Data privacy & security are major business concerns but you can convey confidence to existing and prospective customers. At a minimum, you need to make it an absolute priority to use the best technology and best practices when it comes to customer data, privacy, and security.

2023 Workplace Flexibility Survey underscores that these challenges relating to working remotely continue to play a significant role in how we work. The ASC survey indicates that 82% of Michigan businesses participating in the study are offering some type of flexible work arrangement, including the option to work remotely.

TechTown Detroit has announced they are broadening their areas of focus beyond traditional brick and mortar businesses, and will now be offering a retail bootcamp covering e-commerce, home-based and or pop-up businesses to entrepreneurs in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park.

PR continues indeed to be an effective path to getting your story out into the public eye, and that then can result in consumer attraction, engagement, and loyalty for your business.

New research just out from the Pew Research Center makes clear that Americans love having their own business relative to working for someone else. 15 million Americans who are self-employed, and roughly 75% of those do it full time. 62% of those who are self-employed say that they are either extremely satisfied with their choice of becoming an entrepreneur, or at least very satisfied that compared to 51% of those who work for others in that same study.

Startup companies are always looking for breakout ways to gain more exposure and notoriety and to build credibility. One way to achieve that is by entering recognized awards programs in order to take a shot to win. One of the best is the Inc. Magazine, best in Business Awards Program for Small Business, which is back for its fourth year this year.

We all know the value of engaging and activating existing customers versus having to go out and pay handsomely to attract new ones. So what's the best way to achieve this? Well, according to the 2023 email marketing survey from UpCity, it's by focusing on email marketing as a primary channel.

A new study by Axiom known as Customer Intelligence explores how well you understand your customers. In spite of a broad understanding about the value of customer data and customer analytics, many businesses simply aren't paying attention to it, leaving an opening for their competition.

Walmart has officially announced the application period for its open call event now in its 10th year. The program allows small business owners and entrepreneurs to apply for the opportunity to pitch their products, to have them be selected to be offered on Walmart or Sam's Club shelves, or walmart.com. Program information at [email protected].

A civic economic study indicates that for every a hundred dollars you spend w/ a local business, roughly $68 of it stays in the community as opposed to when it's spent w/ a national chain, only a fraction of this amount does. That means that when they're profitable, that profit stays within the community.