I found a great article on the Small Business Trends website about the marketing activities of Small Business Owners in the United States.  According to the State of the Small Business Report:

"Although American small businesses are admired for their ingenuity and aggressiveness, this is another area where they struggle, earning the equivalent of a ‘C-‘ in the Marketing and Innovation sub-index. Small businesses are not as successful as they would like to be in effectively marketing themselves to grow their business beyond their current size."

Click here to read the entire article and get some good marketing ideas.