Three Simple Ways to Market Your Small Business HubSpot reviews three basic ways to market your small business and recruit customers.
Social Media Marketing Made Easy
In this video, Jamal with HubSpot takes viewers through the basics of marketing a small business on social media without the complications and intimidations.
Common Social Media Marketing Tools
What is Hover?
Hover makes it easy to buy and manage a domain name and a customized email address for your business, so you can own www.YourBusiness.com and send emails from [email protected]. Hover has basic packages starting at $15 a year and customer service available.
What is Google My Business?
Google My Business is an easy and free way to get your business online. You can create a page with basic info (description, location, photo, hours) that will appear when people search on Google or Google Maps.
What is Hootsuite?
HootSuite is a social media dashboard tool that helps you manage all your social media accounts from one place. With it you can organize social media conversations, post future content, and track how much your social media community engages with you.
What is Yelp?
Yelp is a website people use to find information about local businesses and read reviews from other customers. According to Mashable, “Next to Google, there's probably no more important site for small businesses than Yelp.” This tutorial will help you create and manage a page for your business.
Wix.com lets you create a beautiful website quickly and easily. There are many templates and pricing plans to choose from, and we recommend using Wix instead of Google Sites if you don't need a free, basic website.
What is Squarespace?
Squarespace, Inc. is an American website building and hosting company which uses software as a service for website building and hosting and allows users to use pre-built website templates and drag-and-drop elements to create and modify web pages.
Weebly vs. Squarespace: Which Is Best for My Business?
Speak About Digital reviews both Weebly (which is what we used to create the website you are on now!) and SquareSpace website design platforms so that potential users can make informed decisions about their services and charges.
Can I Use Google Sites to Build My Business Website?
Google Sites helps you create a basic, free website. Choose from blank or pre-built templates to make your business’s website look the way you want. These tutorials show how to create and edit your new site!
Common Tools for Selling
Authorize.net
Authorize.net is a highly used and trusted, accredited payment gateway.
Square vs. Authorize.net?
What is PayPal?
PayPal is an online payment system that allows you to send and receive money around the world. You can link your bank account, credit card, or debit card.
This video is a look at the Stripe payment system for beginners and how it compares to PayPal.
Paypal, Stripe, Square vs. Merchant: Which Is Best?
Although a bit longer, this video thoroughly explains the difference between merchant accounts and payment processors like PayPal, Stripe, and Square and the benefits and uses of each.
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SBA.gov Using Market Research to Find Customers
There are many reliable sources that provide customer and market information at no cost. Check out these free statistics that are readily available to help prospective small business owners.
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