5 Compelling Reasons Why Online Marketing is Crucial to Small Businesses Today (Infographic)

When you’re down with a bad case of the colds and an even worse bout with unexplained hives, you’re lucky if you're awake long enough to read your emails and surf the Net. Unfortunately, I’ve had both for the last few days...but getting better now. More or less.

One thing I found out about hives, they're like guerrillas—they're all over the place, appear where you least expect them, disappear in a flash, are somewhere else the next moment, compelling (you'll never be able to ignore them, ever!)...and they don't rest until they've driven you beyond crazy.

Hmmm, there's a striking similarity to online marketing there somewhere. Heh. Or at least, when you want your content to go viral.

So there I was, in between medicine-induced grogginess and insanely itchy lucidity when I stumbled on a little gem.

Look what I found on my Facebook timeline: five utterly compelling reasons from ReachLocal (by way of Mashable) why you should start having a really good online marketing strategy in place, pronto: