New Survey Shows Small Business Owner’s Plans for 2013

This Week's Business Stat Has Arrived To ensure you receive updates from Docstoc, please add messages@docstoc.com to your address book | Unsubscribe.   Stat of the Day   New Online Business Owner Survey A recent survey of online business owners sheds light on their plans for 2013.     Source: Alibaba Share this article with your friends:       Cutting Costs With Automation According to Alibaba.com, going into 2013 78% of the 600 U.S. small business owners surveyed plan to automate to cut costs and streamline operations, 49% plan to create a new e-commerce website and 87% do not plan to hire additional employees. This tends to show that small business owners are seeking ways to operate within the difficult economic climate. 63% Expect the Economy to Weaken or Remain The Same It would seem that with the majority of small business owners that were surveyed by Alibaba.com stating that they expect the economy to stay the same (33%) or worsen (30%) in 2013, that their optimism about their own business revenue for 2013 would suffer. But, that was not the case. Of the 600 small business owners that were surveyed, only 21% expect lower revenue, while 46% actually expect an increase in revenue (the remaining 33% are uncertain). Get the rest of the stats >>   8 Major Mistakes Entrepreneurs will Make in 2013 69% of Small Business Owners Wish they Could Focus all their Attention on Actual Business 82% of Small Business Executives Think The U.S. Economy Is On The Wrong Track         To ensure you continue to receive our e-mails please add messages@docstoc.com to your Address Book now. We send this email to members of docstoc.com per our Privacy Policy . You can manage your email preferences and other settings by going to Your Settings Page . If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. You may unsubscribe from this mailing here: Unsubscribe. You can manage your email preferences in the notifications tab here: Preferences. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More. Docstoc.com , Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401