Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Is PayPal and eBay sending you email?

I'm amazed at the many people that still fall for fake emails.
Internet education is so important.
My husband, I call him "Mr. Click-Happy" because he clicks on everything before thinking.
Not a smart thing to do in this day and age.

Fraudsters are getting smarter then ever, but so are internet users!

Stay safe while searching the net!
PayPal and eBay both have great tools available to further educate yourself.

Hope you learn a bit from my presentation:




Monday, May 25, 2009

Nonprofits That Twitter

Most people that know me, know how I've become a Twitter Addict!
(There I said it, I admit it!)

Twitter has not only helped me grow my business, it has helped me grow many friendships AND allowed me to lend a hand here and there. But what I enjoy the most is reaching out to people in the network!

Whenever I encounter a nonprofit, I tell them about MissionFish.org and I'm amazed at how few actually know about it.

Recently I hooked up with this new twitter friend: Water1st.

I soon learned this was a nonprofit organization and I sent them a link letting them know about MissionFish. They did not know about it, just like so many nonprofits do not know.


Anyhow, the story goes a bit like this:::::::::::::


@PowerSellingMom Hey Danna, we're all set up on missionfish, and we linked an eBay account. Got any tips for getting started?

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@Water1st GREAT JOB! Can't wait to check you out! Can you send me a link to your eBay/Mission Fish account and I will help promote you!

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@PowerSellingMom Thank you SO much! This is very exciting. http://u.nu/2vh6

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Ok my eBay friends, lets help: @Water1st & list an item to donate a %she just signed up with MissionFish: http://u.nu/2vh6 .@ModelSupplies

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RT @ModelSupplies @PowerSellingMom eBay friends lets help @Water1st list an item to donate a % just signed w MissionFish: http://u.nu/2vh6

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@Water1st GREAT! I just got the ball rolling for you with an item: http://tinyurl.com/owlstz . So excited for you! Lots of opportunity!@ModelSupplies @PowerSellingMom - Thanks for your help in getting us going on MissionFish and eBay. You're the best!

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@ModelSupplies Yep, gotta agree that @PowerSellingMom is AWESOME! Really looking forward to charity auctions. Thanks for your help too.

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@PowerSellingMom You are so sweet! Thanks. Very cool. I'm going to go write a blog post about this right now. http://tinyurl.com/owlstz

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@Water1st Ok, next idea for you! ARe you on Facebook?

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@PowerSellingMom Yes, we are on FaceBook: http://u.nu/6bi6 We get a lot of traffic to our website from fb.
@Water1st Yes, we are on FaceBook: http://u.nu/6bi6 <-- Great! I became a Fan!
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@Water1st Be sure and send me a link to your blog!!! Bless u for all you do!!!


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WaterLog Post: Online eBay auctions benefit Water 1st http://water1st.org/waterlo...

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@PowerSellingMom I just blogged about your auction for Water1st- Thanks again! http://water1st.org/waterlog/

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THE POWER OF SOCIAL NETWORKING!

What a rewarding night it was!

Most everyone that knows me, knows my mission has been to reach out to nonprofits and I've been especially reaching out to those in Florida and Marion County. I provided a 3 week class with Hospice of Marion County educating the staff about eBay and how everything works at eBay. It was extremely rewarding for me and has opened up more doors of opportunity.

eBay Giving WORKS!!!!

special thanks to my dear eBay friend: ModelSupplies for the retweets and support as well!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

eBay Wanna-Be Sites


Forgive me for laughing but today I had to laugh because I was contacted by yet ANOTHER site wanting to be like eBay! They seem to be popping up every where lately!

Many are run by ex-eBay sellers with attitudes!

Few are dudes wanting to be like Pierre Omidyar (Founder and Chairman of the Board at eBay). And then there are some just trying to sell their own STUFF so they create an auction site with their items as the main attraction!

I do give them credit for trying to follow in the footsteps of the #1 marketplace on the internet! eBay is indeed a wonderful role model for those entrepreneurs with high hopes!

But, let's get REAL here!
As of today, eBay holds a #22 rank at Alexa and #8 page rank on Google. For those of you with no idea what this means, bottom line: That is VERY GOOD!

I suggest you go to Alexa.com and check out the competition. See what the stats are on the eBay Wanna-Be sites! You will soon see there is NO competition!

Also keep in mind when you read about memberships, ask for the SALES reports vs. members.
How many sales were made?

Take a look at their reports then head over to:
Investor Relations at eBay and compare notes!

Anyone can organize a colony of people and have a large following but if the sales are not there, big deal! If the traffic is not happening, there will be no sales unless all the members are buying from each other and nothing new is coming in!
Families buying from each other, that could work!

I seriously don't understand why so many people begging for sales put so much time and energy into finding eBay wanna-be sites when if they would only put that much time and energy into educating themselves into being BETTER EBAY SELLERS then they could have more sales!
Meanwhile, roaming the internet streets having a pity party, slamming eBay (oh ya, I wrote that blog post already, read:"It is eBay's Fault" no need to repeat myself.)

An eBay article was in my local newspaper yesterday promoting the 5 free listings starting in June. It was just a simple little clip but can you imagine all the papers that was in and all the people that went to eBay yesterday that saw that?

Also, think about all the TV sitcoms and movies that have a mention of eBay during the show?
It has become a common word, well known throughout the world!
Automatically if someone has something they want to get rid of, first thing they think of is eBay!

Why?
Because eBay is the place to make money!
Learn it well, get on board, educate yourself and be proud to be a part of a global community where everyone receives the opportunity to make a living!

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