Digital Marketing

How to Market Your Local Business’ Grand Opening

During the last month or so, my husband and I have driven by this grand opening sign on our way to his parent’s house about a dozen times.

After a couple of weeks, we decided to look up what it was for.

We found out a new restaurant was opening, and we were pretty excited to have a new place to try (sometimes it gets boring going to the same places!).

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Help! My Brand Went Viral: 16 Small Brands That Made It Big

When you think of viral marketing, your mind probably wanders to that Oreos “You can still dunk in the dark” tweet, which garnered an enviable 40,000 retweets and Facebook likes during 2013’s Super Bowl power outage.

Or perhaps you think of the Dove “Real Beauty Sketches,” a video with more than 67 million views to date.

When these global brands go viral, it’s not a huge surprise.

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What Are Direct Costs & How Do They Differ From Indirect Costs?

It’s surprisingly inexpensive to start a business today — as little at $5,000, reports Fortunly. However, as encouraging as that is to aspiring business owners, the costs to run that business every day are a bit more complex.

Before research and development, and before you even rent an office space, you might want to know how much money you’ll need to make your product. These are your direct costs.

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