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What is PPC? Is it useful for small businesses? Where do you start? Read our introductory guide to PPC Ads to help market your small business.

PPC Basics Explained — PPC Management for Small Businesses

By Spencer Thompson

What is PPC? Is it useful for small businesses? Where do you start? Read our introductory guide to PPC Ads to help market your small business. Read more »

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Are you losing customers before checkout? Want to improve your eCommerce conversions? Try these 6 simple checkout strategies to improve sales.

6 Simple eCommerce Checkout Strategies to Improve Sales

By Syed Balkhi

Are you losing customers before checkout? Want to improve your eCommerce conversions? Try these 6 simple checkout strategies to improve sales. Read more »

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Google Trends is an often overlooked but invaluable tool for keyword research. Learn to identify trends and use them to improve your site.

How To Use Google Trends For Keyword Research

By Julia Burova

Google Trends is an often overlooked but invaluable tool for keyword research. Learn to identify trends and use them to improve your site. Read more »

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Instagram can be a powerful marketing tool for your business as long as you focus on building an authentic brand. Here's 6 ways to do it.

How To Grow Your Business by Marketing On Instagram

By Kendra Beckley

Instagram can be a powerful marketing tool for your business as long as you focus on building an authentic brand. Here's 6 ways to do it. Read more »

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Running an SEO audit can help keep your business website healthy and free from costly errors. Here are 9 tools to help you audit on a budget.

How to Conduct an SEO Audit for Your Business Website on a Budget

By Paul Thornton

Running an SEO audit can help keep your business website healthy and free from costly errors. Here are 9 tools to help you audit on a budget. Read more »

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Google is introducing Core Web Vitals as ranking factors. Here's what they are, why you should care, and how to improve your site health.

Core Web Vitals Explained and How to Improve Them on Your Business Website

By Paul Thornton

Google is introducing Core Web Vitals as ranking factors. Learn what they are, why you should care, and how to improve your site health. Read more »

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Adhering to website legal requirements protects your business from legal risk and builds trust with your customers. Here's where to start.

5 Legal Requirements to Keep in Mind for Your Small Business Website

By Mikel Bruce

Adhering to website legal requirements protects your business from legal risk and builds trust with your customers. Here's where to start. Read more »

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Acquiring customers can be a costly and time-intensive process. Here are five ways to lower your customer acquisition costs.

5 Effective Ways for Startups to Lower Customer Acquisition Costs

By Johannes Rastas

Acquiring customers can be a costly and time-intensive process. Here are five ways to lower your customer acquisition costs. Read more »

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Digital marketing can be a complicated process, but it's crucial for modern businesses to compete. Start by developing a strategy in 7 steps.

How to Create A Digital Marketing Strategy For Your Business

By Liza Wickham

Digital marketing can be a complicated process, but it's crucial for modern businesses to compete. Start by developing a strategy in 7 steps. Read more »

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How do you write a business plan that connects with investors? What do investors want to see in your business plan? Read on to find out.

How to Write a Convincing Business Plan for Investors

By Noah Parsons

How do you write a business plan that connects with investors? What do investors want to see in your business plan? Read on to find out. Read more »

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How do you ensure that communications with your customers remain consistent? By implementing an omnichannel marketing strategy. Here's how.

How to Build an Omnichannel Marketing Strategy on a Limited Budget

By Eleanor Hecks

How do you ensure that communications with your customers remain consistent? By implementing an omnichannel marketing strategy. Here's how. Read more »

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Customer loyalty is incredibly important for every business. Learn how to build real customer loyalty and keep customers coming back.

8 Ways to Earn and Build Real Customer Loyalty for Your Business

By JT Ripton

Customer loyalty is incredibly important for every business. Learn how to build real customer loyalty and keep customers coming back. Read more »

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Are you starting a business? One of the first things you'll need to do is market research. Kickstart your research with these 21 resources.

21 Best Market Research Resources for Small Businesses

By Noah Parsons

Are you starting a business? One of the first things you'll need to do is market research. Kickstart your research with these 21 resources. Read more »

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Market research can give you the insights you need to better understand your customers. Here's how to do it in 4 steps.

How to Do Market Research — 2021 Guide

By Noah Parsons

Market research can give you the insights you need to better understand your customers. Here's how to do it in 4 steps. Read more »

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No matter what your business is, you do have competition that you need to understand. So, how do you evaluate your competition? Here's how.

How to Write the Competition Section of Your Business Plan

By Tim Berry

No matter what your business is, you do have competition that you need to understand. So, how do you evaluate your competition? Here's how. Read more »

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The vacation rental industry is in a stage of rebuilding, meaning that any tools that can help optimize costs are vital. Here's our top 8.

The Best Software to Grow and Support Your Vacation Rental Business

By Ray Slater Berry

The vacation rental industry is in a stage of rebuilding, meaning that any tools that can help optimize costs are vital. Here's our top 8. Read more »

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As a startup, insurance coverage is vital to the security of your business. Here are the policies worth considering right from the start.

5 Types of Small Business Insurance Coverage You Should Consider

By Danish Yusuf

As a startup, insurance coverage is vital to the security of your business. Here are the policies worth considering right from the start. Read more »

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You have a pitch. Now you need to get feedback to determine if it will resonate with investors. Here are a few options to test your pitch.

Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch in 2021

By Briana Morgaine

You have a pitch. Now you need to get feedback to determine if it will resonate with investors. Here are a few options to test your pitch. Read more »

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Free Agriculture Sample Business Plan PDF

By John Gard

Looking for a free, downloadable agriculture sample business plan PDF to help you create a business plan of your own? Read more »

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To pitch your business successfully to investors, you need to hook them with your company culture. Here's how.

How to Hook Investors With Your Company Culture When Pitching

By Richard Fendler

To pitch your business successfully to investors, you need to hook them with your company culture. Here's how. Read more »