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This Week in Small Business, Amazon Prime Day was Big for Online Sellers Despite Glitches

? As the numbers continue to roll in from Amazon Prime Day 2018, it’s clear that this is becoming one of the busiest days for small businesses across America all calendar year. Amazon Prime Day Sales Amazon says just on the first day this year that small and mid-size businesses rang [CONTINUE READING]

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John Lawson of Watching Amazon: Despite Letting the Dogs Out, Prime Day Was A Success for Amazon and SMBs

Amazon Prime Day 2018 started with a whimper,  a dog whimper, due to the site going down causing Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to post pages with pictures of dogs on them while they tried to get the site back up.  But even with that inauspicious start (and an estimated $99 million [CONTINUE READING]

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You Can Thank Us Later — 6 Copywriting Strategies You NEED to Know for Small Business

Copywriting can be overwhelming. It’s extremely time consuming, and it requires consistency and a solid strategy. Without those three key elements, your content marketing could fail. The most important one—and the one we’ll discuss here—is strategy. You can find someone on your team to write content for your business, or [CONTINUE READING]

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The Team’s Chemistry was Far From Purrfect

We haven’t had cats for a few years. After 20 years of hair and scratching and litter boxes and generally destroying my house, we didn’t replace our final feline when she passed on. And while I miss the cameraderie, I don’t miss the mess. I will say, however, that for [CONTINUE READING]

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New Verizon Work Mobile App Aims to Keep Your Team Connected

Staying connected is critically important for any business operating in today’s mobile environment. The new Verizon Connect Work Mobile app allows field service workers to stay connected even when they are offline. Verizon Connect Work Mobile App According to Verizon (NYSE: VZ), the app will let workers in the field share [CONTINUE READING]

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Thinking About Digital Signage for your Small Business? Try These 10 Options

Digital signage can be rather expensive. But it does offer plenty of benefits for small businesses, including the ability to easily change up messages and catch customers’ attention as they pass by. Luckily, there are some affordable solutions out there that even the smallest Main Street businesses can take advantage [CONTINUE READING]

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Small Business Users Have Until September 1 to Switch to Skype 8.25

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) just announced it is replacing the classic desktop Skype (7.0) with a host of new features which resemble the mobile version. With Skype 8.25, Microsoft says it has improved the usability and performance to help users stay connected. The move to 8.25 comes a little over a [CONTINUE READING]

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New Survey Highlights Communication Problems Costing Your Transportation Business Money

According to the latest Fleet Advantage survey, 31.3% of those doing the finance don’t understand some of the costs of running the fleet. This includes procurement and cost management. Fleet Advantage says there is a significant lack of communication between fleet operations and the finance department. And with close to [CONTINUE READING]