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What social media platform is right for your ecommerce business?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Social Media is everywhere, almost everyone has used it and millions log-in daily. As an online business you can use social media to interact with customers and prospective customers, ultimately increasing traffic and sales to your website. Social media is a must for most online businesses. It is a way to communicate and build trust […]

Are you ready for Christmas?

Christmas Shopping

Reading Time: 3 minutes The sight of the bustling high street, full of people decked in hats, scarves and winter coats was once the quintessentially British image of Christmas Shopping. The way we shop has changed, and the opportunities of Christmas are increasingly online. Online sales over Christmas have grown and grown over the last few years and continue […]

Sell like it’s Christmas, all year round

online christmas shopping

Reading Time: 5 minutes The good folks over at PayPal have put together a fantastic guide for helping you to sell like it’s Christmas, all year round. According to the report, more than 21% of UK retail sales occur in November and December. This isn’t surprising when you consider that the uplift in sales for Black Friday alone is […]

Buying social media followers? Think again…

Buying fake followers?

Reading Time: 4 minutes The other day, I noticed a page on Facebook for a fairly small and quite niche business that had a lot of followers, like…. A lot. For me, it rang some alarm bells, so I took a closer look. Most of their posts had very little engagement, but 1 or 2 random posts had literally […]

Can you really trust reviews?

Can you really trust reviews?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Question: What do a Mojito, an iPhone Screen Protector and an Italian Carpaccio have in common? Answer: They will all increase your feedback score on eBay. Wait…. What? Yeah. But I’ll get to that in a minute. Whether you’re booking a holiday, buying a new car, changing your fabric softener or just nipping into town […]

How to stand out from the crowd

wheres wally

Reading Time: 4 minutes Growing up, I used to absolutely love doing a ‘Where’s Wally?’. Okay, I still love doing a ‘Where’s Wally?’. For those that don’t know, the point of a ‘Where’s Wally?’ picture is to find Wally, the hero of the piece, stood somewhere in his red and white striped jumper. For Sellerdeck, our ethos is to […]

The social media trends to watch out for in 2017

Reading Time: 4 minutes The world of social media is fast. Stop to blink and you might just miss out on the latest ‘hot’ social app, trending news or the newest features being rolled out on your favourite social platform. Who could forget the tragic demise of Vine last year? On its release, the hype of creating a short […]

Our quick guide to viral content

Two boys

Reading Time: 4 minutes You won’t believe how much you’ll learn from this article! Okay, I promise to stop speaking in ‘viral’ now, but I thought it would be handy to write a bit about it, to give you all an understanding on how viral content is created. Firstly, What Exactly Is Viral Content? Quite simply, a piece of […]

Getting the most out of social media

Reading Time: 4 minutes Chances are you’ve probably heard of social network sites such as Facebook or Twitter. Chances are also that you’re on a social network yourself, especially if you consider that social networks are growing around the world at more than 1 million users per day and well over half a billion people already use Facebook. Adoption […]