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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Using Facebook to Find New Marketing Methods

Facebook is one of the most popular websites on the internet. Around the world there are no more than 500 million active users of the site. Connecting with friends and engaging with others are things that an active user does constantly. Every business will find that they have an audience that can only be described as massive. Businesses have never before been able to market in the many ways that Facebook allows for. You will be badly missing out if your business isn't taking advantage of these opportunities.

There are however many difficulties that marketing on Facebook has proven to present to businesses. In what ways do most businesses market on Facebook? There aren't solid answers to this question or to many others. Relatively young sites like Facebook don't have blue prints yet for businesses to market on them. This is actually quite a good thing even though many may see it in another light.

The fact that there is no set way to use Facebook to market allows a business to experiment. Once they find an effective way to promote they won’t be competing with thousands of other businesses promoting in the same way. Instead they will be able to use a method they developed on their own to make sure their business is successful. They will enjoy great results as long as they stay the course and target their best audience.

Don’t let new opportunities pass your business by. Although many older methods are considered tried and true, many of them have run their course. They aren't the best option just because most people use them for their business. Any marketer will tell you that if you can develop a method of marketing that isn't being used anywhere else you will be successful. Using Facebook to market isn’t brand new, but it hasn’t been around long enough to be exploited. Gather new clients in new ways so your business can stay ahead of the curve the rest are on!


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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Things You Need To Be Aware Of For Making Money Online

The concept of making money online is something that appeals to lots and lots of people, as it is typically believed that working from home would be a perfect way to make a living; after all - the thinking goes - working from home would enable you to make practically uncapped income while setting your own schedule, wearing whatever you want, and leading a much more relaxing life. While all these things can be true, however, it is also true that it can be difficult to make money online - unless you know the right things that you will need to keep in mind.

The first thing you need to realize about making money online is that traffic on your website will be the biggest key. When you have a lot of traffic coming your way, your opportunities for making money online will be huge - but when you are unable to get traffic to come your way, you will have a hard time indeed with your quest to make money online.

The next thing you need to understand is that the biggest key to bringing traffic to your site will be understanding search engine optimization; when you are able to appeal to search engines, you will be able to achieve the high ranking you desire - and this high ranking will translate to high traffic numbers.

And finally, you need to start realizing that there are things you can do beyond search engine optimization in order to get people to your site. For instance, you can spend time on blogs and forums that are frequented by people who will like your site, or you can become active on social media, or you can write off-site articles - and these ideas are just the tip of the iceberg!

Once you understand the importance of traffic, and then start figuring out what you can do to get traffic to your site, you will finally find yourself in a position where you can make serious money online - and can start living that enviable life you have dreamed of!


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Tips For Dealing With A Customer Who Has Not Paid You On eBay

With eBay, you can make some extra money on the side of your job, or you can get rid of stuff you no longer want. But while eBay is a great place to sell your items, it can quickly become not-so-great if someone is not paying you for the item you "sold." After all, on eBay, you do not get paid first and then give the customer the item - the way you would in a regular store - but instead, you have to wait for the person to pay you after they win the bid, and sometimes they can leave you waiting for a while!

If you are dealing with a customer who has won a bid but has not yet paid you, the first thing you should know is that they have four days to pay. At least four full days must pass after the end of the auction, and although this can seem like ages when you are waiting for a payment, eBay will not take your complaint seriously until this point. At the same time, however, eBay usually takes these matters very seriously if the four full days have passed without the payment.

The first thing you need to do is contact the buyer directly and see if you can work things out with them if they have not paid you. If you contact them and find them to be uncooperative or, worse, unresponsive, you will need to take the next step, which is filing a complaint with eBay's Resolution Center.

The buyer will again have four days to pay after you file a complaint with the Resolution Center (and will also, of course, be notified of the complaint). During this time, they are allowed to contact you and ask for an extension or try to make other arrangements, but you do not have to agree. If they do not pay you within four days, and you have not agreed to any other arrangements, it will go down as an unpaid item.

This unpaid item will be listed permanently on the buyer's account, and you are then able to list your item again, or you can give a Second Chance Offer to one of the bidders who lost on the item. And keep in mind: you can look at people's accounts when they are bidding, and if you run into a bidder with an "unpaid item" on their account, you can block them to keep this from happening to you!


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