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E-mail Marketing to Small Businesses
Assessing E-mail Attitudes and Behavior to Optimize Marketing
Concept Report
David Daniels -
August 12, 2008

E-mail marketing is an efficient tool for pushing small businesses through the consideration and purchase process, with the number of small businesses (i.e., with fewer than 100 employees) researching products and services online increasing.


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Online Shopping
Exploiting Online Influence on SMBs' Off-line Purchasing
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
June 20, 2008

For every $1 online users spent online in 2007, they spent roughly $6 on off-line purchases that were influenced by online research. Online research has considerable influence on small and midsize businesses' (SMBs) off-line purchases as well.


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Market Profile
Decision Makers from Globalized US SMBs
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
June 4, 2008

The falling dollar and slowing US economy are fueling speculation about the growth of global trade among SMBs.


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Forward-Thinking SMBs
Targeting a Lucrative Segment of Intensive Online Users
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
May 7, 2008

SMBs' purchase decisions are motivated by different factors. Segmenting these companies by what inspires them to buy is an effective targeting approach online.


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Green Marketing
Targeting Environmentally Conscious Small-Business Executives
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
March 12, 2008

Currently, for small-business executives, being environmentally conscious may just be a matter of personal choice. However, it will rapidly become a response to the demands of their own green customers.


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Targeting Small Businesses
Building the Case for Behavioral Tactics
Vision Report
Sonal Gandhi -
January 11, 2008

Targeting small businesses online is increasingly challenging, even as content and social sites that cater to them proliferate.


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eBridge Helps Web Hosting Clients Make Most of Their Search Spending Through Retargeting
Case Study
Sonal Gandhi -
January 11, 2008

eBridge Marketing Solutions is a Vancouver-based online marketing agency that provides solutions for both advertisers and publishers. eBridge serves technology companies that target the small-business market.


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Marketing Web Hosting
Competing Against Free
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
January 3, 2008

Convincing a small business to pay for a basic Web site is becoming a tall order even as the penetration of Web sites among the smallest businesses remains low.


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Vertical Search
Reaching SMBs Via Business-to-Business Search Sites
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
November 5, 2007

As general search engines grow more expensive, companies that market to SMBs are looking to diversify their search spending.


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Consumer Connection
Measuring the Effects of Personal Online Behavior on Business Behavior
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
October 3, 2007

Personal experiences often color business-related actions, whether consciously or not. Measuring the extent of this phenomenon is crucial in marketing to businesses.


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On-Demand Software
Riding the Rising Tide
Concept Report
Sonal Gandhi -
September 21, 2007

On-demand software has been generating much buzz, potentially putting packaged applications at risk.


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US Online Small Business Market Category Forecast, 2007 to 2012
Vision Report
Sonal Gandhi -
September 7, 2007

Small businesses constitute a lucrative market for online retailing of technology and office products. As the online small business market matures, growth in online retail in these categories is likely to slow down.


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