What are some important small business trends to watch for in 2018? To help you stay current on the trends and strategize about how you’re going to move forward, here are the top six Small Business trends you’ll need to know for 2018.

1. Sales & Marketing,
Technology Trends 2018
SIX
Small Business

2. Personalized Marketing
Content for Millennials
1

3. millennials are spending
$600 million a year
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4. looking for personal, quick,
mobile, and original content
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5. Social Media & Live
Video on the Rise
2

6. 41% of millennials
use social media every day
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7. 22% of the world’s total
population uses Facebook

8. 81% of millennials check
Twitter once per day

9. Snapchat reaches 41%
of 18 to 34-year-olds

10. 51% of Instagram users
access the platform daily

11. Account-Based Selling
(ABS)
3

12. ABS allows you to spend time upfront
to identify high-value clients/accounts.
What is ABS?
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13. use CRM, like Dynamics 365, to:
identify high impact players
deliver tailored content
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14. Adopting Analytics
in 2018
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15. 46% of SMBs don’t know if their
marketing efforts are effective
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16. only 26% of them are willing to
spend more on analytics in 2018
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17. Solutions?
use a Business Intelligence tool,
like Power BI
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18. delve deeper into your data
to make more informed decisions
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19. More Focus on
Working Remotely
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20. SMBs can save $20k for each full-
time employee, working remotely
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21. remote working could increase
employee productivity by 30%
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22. SMBs that allow remote working
show a 50% decrease in employee
turnover rates
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23. Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD)
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24. 42% of SMBs report their employees
ask to use personal devices for work
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25. implementing BYOD?
make sure your org stays secure
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26. Check your current security status and
improve it accordingly by conducting
Cybersecurity Assessment
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How?

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Improve Your Security Posture
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