A proud small business owner sets up her Open sign, ready to welcome customers into her store. Last year at the Core Connect Business Summit, we sat down with Susie, Limon, and Ina and talked about where digital marketing was heading for local businesses. A lot of what they said at the time has now come true and some of it has moved even faster than any of us expected. So this year, we thought it was time to go back and look at everything we covered, see what’s actually happe

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