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Why Small Businesses Should Adopt A Geofencing Marketing Strategy

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In other words, this direct marketing strategy uses a smartphone’s (or other mobile device’s) location to alert the person who owns the device about an offer from a nearby business. How, where, and when do they market? For example, Massachusetts doesn’t allow geofencing near medical facilities.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Find road-trip partners on Zimride. Entrepreneurs have also tapped sharing platforms to directly market their goods and services, somewhat blurring the line between unadulterated peer-to-peer co-ops and direct sales channels. Visit our Partners: USA WEEKEND. You can rent a room to strangers at Airbnb and CouchSurfing.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: African Tech Entrepreneurs Emerging

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We discussed marketing, advertising and direct marketing agencies as being the best channel partners for him. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taha needs to grow both bases, but subscribers a bit ahead of vendors.

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