How to Make Your First Ecommerce Sale (Infographic) From concept to launch, here's an easy, step-by-step guide.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

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Successfully selling products online isn't a set-it-and-forget-it sprint. It's more like a marathon.

Setting up a competitive, lasting ecommerce business is typically a lengthy, multi-step process. Plenty of patience, planning and training are required. To see your hard work pay off (literally), you'll need to master marketing your products online and off.

Related: Twitter Unveils New Ecommerce Feature

To give you a leg up on everything from winning SEO strategies to Pinterest pinning your products like a pro, the helpful Shopify infographic below offers a step-by-step guide to launching your first online sales business. Good luck!

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How to Make Your First Ecommerce Sale (Infographic)

Related: 4 Ecommerce Basics to Put the Jingle Into Your Holiday Sales

Kim Lachance Shandrow

Former West Coast Editor

Kim Lachance Shandrow is the former West Coast editor at BIZ Experiences.com. Previously, she was a commerce columnist at Los Angeles CityBeat, a news producer at MSNBC and KNBC in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. She has also written for Government Technology magazine, LA Yoga magazine, the Lowell Sun newspaper, HealthCentral.com, PsychCentral.com and the former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Coop. Follow her on Twitter at @Lashandrow. You can also follow her on Facebook here

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