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How To Create Facebook Ads for Your Business in 5 Easy Steps
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Facebook has become a powerful tool for businesses interested in increasing web traffic, physical location traffic, and boosting revenue. It...
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5 Marketing Strategies to Boost Your Business in 2021
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Marketing is constantly evolving, especially with new trends and innovations emerging to satisfy customer needs, behaviors, and requirements. As...
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5 Ways to Take Advantage of the Improved SpotOn Marketing Software
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We are proud to introduce our new and improved Marketing software. This powerful and modern email marketing platform allows you to create...
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Instagram Prepares TikTok Rival
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TikTok is the hottest social media app at the moment. With 800 million active users worldwide, the popular video-sharing app has already surpassed...
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Leveraging Social Media to Grow Your Business
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Nearly three-quarters of American adults use social media to interact with family, friends, and brands. For businesses, social media is a great...
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Your March 2020 Small Business Marketing Calendar
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The key to driving repeat traffic and improving customer retention is communication, and March provides plenty of opportunities for you to reach...
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How to Increase Engagement on Facebook
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Your Facebook followers may be viewing your content, but are they actually absorbing it?
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5 Easy Valentine’s Day Marketing Ideas
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Valentine’s Day is here and, love it or hate it, it’s a great opportunity for you to connect with your customers and get a nice boost in business....
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Your February 2020 Small Business Marketing Calendar
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It's February and there are plenty of reasons to reach out to your customers and remind them how much you value their business. In addition to...
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Five 2020 Social Media Trends Every Business Owner Needs to Know
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Social media continues to be one of the most cost-effective and simple ways of staying top-of-mind with your existing customers and attracting new...
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Leverage the Holidays to Stay Connected with Customers Year Round
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The last few weeks leading up to the holidays can be a frantic time, as holiday shoppers are out in full force purchasing presents, eating while...
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Your December Small Business Marketing Calendar
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December is here, and if ever there was a busy month, this is it! Get the month off to a good start by planning your December marketing campaigns...
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Thanksgiving Week Hashtags
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One of the best ways to increase the reach of your social media posts is to include targeted hashtags. This is especially true for small and...
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Your November Small Business Marketing Calendar
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With Thanksgiving and the holiday shopping season just a few short weeks away, it's a crucial time for small and medium businesses across the...
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Why You Should Post Updates on Google My Business
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Google continues to be the overwhelming winner when it comes to internet searches, accounting for over 90% of all searches worldwide. What this...
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4 Tips for a Successful Birthday Rewards Program
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Many businesses use customer birthdays as an occasion to send out a deal or reward. It’s a great way to build customer loyalty and prompt return...
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4 Back-To-School Marketing Ideas
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September is here and that means it’s back-to-school season for not only students, but also small businesses. Even if your business doesn't sell...
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5 Tips for Hosting a Successful Labor Day Contest (Without Having to Stay Open)
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Labor Day is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a contest? Contests are fun, interactive, and can strengthen...
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5 Ways Creating a Blog or Podcast Can Help Your Business
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“Content is king,” is a phrase often used in the corporate world of marketing, with the idea being that businesses can best reach consumers by...
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4 Quick Tips to Successfully Get to Know Your Customers
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National Get to Know Your Customers Day day is observed on the third Thursday of each quarter of the year, falling in January, April, July, and...
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6 Best Practices for Connecting with Customers on Social Media
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Social media is a powerful way to reach customers across a variety of platforms. However, there is definitely a right and wrong way to use sites...
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4 Things You Can Do to Get Summer Off to a Good Start for Your Business
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Summer officially starts on Friday, and for many people, that means vacations, eating out at restaurants, and doing lots of shopping. To make sure...
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99 Reasons to Email Your Customers This Week & Every Week
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It’s National Email Week, a great reminder that you should be emailing your customers on a regular basis. Why? Because year after year, studies...
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Avoid These 5 Social Media Pitfalls
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Social media is a powerful marketing tool that gives small and medium businesses an affordable way to directly engage customers and grow...
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4 Easy Spring Marketing Campaigns
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Spring is officially here, and as the weather begins to warm up, people are antsy to get outside, go shopping, and eat at their favorite...
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Spring Guerilla Marketing Ideas
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Traditional marketing techniques such as offering deals, sending marketing emails, and running customer loyalty programs remain popular year after...
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4 Tips for Creating a Winning Marketing Strategy in 2019
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January and February can be slow months for many businesses as consumers tighten their belts following the holidays. It's important to utilize...
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Happy Holidays from SpotOn!
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The holidays are upon us, and from everyone here at SpotOn, we would like to wish you a very happy holiday season. We know it's a busy time of the...
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2 Keys to Connecting with Customers on Social Media in 2019
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A new report released by Hootsuite identifies a drastic shift in how people use social media, in large part due to several social media scandals...
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How Your Business Can Give Back for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and as a small business owner or manager, you’re in a unique position of leadership to make a huge...
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5 Tips to Boost Customer Engagement on Social Media
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When it comes to social media marketing for small businesses, getting ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ is relatively easy, but doing so does not...
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10 Small Business Marketing Ideas for Fall
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Labor Day marks the unofficial start of fall, and for small business owners, the new season brings with it plenty of great marketing...
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IGTV Offers New Way to Connect with Customers
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Instagram recently announced a new feature to their popular social media platform called IGTV. The new platform is designed specifically for...
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Infographic – 5 Marketing Trends for Small Business Success
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Consumers are constantly changing their habits. To make sure your marketing efforts are effective, stay on top of these five key trends.
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5 Steps to a Killer Marketing Calendar for Small Businesses
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Running a small business doesn’t leave you with a lot of spare time, and it’s easy to let marketing fall by the wayside. When that happens,...
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Infographic – A 6-Step Guide to Small Business Marketing
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Marketing is a continual challenge for small businesses, but it doesn't have to be difficult, particularly with new digital marketing tools. Use...
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Dads, Grads, and Memorial Day Marketing Ideas
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The transition from spring to summer doesn’t get a lot of press, but this time of year is actually an underutilized opportunity to connect with...
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The SpotOn Business Dashboard App
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You can’t be at your business 24/7, but now your business can always be with you thanks to the SpotOn Business Dashboard app for iOS and Android....
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Why You Need to Send Email Marketing Deals
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There are a lot of ways to reach customers, but a recent consumer survey conducted by Adobe indicates that email marketing should be your #1...
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What Are the Best Times to Post on Social Media
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There have been numerous recent studies on how and when people spend time on social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram....
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