How to Lose a Customer in 5 Ways

by John Jantsch

Getting a customer is hard work. Keeping them, or more importantly turning them into repeat and refer customers, requires an equal amount of strategic thinking and tactical action, but it’s where the real business building momentum is generated.

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http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/marketing/article/how-to-lose-a-customer-in-5-ways-john-jantsch

21 Offline Marketing Ideas for Your Online Business

by Terri Seymour

A lot of us work hard to promote our online business but one thing we might forget is that we can get a lot of traffic by promoting offline as well. Following is a list of ideas you can use to promote your online business, offline.

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http://www.powerhomebiz.com/News/102009/offline-marketing.htm

5 Tips To Improve Conversion On B2B Landing Pages

Getting a prospect to your website is only half the battle. Successful B2B search marketing programs must also focus on the “post-click” experience. Here are five proven ways to improve B2B landing pages and increase your search marketing conversion rate.

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http://tinyurl.com/6577qd9

10 Essential Rules for Brands in Social Media

by Taddy Hall
The 1% Rule and How to Make It Work for You

These days everyone seems to have advice about how to run your social media marketing program. There are so many tips floating around, it's hard to know what truly essential strategies you should follow to effectively use social media to build your business.

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http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=142907

3 Ways You Can Drive More Sales With Social Networks

Building a strong social media platform for your small business can help you gain more customers and ultimately make more sales. Find out what you can do with social media in order to drive more sales to your business.

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http://www.morebusiness.com/social-media-tools

Eight Tips to Boost Your Business' Bottom Line

by Carol Tice

"A thriving business should be throwing off more cash as it matures and entrepreneurs learn more about how to manage their business. Growth shouldn't come at the expense of profits, either. What can you do to get profits growing again? Profit-management expert Patricia Sigmon, author of Six Steps to Creating Profit, offers her six tips below, and I've added a couple of my own.."

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/219398