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Man on computer Your social media platforms need regular posts of relevant, engaging information to showcase your business to the your customers, potential clients, influencers, and other readers. But how often should you post on social networks to achieve powerful results? The answer is -- it varies by platform. Find out how often to post on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest here : Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Related: Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know Social Media Marketing by the Numbers for 2019 About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her articles for their online platforms. Since then she has worked with numerous clients to promote everything from music to video games, from skincare to traditional brick and mortar businesses. She is the author of “How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget.”   C onnect with Dar...

When tackling social media, it is important to know what to post and what not to post. In my last article , I mentioned that no one on social networks wants to read "buy my product." By the same token, they don't want to read "retweet this," "share this," or "forward this to all your friends." Posts like this will be deleted and maybe even flagged as annoying spam. So how does a social media marketer craft posts that will get read and, perhaps, forwarded? Read the full article at Social Media: Top 5 Things Your Audience Wants to Know. If you need help developing a strong social media platform and effectively engaging your audience, I can help. Related: Social Media by the Numbers for 2019 Social Media: The Power of Posting Frequently Why You Should Promote Your Social Media Networks  About Kathryn Darden:   Darden was trained by Yahoo and Examiner on effective ways to utilize social media and SEO to promote her artic...

Joseph the Carpenter by  Georges de La Tour   It's amazing how many people are willing to BUY things that are sold, but somehow "selling" and "direct selling" are dirty words! Guess who has been involved in Direct Sales? Almost everyone in the "good ol' days" before things like national retail chains, malls and the internet. This includes many people in Biblical times, like Jesus. Direct Selling in Days Gone By Yes, back in those long-ago days we look on with such nostalgia, farmers sold their eggs and produc e  directly to the consumer. Dairies delivered milk directly to their customer's doors. Cobblers measured and sold their shoes, seamstresses and tailors measured/made/and sold clothes -- you guessed it -- directly to consumers.  Methods of Direct Selling Olden-days entrepreneurs sold their wares from carts, from tents, from boats, from the backs of donkeys, at makeshift markets, and from their cabins and houses or in t...

Pyramid Schemes: How to Identify & Avoid Them There really is something called a pyramid scheme, and I will get into that in a minute. First I want to clarify that the term "pyramid scheme" has been misapplied by many as a term to describe all multi-level marketing businesses (as well as big government and capitalism -- see t-shirts below), and the purpose of this lens is to clear up some of the confusion the term "pyramid scheme" brings. More at: Pyramid Schemes: How to Identify & Avoid Them -- Squidoo Also See: Direct Selling Tips

Direct Selling Tips More and more people are turning to various forms of entrepreneurship as the economy has caused traditional 9 - 5 jobs to not only become less available, but less dependable. Franchises, self employment, and direct marketing jobs have been gaining in popularity in recent years. More at: http://www.squidoo.com/direct-selling-tips