{"id":25095,"date":"2022-07-07T13:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/?p=25095"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:55:36","slug":"small-business-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engagebay.com\/blog\/small-business-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Small Business Marketing Truths No One Bluntly Tells You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt all ended when I decided not to accept a small second round of investment I had secured … I had run out of ideas on how to turn things around, how to make people buy our product.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These were the heartfelt words of <\/span><\/i>Michal Bohanes<\/span><\/i><\/a>, Founder of\u00a0 Dinnr, a failed ingredient delivery business.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Failing is never part of the plan for a small business owner but we see this happening every single day. For instance, in 2019, <\/span>30.7 million small businesses existed in the US<\/span>. By March 2020, this number had dropped by an alarming <\/span>3.29%<\/span> as 993,809 businesses closed shop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there are <\/span>many reasons for this high failure rate<\/span><\/a>, poorly planned or executed marketing campaigns is a major culprit. The good news? You can learn how to <\/span>do marketing right<\/span> and succeed for a lifetime if you lean on key small business marketing truths.<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ll discuss 14 of these marketing truths. Plus, we\u2019ll share quick tips for applying them so you never run out of growth ideas and you start taking your business from <\/span>surviving to thriving.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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