![Marketing Tactics Small Business Owners Invest In, April 2015 [TABLE]](https://trends.e-strategyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/194820.gif "Table - Marketing Tactics Small Business Owners Invest In")
In April 2015, Capital One Spark Business polled US small-business owners about which marketing tactics had brought the most ROI. Just 13% chose search engine optimization (SEO), though 18% chose online advertising, which could include search formats. Nearly two in five respondents, however, said none of the tactics named was effective.
Seventeen percent of respondents said they were actively investing in SEO, while 25% were spending on online advertising in general. Both social media and email investments rated higher.
The same survey found that identifying and reaching new prospects was the No. 1 challenge of small-business owners. And if their lack of investment is any indication, many in this survey population agreed that search was not the way to gain new business. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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