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12 unexpected e-commerce tools you can use to drive business
Originally published on millennialmoderator.com There weren't many e-commerce platforms around in the mid-90s. Concerns about security, cost, and coordination kept many businesses from making the move online. The few who actually took risk, made the most of SEO tricks and community tips to quickly create profitable business models, some of which have since turned into empires. E-commerce market shares grows rapidly every year, with online purchases being a central focus of global commerce. not to mention the appeal of remote work. Easy access to granular customer insights and higher levels of competition have pushed businesses to look for e-commerce tools that can give them an edge.
By Millennial Moderator6 years ago in Journal
What Are Customer Leads?: A Beginner's Guide
When it comes to marketing and learning the ropes of promoting your business, you've likely come across lots of new terms. What do these new terms mean and how are they important to your marketing strategy? One term that has probably come up is customer leads. A customer lead is a potential client. It could be a person or a business. As you begin to market your products and/or services, your goal is to bring in customer leads so that they eventually make a purchase or subscribe to your services.
By Kevin6 years ago in Journal
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Being a Better Author
Many may want to be a good writer, but may not know how to go about improving their writing skills. That doesn't mean, though, that becoming a better writer is necessarily complicated. There can be many ways to help improve your writing skills, and with patience, effort, and a few tips, you can often see the results you want.
By Kari Oakley6 years ago in Journal
MARKETING LIKE A SPY AGENT
How to Research For A Successful Marketing Campaign Did you know that when Dove launched its new #SpeakBeautiful campaign it used social media market research to guide its strategy? As part of The Dove Global Beauty and Confidence Report, Dove analyzed over 5 million social media mentions on Twitter. They found that approximately 80% of female users had experienced negative body-shaming comments. What they used this information for is to create the most effective online marketing campaigns of the 21st century!
By Phong Nguyen6 years ago in Journal
Steps to find the right job for you.
A job search can be a little like dating. It can be easy to go online to find an initial match, but what comes after that is the most important thing. Will the first date (or interview) become a long-term relationship? Or will it be a bust?
By Lena Jhonson6 years ago in Journal
Ten Tips for Writing Compelling Characters
So you want to write a book, comic or screenplay and all your characters are caricatures of two-dimensional tropes so done to death they’re contributing to global warming. What can you do to freshen things up a bit? Well, here are my ten tips for making your character more compelling.
By Floran Bailey6 years ago in Journal
Creating a Professional Resume for English as a Second Language Learners
What is a resume? To sum it up, it is the backbone of your professional background and experience summed up in a one or two-page document which you will be showcasing to potential employers and/or co-workers. It is not the sum total of who you are as a person but rather who you are as a worker and what professional skills you have to offer and to whom your skills would be useful for. In order to get a better job, to get a better salary, or to get that promotion to take the next step in your career, a good resume could make the difference between a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ answer when it comes to you getting that employment opportunity.
By Ben W6 years ago in Journal
How To Work from Home Like a Boss
I've worked from home full time for about four years now. While many people I know say they couldn’t handle the isolation, for me it’s the only way to work. I’ll never go back to an office building—I’ve gone feral.
By Jess Filippi6 years ago in Journal
Short Form Writing
Each writing output always follows the five key elements for a good story: character, setting, conflict, plot and theme. Also, each medium always consists of the dramatic structure, whereby a character wants something, meets an obstacle stopping them from getting what they want, then they achieve their goal or fail. There will always be a strong character arc explored within the story, but the ways in which this is portrayed, varies from each creative output.
By Rebecca Smith6 years ago in Journal
How To Become An Authority On Forums & Online Groups
Okay today lets talk about posting in forums and online groups because there have been many people who have trouble with certain things and I want to help the process of gaining credibility, authority and ultimately get business for you. So lets’ begin!
By Adam Watt6 years ago in Journal
Why sell yourself when others could do it for you?
Wondering why everyone talks about Instagram marketing lately? Consider this: Instagram's organic marketing reach is up 115%. Let's face it, beating large brands with high budgets for a spot on Google to raise your brand awareness is pretty unlikely. Social media is your most powerful ally for generating brand awareness. Why? Because, as Seth Godin once noted,
By Phong Nguyen6 years ago in Journal
COPYWRITING HEROES
Wouldn't it be great if we had Super writing powers that would trigger our readers to take action every time? Like a Superhero saving the day. But alas, we must come back to earth. But what if? What if we could have the ability to spin a word that would inspire or influence our readers to take action? Wouldn't that be great?
By Phong Nguyen6 years ago in Journal