Small Business Labs

JUNE 24, 2020

Not surprisingly, the largest drops in hours worked were in firms in the leisure and entertainment, beauty and personal care, and bars and restaurant industries. This study is another example of cloud-based, digital data being used instead of traditional survey methods - something we are doing with increasing frequency. will disappear.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)  recently released a study showing that nearly  30% of the U.S.   They surveyed 7,700 U.S. Staffing Industry Analysts describes the latter as “human cloud workers.” workforce are gig workers. This works out to be about 44 million Americans. billion in staffing buyer spend.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 27, 2021

The article explains why: Giulia Mensitieri is an anthropologist and author of  The Most Beautiful Job in the World , which exposed a culture of exploitation across the industry.   Also, 76% of the respondents reported their financial situation has negatively impacted their mental health.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 17, 2011

I wasn't familiar with InboxQ until I saw a reference to a survey they'd done in Entrepreneur's Why Savvy Businesses Field Customer Questions on Twitter.  " Because of our blog, we get sent a lot of surveys to review.    To be honest, most are poorly done.    InboxQ&A did not do this. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 9, 2015

. According to a recent survey by the employment consulting group Manpower , companies are facing a "crippling talent shortage" At the same time, many people report being unable to find work. In response to this problem a rapidly growing industry focused on providing skills training and job placement has emerged.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 4, 2019

For the 2019 edition of this study, they surveyed over 7,300 business executives, HR leaders, and employees from around the world on a variety of talent and HR issues. The major finding is 73% of the executives surveyed expect their industry will experience significant disruption over the next 3 years. 

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The K-shape is driven, in part, because industries that employ high percentages of low and moderate wage jobs are not recovering as quickly as other industries. According to an NPR survey and covered in their article Nearly Half Of U.S. The chart below is from the U.S.    .    

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2019

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance recently released its 2019 Independent Business Survey. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), the survey respondents listed Amazon as their biggest challenge.   So it's clear the respondents consider big firms and industry consolidation a major problem.  

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 28, 2018

A recent survey by LinkedIn found that 70% of U.S.      Most surveys show somewhere between 20% to 30% of independent workers use contract labor. The likely reason the LinkedIn results are higher is the industries they targeted in their survey.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2019

.  Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income looked at data from the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED). The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month."

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 24, 2010

   As part of this research, SNCR is doing a survey on this topic. If you are involved in the strategy or tactics related to the use of online video for your organization, please help out by taking a short survey.    Click Here to Take the Survey.   Click Here to Take the Survey.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 11, 2019

  According to The Infinite Dial 2019 , an annual survey conducted by Edison Research and Triton Digital, more than half of all adult Americans have listened to one. Most revenue estimates for the podcast industry continue to be small - ranging from $500 - $700 million in 2018. In case you hadn't heard, podcasting is booming. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 29, 2020

   The first set of impacts hit consumer-facing industries, like travel, entertainment and dining.    But we're now seeing firms and organizations further up the value chain from these industries get hit.  The impact on cities is a good example of the pandemic's 2nd order effects.  

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2019

Independent workers serve all industries, work with both businesses and consumers and participate in pretty much every job type and profession. Construction is also lower, which is true for the construction industry overall. We're often asked what the most popular professions are for freelancers and independent workers.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 8, 2018

  But our data - like the data used in the MIT study - was based on survey questions asking rideshare drivers what they estimate their hourly gross earnings to be. It's well known that people often misstate their earnings (intentionally and unintentionally) on surveys, which makes this data imprecise at best. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 1, 2018

and other forms of automation technology disrupting industries and destroying jobs, most small businesses see automation technology as creating opportunities for both their businesses and employees. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), very few (only about 6%) of the SMB's surveyed see automation technology, including A.I.,

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Census Bureau as "one that has no paid employees, has annual business receipts of $1,000 or more ($1 or more in the construction industries), and is subject to federal income taxes." The quick answer is the non-employer data comes from IRS data, while self-employment data comes from the BLS's monthly current population survey.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 29, 2019

One recent survey showed 54 percent of Americans say they would have trouble paying their bills if they were forced to go without more than two paychecks and 20% say they would have trouble if they missed one paycheck.    Most Americans also don't have strong financial reserves. . 

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

It covers the travel, dining, and wellness industries from a business perspective. The chart below illustrates the fact that 9 out of 10 business executives surveyed agree with this. Skift is one of our favorite publications. Because of their remit, they report on a wide range of interesting trends.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

According to a survey from the Global Business Travel Association  (GBTA), half of corporate travel policies allow for the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. with 30% of the corporations surveyed officially allow home-sharing service for their traveling employees. . This data is hardly surprising.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 1, 2018

In honor of this auspicious occasion, t hey released a set of survey results on pet owning millennials. This is, of course, good news for the pet industry because millennials have passed baby boomers as our nation's largest demographic cohort.  Last week the online retailer Zulily celebrated their first annual pet week.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 18, 2014

.   On the buyers side,The Staffing Industry Analysts article Online staffing is the new frontier: CW managers’ interest rises sharply says: A survey of contingent workforce buyers found a sudden jump in plans to use online staffing. The marketplace themselves are also reporting continued strong growth. 

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Small Business Labs

MAY 15, 2017

According to the National Technology Readiness Survey , in 2015 22.4 And not just gig economy companies - it's businesses in almost every industry.  While the media focuses on consumers, the growing gig/on-demand B2B industry has become very large in it's own right.  million Americans spent $57.4

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 15, 2015

According to Time's How Silicon Valley is Addressing the World's Food Crisis : the food industry and tech industry have started to intersect and companies like Google and Yahoo have major research projects related to the future of food. Their cricket-based chocolate cookies are shown above.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 14, 2014

It's clear from the Sleeter survey that small businesses are looking towards their accountants to move beyond providing just tax prep and bookkeeping and become trusted business advisors. The accounting industry is an excellent case of study of what's happening to knowledge work in general. industry structure trends'

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 12, 2014

.  While qualitative research such as follow me homes will continue to be important, the rise of big data is changing the social sciences - and the market research industry. Actual behavioral data is increasingly available, reducing (but not eliminating) the use of other methods such as observational research and surveys.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2014

The Staffing Industry Analysts  is reporting there are currently more than 145 online staffing platform businesses operating globally.   They also reported in 2013 the industry generated roughly $1.4-$1.6 billion in "gross spend"  This is the dollar value of work completed and paid for.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2015

  Regular readers know the gig economy industry has been aware of the problems with asking about "2nd jobs" for several years. For example, we changed our surveys to ask about "other sources of income" instead of "other jobs" about 3 years ago. We did that based on our interviews with independent workers.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Late in August Deloitte released survey results under the headline Deloitte survey finds 67 percent of Americans who have worked as independent contractors would choose not to do so in the future.  More recently the Staffing Industry Analysts released their Gig Workforce study. They found about 60% of U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2012

  And while there are no firm national numbers on the size and scope of the industry, it's clear the segment is experiencing rapid growth.    But despite this growth, little is known about the economic impact the food truck industry has on local communities.  We're going to try and figure this out.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The Institute for Self-Reliance recently released a survey of local businesses. This war will intitally be fought in the retail industry with Amazon, WalMart and other large retailer battling each other as well as local businesses. But we expect this war to quickly expand to other industry sectors.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 20, 2015

. Millennials — the 20- and 30-something consumers whom marketers covet — would rather spend their hard-won cash on out-of-town vacations, meals with friends, gym memberships and, of course, their smartphones, many surveys suggest. Of course, this is not a new trend.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 19, 2012

 Edelman is a large public relations firm and they've been conducting an annual trust survey for 12 years.  The survey is global and they look at trust levels for media, government and corporations. Financal or Industry Analyst - 46%. The Edelman 2012 Trust Barometer is out. They cover a lot of ground.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Ardent Partners chart below from the article shows survey data on this shift. Additionally, social media and networks can be used to discover workers with experience in niche industries and hard-to-find skills. According to the article, the big shift is away from traditional staffing firms and towards: Private Talent Pools.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 12, 2016

The results of their informal survey are not surprising - most everyone was doing some sort of job related work. But if only a very small percentage of folks working coffee shops figure out how beneficial community is, the coworking industry will continue its rapid growth. And I think a small percentage will.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 5, 2010

  Key quote from the survey results: Among professionals who plan to work past the traditional retirement age, strong majorities in all generations cited the past recession as an important factor in their decision.    The survey covers generational attitudes in the workplace and looks at Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. . 

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 24, 2012

." BCG has followed up their report with a survey of U.S.   The chart below is shows the results by industry.    I'm going to digress a bit here just to say the survey question is very leading and likely resulted in false positives.  Because of this, I discount the results a bit.

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