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Valentine’s Day can be an important time for any small business. Look at your market to see whether there are any ways that you should be positioning your products or services to meet the needs of the holiday consumer. Gifts, cards and candy are all items shoppers will be seeking but there may be ways you can market your products and services to appeal to Valentine’s Day shoppers even if you don’t sell any of these. Check out our roundup for more on why Valentine’s Day remains an awesome opportunity. Top TrendsWhy small businesses love Valentine’s Day. We’ve all heard the story. Valentine’s Day was invented by the greeting card companies, but nowadays many times it’s small businesses that benefit. Here are some reasons why. The Street A Valentine’s Day list of small business gifts. One of the ways small businesses can outdistance larger competitors this and every Holiday season is by offering unique gifts. Here’s a slide show of offerings by other inventive entrepreneurs to give you some ideas. Huffington Post Marketing & PRSmall businesses pick for holiday shopping? A new video satire takes a look at why customers might want to choose small businesses instead of their competition while shopping for gifts to give your sweetheart. PR Web Valentine’s video shows small business heart. Here’s the complete video satire “Support Big Business!” poking fun at “big boxes” and promoting “mom and pop” stores on Valentine’s Day. Mixed Blooms International PerspectiveValentine’s Day boosts business even in China! Small businesses, including florists and others, are benefiting from Valentine’s Day even in China. The holiday is not traditional in Chinese culture but has been gaining ground in recent years with the younger generations. Bloomberg Businessweek Iranian small businesses love this Holiday! Despite its obvious Western influence, Valentine’s Day is actually thriving, even in Iran, where it has become a boon to small retailers as a tolerated outlet for young people. The Express Tribune Strategy & OperationsWebsite sends Valentine to local small businesses. A local Website is sending a Valentine to local small businesses by letting them upload their holiday specials and services for promotion free. It’s one thing to support small businesses with your content, but here’s a Website that is doing even more. Patch Making a business out of love year-round. If you think your businesses earnings on romance need to be limited to Feb. 14, think again. The 250 employees of online dating service eHarmony.com work for a business dedicated to matters of the heart throughout the year. WSJ Local ViewOne local business thrives from Valentines. If you want to know more about how Valentine’s Day benefits local businesses directly, read the story of one local florist who brings in more business on Valentine’s Day than any other time of year. Central Michigan Life Valentine’s Day can be great for small business. But that’s no excuse for them to perform poorly for the rest of the year. One small business coach tells small business owners not to let the economy or anything else determine their small business success. KIMT Channel 3 Why Small Businesses Love Valentine’s Day MORE NEWS FROM SMALL BUSINESS TRENDSCreating Google Alerts Directly in Google AnalyticsA few weeks back I wrote about the powerful new metrics that small business owners can glean from the new Social reports within Google Analytics. And since that post, even more neat features have been released to help business owners learn more about not only what’s happening on their site, but what’s happening off of it, as well. Nominations Are Open for the Small Business Influencer Awards!Does a special person or company come to mind when you think of someone or something important in the world of small business? Perhaps you think of a client of yours. Or maybe a favorite vendor or supplier, or a software app that has transformed your small business or made it more profitable. Or perhaps you think of a favorite journalist who covers issues important to small businesses. G8 Leaders Call for Growth: Six Things You Can DoLeaders the world over including those at this week’s G8 Summit are calling for economic growth, not just budget tightening, in an effort to combat world market instability and speed recovery. But for all the talk in policy circles, this growth will ultimately come from the private sector and especially here in the U.S., from small to medium sized businesses that create many of the jobs and employ many of the workers already in our economy. Here’s a look at the economic growth G8 leaders are calling for and six things you can do to promote growth in your business today. Can a Gas Tax Fuel Clean Energy Innovation?With gas prices already reaching nearing $4 per gallon in many places, most business owners don’t relish the idea of them rising even further. Yet, some people are still calling for the government to deliberately increase them – by raising the gas tax. What Job Are You Helping Your Customers Do?Marketing is often described in terms of a product life cycle. The development, the launch, continued support, and finally, discontinuation all have specific marketing efforts associated with them. From social contests to reduced prices and giveaways, the emphasis is nearly always on the product or service provided. However, this does not take into account the way that customers actually search for and find products. RELATED SMALL BUSINESS NEWSWhy There's Not Much Sizzle In Two Burger Chains' IPO PlansCan two also-ran burger chains that struggled through the recession win over Wall Street investors? We'll soon find out, as fast-food franchisor CKE Restaurants -- corporate parent of both Carl's Jr. and Hardee's -- recently filed to go public, seeking roughly $100 million and applying for the stock... No room for weeniesNo use complaining Keep up won’t you? There’s no room for weenies in the global micro enterprise community. My hapless and hopeless UK agent, Tony Robinson OBE, sent me a press clipping of what Serena Williams said after winning the Madrid Open last week. He’s obsessed by how Ser... Day 2: National Small Business Week - Corinne’s Catfish Tells Us Why They Love ItFor today’s post, we spoke with Orin Moore, owner and founder of Corinne’s Catfish in Lewisville, Texas. The On Deck Team found this story particularly inspiring – and we hope our readers to do. How Ads on Your Site Can Affect SEO (Video)Your search rankings could be suffering if there are a number of advertisements above the content on your website. ... SBA Seeks to Boost Small-Dollar Loans With New Push (Video)The SBA is looking to increase the number of smaller loans in underserved communities with a new push. ... |
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