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68% of Small Businesses Are Raising Marketing Budgets—Are You Seeing It Too?

68% of Small Businesses Are Raising Marketing Budgets—Are You Seeing It Too?

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Marketing budgets are going up, even with inflation still squeezing small businesses. Constant Contact’s Small Business Now snapshot (1,500+ owners across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand) found that 68% expect to increase marketing spend in 2026, and 74% expect to spend more time on marketing.

In this episode, we unpack what that combination might signal: why customer engagement (44%) is the real constraint, why efficiency and new tools are becoming the counterweight, and why small businesses are betting most on social (68%) and email (41%).

For sources and visuals, read the full article on Tech Help Canada: https://techhelp.ca/68-of-small-businesses-expect-to-increase-marketing-spend/

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