tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11213429353273359492012-01-17T18:37:34.071-08:00The internet business marketing tips newsletter for the online entrepreneur.Coach Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017097433398281424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121342935327335949.post-62704120301616715562012-01-17T18:23:00.000-08:002012-01-17T18:28:58.314-08:00

A New Year is upon us and it's time for another issue of "here and NOW!"I've put together some great articles to help you continue with a successful business. Or maybe you've got a new idea to try out? There is lots here to give you ways to help market your site and drive customers to you.Not sure about Google AdWords, want to find out more about how to use Facebook for your business, or use your

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• Keep Your Website Ahead of the Curve in 2012• YouTube Account Monetization• AdWords: Local Online Advertising• Tumblr - New Business Microblogging platform• Channeladvisor Webinars• Big Changes to Facebook: What You Need to DoThe winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would

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By Lauren HockensonMashableThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.Sure, having a website for your business serves a practical need: to draw net-surfing users to your product or service. However, it's also much more than slapping on a run of the mill two-column

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Your YouTube account might be eligible to earn revenue from the playbacks of your videos.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifMaking money from your videos is easy. Here's how it works: First sign into your YouTube account. Then review and complete the steps outlined here: youtube.com/account monetization.If your account is enabled, we may place ads next to the videos you submit for monetization.

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Analytics tracks the traffic on your website. There's a new way to help you attract more visitors to your site. We just released a version of AdWords that makes advertising on Google super simple for businesses with a local storefront, office, or service -- it's called AdWords Express.Here's how it works: AdWords Express displays your ads next to search results on Google Search and Maps as users

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What It Does: Microblogging platformhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifFounder: David Karp, 23Web Site: www.tumblr.comBased: New YorkIn 2005, David Karp was running his software consulting business, developing new media for big media companies. He got the idea for Tumblr after becoming captivated by a new form of blogging known as "tumblelogging" that presented material of various formats (such

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ChannelAdvisor provides you with access to the top e-commerce channels worldwide. With a single inventory feed, you can access hundreds of online channels with ease.ChannelAdvisor is changing the rules of e-commerce. We know that behind every online transaction, there’s a real person searching for that perfect product. We make it easy for retailers worldwide to cut through the clutter and be

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by Susan KuchinskasFacebook is in the process of rolling out three new features that you should know about. Why should you care? Because, early last year, Facebook became the top website in the United States, surpassing Google, and it's remained the most visited site since then, according to Experian Hitwise.Facebook is where your customers are -- as well as your competitors. Putting up a page is

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A big hello to my readers out there!Summer is here and things are starting to heat up. Many of you, like me, have been working toward various educational goals and could use a breather.The economy has got many down in their financial situations. What better time to create a new business plan or do some updates and try something fresh?With so many easy to use tools coming online, you can start an

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• Google Chart API• One True Media• A FREE Traffic Method• Internet 2.0 is here• Facebook Page Success• Transactional Video"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment." -Stephen Covey

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The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts with a URL string. You can embed these charts on your web page, or download the image for local or offline use.code.google.com/apis/chartLook at some charts in the gallery.code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/galleryMake your own chart online using the chart wizard.code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/chart_wizard

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You can create customized sales pitches or product demos to market your product on your website or blog using video or still photo images with recorded audio.Share and post montages to YouTube and Facebook - it's easy! Mix photos and videos with effects.One True Media provides consumers with easy-to-use tools to mix and share their own video creations. Our mission is to empower you to express

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by Dave GuindonRecently, I uploaded a new video on how to get massive free traffic using free tools:www.cloneforsuccess.com/passivetrafficI also review Chris Freville's latest product, Passive Profit Portals, that claims to send you tons of traffic and make you money. Check out my video to see if I approvethis product or if it's just another scam!!www.cloneforsuccess.com/passivetraffic

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ReutersBy Jenny Harris and Jennifer RogersPerhaps the most distinguishing factor from the "It's different this time" litany is that today's web frenzy is global.In the three years that marked the height of the last boom, 1999 through 2001, the VC industry sank $96.4 billion into web start-ups, with more than 80 percent of that or nearly $78 billion in the United States alone, the Thomson Reuters

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from inShareOne question heard often from small business owners is, “How can I get more from my Facebook Page?” What we tell people is that it’s not just about creating a Facebook Page, which is the free public profile that enables you to share your products and services with your customers on an ongoing basis, but also maintaining it. Those who do a good job of maintaining their Page are able

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One idea is to use Transactional Video on your page. Video is 2X to 3X more engaging than static text or display; greater engagment means greater conversion and sales.It's easily done with vADz, the low-cost VideoCoupon and VideoAd application which enables SMBs to create, mix, enhance, store and serve Video messages and to add eCommerce.....and creates a shortened vADzLink to use in Direct

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It's already feeling like Winter is in the air with yellow leaves and colder nights.The Winter edition of the here and NOW newsletter brings updates with some of eBay's selling and feedback procedures. Did you know that you can edit your photos online? Adobe has an update to their online Photoshop tools and there's more info on the ever important keywords.Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season!

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• Sales Pitches Customers Can't Resist• Photoshop Express Online Photo Tool• eBay Fixes One of the Biggest Holes in DSR System• eBay Announces Sunset of Third-Party Checkout• Do You Trust Google's Keyword Tool?• Post FREE Local Ads• Keyword Match TypesYou are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence and success. The problem is, you just

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by Kelli B. GrantSmartMoney.comHere is an article I found that describes several different sales pitches that marketers use to entice customers to buy more. This article tells customers how to avoid these tactics, but perhaps you could pick up a few ideas to use in your marketing strategies.The road to the mall may be paved with good intentions, but retailers know just how to get inside that part

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by Josh Lowensohnnews.cnet.comAdobe Systems pushed out updates to both its Photoshop Express online photo tool andphoto-editing app for Android devices that bring some noteworthy improvements.The biggest change, besides an increase in overall speed on the Web version of Photoshop Express, is that the site no longer requires users to register in order touse it. Unregistered users can now upload

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When eBay launched the DSR system, we were always concerned with the fact that sellers that offer free shipping generally received 4.8 on the shipping and handling cost DSR. It proved that the system sets up unrealistic expectations with consumers.Last August, eBay somewhat quietly (no AB post, just a tweet+post from their blogger?) rolled out a significant improvement to the system.If a seller

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ChannelAdvisor Provides Next Steps and Advice for Customers Using Third-Party CheckoutIn response to eBay’s announcement that it will terminate third-party checkout next year, ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, announced steps to guide its customers through the transition in advance of the official termination on June 30,

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from SEroundtable.com Google provides a very popular Keyword Suggestion Tool that many SEMs rely on. But, a HighRankings Forum thread questions how trustworthy the tool is. Many SEMs use the tool because it is convenient and Google provides the estimated search volumes. At the same time, many SEMs know how to take Google's estimates and apply them to their campaigns. Experience and campaign

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It's easy to place a new ad--or import a listing from eBay.com.It's powerful--reach buyers in your area for FREE. Got something to sell locally?List on eBay Classifieds.Learn more:ebayclassifieds.com

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From ChannelAdvisorKeyword Match Types are commands that advertisers can use to control the range of distribution that a Provider can deliver the ads to. Match type options vary by Provider.Google • Broad Match will deliver an ad if the user query includes all of the words in the keyword. It can be in any order or combinationCommand: Entered manually as keyword • Phrase Match will

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Greetings Readers-Hope your summer is sizzling! I've gathered lots of information and the latest updates with today's online marketplace. We'll explore eBay's changes to looking at Feedback for buyers, what's going on with Bing and get an inside scoop on decoding eBay's marketplace priorities and lots more.Happy Summer!Coach Danny

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• eBay Changes Feedback UI for Consumers• Update on PriceGrabber & Yahoo Shopping Partnership• Will Amazon Replace Bing Shopping?!• The Future of Bing Cashback• GMail Drive• Decoding eBay's Marketplace Priorities• Amazon vs. Google "Marketplace Wars""...you can do it yourself. That you have to believe in you because sometimes that's the only person that does believe in your success but you."-Tim

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Now Has a 'Show me the Negs!' Feature...On June 14th, eBay announced and then rolled out a tweak to feedback that allows users to filter the feedback and see just the positive/negative/neutrals instead of only being able to see the combined feedback as was the norm. We typically call this the eBay negative feedback filter and it has been a long time coming. I couldn't find any discussion about

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From ChannelAdvisorWe take a deep dive...The e-commerce world is a-buzz with the report from Jay Yarow at Forbes that he has heard that Bing and Amazon are in talks. The report indicates that Amazon is pitching Bing on Amazon replacing Bing shopping (and cashback) instead of Bing doubling down and recreating the space post cashback's demise.Let's look at this from both company's points of view to

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By Mark Vandergrift, ChannelAdvisorOn March 11th, Yahoo's Product Submit program was officially ended and PriceGrabber's system began powering the Yahoo Shopping site. The added traffic from the Yahoo user base reversed a previous declining trend in traffic from the PriceGrabber network that ChannelAdvisor customers have seen since the beginning of 2010. The other major paid shopping engines (

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Cashback was successful for many advertisers, delivering great ROI and giving customers outstanding rewards from our advertising revenue. Unfortunately, it did not deliver the scalable change in Search behavior that Bing had hoped. We will be hearing more from Bing later this summer on the evolution of Cashback. In the meantime, they are focusing their teams on delivering a seamless experience in

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GMail DriveReviewed by CNET StaffGMail Drive takes the short stack of gigabytes given to Gmail users and turns them into a virtual drive accessible from your computer's file tree.In short, it creates a shell name--a space extension that creates a virtual file system around the account. This lets you treat those 5 gigs (at the time of writing) as a standard remote drive. You can drag and drop

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by Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor In the World of the eBay ecosystem, we have our own lingo that is deeply ingrained and we forget sometimes that people have no idea what we are talking about. Over at the eBay Ink Blog, RBH posted a picture of eBay's priorities from a sign in an eBay building:Ebay 2010 Priorities It's titled "eBay Marketplace Goals 2010" and has these three called out goals and then

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by Chris DixonThere's lots of buzz in the media about the "Marketplace War" between eBay and Amazon, the "Search War" between Google, Bing, Yahoo! and the "Mobile War" between Google and Apple.Today, serial entrepreneur Chris Dixon shines light on the real potential loser from Amazon's dominance - Google.We've long thought at ChannelAdvisor that it is interesting that Google has taken their eye

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Greetings Readers-It has been awhile since I have been able to post another issue of the newsletter. On the drive home from visiting family for Christmas, I met up with an SUV that sent us all to the hospital. None the less, I'm lucky to be alive and want to remind you to always wear your seat belt when driving.I have a jam packed issue this time around with some more great marketing tips using

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• Tips and Tricks to Improve Conversions with Rich Media• EASY MONEY MAKING SEARCHING WITH SWAGBUCKS!!!• Unpaid Item Assistant Available to All Sellers• Gmail Gets Drag-and-Drop Attachments• What eBay's Q4 Means for Sellers• Highlights of Amazon's Q4 Blow Out• If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe

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from ChannelAdvisorPlanning on implementing or improving the imaging on your e-commerce site in 2010? Top online retailers know that successful Rich Media solutions yield an increase in conversions, increase in average order values, and a decrease in returns. Learn tips and best practices that will aid you in creating a successful solution. * Best practices that will yield the highest results

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from www.slickbudget.comIf you are like 90% of the people in this country, then you use Google as your main search engine. The other 10% use yahoo to find their information. But, what do they give us as users? Just quick results with Google and a nice homepage with news from Yahoo!My wife introduced me to swagbucks just over two months ago and I am ticked I didn't know about it before. It is

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Updates to the unpaid item process; Unpaid Item Assistant available to all sellers soonIn the next couple of weeks, we’ll be making the process for handling unpaid items easier for both buyers and sellers.Improvements to the process when you open an unpaid item claim manually * If a buyer doesn’t pay and you cancel the transaction, the buyer will no longer be able to pay for the item. * If

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Gmail Gets Drag-and-Drop Attachmentsby Josh Lowensohn, cnet.comGoogle put out a pair of small, but useful Gmail updates on Thursday that make it both easier to use and more integrated with the company's free Calendar service. Notably, both have skipped a trial through the service's "labs" section, and gone straight through to the final product.The first is drag-and-drop attachments, a feature

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by Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor There has been copious amount of ink around eBay's Q4 targeted towards investors, but sellers are scratching their heads wondering what it means. In this post, let's look at the seller-oriented highlights of the release. Also, historically eBay has used the period from mid Jan to early Feb to announce it's first set of changes for a year. Seller's are on pins and

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ChannelAdvisor CEO, Scot WingoAmazon reported Q4 results today and the e-commerce giant really made quite a showing. By all means it was a blow-out quarter. Amazon topped their guidance, Wall Street Consensus (WSC) and even surprised most on Wall St. with their Q1 guidance.Here are the highlights from the quarter along with some color commentary. * Revenue - $9.52b vs. WSC of $9b (a near

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If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMeby Ashlee Vanceprovided by New York TimesBack at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was "12345."Today, it's one digit longer but hardly safer: "123456."Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches over the years, including the recent attacks on Google's e-mail service, many people have reacted to the break-ins with a

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Season's Greetings-Another year comes to a close. After some downward spirals, it appears things are begining to level off and the make slow upward hike.With several developments on the merger scene, it may be time to rethink some marketing strategies after some renewed data reasearch, if you are involvedin some paid online marketing campaigns.Check out the new online resource of the month from

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• LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER• October Same Store Sales• Ex-EBay Execs to Help the Lazy Resell Used CDs, Books• Microsoft Yahoo Partnership• Are Your Ads Not Showing Up on Bing.com?• ONLINE RESOURCE OF THE MONTH• Google Product Search Marketing

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The ChannelAdvisor Same Store Sales October results are in and there were a couple of interesting trends that could indicate how the Q4 holiday season is going to shake out. Results for 2009 so far: • Amazon led the pack (as usual) with 61% y/y growth - up from Septembers 55%• Overall at ChannelAdvisor we saw things pick up overall very nicely from the high single digits to 17% y/y.• eBay had a

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By Eliot Van Buskirk glyde Ebay still rules as the online garage sale site, but auction upstart Glyde thinks it knows a better way to resell used books, CDs, DVDs and videogames. The company claims “anyone can sell in ten seconds” on Glyde, which makes it simple to list an item, suggests a price based on how used the media is and even supplies pre-addressed envelopes. Glyde CEO and former head

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Regarding the Microsoft Yahoo Merge Deal, there are important details you need to be aware of when managing your Paid Search campaigns post-integration. Retailers need to prepare for the Microsoft/Yahoo Partnership that will most likely take effect in Q2/Q3 2010. Make sure you have an adCenter account!Common practice for Small to Medium Businesses is to first launch Campaigns on Google and once

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by Erin Gordon channeladvisor.comWith launching the “decision engine” Bing came a big Bang… popular TV commercials, increasing media attention, and of course, many questions. One question I have from clients is why can’t they seem to see their paid search advertisements show up for terms they normally rank well for? There could be several factors affecting what you are seeing on your computer. A

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by Barry Schwartz Google has a beta version of a new keyword tool available in the AdWords console. To get to it, login to adwords.google.com, go to a campaign, click on opportunities (if you have that tab), then on the left bar, click on keyword tool. A “beta” link should be available for you to click on in the top paragraph. The keyword tool integrates some of the other tools that Google has

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by Mark Vandegrift Q) A strategy talks about expanding into low risk CSE's and specifically talked about Bing. Given that Bing shopping is buying a product feed from shopping.com (and we send product to shopping.com) I am wondering how helpful this would be? I would love to get some insight into: (a) how the purchased feed results would rank on Bing vs. a feed sent direct to Bing (if the feeds

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Greetings,Yet another Summer gone by... time to get ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner!This issue of "here and NOW" has some ideas on what might help you with the leading edge in these most difficult times. Even the online business that I'm involved with has seen a decline, even very recently, but remains steady. The customers are there if you can fill that niche

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-LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER-ONLINE RESOURCE OF THE MONTH-Best Practices for Product Search-Recent Plummet in Google Product Search Traffic-Make Money Every Time You Share a Video-eBay Forums: Sick of eBay's Feedback-Google Making Affiliate Marketing More Productive“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” -Thomas Edison

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This last week has seen an update to an old favorite free Windows application I've told you about in the past and heard some of my students use.The photo organizer favorite is Google Picasa, which adds facial recognition in its update to version 3.5. The new feature uses technology that was first implemented in Picasa Web Albums, the product's online sibling for storing and sharing photos online.

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from the GoogleWebmasterCentral.blogspot.comIf you run an e-commerce site and you'd like your products to be eligible to be shown in Google search results, then check out their "Product Search for Webmasters" video. In addition to the basics on Product Search, this video will cover:• Attributes to include in your feed• Improving products' rankings by including custom attributes in your feed• When

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Retailers have reported that traffic from Google Product Search (a.k.a. Froogle/Google Base/Google Shopping) is down as much as 60-80% this past June.

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blinkx AdHocMake money every time you share a video on your blog, website or social networking profile. It's easy to do! blinkx's technology matches relevant, in-video text ads to any video. Whenever someone clicks on an ad in your video, you make half the cash!blinkx AdHoc is the revolutionary new video advertising platform from blinkx, the video search company. AdHoc was launched last year and

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If you are POSITIVELY sick of ebay's feedback ideas VOTE HERE!!!!There has been lots of chatter lately in the eBay Forums about their recent changes to Sellers not being able to leave negative feedback for buyers.Here is what some Sellers have posted:I do not like this new policy and will find other places that is fair for both buyer and seller.I have had 10 buyers that have not paid and 2 that

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Google Affiliate NetworkMaking affiliate marketing more productiveGoogle Affiliate Network connects advertisers and publishers who want to increase sales and drive leads through affiliate marketing.As an advertiser using Google Affiliate Network, you'll discover pre-screened publishers who can refer consumer traffic to you. As a publisher, you can market your site to advertisers in the network;

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Greetings. Hoping you had a safe and restful Independence Day.In this issue of "here and NOW" you will find updates on the latest with eBay's new insertion fees and the best way to use that to your selling advantage.There's also some more reviews of some eBay alternatives to expand your marketing campaigns and Amazon introduces a new addition to their selling tools.Have a great summer!Coach Danny

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- LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER- eBay's Free Insertion Fees for Auctions- AdWords Secrets Revealed- Amazon Displays Optional Feedback Responses- eBay Traffic Down- eBay Alternatives: Alibris, Atomic Mall, Etsy, OnlineAuction, Wigix- Fighting PayPal Rolling Reserves"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."-Bill Gates

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Recently, eBay issued the following announcement about their new listing insertion fees:Here is some exciting news about $0.00 Insertion Fees. Starting June 16, you’ll get 5 free Insertion Fees every 30 days for Auction-style listings.Here’s how it works: Regardless of your start price, your first 5 Auction-style listings will have NO Insertion Fees when you list with eBay’s Sell Your Item form

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Need more tips on how to make your AdWords campaign get more attention and more successful? Some great ideas include making keywords bold, how to make titles more provoking and instruct your visitors to "Download Here" instead of "Click Here."Why?You can find out more at37adwordssecrets.com/adwords-blog

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Amazon.com Displays Optional Feedback Responses to SellersBy Ina SteinerAmazon.com announced it was making additional buyer feedback information available to sellers in the Feedback Manager tool in the Seller Account section. Amazon has been asking buyers three optional questions as part of the feedback collection process:• Did your item arrive by (date)?• Did your item arrive in the condition as

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By Ina SteinereBay traffic declined in April and May 2009 both consecutively and year-over-year, according to data provided by Nielsen. eBay page views fell 6.8% in April 2009 compared to the previous month, and dropped another 7.9% in May 2009. eBay page views for May 2009 were down 32% from a year ago and were down 40% from four years ago in May 2005.

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By Ina SteinerAuctionBytes.comHere is a roundup of news coming from online marketplaces and eBay alternatives.Alibris is publishing a new column by founder Richard Weatherford that promotes books that could be considered affordable collectibles as opposed to "antiquarian books sitting in a glass case." Alibris said sellers with those types of books ("Whether its an autographed Janet Evanovich or

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by Henriettahttp://200westmain.com/redinkdiaryPayPal Background OverviewIn Europe PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie SCA, is legally registered as a bank and is regulated centrally by the Luxembourg bank authority.In the USA PayPal is not a bank and is not directly regulated by the U.S. federal government although it is subject to reporting provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. Because PayPal serves as a

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A happy Spring to all my readers.It's been a very busy time for me taking courses to further my expertise in the digital realm. The online liquidation wholesaler I'm involved with stays steady through these slow times for much of the financial sectors.Read the current issue to catch up on important news for online sellers, including news of some recent announcements from eBay, learn how sellers

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- LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER- Career & Job Search With Social Networking- Harnessing Social Networking to Sell Online- eBay's Spring 2009 Changes- eBay Alternatives- New Law Taxing for PayPal & eBay Sellers"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."-Michael Althsuler

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Social NetworkingFor many people in the over 35 age grouplooking for a career can be a job in itself.Using online social networking sites likeFacebook or LinkedIn can help you in your search.Many hiring managers acually do their own searchingof these sites for potential candidates. Your profileis available for them and is also searchable on searchengine sites like Google.Create ConversationYou

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netSpray: Harnessing Social Networking to Sell OnlineBy Julia WilkinsonIf sellers found eBay's limitations on self-promotion a hindrance, they may embrace a new ecommerce site that actually encourages it. netSpray enables users to sell their own and others' items as a transportable ad widget on blogs, social networking sites, classifieds, and other places in cyberspace they call home.

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By Ina SteinereBay made some major announcements on Tuesday, April 14. The marketplace will expand the rollout its new Item page, launch a new dispute resolution process, introduce new features for sellers including a Smart FAQ and Multi-variation Fixed Price listings, and more. We've listed some items that might have slipped your notice and created a list of helpful links to learn more about

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By Edward TomchinEcommerceBytes.comThere is a tremendous hunger for information about online auction sites beyond the industry giant eBay. Sellers want to know which is the best venue in terms of being easy to use, inexpensive, and most importantly, drive shoppers to listings. But there is no one clear winner that is best for all sellers or categories of merchandise. What follows is an evaluation

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By Ina SteinerEcommerceBytes.comOnline merchants face many challengesrunning their business, and taxes andcash flow are top concerns. A new lawwill require payment card processorsand third-party settlement organizationsto report eBay sellers' and onlinemerchants' transactions to the IRSbeginning in 2011.Sellers have had many questions aboutthe new law and have also wonderedabout certain PayPal

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Subscribe by providing your email address to danny@dannycroft.comand have the next issue of here and NOW sent to your Inboxdirectly as a plain-text message as soon as it is published.

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A New Beginning...I hope you enjoyed the holidays as muchas I was able to. I'm really looking forwardto kicking things off in 2009.In this first issue of the year I’d like toprovide you with a few importantselling-related updates and remindersyou should be aware of as you prepareyour listings for the new year.eBay has instituted some new policiesthat older sellers will need to be awareof and make

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- LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER- Record Keystrokes With Autohotkey- Ways to Make Extra Money- Free Local Classified Ads on Kijiji - eBay Policy & Listing Updates- Paperless Payments on eBay- Seller Central Discussion Board"We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."-Barack Obama

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This month's free tool is one thatallows you to record keystrokes andmouse clicks and assign that to a hot key,i.e. pressing a special key that leads tothe pressing of all the keys and all themouse clicks you were recording.Function keys shouldn't be a problembeing used as hot keys, but there aresome function keys that can't be"overwritten" on Windows, like theF5-key and the combination ofALT+F4

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by Kimberly PalmerYahoo! BuzzWith lay-offs and dropped benefits causing more workers to get nervous about the security of their next paycheck, some people are hustling up extra cash on the side. Through websites, handcrafted products, and other creative endeavors, anyone with a few spare hours a week can give their bank account a boost.Here are seven ways to Generate Additional Dough:Launch a

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Found this link to a new site on eBay Pulse,a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks,and cool stuff on eBay.pulse.ebay.comIt's Kijiji, a free local classified ad website.You can use Kijiji to buy and sell newand used goods, look for cars and pets,find local real estate, and more. Just clickon your local area to begin searchingand posting.www.kijiji.com

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Update to Feedback Removal Policy – Customs FeesMany cross-border sellers have askedfor help when they receive a negative/neutral Feedback rating because theywouldn’t mark an item as “gift” inorder to sidestep customs fees. eBaywill now remove Feedback if a) thelisting meets the CustomsRequirements below and b) the sellerreceives a negative or neutral Feedbackcomment which references

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As of October 20, 2008, sellers will needto offer credit card payments throughan internet merchant account, PayPal,or ProPay, all of which will beintegrated into checkout inearly 2009.As of October 20th, 2008 checks andmoney orders are no longer allowedon eBay. Learn the details of the actualpolicy. Electronic payment methodssuch as a credit card, PayPal, orpre-paid cards are deemed

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Learn all the latest selling tips, tools andresources to maximize sales and build athriving eBay business.Find others who share commoninterests - join an eBay GroupGet fast answers to questions inthe Answer Center.Here, you can find eBay Sellersshare their experiences, feedback andtheir most effective, time testedstrategies for success!Ever have trouble with an eBay buyer?A recent posting from

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A Happy Labor Day to all my readers!!Here for you is another issue that I hope you findinteresting and can use to help make your businessa success.As summer draws to a close with school starting -it's time to look ahead and get ready for the bigholiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas areright around the corner. Time to stock up and getready!eBay is at it again with lots of new upcomingchanges

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- LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER- Questions From Readers- eBay: Shoppers, No Checks or Money Orders- Cleaning Up Your Marketing- Cuil Launches Biggest Search Engine- Guide to eBay's Latest Changes- Cracking the Google Adsense Code"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking,eventually you'll make progress."-Barack Obama

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Q: I am new to selling on eBay and I wantedto know if I should accept personal checks aspayment for my auctions? What do you think?Thanks,Terry G.A: A timely question in light of eBay's recentpolicy change in not allowing payments viapaper check or money order - unless requestedby the customer.The danger in accepting personal checks comesfrom having the check bounce after you havemailed out the

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eBay to Tell Shoppers, No Checks or Money OrdersBy Ina SteinerSellers are saying eBay's ban on checks andmoney orders is, in effect, a move to aPayPal-only policy - at least for the manysellers who don't have their own credit cardmerchant account. Buyers may be unaware ofthe policy that goes into effect during theholiday shopping season - and it's unclearwhat those shoppers who can't or don't

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by Charlie CookHas your once well-organized marketing plan cometo resemble the jumble of stuff in your closet(not to mention the garage and the attic)? If youare like most people, each time you come across anew marketing idea you try to adopt it and add itto your existing approach.Strategies and tactics tend to accumulate andlinger even when they may not be working as wellas you'd like. Like the

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Cuil Launches Biggest Search Engine on the WebTechnology Company Offers New Look at SearchCuil, a technology company pioneering a newapproach to search, unveils its innovative searchoffering, which combines the biggest Web index withcontent-based relevance methods, results organizedby ideas, and complete user privacy.Cuil (http://www.cuil.com/) has indexed 120 billion Webpages, three times more

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By Ina SteinereBay has once again announced a host of majorchanges to its site this year, leaving sellers tofigure out how best to adapt their selling strategiesin light of the changes.In addition to changing the BIN Fixed-Price formatfee and duration, eBay announced a newelectronics-payments only policy prohibiting sellersfrom accepting checks and money orders. The policystates that beginning

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By Kim RoachGoogle Adsense has empowered web publishers ofall shapes and sizes to make money from theirweb sites. Whether you own a hobby site thatgets 100 visitors per day or a popular financeportal that is flooded with millions of visitorsper month, you can benefit from the GoogleAdsense program.Simply sign up for a free account, grab yourAdsense code and paste it up on your website.Well, it

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Hope you are enjoying your summer. It's been awonderful July, aside from the occasional smokefrom the surrounding wildfires here in California.I'm often asked about how to go about attractingmore customers. The answer to that depends onyour marketing strategy.This month's newsletter has some great info allabout MARKETING!From attracting customer traffic to your storeor site, to SEO tips, to

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- LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER- New Product Source for July- Get More Customers to Your eBay Store- ISO Approves PDF As Int'l Standard- Local Business Search Optimization Tips- Promotional Article Writing, 6 Points- Tough Times for eBay Entrepreneurs"Persistence and determination are omnipotent.The slogan 'press on' has solved and alwayswill solve the problems of the human race."- Calvin Coolidge

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Online, High Volume Consignment AuctionRecently, I became associated with a liquidationcompany. Items are researched online, cleaned andphotographed for resale on ebay.Much of the stock comes from this companyspecializing in large bulk lots of everything fromsewing machines, computer servers, cell phoneaccessories to dental chairs. Some is used andsome is still in retail packaging.A lot of their

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Get More Customers to Your eBay Storeby Tanner LarssonNaturally, more visits to your eBay Store means abetter chance that your products will sell. eBaymarkets Stores in several ways.A link to Stores appears on the home page underSpecialty Sites in the upper left corner. And whenpotential customers search for regular auctions, abox labeled "More on eBay" appears at the bottom ofthe left-hand

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ISO Approves PDF as an International Standardby Elizabeth MontalbanoThe International Organization for Standardizationhas approved Adobe Systems' widely used PDF(Portable Document Format) as an internationalstandard, and is now in charge of any changes madeto the specification.The format is open and accessible to anyone as ISO32000-1, the standards body said Wednesday. Thestandard is based

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Local Business Search Optimization TipsSearch is constantly evolving, from general websearch such as the old giants Yahoo, AltaVista andExcite through to the current day of Google.Not only has search grown out, it has also grown up.Vertical search engines are becoming more and morepopular i.e. Expedia - a travel search engine, greatfor finding travel deals and accommodation andBizrate.com – a

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by Zachary ElwoodI’m sure most of you are aware of the marketingpower of a well-written promotional article aboutyour industry or business. A compelling andeducational article on your audience’s topic ofinterest will drive traffic to your website andincrease customer confidence in your expertise.Best of all, it requires no investment aside fromyour time and effort.But where do you start? The

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by Karen E. KleinA bad economy and competition from big e-tailersare challenging those who make a living via onlinemarketplaces such as eBay, Craigslist, and EtsyAnn Wood was thrilled last January when her eBaystore, Willow-Wear, had its best month ever,grossing around $33,000. In February, however,Wood experienced a sharp drop-off in sales. Since2004, Wood has run the home-based business,

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It's Summertime!!A happy Solstice to all my monthly readersout there.This month's newsletter promises to be jam packedfull of new ideas and upcoming noteworthy events.Everything from new ways to find hard-to-findcollectable items, help on how add HTML to youremails and news about new domains you may seein the near upcoming future.Hope you enjoy the information and drop me anote about what you

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