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DON'T LET THE WOOL GET PULLED OVER YOUR EYES...

If there are two key lessons I've learned through the myriad of mistakes I've made starting my e-commerce business, DecoratorTagSale.com almost five years ago; due diligence & education are paramount. As a small business owner you MUST be educated in every facet of your business otherwise it's very easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes.  How can you hold your employees & contractors accountable if you don't know what is required to successfully complete the job they've been hired to do?  

When I embarked on building a brand new website for my interior design business; Sandra Oster Interiors last year, I knew what I had to do and who I had to hire to get the job done right.  I learned very valuable lessons; albeit expensive from my last experience, but this time I was armed with an arsenal of knowledge and the right experts to successfully launch my new site.

I was incredibly lucky to find SEO Guru Clinton Warren founder of IlluminateWP. I sat with Clint for 3 hours one evening learning the ins and outs of optimizing my site with his expert SEO tactics. It was like a giant weight had been lifted and an enormous light bulb went on; the mysterious SEO code was cracked. I can't even begin to tell you how much money I've wasted on so called "experts".  Clint IS truly a master of his craft & an incredible educator.  If you are a business owner, I cannot encourage you enough to attend his all day SEO Training Class this Saturday, Feb. 8th in Stamford, CT — Don't let the wool get pulled over your eyes!  This is one of the best business investments you will make all year.  

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