Small business marketing requires making smart choices about where to invest limited time, money and resources. As a small business itself, AZ Media Maven provides marketing and public relations services that help other businesses build visibility, reach customers and strengthen their brands. We also write about the challenges and opportunities of running and promoting a small business to share knowledge with industry colleagues and small business owners, including practical ideas, useful tools and lessons learned along the way.

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AZ Media Maven shares 7 holiday marketing tips for small business owners

Profit and visibility are critically important to small businesses but fostering them can be difficult. Luckily, the holidays are great opportunitie s for an increase in both with the right digital marketing approach. Let’s look at seven holiday marketing tips for small businesses owners that help capture the right kind of attention. Pay attention to…

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Foolproof media tips for getting news coverage during the holiday season

The holidays are a hectic time for just about everybody, but especially for small business owners. Many earn the lion’s share of revenues during the fourth quarter yet still balance added responsibilities at work with holiday preparations and celebrations. It’s also a popular time to take some much-needed time off for members of the media…

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Most important aspect of social media: Building customer loyalty

Most small business owners today know it’s important to have a social media presence for their companies. However, few are good at understanding the methods to successfully building customer loyalty through their social accounts. Social media is often just one more burden on their already heavy plates, and there’s not a lot of time in…

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Relentless posting got you down? AZ Media Maven’s pros and cons for outsourcing social media

If you don’t have a strong social media presence, your business is losing major opportunities to build brand identity, connect with customers, and develop loyalty. Many professionals and small business owners don’t have the time or expertise needed to give their businesses an edge online. Outsourcing social media to a firm like AZ Media Maven…