Some Things You Might Not Know About eBay Users
I wanted to add some more secrets of eBay users to try and help you understand how to capitalize on the habits of eBay users. I have 20-25 BANS sites now. I am planning many more. The majority of my sites will feature collectibles of all types. People collect and people will always collect. They desire to hoard things of all shapes and sizes. Now some will tell you that collecting is their hobby. Okay, that is a reasonable explanation, but not one that I used to decide which direction I would go in choosing my categories and domain names. I promise you what you are about to read will surprise some of you. Here is why. Take a look at this quote.
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On Being Remarkable and Being Remembered
What makes a site remarkable? What makes a product or service remarkable? We live in a world that makes being remarkable very difficult. There are millions of people trying to do the same things you want to accomplish. So how do you set yourself apart? Seth Godin made lot of money on the thought of being remarkable. I answered a few comments and e-mails of late and I want to take some time to explore a few ideas. They may or not be remarkable.
What I do find remarkable is it is often easier for me to see being remarkable in others more quickly than I do myself.
Monika Mundell Joins the Team and More
Folks I have been away from posting for a bit as I work my plan and the vision into my site. I have been negotiating, communicating, and interviewing various potential contributors for the site. I mentioned earlier it was not going to be easy. It is safe to assume I was correct. It would appear there are a few people interested in taking part of what I want to do for this site. There are many more who want to watch and that’s just fine, I m a show me kind of guy myself. However it is going to happen and I would like to introduce, although she does not need introduction, Monika Mundell. Monika and I first connected through one of her posts, if I recall correctly, and she was the first person to comment on the article on the post about the vision Recently we have been talking up a storm on Skype and I have only grown to like her more. She is an accomplished writer and will contribute weekly to the site with articles of her choosing. I told her I would post her picture on the site, and I have to admit it does add to the beauty of the site. As most of you know she guest posted a couple of weeks ago and her article was a most popular one. She will answer her own comments and I feel privileged to have her on board. Now I have a request, please welcome her on board with a comment. She is the real deal and it’s hard for me to contain my excitement over her contributions.
Following the Leaders, Reaping the Rewards
It has been six months, give or take a day, since I started this blog. I have learned plenty.
I have made money. I have lost money, but, oh my I have learned. My goal was to establish an online business. I read compulsively, all the how to articles, e-books, and references I could put my hands and eyes on. I learned there are those to be trusted online and those to avoid. I learned there are those who proclaim to be leaders. I also learned the real leaders don’t have to tell people, they just are. If you are like me, you spend a portion of each day searching and reading other blogs. I have found out in the last six months some very important things about blog reading. It can waste time like nothing else, and is it not amazing how many blogs are out there touting this or that product or service? Perhaps, even more amazing, are the numbers of blogs all promoting the same products! I mean who do you listen to? Better yet, who do you ignore? If I have learned one thing in the last six months, it is that there is as much, if not more, garbage out there as there is quality sites and information. I remember in the early days visiting the so called A-Listers blogs and getting out of my chair to check my wallet as I clicked on to another site. Here are few leaders I follow.
Caroline Middlebrook and I Just Disagree
Recently I posted an article about Running a Home Based Business, Like a Business. I expressed some warnings and advice about maintaining a measure of structure to your day and warned against among other things, how easily ones business could slip into mediocrity. I’m not quite sure I expected the response and reaction when I posted the article. Meanwhile I became intrigued and moved by two individual posts about the state of bloggers in regard to differences of opinion. Monika Mundell at The Writers Manifesto Blog and RT Cunningham at Untwisted Vortex offered opinions and thoughts that I shared and how those differences often take on an ugly side. I had some views to express myself, but then the blogosphere provided me with an opportunity to explain how I think differences of opinion could be handled.
Key Components in Building Customer Loyalty
Your home based business success will hinge on many key components, however developing customer loyalty should be near the top of any home based business development plan. It’s easy to talk about developing customer loyalty; actually implementing a plan for customer retention is quite another matter. Its importance should not be excluded from your overall business plan. Here are a few tips to establish a foundation for your home based business success. these principles have served me well for over 30 years. Remember you are establishing a business , a legitimate business. Your reliability, credibility and dedication to your customer’s needs cannot be overlooked. Successful business’s practice it everyday and insist upon it in their employees. Customer loyalty matters.
See How Much Money I Made, It’s That Time Again
Thanksgiving and Christmas are behind us and all we have to safely negotiate is New Years. Shortly thereafter the blogosphere will be inundated with post about how much the various make money blogs earned during the month of December. Some will claim they experienced a holiday rush and sales records were set. Others will suggest the December lull was the result of a technical difficulty with their site, but somehow they managed to save the month in the last week by installing some fancy widget that boosted traffic and thus profit, and may suggest you do the same. Coming from a traditional business background where profits and bottom lines were closely guarded secrets, I am amazed. Why do blog owners post this kind of information as a matter of public record? Can you believe them? Mr Ripley made it famous to believe it or not. The short answer to that question is NO, you cant believe them.
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