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10 Rising Small Business Trends in 2016

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New payment technologies, consumer interests and business
needs will shape 2016 into an interesting year. Here are ten
trends you as a business owner should take full advantage of
and adopt them.

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Millennials: 86 percent of millennials are willing to provide insight
on their consumer habits and decision-making processes, often
through the use of online surveys.

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Business Intelligence:New self-service tools prove that business
intelligence is no rocket science but rather a useful tool to help
turning data into informed decisions.

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58 percent of consumers say they are
willing to add items to their virtual
shopping carts to meet the free-shipping
threshold.

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If you want to consolidate your presence in your
customers’ minds and make them stay with you, you
must respond to or even forecast their needs.
Click to create online surveys.

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Web Presence: 97 percent of Internet
users conduct online research on local
products and services before committing
to a purchase.

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Cloud Storage: Small businesses will be able to
reduce overhead by cutting their IT payroll and
hardware expenses.

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EMV PAYMENT SECURITY: The national migration to
EMV(Europay, MasterCard and Visa) payment
standards ( microchip debit and credit cards) is
virtually guaranteed to safeguard small businesses and
their customers against fraud over the next year.

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Visual Content:Colored visuals
increase people's willingness to
read a piece of content by 80%.

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Selling Via Social Media: Consumer adoption
rate for buy buttons is forecasted to be high
and will have a huge impact on 2016 sales.

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Online Lending: In US online lenders have grown 175 percent a
year, as business owners create demand for a more
personalized and flexible approach to finance.

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Which of the trends would you like to pick?