Business Marketing

Small Business Marketing Ideas (For Any Budget)

For one week each spring, “shopping small” means big business.

Small Business Week, happening April 30 through May 6 in 2023, is a prime opportunity for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to raise brand awareness about their products or services—and bring customers in the door.

Doing this, however, requires a little outside-the-box thinking. Giving your marketing efforts a local twist is one way to get the word out.

Here’s a list of SMB marketing strategies designed with local businesses in mind.

What is Small Business Week?

Small Business Week is all about highlighting the resilience of local retailers, restaurants, service

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Groundbreaking New Book by Prolific Author Bo Bennett: A Deep Dive into AI-Driven Business Marketing – Written by AI

Groundbreaking New Book by Prolific Author Bo Bennett: A Deep Dive into AI-Driven Business Marketing – Written by AI

BOSTON, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Bo Bennett, founder of BookMarketing.pro and acclaimed author of over a dozen books, including the bestseller “Logically Fallacious,” announced the release of his latest book “Artificial Intelligence, Real Profits: Mastering ChatGPT-4 for Business Marketing.” Notably, this book is a testament to the revolutionary power of AI, as Bennett wrote it almost exclusively with artificial intelligence, even crafting the marketing materials and the audiobook in his voice using AI technology.

Bennett’s background spans programming and

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2023 Business Marketing Predictions With Strategist Zontee Hou

What will happen to marketing in 2023?

I had the opportunity to sit down with Zontee Hou, President and Chief Strategist at Media Volery, to talk about what she sees as the future of marketing in 2023 and beyond.

Zontee Hou is a passionate marketing advisor and speaker. She’s the founder of digital marketing agency Media Volery and Director of Strategy for Convince & Convert, founded by industry leader Jay Baer.

“What is so striking about Zontee Hou and her work is that she lives the premise that the measure of

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4 Subscription Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

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The subscription economy has been on the rise and will only continue to grow. With the global subscription eCommerce market expected to exhibit a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 65.5% between 2023 and 2028, it’s not a surprise that so many businesses are looking to pivot to the subscription model.

But in addition to creating opportunities, the subscription economy spike is also causing some challenges for DTC founders — namely, in one area: competitor differentiation. That’s why effective marketing is so important for the growth of subscription brands. And while there

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Level Up Your Presentations With Cutting-Edge Immersive Technologies

By Vikas Agrawal, co-founder at Infobrandzan elite team of visual communication experts taking content marketing to the next level.

Immersive technologies create a sense of presence in a simulated environment or augment the real world with digital elements. They are being increasingly used to create immersive presentations for entertainment, education, training, communication and marketing. And that’s not surprising. Immersive technologies can make presentations gripping and engaging while simplifying complex or abstract concepts manifold.

This is reflected by the global immersive technology market size, which was valued at USD 21.66 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow exponentially

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West Virginia’s InnerAction Media Launches StoryMaker, Empowering Small Businesses with AI-Driven Marketing

West Virginia-based InnerAction Media (IAM) recently launched StoryMaker, an Software as a Service (SaaS) application that leverages Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to assist small businesses in the US in creating their ultimate 30-second pitch and other crucial marketing orders on demand.

The cloud-based application is founded on IAM’s proprietary “BrandStory” process. This unique approach curates a business’s marketing data, then employs AI similar to ChatGPT, to generate strategic marketing content. The customized content can be published across various platforms including social media, emails, presentations, and even traditional media outlets.

The software’s genesis can be traced back to November 2022,

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How Shay Mitchell Turned Her Penchant for Travel Into a Full-Fledged Business

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Shay Mitchell on Turning Her Hobby Into a CareerHearst Owned

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In ELLE.com’s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month we spoke to actress, model, entrepreneur, and mother of two Shay Mitchell, who is not only celebrating five years of her travel brand Béis, but a just-launched kids collection. (Béis translates to “beige,” after a beige bag Mitchell used to travel with.) “It

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Allied Global Marketing names Denise Parkinson as VP, business development | News

LA-headquartered analysis firm Allied Global Marketing has appointed Denise Parkinson as VP of business development.

Allied Global Marketing names Denise Parkinson as VP, business development | News

Denise Parkinson

Based in London, Parkinson will work with Clint Kendall, Allied’s CEO; Adam Cunningham, chief strategy officer; and Kelly Estrella, chief of marketing operations.

Parkinson is responsible for identifying and driving strategic new businesses to support the company’s continued growth.

With more than 25 years of experience in entertainment marketing, Parkinson is an industry veteran, having worked across media companies, studios and agencies.

Most recently, she served as global entertainment director overseeing business development for OneFootball, a football media platform with more than 85

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