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We all have our reasons for going into business.  EBay has been the beginning place for many businesses.  Why do people keep coming back?  It is the reputation that the business owner builds, and part of that hinges on the feedback that they receive from customers. Whenever you buy something at auction on eBay, you as a buyer are encouraged to leave feedback.  Feedback fuels rating scores for buyers and sellers that can lead to more opportunities on the eBay site.  This feedback can be deemed positive, neutral, or negative.  Depending on your experience, the choice can be one of these… Read the rest of this entry »

For a long time at eBay, the payment options were up to the seller.  They could choose to accept checks, money orders, credit cards, drafts from checking accounts, or PayPal.  All payment options are not equal, however.  EBay has now decided that the best way to make payment for shopping or bidding at eBay is to go paperless. Paper payments may have made things easier for buyers but not always for sellers.  Checks take so long to clear the bank.  And, sending them through snail mail is fraught with problems.  Checks get lost all the time.  Having one in your possession… Read the rest of this entry »

When you buy something online, you want it to be a safe and effortless process.  Using paper can stall that process.  As of this year, eBay is no longer accepting checks and money orders as payment for items bought on their site. Did you see the commercial where there are tons of customers in the coffee shop?  It is running like a well-oiled machine because everyone is swiping a credit card for their purchases.  The machine slowed to a messy and screeching halt when one person pulls out a couple of bills to pay for their purchase.  It is the same… Read the rest of this entry »

Website promotion doesn’t have to be as difficult as some people make it out to be.  Here are three website promotion strategies to help you get started. Directories Directories are essentially libraries of websites.  They’re generally organized by broad category like sports and then by more specific categories like baseball which is then broken down into micro categories like amateur, youth, video games, instruction, movies and so on. The benefit to listing your website with a directory is they send traffic to your website and they help increase search engine ranking.  The caveat is that there are literally thousands of website directories.  Best… Read the rest of this entry »

Building a website is the first step to developing an online presence.  The next step is to get the word out.  However telling people about your website and new business is only the start.  Using the internet, and mass communication technologies associated with the internet, you can reach thousands of potential customers every day. Social Networking Social networking is an amplified version of what goes on at a local business association meeting.  Social networking occurs on forums, membership sites, chat rooms, social networking sites like Linked In, and even on blogs and it offers many unique benefits. Social networking gives you the opportunity… Read the rest of this entry »

Linking is touted as one truly fantastic tool to build search engine ranking.   In fact, Search engines often do not list websites without relevant links.  This means you can optimize your website perfectly and still get overlooked by the search engines.  The keyword, however is ‘relevant’ links.  It’s what the search engines require.  So how do you obtain relevant links? Step One: Research links already coming into your site. Find out how many links are coming to your site.  Great tools like this one at Market Leap allow you to search by URL and find out how many links you… Read the rest of this entry »

Starting a small business can be a hectic process, with a lot of work involved.  Pulling everything together in order to make your small business successful takes dedication and planning.  Some things that you need or want for your business can be put off, but there are other things that should be in place from day one.  Here are a few things that are important to have in place before opening the doors of your small business. 1.  Business Plan – A business plan can be like a map, to help you find the right direction to make your business a… Read the rest of this entry »