Infographic: Prepare Your Small Business For The Holiday Season

Holiday sales cluster around Thanksgiving week, so it’s time to get your small business ready for the busy season.

Our latest infographic highlights the growing popularity of holiday season and how your small business can reap the rewards.

Thanksgiving week revenue was up 33% in 2017 from just the year before.

In 2017, people spent:

• $6.6 billion on Cyber Monday
• $5 billion on Black Friday
• $2.9 billion on Thanksgiving
• $2.4 billion on Small Business Saturday
• $1.8 billion on the day before Thanksgiving

More Americans support Small Business Day every year. In 2017, 43% of Americans shopped or dined at local independently-owned businesses on Small Business Saturday.

Sales will remain solid, with a continuing trend toward ecommerce. In 2017:

• Ecommerce sales jumped 17.8%,
• Mobile commerce (m-commerce) sales grew 40%,
• But foot traffic in stores fell 7.5%

How to get your business ready for holiday shoppers:

• Make sure your mobile site loads quickly. Conversions fall by 20% for every second delay of mobile page load time.
• Ask for reviews before the season.  96% of shoppers read reviews on retailers’ sites.
• Provide free shipping. 94% of online shoppers use free shipping when available.
• Offer gift cards.  Holiday shoppers buy an average of 4 gift cards, making gift cards the second most-popular gift after clothing.

Source:https://www.theselfemployed.com



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Networking Association Participates of 2013 Cyber Monday

Westchester Networking for Professionals (WNFP), a business association located in Yonkers, NY has just announced that they will be an active participant of 2013 Cyber Monday on December 2, 2013. Cyber Monday is a day online shoppers visit their favorite websites to receive discount on goods and services.

WNFP is a sophisticated social networking community, made up of business professionals. In addition to networking they offer offering growth and enhancement opportunities for like minded business professionals eager to meet new people and build professional relationships that will generate opportunities to take their business to the next level. 

“Last year, our Cyber Monday campaign was a great success, we’ve decided to offer discounts on our Privileged Card Membership plans again this year.  Business professionals are always seeking ways to save and our membership plans provide a great value towards the growth of any business”. Says Theresa Todman, Founder of Westchester Networking for Professionals.

WNFP is reducing their Privileged Card Membership plans up to 50% off the standard rate of enrollment for 24 hours only.  

Privileged Card Memberships entitles business professionals the enjoyment of exclusive benefits to help increase their company’s exposure, enhance brand awareness, and build business referrals and long term opportunities with other local business professionals.

Business owners and entrepreneurs who are interested in taking advantage of Westchester Networking for Professional 2013 Cyber Monday Sale and start saving right now can sign up online at http://wnfpevents.webs.com/cyber-monday-deals-2013 beginning from 12:00am Monday morning until 12:00am Tuesday morning or call (914) 266-0347 between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm on Monday, December 2, 2013.

To learn more about Westchester Networking for Professionals promotions, events and activities visit their website at http://www.wnfp.org.

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