“If it aint broke, don’t fix it” does not apply to your small business computer application programs.

Much of today’s small business for profit and not-for-profit application software was written over a decade ago. The million dollar question is: Are these applications still worth running ? Considering all of the technology innovation that has occurred since then, can we expect an application designed and built with yesterday’s technology for yesterday’s business world to fit today’s?

The answer is no.

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Small Business Marketing Factors Outside of Your Control

As you try to draw up your marketing strategy for your start up or existing small business, you need to remember that there are several factors that are outside of your control.

The composition and the behavior of your target market
You cannot change or impact the demographics of your target market neither can you control how they make buying decisions or how they behave with the media. You can only monitor and try to understand the effects of these characteristics upon your marketing plan.

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