You’ve heard the buzzword dozens of times, but now it’s time to clear the air once and for all: what exactly does B2B mean? At its most basic, B2B stands for “business-to-business.” It refers to selling products or services to other companies, rather than directly to consumers, also known as business-to-consumer (B2C). Types of B2B…
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Michael X. Heiligenstein
Michael manages marketing and communication at Fit Small Business. When he's not busy writing profiles of himself in the third person, his hobbies include writing, guitar, and hanging out with his dog Oscar.
What Is a Franchise?
A franchise is a business opportunity where a licensor grants permission to a licensee to share their business concept. The resulting business, a franchise, helps the licensor expand while retaining control over products, delivery method, marketing, and concept. In return, the licensee receives an established product with permission from the franchise owner to sell it….
What Is Amortization?
Amortization is an accounting technique that is used to lower the cost value of a finite life or intangible asset through scheduled, incremental charges to income. Like depreciation, amortization spreads the charges out across multiple years so that the costs may be set against the revenues of several years rather than all in one year….
What Is a Squeeze Page?
In the landscape of digital marketing tactics, the squeeze page exists for a single purpose: acquire email addresses. A squeeze page is a type of landing page that, instead of offering various calls-to-action (CTA) and options, it’s a simple, copy-light page that asks for a name and email address for lead generation or conversion. Landing…
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What Is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing, also called revenue sharing, is a method of earning a commission through the sales of products produced by another company using special referral codes (called cookies). If a site visitor clicks these code-based ads and buys the product from the third-party company, the site owner receives a commission. The concept of affiliate marketing…
What Is Lobbying?
Lobbying seeks to influence politicians or others in position of power to legislate or take actions in favor of those for whom they are lobbying. People who conduct lobbying are called lobbyists. Lobbying isn’t new. In fact, it’s probably been around as long as people assembled into societies governed by a handful of people. In…
Top 20 Black Friday Ideas from the Pros
Your whole year has been leading up to this moment. Black Friday is impending, and you may already be gritting your teeth and wondering how you’re going to handle the stress of this massive retail free-for-all. Never fear: we’ve called in for help from some small business pros for pointers on how to make this…
Biggest Loser Press Release
Here’s a great real life press release from a communications pro. Pay attention: it starts with the most important info – the news event (the app release) – and follows with why you should care. It offers the facts and easily quotable lines which journalists can pull for their articles. For more examples, check out our Full…
Best Small Business Podcasts
Here is our list of the best small business podcasts Congratulations to our Best Small Business Podcasts! Here are the podcasts we find most useful and interesting to small business owners. These podcasts range broadly in focus, tone, and content, but they all strive to present actionable advice that small business owners and entrepreneurs can…
