Yesterday I posted about some challenges that I’m having with my online business and how I’d like to take it to the next level and change things up. Believe it or not, in a roundabout way I got some business ideas from watching my cats deal with a recent dilemma. Sounds silly but stick with [...]
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What a Walmart Factory in China is Like – Is This Accurate?
I was catching up on my blog reading this morning and bumped into this video on Practical Manifestations blog. This video is a brief look into the life of a 21 year old Chinese woman who works in a WalMart factory in China. She works long days for less than $3.00 a day for at [...]
One Sweet Deal But For New Customers Only
And what a sweet deal it was. Our local newspaper called us last weekend to offer us their “One Sweet Deal” promotion. One full year of seven day per week home delivery of the newspaper for $108.90. The caller also told my husband that the subscription price would be going up on Monday for everyone and we could lock [...]
Selling on Ebay – Is Fixed Price with Free Shipping the Answer?
I decided today that I would suck it up and just work within the parameters of the convoluted rigamorole also known as eBay’s Best Match. If you sell on eBay (or anywhere else really) you know that getting seen at the top of a search is what it’s all about. Best Match is eBay’s way of matching the [...]
Some Recent Observations About The Online Selling World
I’ve been selling items online for about 5 years now. Currently and hopefully for the rest of my working days this is a full-time gig. In the past it has run the gamut from part-time in addition to a full-time lifesucking corporate job, little time because it was just a hobby, to virtually no time [...]
Marketing Genius in a Rural Country Store
Hubby and I went for a spur-of-the-moment drive Sunday that took us south to Cooperstown, New York, “The Home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.” Did our day include anything baseball-related? No, silly… We’re not baseball fans. We like free food so much more. Our stop included a walk-through of the Fly Creek Cider Mill [...]
