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Why Social Media and Not Email for Small Businesses?

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Some interesting research suggests small businesses prefer social media over email marketing. In marketing and sales research conducted by Ripl (mobile application software provider), revealed the following: 55% for Facebook. Email marketing as a marketing channel came in third to social media posts and blogs (websites).

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Plagiarism Goes Beyond Intellectual Dishonesty

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In today’s social selling world where content marketing has become a viable sales leads generating channel, being a plagiarist just does not make good business sense. Software programs can find duplicate content with the stroke of a few keys. Software programs can find duplicate content with the stroke of a few keys.

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Stupid Sales Actions – Hi, Pitch & Call Me

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And what is worse in many cases, small business owners to sales professionals have paid to learn these ineffective sales actions from marketing to selling that tick off more people than they convince. This past week I received over 50 emails from different realtors wanting me to purchase some real estate listing software.

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What’s Wrong with Doubling Your Sales Activities?

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For example, if your small business doubles the number of marketing messages you send, possibly you are doubling the number of people turned off or pissed off by those marketing messages. Sales 7 Tips to Real Estate Agents Success increase sales marketing messages sales activities sales professional small business'

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The Biggest Small Business Dilemma

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Many software producers offer a free trial period. By reading much of the marketing copy, one might be led to believe these apps will fix everything that ails a small business. Free involves the cost of the app only and does not include the time and learning curve costs that the small business owner must bear. Quick Fix Mentality.

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How to Increase Sales Myth Work Smarter Not Harder

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Attend many of the sales training coaching seminars to workshops or even some some of the sales management software tools (customer relationship management CRM) and eventually you will hear all about you, as the individual contributor, need to “work smarter not harder” if you want to increase sales. Action is needed.

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Handling the Peaks and Valleys in Meeting Sales Quotas

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Another strategy to handle the peaks and valleys in meeting sales quotas is continue with the marketing. Most mid-size to small businesses do not have separate marketing departments. Their sales team are the ones responsible for marketing, attracting attention.

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