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Resources

We are always working on new projects and networking to add more tools here. If you are looking for something specific please reach out see if we can help steer you in the right direction.

 This is a developing list of strategic contacts, clients, partners, and friends!

Small Business

Consulting / Marketing

  • Solarium Productions, Sullivan

Supplies

  • Midwest Office Equipment, Washington
  • 7 Cedars Supplies, Sullivan (Stanton)

Printing

  • Pack N Ship Enterprise, Sullivan
  • Quality Copy Service, Union / Washington

Apparel / Promotional

  • Imperial Headwear, Bourbon
  • CAM Apparel, Bourbon
  • PS Enterprizes, Union
  • Blue Fish Printing, Rolla

Arts & Crafts

Missouri Artist Collectives

  • Show Me Artists
  • MMFAS (Mid Missouri Fine Art Society)
  • STARCO (Steelville Arts Council)
  • Arts Rolla
  • Best of Missouri Hands
  • Missouri Arts Council
  • RACSTL (Regional Arts Commission S. Louis)

Event Venues

Wineries & Breweries

  • Muddy Banks Brewery, Sullivan
  • St. James Winery
  • Public House Brewery, St. James
  • Boomers Sports Bar & Grill, Sullivan

Reception Halls

  • Eagles Hall, Sullivan
  • VFW, Sullivan
  • Knights of Columbus, Sullivan
  • Anchor Church

Campgrounds & Retreat Centers

  • Lost Hill Lake Glamping, St. Clair
  • Arapaho Campground, Sullivan (Miramiguoa)
  • Meramec State Park, Sullivan
  • Onadoga State Park, Leasburg

 

Every single business, big and small, will benefit by building a modern online reputation and staying up to date with new digital technology to manage what impacts you the most.

Specifically small local businesses stand to benefit the most by accessing new customers, building trust, and enabling more local money to stay within communities rather than allowing Amazon and other out of town retailers to collect it.

If you are not online, or not selling online, your customers are purchasing from who is and who has a better reputation, ie: reviews, ratings, and available public information.  This is why Amazon has grown so rapidly.  Exposure and Access.  They are everywhere you are not.  But they are not the enemy.  It is up to the local business community to adapt and leverage opportunity to spur more local spending to impact economic development.

Shop Local – Online!  The new normal…

You are leaving money on the table if you are not online and selling online.

Did you know?

While these numbers are slightly dated, it is even more relevant now…

Small Business Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – About 20% of all U.S. small businesses fail within the first year. By the end of their fifth year, roughly 50% have failed. After 10 years, only around a third of the businesses survive.

Leading Causes of Small Business Failure

  • Failure to adapt to current marketing trends
  • No website and no social media presence
  • The wrong location
  • Insufficient capital
  • Poor management
  • Lack of market research
  • In business for the wrong reasons

Don’t let a lack of digital marketing keep you from realizing your goals.

Be found online. Get compliant online. Sell more online.

ACCESSIBILITY

50% of people research a company online before visiting or purchasing.

74% of U.S. Small Businesses do NOT have an e-commerce website to sell online.

46% of U.S. Small Businesses do NOT have a website at all.

20% of the U.S. population is dasabled and relies on assistive technology to help them access essential daily services.

32 Million Americans have trouble seeing

37 Million Americans suffer from hearing loss.

From 2013 to 2021 ADA website lawsuits rose from just 15 to 8500.

What you can do

  • Build, claim and manage all your online listings across over 60 directories.
  • Monitor and control your entire online presence from a single dashboard
  • Schedule social posts and use data driven ads to pinpoint what is working.

EXPOSURE

80% of consumers prefer to learn about your business through custom online content.

31% of companies with a content strategy achieve a 27% higher win rate than those without.

Creative content and blogs can increase website traffic by 50% more users.

32% of small businesses do not have any established budget for content marketing.

79% of B2B buyers will trade information for content, case studies, reports, e-book, or webinars.

What you can do

  • Custom, quality, educational content is the foundation to any good marketing effort.
  • Use video and our full service art department to create a robust media library you can use over and over.
  • Tell your story and build trust and authority in your industry.

REPUTATION

90% of consumers say they will only use a business if they have an average rating of 3-5 stars.  (Assuming they are even listed online to begin with)

72% of consumers say they trust online reviews as much or more as personal referrals.

80% of Americans use social media and will pay a premium for brands with great online service.

93% of online experiences begin with a search engine.

47% of people click on the top 3 online search listings.

60% of smartphone users reach out to businesses directly using online search results.

What you can do

  • Monitor, request, and respond to all customer reviews and be notified anytime your business is mentioned on the web.
  • Incentivize customers to leave descriptive honest reviews. It’s about feedback, improvement, and transparency, this builds trust with them and who reads it.

We can help you! We have tools to manage your online presence and build a media library of content to market with.

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