Adam Broitman at iMedia Connection posts a list of 6 Stupid Marketing Mistakes, and I’ll expand on these here – with an adjective swap of “Big” because these can be pretty fundamental.
Adam lists the 6 stupid marketing mistakes as follows:
1. Failing to engage and follow conversion
Adam links to a list of brands using Twitter, and [...]
The new mantra of selling Network marketing refers to employing several strata of people, to market and advertise your website or product. It is similar in concept to multi level marketing with the traditional pyramid approach to marketing. However out of the millions of network marketing tools and campaigns out there, what separates the ‘successes’ [...]
Your eBay feedback score says a lot about the type of seller/buyer you are. An increased score with a high percentage of positive feedback indicates that you are an honest person and that the transaction will go smoothly. Getting started out can be rough though, if you only make occasional purchases.
1. Search for “penny auctions”, [...]
BARCELONA (Dow Jones)–E-commerce giant eBay Inc. (EBAY) expects its Internet-telephony business to be valued at more than $2 billion in its planned initial public offering, the auction site’s chief executive, John Donahoe, said Wednesday.
Analysts have pegged the value of Skype at roughly $2 billion, and Donahoe, who was responding to a question on the sidelines [...]
eBay’s traffic appears to be on the way down. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise if you pay attention to the commentary on message boards and comment sections on eBay articles.
The griping usually comes from disgruntled sellers, and there is a lot of it. We’ve covered that before. Users have been frustrated for a [...]
If you really want to get a message across about your fitness business, you need to create a fitness info product. This can be an audio program or a video of some sort. You may even find that creating something such as an eBook could make a great instructional tool for those wishing to become [...]
A security flaw in the online payment service PayPal means sensitive information is at risk and customers could lose control of their accounts, according to an Auckland software developer.
Ewart MacLucas says the flaw means customers who have not registered a credit card or bank account to their PayPal account need only supply a street address [...]
The right ad can either make or break an Ebay auction or sale.
1. Put yourself in the buyer’s shoes. Ask yourself: What would I want to see in that ad? What would make or break the sale for me, as a customer? Make sure you provide that information, every bit of it.
2. Be honest, be [...]
If you look through the list of auctions that have bids, the majority of powersellers do not use the technique of reserve auction prices. There is a reason for this. The response rate and the actual reserve price being met are not as high as other auction formats and thus powersellers have learned this already [...]
Writing a quality listing is the backbone of selling items on eBay. Your listing is your “sales pitch,” and first impressions will mean the difference between buyers purchasing your item, or moving on.
1. Write a descriptive title. Use all 55 characters and stick to key words such as brand name, model number and words you [...]