Pinterest Launches Web Analytics to Help You Pin Down Traffic

by Brian Patrick Eha

"The analytics will show how many people have pinned content from your site and how many users have seen those pins. It will also track visitor traffic from Pinterest, and you'll be able to see recent pins and your most repinned content of all time, so that you can get a sense both of what is currently trending and of what is most popular overall."

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226060

15 Ways to Boost Your Sales, Traffic and Productivity

Posted on March 4, 2011 by RevenueGal

This has been a super busy week — but I had so much fun working on this week’s post. I wanted to share some valuable tips that will help you with your online business. After all, most of us struggle with productivity and all of us could use extra traffic and sales — right!?!

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http://mommyrevenue.com/index.php/2011/03/04/15-ways-to-boost-your-sales-traffic-and-productivity/#axzz25v9Stsky

Keeping Loyal Customers Loyal

"The long-term goal for most marketers out there is to gain customers and successfully keep them coming back for more," writes Kristen Gregory at the Bronto blog...That's where loyalty programs come into play—and for email marketers, they fall into two general categories..."

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/short-articles/2541/keeping-loyal-customers-loyal

Online Marketing Truth: More Content Equals More Leads

Posted by Shelly Kramer

"Your website in general, and your corporate blog as an adjunct, are both marketing tools that, when used correctly, can result in leads and sales..."

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http://www.v3im.com/2011/09/online-marketing-truth-more-content-equals-more-leads/#axzz1XlYG9vNk

How To Generate Leads And Grow Your Business

by Charlie Cook

If you are an independent professional or small business owner, building the list of prospects you market to should be one of your core marketing activities. The more people who are interested in your products and services, the better your chances of growing your sales.

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http://www.businesshighlight.org/marketing/marketing-general/how-to-generate-leads-and-grow-your-business.html

Why Marketing Begins After The Sale

By Joe Love

All business begins and ends with the customer. The company with the most customers wins, which is why successful companies know that the real marketing begins after the initial sale has been made. They know doing everything possible to retain the trust and the business of current customers is the essence of marketing.

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http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=684278&confid=1022

Seven Marketing Principles

© 2004 Joel Sussman, president Optimal Marketing Communications

"Focus on These Seven Marketing Principles to Attract More Business and Close More Sales"

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Find The Goldmine Within Your Business

by Joy Gendusa

Doing a current customer breakdown can help you find the goldmine within your business by determining who you should be targeting in your marketing efforts in the future. There is a goldmine right there and you may or may not see it . . . it's your customer base!

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http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=531845&confid=1022

9 Tools for Building Customer Loyalty

By Sean M. Lyden

Follow-up is extremely important to growing your homebased business. Like anything worthwhile, consistent follow-up requires a lot of effort, but over time you'll reap the benefits of a steady stream of repeat business and referrals. After all, it takes far less time and money to sell to an existing customer than a cold prospect.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/sales/customerservice/article54792.html

10 Heavy Duty Online Sales Grabbers

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1. Give your prospects extra incentives so they will
order quicker. It could be free shipping, a faster
shipping option, free gift wrapping, etc.

2. Make your small business look big on the world
wide web. Design your web site using professional
graphics, ordering systems, organized layouts, etc.

3. Attract a lot more customers by giving them clear
ordering instructions. Give them all the information
they need so they can complete their order easily.

4. Give your customers buying incentives so they'll
make repeat purchases. Offer them discounts, free
gifts, bonus points, etc.

5. Tell people about your site whenever you get a
chance. Those people will tell other people and so
on. It's a cheap way to multiply your advertising.

6. Write and send press releases for your web site.
Use a strong headlines, make it newsworthy, and
tell the journalist why their readers would like it.

7. Use a lot of headlines on your web site and ezine.
Some types of headlines are free offers, questions,
problem solvers, sales, and statistics.

8. Design graphics, templates, buttons and banner
ads for other sites. Allow people to use them in
exchange for your web link on their home page.

9. Use time saving promotional software. You can
automate your search engine submissions, posting
to online classified sites, etc.

10. Advertise your online business by dressing in
clothes that are imprinted with your ad. It could be
a T-shirt, ball cap, coat, etc.

10 Tips For Communicating With A Difficult Client

posted by Shay Howe

As a web designer you are bound and determined to at one point and time come across a troublesome client. There are know-it-all clients, the low-tech clients, the day-late clients, and many more. No matter what their nature may be they exist and seem to come by all too often. Learning how to communicate with these clients can immensely change the outcome of your day-to-day productivity as well as your overall success.

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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

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

"111 Ridiculously Obvious Thoughts on Selling"

by Tom Peters

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http://www.salespractice.com/forums/t-4009.html

Online Retail: Getting the Right Product in Front of Your Customers

By Vijay Chittoor

Our focus will be around looking at technologies that help consumers find the right product easily as well as help retailers put the right merchandise in front of customers. While most of these technologies trends apply to a wide spectrum of applications, their impact on online commerce deserves a special mention. Many of these technologies have been around for a while, but it's only now that they are gaining wide adoption.

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http://technology.inc.com/internet/articles/201002/chittoor.html?partner=newsletter_Sales

6 Tips to More Sales in Times of Economic Distress

by Patrick Valtin

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http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Internet-Marketing/6-Tips-to-More-Sales-in-Times-of-Economic-Distress.html

Sales Tips From the World's Toughest Customers

By Kasey Wehrum
Apr 5, 2010

Entrepreneurs are beating down the doors to sell stuff to Corporate America. We asked corporate titans--Coca-Cola, UPS, Dell, Intuit--how you can move to the front of the line. Here's a hint: You may have more leverage than you think.

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http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100401/sales-tips-from-the-worlds-toughest-customers.html?partner=newsletter_Success

Sales Training Free Forum

SalesPractice.com is the definitive source for sales education on the Internet with the mission of making quality sales education and sales training resources freely accessible to everyone interested or engaged in the profession of sales.

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Entreprenuer Journal - Become a Sales Pro

by Tom Tulli

....Sales is critical for any successful business owner. In fact, it is more than just about nabbing customers. It's also about hiring, forming partnerships, and even courting the media.

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http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/10/11/entrepreneurs-journal-becoming-a-sales-pro