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Top Marketing Trends for 2013

yMarketingMatters

As we reach the half way mark for 2013, I wanted to bring you updates on the top marketing trends this year, and what you should be incorporating into your marketing mix to give your marketing a boost. Here we go: Social Business Has Risen. This should be the year that your small business becomes confident and adept at social media.

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From Etsy Store to Multimillion Dollar Candle Studio: How I Grew My Small Business

Buffer Social

When I started selling candles on Etsy in 2013, I thought it would be a fun hobby on the side of my work as a graphic designer. I didn’t set out with the intention to become a massive global brand, but it’s the dream for so many small business owners. Looking back, I realize how much stress that strategy caused.

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Top Marketing Trends for 2013

yMarketingMatters

As we reach the half way mark for 2013, I wanted to bring you updates on the top marketing trends this year, and what you should be incorporating into your marketing mix to give your marketing a boost. Here we go: Social Business Has Risen. This should be the year that your small business becomes confident and adept at social media.

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How To Use Influencer Marketing To Launch A New Product

The Realtime Report

If 2012 was the year influencer marketing emerged on the social media marketing scene, 2013 will bring more structure, best practices and better frameworks for leveraging online influencers across marketing initiatives. Driving awareness for product launches, events and brand initiatives is a common marketing objective.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Ever feel frustrated and less productive than you’d like to be at work, even though you’re working hard and putting in a ton of hours? 21% plan to implement such a system in the coming year, but another 17% “don’t know what a social CRM system is and why businesses need it.” ” ( Marketing Charts ).

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2013: The Rise of Customer Service Marketing (and Techipedia’s New Direction)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With intermittent signal, you’ll struggle to build momentum around your product or service. Small businesses in particular don’t have the manpower for it. Most large businesses have several people doing it. The social media marketing landscape has changed in the past 3 years. Who’s with me?

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Interview With a Small Business Owner Crushed by Google

Bill Hartzer

May is small business month, so as a follow-up to a blog post I wrote recently , I tracked this small business owner, Ira Zoot from TicketStub.com, and interviewed him. Mr. Zoot originally claimed that he, as a small business owner, has been crushed by Google. If so, how has it suffered?