Randolph, MA When Sola Ajao immigrated to the U.S. in 1986, she couldn’t find any food from her native Nigeria — but she saw an opportunity. Sola started cooking and selling West African dishes, and she soon had a thriving catering company. In 2021, she expanded her business by opening Destiny African Market, a grocery…
Nashville, TN Growing up with his mom’s Cuban-influenced cooking, Jason Burke developed a taste for flavorful food. When the bland, processed snacks in the vending machine at work left him wanting something better, he started making jerky at home and bringing it to the office. It wasn’t long before his coworkers wanted a taste. Jason…
WASHINGTON (September 5, 2024): Digital advertising experts and small business owners today held a press conference to voice concerns about the United States v. Google LLC display ads trial starting Sept. 9. The group emphasized the value of Google’s integrated display ads system, and shared their fears that breaking the system apart would hurt small…
When I was laid off from my corporate job in 2001, I saw an opportunity to start my own company. With my experience in sales and marketing, an embroidery machine, some spare room in the basement, and a lot of determination, my wife and I started embroidering local businesses’ logos on hats and shirts. People…
Affordable, effective digital advertising can mean the difference between thriving and faltering for small businesses. Digital ads help small businesses compete with big brands supported by multimillion-dollar marketing budgets by providing affordable, highly effective ways to reach target audiences and drive sales, as well as free, high-quality analytics. They’re also an important source of revenue…
But how does a niche business like mine find customers? Answer: old-fashioned word of mouth recommendations and, critically, modern data-powered digital ads.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 14, 2024) — Leading the outcry over what they call “an enormous tax on digital advertising,” more than 150 small business owners today delivered Sacramento lawmakers a letter protesting Senate Bill 1327, which would impose a 7.25 percent tax on digital advertisements. Sponsored by Sen. Steven Glazer (D-Orinda), the bill was approved…
Government-enacted privacy laws are nothing new, from California to Connecticut to the European Union. However, while the majority of countries around the world have adopted national privacy laws, the United States has still failed to do so. Earlier this year, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Commerce Committee…