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Bookings now open for ChannelAdvisor Catalyst 2011
Registration for Catalyst 2011, both UK and US, is now open. The much heard conference for top retailing innovators and potential wonder entrepreneurs is going to be convened by ChannelAdvisor on 4th-6th of April in the US and on 17th-18th of May in UK. The UK conference will be held at Park Plaza Riverside, London. The US conference will be arranged in Durham, North Carolina. Early registration offers 33% discount. … [Full Article >> ]
Part 2: Using the Split Keyword to Break up Your Data
This article is a continuation of a previous article called Part 1: Comma Separated Keyword/Tag Blocks in Your eBay Listings? if you’ve not read this article then nip back and read through it, as we’ll need to know the original steps to where we are now. So we left off with me saying that we should not process further keywords unless we have qualified the custom field so that we actually … [Full Article >> ]
Part 1: Comma Separated Keyword/Tag Blocks in Your eBay Listings?
Clearing out my old files earlier and I came across some old keywords I used on numerous occasions. Instead of just detailing one, I’m actually going to join a few together here to make a example anyone using eSellerpro could use with a little thought. Lets Make a Real-Life Example Lets assume that you have two customfields the first with ‘Other Colours’ and another with ‘Sizes’, both in the custom fields group … [Full Article >> ]
Channel Advisors ‘Christmas Crunch Crap’ Guide
Hey, I can do alliteration too! CA’s ‘Christmas Crunch’ guide is out, see here for the direct link skipping the annoying spam boxes. Absolutely nothing new or nothing any serious seller would not being doing already, but a great bit of white PR to blind people with. OoO I can do that aswell! Disclosure: I am in no way affiliated with ‘Channel Advisor’, not even one of their sellers ( as none … [Full Article >> ]
UK eBay Listing Analytics Tool starts working
eBay introduces Listing Analytics tool to UK users. This much heard tool, is now appearing as a new tab in your My eBay and will assist you with analysis on your eBay listings. UK eBayer’s may think, “How this new tool is going to help?” This tool actually interprets and describes the level of performance of all the contents on your listing, step by step. It will show analysis through … [Full Article >> ]
Yoast WordPress Breadcrumbs Plugin
Taking the advice from yesterdays post ‘Google SEO Starter Guide Updated’ on adding a breadcrumb to the sites theme, I remembered seeing a plugin from Yoast.com a few days back. Installation was done in seconds, almost like every other WordPress plugin, unfortunately the auto insert option did not work, however within a few pastes in the files page.php, search.php and single.php it was in and working. If you’re an avid blogger and … [Full Article >> ]
18% Wasted – Your Most Important eBay Marketing Asset
Thats right here is the best way to waste 18% of your most valuable asset on eBay, the Listing Title. You make your listing titles on eBay look pretty by including ‘=’ and ‘-’ symbols. No idea what I’m taking about? See this item: 230526814009. Here is the listing title: THOMAS TAKE ALONG === Thomas&The Jet – Die Cast === NEW So lets count this up there is: 6 x ‘=’ 1 … [Full Article >> ]
DropBox, File Backup & Transfer Matt Proof
DropBox, its soooooo simple to use, to store and share files on line. I really mean its simple, its sooo Matt Proof its unreal. You download the application, if you have an account you enter the details, if not you create an account within a few seconds, no silly questions, just what is needed to get you going. No setup, no configuration, no setup, it really ‘just works’. Here is … [Full Article >> ]
Why You Should Not Use Magento
Following on from my earlier post on ‘Why You Should Use Magento‘, now for Magento’s negative side. Magento is a beast, if its not the depth of the user interface, its hundreds of settings to get used to or just the sheer scale of it. I’ll be completely honest with you, it took me two three attempts to get to grips with it, that’s slightly concerning as I would like to think … [Full Article >> ]
Jing Easy Video, Screen Captures & Editing for Instant Messaging
Simplicity, this is such a killer for something that is useful. Jing is one of those killer applications, simple, but extremely effective. What’s different about this app compared to other screen capture tools such as snippy, snag it and so on? Its soo easy and within a few clicks you can have a screen shot with comments or a video with voice over sent as a link to your conversation partner(s). Besides the ease … [Full Article >> ]
Interactive Voice Response
No idea how I ended up finding this, however it struck a ‘how neat’ cord. Take a few minutes to watch the video below: Soo… what does this does this mean? It means you could with a few well thought-out questions (& some bribery) get your customers demographics & psychological profile uncovered[if you have no idea what I am talking about, Google these terms now NOW!!!] Used correctly, this could give the … [Full Article >> ]
The Facts: ChannelAdvisor’s Featured Retailer – LeSports
One of the huge benefits of being a consultant, is that you can enter a business with a completely fresh look at it. Not influenced by any of the day-to-day operations, any historic issues or misconceptions created in the business by itself and can work from the cold numbers. A few weeks back I was intrigued by the big Channel Advisor PR wheels moving and spotted one of their featured sellers ‘LeSports Ltd on YouTube. The video … [Full Article >> ]
Why You Should Use Magento
Magento has really taken off in the past year or so, but behind the buzz there are some things that really grind my gears and others that make me flutter with excitement. I wanted to begin by highlighting the pro’s and con’s of Magento, but they were too numerous to list together. I’ll post a detailed analysis of why Magneto may or may not be for you in the near … [Full Article >> ]
