{"id":25343,"date":"2025-07-02T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sageworld.com\/resources\/?p=25343"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:15:47","slug":"small-business-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sageworld.com\/resources\/index.php\/2025\/07\/02\/small-business-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bonus Episode: Small Business Marketing with William Rubsamen\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tsNklpC4FE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of Promo Perspectives, we&#8217;re joined by William Rubsamen of Whirlix Design to discuss marketing strategies for small businesses with limited marketing teams. 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