Small Business Marketing: Interruption is No Longer the Best Practice

Marketers revel at the thought of having successful campaigns that convert consumers to customers.
Small Business Marketing: Interruption is No Longer the Best Practice
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Marketers revel at the thought of having successful campaigns that convert consumers to customers.

Being able to have that gleeful euphoria embarks marketers on a long journey that may take many turns and involves considering a plethora of media channels to connect to consumers. But this connection requires more deliberation given the need to be relevant and authentic. By 2018, advertisers will have spent a projected $21 billion on native advertising.

The consumer will favor staying with the content they originally came to view.