Jan Norman's On Small Business column in the Orange County Register has an excellent summary of various surveys on small business hiring plans. It's no surprise that small businesses continue to be hesitant to hire.
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1) Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well……..
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Posted by: Robert | February 17, 2010 at 04:53 AM
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2) The Center for Media Research has released a study by Vertical Response that shows just where many of these ‘Main Street’ players are going with their online dollars. The big winners: e-mail and social media. With only 3.8% of small business folks NOT planning on using e-mail marketing and with social media carrying the perception of being free (which they so rudely discover it is far from free) this should make some in the banner and search crowd a little wary……….
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Posted by: Robert | February 19, 2010 at 01:23 AM