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Small Businesses Are Charging Ahead

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

Many small business trends are worth studying. Now, let’s consider how small businesses are charging ahead. According to Vangie Beal for Webopedia: “A small business is privately owned and operated. And it typically employs a small number of workers. In … Continue reading →

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Tracking Small Business Trends

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

As with large firms, tracking small business trends is imperative. IF small firms want to adapt to the marketplace! To best face competition, they must do so. Before studying trends, read these posts: Small Business Saturday Marketing Tips for Small … Continue reading →

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2018 Marketing Budget Strategies

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

Today, we present the second in our three-part series on the marketing budget. This topic merits the detailed coverage. Yesterday, we began with 2018 Marketing Budget Trends. Now, we cover 2018 Marketing Budget Strategies. And we conclude tomorrow with our … Continue reading →

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Reasons Why Many Startups Fail

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

Starting a new business is often much harder than startups realize. For many reasons why many startups fail. To the extent possible, they must be avoided. Look at three of these posts about starting a new business: Do You Have … Continue reading →

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Star Wars’ Rogue One Is Here!

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

Professor Evans recently did a radio interview following up on an Evans on Marketing post on Rogue One. Click to listen to that interview.    

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How Retailers Can Be More Customer-Centric

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

A while back, Professor Joel Evans of Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business wrote an article about “Customer Centricity” for Promo Magazine (now part of Chief Marketer.) The essence of that still rings true today — even more so given … Continue reading →

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Can You Personalize Retailing without Shopper Participation?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by

One of the toughest issues for retailers to deal with in this high-tech world is how much to personalize their communication and offerings. On the one hand, retailers need as much customer information as possible to target individual shoppers more … Continue reading →

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