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How to Use Social Media To Drive Sales

ConversionXL

Wrong metric. The problem is with the metrics used – direct sales are a very bad metric to use for social. You can’t just go and blast your PR all over the place, no one will listen to you, and if no one listens then no one buys. Both found direct conversions to be under 5%. And that’s not good.

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Twitter Link Roundup #284 – Late Summer Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

But back now to reality, and I some small measure of redemption, because it’s time for the set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account )! 16 Startup Metrics – buff.ly/1Nwxfp5. Things the Smartest People Never Do crowdspring.co/1WdhUMQ.