggest emotional and mental challenges you faced when starting up your company?

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May 13, 2012

Amy Riechman and 11 other people answered this question

How do you stay focused?

I certainly have diffculty with setting work/life boundaries. I love to work and get projects in motion but the day can go by quickly. I have adopted a few solutions that help with organization and completing/following through with daily priorities. #1 for me: always follow ... more

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May 11, 2012

Hatem Sabrey and 11 other people answered this question

How many sales people should a tech start-up employ in its first year of business?

in my opinion one GOOD sales man is enough.

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