Happy Halloween!
I
personally adore Halloween. It's a wonderful, spooky, fun day. So all
you goblins, witches and things-that-go-bump-in-the-night have a
wonderful day. And don't make yourself sick on candy! :-)
Secrets Of An Auction Rebel
Next
Monday, November 6, we are introducing a new CD called "Secrets Of An
Auction Rebel". Why this name?
It's because I AM an auction rebel. See, eBay runs their site solely
for the benefit of eBay. Nothing at all wrong with that - it's exactly
what we would do in their place.
BUT
- eBay's best interests, and your best interests (and mine), aren't
necessarily the same. In fact, often
they aren't the same.
So
I choose to act in a way that is best for my business - and you should,
too. I am sometimes asked why I'm not an eBay Certified Provider (ECP).
I could be. It wouldn't be hard. But I choose not to do so. Why?
Because there are all kinds of eBay rules and restrictions that apply
if you are an ECP. And I don't want to follow those extra rules.
So
what's on this CD? There are many, many classes that are brand new -
information that I don't usually share. For instance:
What To Do When
Your Fabulous, Wonderful Auction Stuff DOESN'T Sell!
Obviously,
the best place to start is by doing your market research, in advance,
so that you don't find yourself in this situation. For instance, here
is an auction for a DeWalt Heavy Duty XRP 18Volt cordless jig saw. If
you were offered these, would you know how to decide if it was a good
item to sell on eBay?
Other
ideas include:
+
Discover why you might want to RAISE
your raise price when your widget isn't selling!
+
Know the three criteria that will tell you when to
persist with a product and when to give up
How To Put Audio
Recordings On Your Auction Listings
[Includes software]
It's
no big news that the day of audio and video
auctions has arrived! Ever since the number of computer users with high
speed connection passed the 50% mark, multi-media auctions and websites
have gone wild.
To
put audio on your auctions, you need three things:
1.
The how-to knowledge
2.
Software for making your recording
3.
Software to post your recording on your
auction listing or website/web store - this software normally sells for
$47
This
class clearly explains how you can do make and post audios and provides the software to
post your recording. We own the rights to this software and can give it
away to you so it is included on the CD. We don't own the rights to the
recording software, but we recommend the one we use - and it's only
$29.95.
There
are services on the Net that will allow you to make recordings online -
but they either have a monthly charge or they have a monthly charge
& charge per recording, as well.
This
is a waste of money!
Making
your own recordings is simple and you should take advantage of this
21st century technology.
Today:
audio gives you an advantage
Someday soon: audio will be common and those
who don't have it will be at a disadvantage
Either
way, you need to start recording immediately.
A 7 Figure Per
Year eBay Seller Explains His
Simple & Efficient Shipping System
This audio interview is a
real gem! Todd Taylor, a $1,000,000+ eBay seller, explains his shipping
system. Todd's system is sooooooooooo smooth that it's almost easy to
ship products. He explains:
+ How to get free boxes
+ How to print
mailing labels on your computer
+ How to get packages picked
up for FREE
+
How Todd prevents a dishonest buyer from whining, "I didn't get it - I
want a refund" (and he does this for free)
+
Know the one European country you should avoid like the plague (Todd
will no longer sell here even though he formerly mailed multiple
packages each week)
+
Learn an extremely easy way to know to know which countries you can
safely sell to
Why
Most Sellers FAIL On eBay - And Why YOU Don't Have To
This is an extremely powerful class! It's true that
most sellers on eBay FAIL. If you don't understand why this is so, how
can you avoid being one of them?
+ Learn the one "magic" principal
that can change your thinking and remedy the eBay failure problem
forever
+ Learn dead simple ways to make
more money from each customer
+ How to make the bargain mentality of eBay buyers work
FOR you, rather than AGAINST you
+ How to get buyers to pay you
to advertise to them
There's much more, including more
classes, a reference
section and a special lesson taught by Lisa
Suttora of WhatDoISell.com. And ...
For 3 Days Only:
Special Bonus Items & A Price Reduction
BONUS #1: Learning From The Best
We need to learn from the best advertisers on the
net and TV and here is a lesson we can learn from Winsor Pilates. I
don't know if Mari Winsor's pilates is the best, but her advertising
certainly is.
BONUS #2: A Conversation With
Todd Taylor
Todd discusses all kinds of issues with a group of
students, including what he sells, why he chose it and thoughts on
success.
BONUS #3: Redirecting
Methods
This AV was recorded by our technical expert,
Jeremy, and it explains how to 'redirect' your links so that no one can
identify them. This is especially important for affiliates to prevent"hi-jjacking" of your affiliate commissions.
BONUS #4: Traffic
Boost News Ticker
This is one of those
'scroller' type programs that allows news (or whatever you want to
include) to run across your computer screen. Sells for $69 online.
BONUS #5: Yahoo Store Profits
My friend Andy Jenkin's book is THE classic book
on Yahoo stores and Andy has become quite wealthy by following his own
advice.
BONUS #6: Impact Popups
This cool little utility will create 'unblockable'
ads that can appear anywhere you wish on your pages. Eventually,
someone will figure out how to stop them, exactly the way they did with
popup windows. But for now, they work.
BONUS #7: Special,
Special Bonus: worth $299!
| By now,
you've probably heard a piece of software called Techsmith Camtasia
(price $299).
Camtasia
allows you to make a video of your computer screen while you talk, thus
also including audio (it's what we used to record all these classes).
So what?
Well, videos are POWERFUL on the internet. They allow you to "rise
above the noise" of words and emails and allow you to be more personal
with your visitors or subscribers!
John
Reese, Frank Kern, and many other marketers have personally accredited
this tool to making them THOUSANDS of dollars. They tell you, "If you
don't have it, go buy it NOW."
What's the
problem?
Well, it's
a bit pricey at $299. There are lots of people buying it at that price.
But you
don't need to pay $299.
You see,
an earlier version of Camtasia was released under General Public
License which means you can download it for FREE.
Why
doesn't everybody download the freebie instead of paying $299 for
Camtasia?
That's
because there are two MAJOR FLAWS with the older program...
1. Output
Flash videos DON'T WORK in Firefox or Netscape. This is a HUGE problem
for internet marketers, who don't want to frustrate users or prevent
users from watching their "videoized" sales letters! Considering just
Firefox
has had over 200 million downloads, you don't want this happening to
your viewers!
2. There's
no "redirect to URL after playing' option for your output Flash videos.
John Reese says he was the first internet marketer to use this awesome
feature in (the $299) Camtasia. This feature will redirect the viewer
of the
video to the URL of your choice when the movie ends. So you can make a
video demonstrating a product or service and redirect your viewer
immediately to the URL to buy! (This greatly increases conversion
rates). But the old software doesn't have this option.
We've
fixed these two problems.
We paid a
programmer to edit the code under GPL license so that these two
problems are FIXED. Output videos can now be viewed in Firefox AND can
be redirected to a custom URL upon the end of the clip!
For those
of you who don't want to pay for Camtasia, a must-have tool in any
marketer's toolset, now you have the opportunity, without the $299
sticker shock. |
In addition to these special
goodies,
the price
will be lowered from $99 to $79
Promotion begins:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 5AM Eastern.
Promotion ends:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 at 10 PM
http://auctionknowhow.com
I will send a reminder email on Monday morning.
Yanik Auctions His 2004
Mercedes-Benz
SL-Class SL55 AMG
When I went to London in September I spoke at Yanik
Silver's "underground" seminar. He told me that he'd ordered an Aston
Martin and had been waiting for nine months for its delivery (I didn't
want to tell him that I wouldn't know an Aston Martin if I was standing
next to it. :-)
Yanik's gorgeous new car finally showed up and he's
now auctioning off his old slummobile: a silver
Mercedes-Benz, SL-Class SL55 AMG. Take a look at it here.
He's only got 8,000 miles on it. At last ... someone who drives less
than I do.
Another
Way To Become "Verified" On PayPal
If you buy or sell on eBay, you are certainly
familiar with PayPal. There are benefits
to being verified with PayPal. Up until now, the only way that could happen
is that members who wanted to be verified had to add a bank account,
and then confirm that bank account through a random deposit process
that takes 2-3 business days.
However, eBay has added a new way which is an
application for a PayPal credit card. If your application
for the PayPal Plus credit card is approved, your account
will automatically be verified on PayPal. This option is faster, plus
it eliminates the bank account requirement, which has been a barrier
for some members.
$172.4 Billion In 2005
Forrester Research is THE place to look for
research on the Web. According to Forrester:
+ US online retail sales, 2005: $172.4
billion
+ Predicted US online retail sales, 2010: $328.6
billion
+ Predicted US online shopping homes: 55
million
+ Number of shoppers who have abandoned an online
shopping cart: 88%
+ Customer satisfaction in brick-and-mortar stores:
70%
+ Customer satisfaction with online stores: 26%
(Oops!)
+ Average conversion rate online: 2.6%
Poster Appraisal Site Opens
Its Doors
A new site that appraises the value of old posters
has just opened its doors. It's run by an appraiser for the Antiques
Roadshow, so if you come across any old goodies in Aunt Matilda's
attic, here is the place to go. Currently appraisals are free, although
we certainly can't expect them to remain that way.
According to their press release, "The prices of
vintage film, travel and war posters has been escalating at a rapid
rate over the past year, with several examples of large format
advertising and propaganda ephemera selling for hundreds of thousands
of dollars while a wide variety of posters are routinely selling in the
ten to fifty thousand dollar range."
http://www.posterappraisal.com
And, If You Need Your Baseball
Cards Appraised ...
CardPricer.com bills itself the "home of the
Web’s most comprehensive baseball card pricing guide" and
recently announced that it has accepted $100,000 in venture capital
from private investors.
CardPricer allows collectors to research cards,
view their collection and access baseball card prices based on actual
transaction history from auction houses, marketplaces, vendors and
independent sellers.
http://www.cardpricer.com
"Rock Around The Clock" and
"Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls Of Fire!"
Wow - autographs of:
* Buddy Holly
* Bill Haley and the Comets
* The Everly Brothers (signed by Don and Phil Everly)
* Jerry Lee Lewis
Perhaps my favorite recording is a rare one of ""Bee-Bop-A-Lula" with Elvis and Jerry Lee. I like Elvis' singing
better, but Jerry Lee can surely play that piano!
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290044653186
From Our Humor Department ...
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