The One Glaring Drawback In Sales & Social Media

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Years ago I had a job in outside sales. I sold automotive fasteners and called on repair shops, dealerships, and parts stores. It was a good job, but it had one glaring drawback. Every day started at zero. No matter how well I did the day before, I always started the day with a blank [...]

Develop an Online Presence, Build a Business Around It, and Make Money Doing it.

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Have you ever wanted to do what you are truly passionate about, build a business around it and make a good living doing it? That seems to be the outlook of many people in the new economy. If this is your goal, I have great news. It is possible to escape cubicle nation and get [...]

How To Add 100,000 Twitter Followers in 2 Hours

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I’ve been a fan of the social media network Twitter for some time now. I love the instant communication features and the ability to direct traffic to my blog and other social media sites. Over the past two years, I’ve slowly built a following by adding influential tweeters to my follow list, and engaging in [...]

Two Cool Social Media Tweaks for Bloggers

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Here are a couple of tweaks you can do with your blog to gain more traffic and send people to your social media sites. 1. Embed Tweets Into Your Blog Post With Twitter Twitter now has a new feature where you can embed a tweet right in your blog post. This allows your audience to [...]

Why Pinterest Is A Blogger’s Best Friend

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I’ve been a blogger for almost seven years. In that time I’ve seen a range of opportunities to gain more traffic and build an audience. In the early days, the technique was to encourage larger sites to link back to you. Then came social media, with sites like Twitter and Facebook providing backlinks and opening [...]

Six Important Things You Should Know About Pinterest

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Pinterest is the hottest new social network since Twitter. It combines a visual interface that allows you to sort graphic links onto pin boards, sorted by category. It’s deceptively simple. If you are a visual person like me, it makes sense almost immediately. Pinterest is simply an online scrapbook. You can collect, sort, and display [...]