Earth Day Green Tips For Your Business!

Earth Day Green Tips For Your Business!

by | Apr 17, 2015 | eCommerce News, Social Media Tips

Earth Day is April 22, 2015 and here are green tips for your business to use in social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram, Pinterest and your blog!

For many businesses every day is earth day in that they daily implement environmentally friendly practices. Earth Day is a great time to post on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram, Pinterest and your company blog your care for the planet  to let your consumers how you are working to help and protect our earth.

Earth Day is a great time to showcase your earth friendly business practices!

Post pictures on social media of your lunch area and the recycling bins. Show your water cooler area and your employees using their own cups and mugs to stay hydrated rather than consuming paper cups.

If your business does online retail, posting pictures on social media of your packing supplies and the recycled content can be worthwhile to showcase!

If you are a small business and repurpose and recycle packing materials obtained from free cycle and local businesses, earth day is a great time to post this on your Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest and Instagram accounts.

Let your consumers know when they shop with you not only do they get a great product they are also saving trees in that you re-use packing supplies!

Showcase  your recycling and re use of packing materials saves trees!

Use Earth Day to showcase your green practices with your consumers and community. Let the world know through social media how your business cares and uses green policies in the work place!

Post pictures  of your earth friendly and green practices on social media and encourage your customers to interact and share pictures of their own on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and your blog! People love to share how they too care for the earth and our environment.

For a green, planet friendly business like yours every day is Earth Day!

Tips For Attending Networking Events Near And Far!

by | Apr 7, 2015 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips

Attending networking  events is great for entrepreneurs and eCommerce sellers.

When considering events that you’ll travel to, you’ll want to keep in mind any time changes involved and think of arriving a day early and or leaving a day late so that you’re fresh and alert for the seminar.

When considering events that you’ll travel to, you’ll want to keep in mind any time changes involved

Depending on the budget you have, you might consider finding out if there are free shuttles and/or shuttle services to and from the hotel of the event so that you don’t need to rent a car or pay for a solo cab ride.

Once you’re at your meeting make sure you bring a sweater or light jacket and wear comfortable shoes as often there is a lot of walking to and from seminar rooms and temperature changes in the meeting rooms.

Having a jacket and or sweater with you and comfortable shoes is helpful.

Whether the conference networking event you’re attending is local or a distance away you’ll want to grab a list of the event speakers. Then google them! Yup google them.

Read their blogs, listen to their youtubes and or read a book they’ve published. What is their area of expertise? Think about questions you’d like to ask the speaker if you’re able.

Whether the conference networking event you’re attending is local or a distance away you’ll want to grab a list of speakers.
Think about questions you’d like to ask the speaker.

Lastly be sure an bring lots of business cards to hand out. I also find the smartphone app camcard very usual to scan business cards into my smartphone.
Link to free Business Card Scan App camcard

So with some preparation you’ll save money, have an idea of the content of the seminar and what questions you want to ask and be prepared to network for your business and have fun and be comfortable doing it!

 

 

 

Take a Break ! Yes You Busy Entrepreneur You!

by | Apr 2, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay, Social Media Tips

Do you take a break busy entrepreneur? Yes you?! And no walking to the kitchen or your local Starbucks is not what I’m thinking about.

A quick walk to your kitchen or local Starbucks is not an appropriate break from work!

Meet a friend or relative who has nothing to do with your business for lunch, or coffee counts as a refreshing and restorative break.

Going for a nice long walk counts, preferably in pleasant surroundings that have nothing to do with your line of work.

Taking a few hours to soak in a museum, watch your child play a sport, play with a child and or go to a movie (preferably something silly) counts.

Too often an entrepreneurs and business people we work from dawn til dusk, constantly dealing with one aspect of our business or another eating at our desks and or on the run.

Go ahead, and walk away for a few hours, or at the very least 30 minutes.

Too often an entrepreneurs and business people go from dawn til dusk constantly dealing with one aspect of our business or another.

When you come back, you’ll find you’re refreshed and so much more productive. I find I accomplish so much more after enjoying a break.

This week I had a nice 45 minute lunch with my grown son. I listened to the many events in his life. It was wonderful. When I returned my desk I accomplished so much more and I had a smile on my face all day and the added benefit of a loving text from him later in the day telling me what a great Mom I am.

So you, yes you… it’s time to take a break
And then… yes you can get back to that work you enjoy!

A meal with someone you love is a wonderful break from a long entrepreneurial work day!

 

The Power Of Inspiration In Business!

by | Mar 25, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Social Media Tips

One of the most powerful tools in business is inspiration!

Yes, you heard me right, inspiration!

Did you know we all need to be inspired?

You need it,  and  did you know that your customers need to be inspired? They do.

Also if you didn’t know it, inspiration to work and engage needs to be genuine.

Artifice can be smelled at a thousand paces.

What inspires you? Is it a beautiful painting, an uplifting quote, glorious music? Share what you love with your customers and followers. Encourage them to share back with you.

What do Richard Branson and Mark Cuban both do? 

They freely share their passion and what inspires them!

Take a look at their followers on social media and how much engagement they get! It’s not just because they are celebrity entrepreneurs and multi millionaires.

It’s because they inspire.

Actually one of the reasons they are uber wealthy and very successful entrepreneurial businessmen is because they know how to inspire!

Step out..go ahead and inspire! It’s a wonderful and effective business tool. And who knows, it might bring a big smile to your face and others and that’s a good thing.

 

Google Plus Tips For Business On eBay, etsy and more!

by | Mar 5, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Social Media Tips

Google search gives preference to it’s own products in Google search.

I’m not making that statement, rather Gary Vaynerchuk is in his widely successful book on social media Jab, Jab, Jab Right Hook.

So, as an ebay seller looking always to increase my sales and how well my items show on Google search, what do I do with this information?

Google owns YouTube and Google owns Google Plus.
As an ebay or etsy or eCommerce seller I ask you, are you on Google Plus?

What information is in your Google Plus profile?
Did you know in the about section of your Google Plus profile in addition to your social media information of your business twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram accounts etc, that you can also add custom links?

Did you know in that custom link area you can add ebay collections, ebay promotions, ebay guides, etsy treasuries and blog posts to name a few ideas that come to my mind?!
Here’s how to do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPYyByISZkM
Once added to your Google Plus profile the information in those custom links is now fed to Google search.

I’m going to repeat that. Any and all information your put in your custom links in your Google Plus profile is fed to Google Search!

Wow! I mean Wow!

Here’s an appearance I did on the nationally syndicated ebay radio show  recently discussing this with Lee Mirabel and Jim “the Griff” Griffith.
ebay radio show Kathy Terrill did explaining Google Plus Search Secrets For Sellers!

Now what are you waiting for?
Get over to your Google Plus profile and get to work!

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