Automate your eBay CD and DVD Listings
August 20, 2008
Automate Your eBay Digital Product Sales
I was going to hold off talking about this product until later but it’s something I’m so excited about I can hardly hold back.
When eBay did away with the digital download of information products it nearly killed off thousands of eBay sellers. They now had to find other products to sell or turn their digital products into a physical products. Granted, selling a physically product can generate more income, it has more overhead in terms of the physical product and your time to manufacture and ship it.
LOOK NO FURTHER! Auction Acrobat makes your life so much easier it is amazing. This little software package will walk you through step by step. You simply create your digital product as it would appear on CD/DVD and use Auction Acrobat to do the rest. It will completely automate your information product business!
I can’t say enough about these ingenious idea. Not too mention that this amazing product is priced SUPER CHEAP, but not for long. It was just released and I know the price will be going up and may even be taken off the market.
Here’s a link to the Auction Acrobat website, I strongly suggest not missing the boat on this one.
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Twitter Talks
July 28, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter lately. Actually, it seems all social networking sites are gaining more popularity as the use of MySpace and Facebook are becoming more mainstream and not just for the kids anymore…but I’ve seen Twitter use increase.
I believe Twitter is quickly becoming a combination of Instant Messaging, Forums and Public Chat Rooms. When it was first started it was more of a “What are you doing now?” tool similar to Facebook’s status update.
I’m now seeing business saavy people using Twitter to market products, bring awareness to websites, open up discussions, break news etc. I believe it was Joel Comm that coined the term “TNN” or Twitter News Network and it is very true. I find some great information just by reading the Tweets in my dashboard each morning.
So whats next for Twitter? Good question. Joel Comm has posted some comments on his blog about how others would monetize Twitter if they owned it. I personally would add a TwitterSearch function that would allow for users to search all public Tweets. The search results could display context related ads.
Another idea would be to create a TwitterPro version for a low monthly fee. That would allow your Twitter Syndication to allow a signature and some other marketing type features.
Follow me on Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/jeffczyz
Twitter use and a new ebay blog found
July 18, 2008
I’m trying to become more diligent about using Twitter in a positive way. So many people use it to complain, or as a personal diary. While I think that’s great, I feel that if you’re going to Tweet, you should at least provide some value to those following you.
For instance, a while ago I began following a local person from Richmond, Va. We initially exchanged some Tweets and then I began getting updates every 5 minutes about what songs this person was listening to, what they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner etc. It was a bit much.. and quite useless.
While I do provide some updates to what I’m doing on a daily basis, I also try to open up some dialog to those following as well as provide some good info back to those people.
Some of the best Tweeters I’ve seen so far are Guy Kawasaki and Joel Comm. Both provide some personal information for their followers and provide some valuable information.
Another Great eBay Blog
Slowly I have had some new followers on Twitter which is really cool. I don’t think I lead that exciting of a life, but it’s a great way to exchange information and learn from others. Yesterday I was able to find a great new eBay blog from Twitter. eBayInkBlog , aka Richard, began following my Tweets and as I result, I found his blog, http://ebayinkblog.com/ . Not only is this a great looking blog, but Richard is an eBay employee and provides some great behind the curtain information. I strongly suggest checking it out when you have time.
eBay Announcements - Big News
July 15, 2008
eBay Neutral Feedback
I guess that everyone yelling about feedback issues at eBay Live finally hit home. Lorrie Norrington announced that in late August neutral feedback ratings will no longer count against sellers. Additionally, in October, there will be a new method in which buyers and sellers can resolve their negative feedback issues together and have negative feedback scores reviewed.
eBay Link Policy
One of the other huge issues that people were complaining about was the new links policy. This policy stated that eBay members could no longer link to external websites from their auctions and ME pages. In the past, ME pages were one of the best ways to attract customers to your off eBay sites for more information and details. eBay has decided to not enforce the links policy in July and has instead decided to revise the policy.
The new policy will allow some offsite links which is good news for everyone who knows how to take advantage of the ME page. Further, eBay will allow 4 weeks for everyone to become compliant after the new policy is announced.
eBay Search Experience
Jeff King also announced that eBay will begin to direct more users to the new eBay search interface. The new search experience does have some nice features and I personally don’t mind the change. It does take some getting used to. If you would like to check it out for yourself, the link is http://playground.ebay.com/
Until next time…
Jeff
