The second annual Small Business Saturday, a program sponsored by American Express, is hoping to continue to drum up sales for local businesses.
The promotion provided customers a $25 credit on their card, if they spent the same amount at a participating local merchant. American Express bumped up the cap from 200,000 to 300,000 and it has been a social media success.
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“Summers almost here! Keep a girly figure, eat yummy subs! @Quiznos coupon for a $2.99 sub? Yes, please. Those 108 characters rakes in $2300 for MTV star JWoww, according to a recent Inc.com post. Getting JWOWW to tweet about your new product or upcoming sale for $2,300 a pop may sound a bit ludacrious, but as Twitter continues to grow it may not be that bad of an idea.
In a recent TechCrunch post, CEO Dick Costolo rambled off a pretty impressive array of stats. In September 2010, Twitter was seeing about 90 million tweets a day. Earlier this year, that figure jumped to over 100 million per day and has now reached a shocking 250 million a day.
Not only do celebrities often times have huge following but a tweet can get retweeted indefinite times for a huge ripple effect.
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A recent article on Entrepreneur.com listed poor shipping options as one of the main reasons to abandon a shopping cart and delved into how to fix this issue.
The three tips for improving your shipping options are:
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The New York Times recently ran a story about small businesses moving over to the cloud platform. The article addressed a number of key points owners must consider before making their way on the cloud. Continue reading
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