
Marketing Essentials for Local Businesses
The pandemic negatively affected businesses, both large and small.

The pandemic negatively affected businesses, both large and small.

Fortunately, several marketing strategies are both affordable and scalable, which means they are useful for businesses of all sizes and budgets.

In marketing, most things are about content.

Exceeding the $72 billion mark, the U.S.

Nielsen's Gen C framework — the Connected Generation — held up. Five years on, the multi-platform, always-on consumer is no longer a niche but the baseline.

Variations in industries and brands in B2B and B2C landscapes can pose numerous sales and marketing challenges.

Additionally, any negative associations are going to be a lot stronger than any positive ones.

Royal Caribbean's Come Seek. Carnival's Choose Fun with Shaq. Norwegian's Freestyle. Disney's Lighthouse Point. Viking's 'no children, no casinos.' Ten cases, four patterns.

The survey reported that a whopping 84% trust these recommendations.

Customer acquisition is a process, not an outcome. Working strategies for gaining new customers — paid advertising, influencer sponsorships, referral programs, content and earned media — and the discipline that compounds.