July 7, 2017

Amazon Primes the Pump for Its Third Annual Prime Day on July 11

Last week Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that its third annual Prime Day will be next Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Expanding to China, India and Mexico, Prime Day will be available in 13 countries, so Prime members in those countries will get access to hundreds of thousands of deals for 30 straight hours, starting at 6 PM Pacific Time/9 PM Eastern on July 10. Amazon says that nearly 40 percent of lightning deals worldwide will come from small businesses and entrepreneurs on Prime Day too.

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Five on Friday: Managing Churn, Business Podcasts & Effective Meetings

With the Fourth of July on Tuesday, this was a short week, but were still bringing you a full weeks worth of subscription content. In this weeks Five on Friday, Multichannel Merchant explains four steps to manage voluntary customer churn, AllBusiness recommends business podcasts every entrepreneur should listen to, Facebook is working with publishers to create an in-app subscription option by year end, Venmo is testing a physical debit card for payments, and Inc. offers its top tips for successful meetings (hint: 10 AM is the golden hour for meetings).

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