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Ever grow weary of the endless days of the same-old on eBay…the dull humdrum of questions from buyers, missing packages, fee increases? Well, it doesn’t have to be so bad. In fact, you can have a positively “out of body” experience by simply frequenting a host of auctions featuring items such as ” Somniferum Poppy Seeds” and “Salvia Divinorum“. So, why not trip the light fantastic and do a little business with your friendly eBay dealer?

Once again this week, I continue with my password harangue by pointing you to a blog entry where step-by-step you will see how easily passwords are hacked and why odds are that yours is one of them. After you are sufficiently alarmed, why not pay a visit to Microsoft to test your new password’s strength?

Using Google Base Connector is an easy way to get your eBay Store, Yahoo and Amazon Marketplace items listed in Google Base..this you’ve heard before on the show. But did you know that you can also get a premium top of the page search result as well? Listen in as I explain.

Now that eBay is allowing you to earn affiliate commissions on your own items, the next step is a handy little service that will create your ads easily…but you need to know how to title your listings so that you get the maximum benefit.

There’s a site that will happily take your money and guarantee “leads” for your eBay Trading Assistant business...listen in as I explain where these leads are coming from and why you should save your change.

A very good site for zeroing in on local auctions by zip code and category.

Like I say, videos work well for auctions but paying a site to create and host those vids doesn’t. Listen in as I tell you about a site that doesn’t offer a thing, video-wise, that you can do yourself for free.

Amazon debuts ClickRiver. Why not advertise within a relatively secure marketplace and benefit ( at least in your customer’s mind) from the association?

Top 50 Free Web Directories…

An automatic, threadbare auction management service for those of you pinching pennies.

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Links from this weeks show:

Google Base Store Connector - Apart from easily uploading your Amazon, eBay & Yahoo inventory..your listings also can appear at the top of natural search results.

How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords - Step-by-step how easily its done…with your help.

Microsoft’s Password Strength Checker - Use it.

eBay Affiliate Ad Generation Tool - Quick way to earn decent money on your listings as well as others.

Leads for Sellers - A so-called service that pulls Craigslist listings and then charges you for the “lead”. DIY.

Auction Zip - Spiffy site where you can zero in on live auctions by zip code and category.

Amazon’s ClickRiver - Advertise within Amazon.

Top 50 Free Web Directories -

Auctomatic - Free, nuts and bolts auction management.

Tags: Google_Base, Password_Hack, eBay_Affiliate, auction_manager, Amazon, ClickRiver, Free_Directories

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There’s a little company in Redmond Washington that launched a very ambitious site, namely: Windows Live. Strangely enough, there hasn’t been much written about the scope of the effort (some 17 Beta releases) and one particularly that should be of interest for e-commerce sellers, Live Expo. Two weeks ago, I launched an item in Live Expo to test the waters…listen in as I detail my experience so far and why you should consider going “Live” yourself.

Forget PayPal, is Microsoft setting itself up to challenge Mastercard/Visa’s credit card monopoly? Maybe so and Bill Gates is proposing micro-steps to do just that.

An fatally attractive conversation on the Vendio board re the sale of a collectible poison bottle, complete with poison, and whether it is permissible and/or ethical to do so.

Overstock.com launches Omuse in Beta…and I for one, am not amused. Does Overstock really need a wiki or social aspect to the site that is not directly tied into selling?

PayPal’s going to give you $15 for purchases over $30 just out of the kindness of their heart…we knew they had the money; a heart however, is news.

WipBox aids creating listings by pulling product specific information automatically from Amazon, among other places…and this simply too easy to do you or your listing any good. Listen as I explain why.

A Craigslist clone that does a fine job of doing nothing new in a remarkably inert sort of way.

“eBay cannot guarantee exact listing durations with respect to availability of keyword or category search.” or in other words: we’ll list your damn auction when we can get around to it.

A site for CD/DVD duplication that can help monetize that e-book idea.

The world’s leader in “Sin Removal Products” has loads of other hip products that would make for some unusual gift baskets…”for Cheaters, Losers and Wrong-Doers”, you know, folks like us.
A wholesale hat site…I can’t think of anything clever to say other than its cool.

Does a site that produces items:”created by carefully injecting and trapping multi-million volt regions of electrical charge deep inside acrylic using a particle accelerator…” sound like something you’d like to sell? Sure does to me! And just try finding this in one of those drop-shipping guides.

Computer and electronic wholesalers and an auction and information site for Legos that is quite an eye opener.

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Links from this week’s show:

Power Press Web Site Marketing Strategy - Write press releases that will drive traffic and buyers to your website or auction. Normally $37.97, you can receive $10 Off ($27.97) by entering “lonelyboy” (omit the ” “) in the Promo Code box.

e-Junkie - The best digital download manager available. Enter code: “SELL101″ for a one month’s free service.

GoDaddy Discount - Get $96 in Free Extras with your domain name from GoDaddy.com. Each domain includes free hosting with a Web site builder, a free Blog, Complete Email and much more. Enter code “pod54″ and get 10% off your order.

Windows Live - Microsoft’s Basket ‘o Betas for practically every internet chore.

Windows Live Expo - a dynamic social listing service where you can buy and sell merchandise, discover local events, find a new career, and meet local people - all for free. Nicely done.

Overstock.com’s Omuse - A social wiki beta service desperately in search of a reason for its existence.

ProActionMedia - CD/DVD duplication service.

PayPal $15 Offer - Make a PayPal payment over $30 and Meg will credit you $15 cash. Limited time.

BlueQ - Manufacturers of life improving, joy bringing, mind altering, universally praised products since 1988.

Stoneridge Engineering - A million volts worth of interesting acryllic product.

Village Hat Shop - Whole lotta wholesale hats.

RS-Kit - The Internet’s largest online database of computer wholesale distributors.

BrickLink - A premium venue for individuals and businesses from all around the world to buy and sell new, used and vintage LEGO® through fixed price and auction services.

Tags: ebay, paypal, windows_expo, computer_wholesale, legos, blueq,

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Well, I’ve finally finished my edit of “The Power Press Web Site Marketing Strategy” and I’m happy to announce it’s finally ready.

And as a way of saying thanks, I’d like to extend a special offer to my listeners and readers.

Normally $37.97, you can receive $10 Off ($27.97) by entering “lonelyboy” (omit the ” “) in the Promo Code box. Just follow this Link and enter the code in the appropriate box. You can also click on the banner on the right side of this page.
I hope you enjoy and the book and that you find it an effective tool…Your Weapon of Choice.

Tags: press_release, marketing

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