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Top Mistakes of People Who Have Just Started Social Selling

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There are countless businesses on social media at this point –both new and old to the game by now. When businesses decide to take the step to use their social media platforms as a selling tool, there are some common mistakes that people seem to make again and again. Before you jump the gun, take a look at some of the biggest offenses of businesses who have just started in the social selling game.

Know Your Strengths – Delegate Your Website

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Kate Gingold 0 5073 Article rating: No rating
American history is chock-full of rugged pioneers who take pride in doing it all on their own. That independent spirit continues today from Kickstarter entrepreneurs to DIY hardware stores to home-made wedding crafts on Pinterest. But trying to wear the web developer hat could actually hurt your business.

Content Marketing: Revamping and Reusing Existing Content

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We always push the importance of content marketing to businesses. Having articles and relevant content on your areas of expertise that you can link back to your website is a great asset. While we’re working hard to churn out new and relevant content on a weekly basis, it’s easy to overlook the great content that we’ve already produced. If you’re writing a blog (weekly, monthly, yearly, whatever) and/or publishing content online, your previous articles are still a great resource for your marketing campaign!

Your Order Page

For #TBT -- originally published May 13, 2003

Kate Gingold 0 3985 Article rating: No rating
You've always had a great product, and now you have a web presence with an eye-catching front page that invites your customer into your site where you can really showcase that product. (see our previous article "Your Site's Front Page") Delighted, your customer clicks the button that says: "Buy!" It's a done deal, right? Money in your pocket? Maybe not!

Back-to-Basics Marketing Plan

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Kate Gingold 2 4575 Article rating: 5.0

Twitter and Facebook ads, content marketing, search engine optimization – with so many evolving options to consider, it’s easy to get caught up in the details and lose focus on the bigger picture. Are you sabotaging your business because you aren’t properly prepared to make marketing decisions?

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