Is Your Local Business a Sinking Ship?
by Walt Goshert on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment
According to a recent American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor survey, one in four California small business owners are running “sinking ships”.
Yet…
39% of California small businesses expect their businesses to grow in the next 6 months.
Are these the 34% who plan to increase their marketing /sales efforts?
What’s YOUR outlook for your local business?
Related articles on Small Business Outlook:
- Main Street left out of recovery (money.cnn.com)
- SBA small biz lending doubles (money.cnn.com)
- HOW TO: Reignite Your Business Network Online (mashable.com)
- Organic Marketing – You (insights-group.com)
- The Secret Asset In Any Business (actionbites.blogspot.com)
- New Pricing and Technology Gives Small Business New Sales Opportunities at ColeLists.com (eon.businesswire.com)
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