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9 Ways To Grow Your Small Business Through Social Media Marketing

September 13, 2024

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Small businesses have increasingly relied on social media marketing to reach customers, create brand awareness and drive sales over the past decade. Whether you’re just starting or have been in business for years, social media marketing can help your small business reach its full potential. You don’t need to invest thousands of dollars in marketing to grow your customer base and succeed with social media marketing — you need to use it strategically and effectively. To help you grow your small business through social media marketing, we’ve put together this list of

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Tsunami of small business owners planning to exit, putting $2 trillion on the line

September 8, 2024

Three in four small business owners plan to exit their companies in the next decade

Published Jan 10, 2023 • 2 minute read

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Seventy-six per cent of owners plan to exit their businesses within 10 years, CFIB says.
Seventy-six per cent of owners plan to exit their businesses within 10 years, CFIB says. Photo by Lyle Aspinall/Postmedia Network

More than three-quarters of small- and medium-sized business owners plan to exit

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Three Straightforward Summer time Plant-Based mostly Recipes With American Candy Potatoes – Osinga Vitamin

February 3, 2024

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Why did I exploit candy potatoes in these recipes? Candy potatoes are a flexible vegetable that may be included into many dishes, and American candy potatoes convey wholesome vitamins and flavors to meals. Resulting from a shorter rising season, there’s a very restricted provide of candy potatoes grown in Canada. In consequence, American candy potatoes are extra available and Canadians can discover them year-round

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Small businesses across Canada could get a $3 billion boost if overfunded workers’ compensation boards provided rebates

July 24, 2023

Toronto, July 20, 2023 – If five overfunded workers’ compensation boards (WCB) across Canada rebated their excess funds, it would give a $3 billion boost to small businesses, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s latest research snapshot entitled Funding Fairness: State of Workers’ Compensation Funding.

“Workers’ compensation boards are holding onto billions in extra money, while over half of small businesses (60%) are still carrying their pandemic-related debt, at an average of $126,000. Getting excess WCB money back to small businesses would be game-changing,” said Marvin Cruz, CFIB director of research. “Businesses could reinvest the funds or

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Federal budget 2023: How it impacts you

May 7, 2023

The federal government unveiled its spring budget Tuesday, with a clean economy as the centrepiece, and detailing targeted measures to help Canadians deal with still-high inflation.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 255-page budget Tuesday, after signaling for weeks she’d try to strike a balance between fiscal restraint and targeted spending for vulnerable Canadians.

CTVNews.ca has analyzed the documents to identify which line items that, if passed in Parliament, will have the greatest impact on Canadian small businesses, families, students and seniors.

ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF LIVING?

While inflation has cooled for the second consecutive month —

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6 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use ChatGPT to Save Time

April 24, 2023

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Small businesses have always had the challenge of competing with large corporations that have practically unlimited resources. Fortunately, new technologies are emerging that are leveling the playing field. Entrepreneurs can now leverage tools like artificial intelligence to amplify their businesses’ capabilities and productivity without adding significant amounts of capital or overhead. Released by OpenAI in 2022, ChatGPT is one of the most cutting-edge and accessible AI on the market. Here are six ways entrepreneurs can use ChatGPT to save time — and money.

Related: I Use These 5 ChatGPT Hacks to Cut

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Only a fraction of CEBA loans have been repaid as businesses call for deadline extensions

April 9, 2023

Small businesses are asking for a deadline extension on the federal government’s pandemic loan program — and only a fraction of them have repaid the money they owe.

The Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA) was introduced at the height of the pandemic to help out small businesses forced to close or limit their operations due to public health measures. The program offered interest-free loans backed by the federal government.

Nearly 900,000 businesses were approved for the program, which distributed just under $50 billion in loans.

But the most recent data from Export Development Canada (EDC), the Crown corporation responsible for

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3 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI to Drive Growth

April 6, 2023

For businesses looking to optimize their operations and enhance customer experience (CX), artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as game-changing technology: systems that can perform complex tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as speech recognition, decision-making, and content creation.

With its capability to automate processes and personalize experiences, AI, including platforms such as ChatGPT, has become an invaluable asset for businesses of all sizes. For small businesses, AI offers three strategic advantages to enhance customer service, strengthen marketing and sales, and drive growth.

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As businesses strive to enhance CX, AI is emerging as a powerful tool for customer service. Chatbots

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