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Category: Social Media & Marketing

  • How Editorial Calendars Will Help With Your Social Media

    Entrepreneurs looking to build a strong social media and blogging presence can take a page out of their book and build an editorial calendar as well. The time spent putting together an editorial calendar will make your blogging and social media duties easier during the year because you won’t be stressing about the “what am…

  • Five Ways To Amp Up Your Facebook Presence

    There are close to 800,000,000 individuals and businesses on Facebook. Are you? Does your business have a Facebook presence and are you making the best use of your presence on there? If, for some reason you haven’t jumped into the Facebook fray, you’re missing out because chances are your competition is making their business presence…

  • Use your customers as your ‘brand ambassadors’

    To make money in your business you need to convert leads and bring in sales. That’s the bottom line, right? Well, how do you get those leads and convert them into sales? Branding is one of the best ways. You should tap into current satisfied clients to help spread the word about your brand. Developing…

  • What is Social Media ROI and How Do You Measure It?

    How do you measure your return on investment (ROI) with your social media efforts? It’s not as simple as analyzing the Facebook weekly reports, the number of  Twitter followers your company has or the number of connections you’ve made on LinkedIn. ROI means many things to many entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to determine…

  • What is Twitter Doing For Your Business?

    Chances are you’re signed up for Twitter and you use it occasionally but you wonder if it’s truly doing anything to help you and your business. Is there just too much noise on Twitter to make a difference? Are the masses really reading your tweets? For the longest time I really didn’t get the point of Twitter. I…

  • Propel your business influence: Write a book

    What’s the quickest way to set yourself apart from the competition? How can you easily propel your status from simply business owner to expert? Write a book. If you notice business owners who operate a business similar to yours surpassing you in speaking engagements and sheer number of clients, it could be because they’ve written…

  • Tradesource Member Profile: K9katelynn

    K9katelynn has been training dogs of all shapes and sizes for the past six years. The method of training involves positive reinforcement which sets them apart from others. This also offers a more positive experience for the pet and its owner. The use of the positive reinforcement dog training method is gaining in popularity even…

  • Five start up tips for Arizona entrepreneurs

    When you’re starting a business there is no blueprint that will guarantee success. There are some common mistakes that entrepreneurs make that can almost guarantee failure, though. Here, though are the top five things to keep in mind when you’re starting out to help propel your business toward success.  1.    Cast your net wide: You…

  • Bartering your way to more business

    Barter, ie trading, your goods and services for other goods and services is a tradition started in the early years when farmers traded chickens to doctors for medical attention. Today, you can use trade to get what you need in exchange for a service or product you have to offer. Trade can involve services ranging…

  • How to avoid these business start-up traps

    When you’re starting your new business venture it’s easy to trip up if you haven’t fully thought through your idea and planned for success. It is true that if you “fail to plan” you “plan to fail.” Through Tradesource, we offer members several avenues that can propel their business toward financial success. Here are our…