Archive for November 17th, 2006
Top 10 Mistakes All eBay Sellers Make
If you are not getting the bids you want with your eBay auctions you could be making some crucial mistakes in your listings. As a PowerSeller who makes a living on eBay I find myself browsing eBay’s listings on a daily basis. While browsing I see so many eBay sellers (even PowerSellers) making crucial errors [...]
Picking the Right eBay Category Can Be Tricky
It’s easy to think you know pretty much all there is to know about a product you’ve encountered daily for most of your life, in my case postcards. So I was really shocked to discover someone selling an identical postcard to one I listed on eBay; even more shocked to learn his postcard made £300, [...]
Selling Toys For the Holidays on eBay
Selling items for a profit on eBay is easy when those items are things that kids want. The time of year between October and mid January is especially good since that time of the year is the Holiday Season and many gifts are exchanged. As you know, for the Holidays and XMAS, many kids receive [...]
Buy Now And Get A Coupon For Later Craze
This article was written by guest post Matthew Peschong. Visit his blog at PS3 Game Search Stores are starting to realize that the buy now and get a savings coupon for later strategy can pay off tremendously. As one consumer recently explained, “You’re almost obligated to go back because you have this money to spend“. [...]
FSB Magazine: Internet sites, business brokers, and boutique investment banks. Scores of sites promise to make online deal connections. New ones seem to pop up almost weekly, and many are just plain sketchy. “Seller, beware,” says Kevin Mulvaney, a professor at Babson College. “It’s possible to drum up great leads on the Internet. But there [...]
Fortune Small Business: Do you ever face a mental blank at the drawing board? If so, it might be time to explore new ways to come up with creative ideas. Over the years I’ve discovered that many entrepreneurs who become successful idea generators follow a routine. By learning their brainstorming patterns, you can demystify your [...]
Looking for Collateral? Try What’s in Your Head
The Wall Street Journal: Executives at Cambridge Display Technology Inc. came up with an uncommon solution two years ago when the company needed some quick financing. Without any property or much else in the way of tangible assets, the U.K.-based flat-panel-display technology company didn’t seem to have a lot of collateral to borrow against. Most [...]
Entrepreneur Redefines ‘Granny’ Role
Daily Press & Argus: Carol Surago considers herself a “granny,” but anyone would be hard-pressed to find her knitting or loafing her days away at home. Surago, who turns 60 next March, recently started her own business, Granny on the Go, a service aimed at helping senior citizens and others in Livingston County get through [...]
the.next.net: At IBM, brainstorming is now a company wide affair. Over the past few months, more than 150,000 employees, business partners, and clients have been coming up with new business ideas for IBM to pursue in a series of “Innovation Jams” and smaller face-to-face meetings. They’ve boiled the ocean down from 46,000 initial ideas and [...]
Internal Revenue Service Targeting Small Firms
Jim Hopkins: The IRS audited 17,867 of about 5.7 million small businesses last year, up from 7,294 the year before, BusinessWeek says in a new story. What about big companies? “Audits of corporations with assets over $10 million also increased in 2005, but by a much smaller percentage: up 14% from the previous year, to [...]
Rhonda Abrams: The holiday season is busy, but it’s also a great time for networking. By networking, I don’t mean installing all those computer cables around the office; I’m talking about getting out there and meeting people who might be potential customers or referral sources. Check your in-box and your mailbox. Check the business section [...]
