“Clickbait” has become a real buzzword lately.
Generally speaking, it doesn’t have a positive connotation. We tend to associate the phrase with spammy websites that are looking to get traffic – at any cost.
Whether you’re a business owner, marketer or blogger, it’s important to understand what
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10 Side Gigs for Anyone Who Wants to Start a Business Quickly and Cheaply
Not everyone wants to be a full-time business owner.
Sometimes, all you need is a little extra cash on the side…something to keep you afloat or to cover some extra expenses.
Or maybe, you DO want to start a business…but are afraid of the risks associated with the process (namely, investing a
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10 Black Friday Ideas That Drive Sales
It is not too late to get in on the Black Friday action! Your customers and clients will be expecting deals this week, and with some quick planning, you can still give them what they want.
Here are 10 Black Friday ideas you can use to create a buzz, drive traffic and make sales!
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7 Reasons Why Social Boom is the “Must Attend” Event of the Year!
This isn't just another "social media" conference!
This is the first of it's kind, a "SOCIAL SELLING" conference.
What's the difference?
Myself and all the speakers actually use social media to SELL stuff and we are going to pull back the curtains and reveal the inside secrets to those
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25 Things Small Businesses Need to Know From Facebook’s Q2 Earnings Call
It’s clear why less people are seeing the updates you post on Facebook. During the World Cup, your content was competing for news feed space with 3 billion engagements generated solely from the tournament.
There are now over 1.28b people and 30m brands using Facebook each quarter. With increased
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How To Improve Your Klout Score and Why You Should Care
By now, I am sure you have heard of Klout.
But just in case you haven't, here is a brief rundown on the tool: Klout uses social media analytics to rank users according to their online influence. Drawing on over 50 billion (yes, billion) pieces of information per day, the services attempts to
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10 Social Media Marketing Tips That Every Marketer Should Know
According to a study of 500 small-medium businesses across the United States, 90% are actively engaged in social media.
This fact is very interesting for two reasons. The first is that social media is no longer a fad but rather an online marketing strategy that has very high adoption. The second
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How to Convert Website Visitors into Customers
Getting traffic to your website is great. Okay, let's be honest: it's awesome.
Seeing an unexpected spike in your traffic pattern, or realizing that your latest guest post nearly doubled your weekly traffic can be, well, totally addicting.
But what does this mean for your bottom line? Is this
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5 Top Ways Social Media will Boost your New Business
Everywhere you look and virtually everything that you hear about the online world these days seemingly revolves around social media. The “big boys” of the online world either already have a social media presence (think Google+), want a social media presence and are developing it, or will simply look
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3 Epiphanies from the creativeLIVE Social Media Bootcamp
I am super fired up!
More than usual you may say? <smile>
I am just getting back from San Francisco after spending the last couple of days with the team at creativeLIVE. I was asked to do 6 hours of social media training as part of their 3-day Social Media Bootcamp. In 4, 90-minute
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