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A Story of Seductive Social Media Success and Neglected Email Strategy ๐Ÿš๏ธ

Published: December 6, 2023; Updated: January 22, 2024 Filed Under: Marketing, Operations, Sales, Social, WordPress

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As much as you love social channels, be smart by strategically optimising business operations, sales processes and leads with website email forms.

In the Pandemic, QR Codes are Finally Proving Worthy in the West 😷

Published: August 27, 2020; Updated: September 12, 2023 Filed Under: Design, Marketing, Operations, Web Development

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In western society QR codes have been mostly regarded as an ugly marketing gimmick, but they’re now proving valuable as a logistical solution to the virus problem.

Nuisance Calls, Emails and Empty Promises: The Bungling Incompetence of Yell.com ๐Ÿ™‰

Published: December 12, 2017; Updated: September 25, 2024 Filed Under: Legal, Marketing, Sales

Nuisance Calls, Emails and Empty Promises The Bungling Incompetence of Yell

I’ve honestly had it with Yell, or hibu, or whatever their trading name is. This outfit doesn’t understand the meaning of the words “please stop calling me”. Their services are rubbish too.

โ€œYoutilityโ€ by Jay Baer (Book Review) 📘

Published: December 13, 2016; Updated: September 19, 2023 Filed Under: Books

Youtility by Jay Baer

Thanks to pixels and psychological tact, the classic advertising model has been superseded by marketing based on being useful and helping people, says Jay Baer in his book Youtility…

“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie (Book Review) ๐Ÿ“˜

Published: March 8, 2016; Updated: March 3, 2024 Filed Under: Books

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

The greatest book ever written on human relations deserves the attention of anyone running a business. Persuasion and influence is priceless yet the book is inexpensive…

Simple DIY Excel Customer Management Database ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ

Published: September 30, 2014; Updated: March 5, 2024 Filed Under: Design, Legal, Marketing, Operations

Excel Customer Database

Small Businesses are advised to keep sales/enquiry records in a spreadsheet as part of their customer management activities…

Increase eBay Feedback and Search Engine Ranking

Published: March 9, 2013; Updated: February 27, 2015 Filed Under: Internet, Sales

Increase Your eBay Feedback and Search Engine Ranking

Here’s a technique many eBay sellers use to quickly increase feedback. The positive reciprocation between sellers/buyers helps them stand out in product listings…

Increase eBay Clicks With YouTube Videos

Published: October 6, 2012; Updated: May 3, 2016 Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Sales

Increase eBay Sales with Embedded YouTube Videos

If you’re selling an item on eBay, think about filming a video of the item with and uploading it to YouTube. Most mobile phones have a camera so it’s achievable…

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