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Wikipedia gets the nod from Howard Davies - Director of LSE
2008-05-28 11:01:00 I was at the Hay Festival over the weekend and I noticed that during a lecture by Howard Davies , Director of the LSE, that he used Wikipedia as one of his sources. Now we all know that Wikipedia is a great source of knowledge, but I was surprised that such a prominent academic would use a ... More About: Random
Choosing a Domain Name
2008-05-19 11:53:00 What is a Domain ? Each website on the world wide web has an address know as URL or Universal Resource Locator e.g. http://www.trevorginn.com. This is the address which is typed into a web browser to access a particular website. A URL consists of two parts. The first, http://www. determines this is a webpage which must ... More About: Domain Name , Random
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2008-05-07 07:00:00 Trying for a baby, pregnant or a new mum? Turn to gurgle. - by gurgle More About: Links , 2008
Excel Formula for Calculating eBay Listing and Final Value Fees
2008-05-06 21:03:00 Excel is very much the battle axe of the information age. White shirted warriors slog it out across the battle field of cells and pivot tables. Anyway I am getting overexcited. Here is formulas for calculating eBay final value and listing fees Listing fee =IF(D3<0.99, 0.1, IF(D3<4.99,0.15,IF(D3<14.99,0.25, IF(D3<29.99,0.5, IF(D3<99.99,1.30)))))/E3 Where D3 is the eBay starting or fixed ... More About: Formula , Ebay , Fees , Final
New marketplaces - Wigex and Fiddel
2008-05-05 22:26:00 Two new marketplaces have come to my attention, one of which might even have legs. Wigix is a new marketplace which aims to work like a stock market matching buyers and sellers. As a seller you state a price you are willing to sell at and this is displayed to buyers who are looking for that ... More About: Random
Launch of Hello Baby Network - a Social Network for Parents
2008-04-23 23:35:00 Alongside my new online baby shop, I have launched a networks for parents called Hello Baby Network . The site is run using ning.com, a service which allows people to build their own social networks. The idea is to provide a build a social network around the shop allowing customer to meet people ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Launch
eBay Strike 1st May - Groan
2008-04-22 10:31:00 There has been news in several of the dailys including The Times about an eBay strike on 1st May. The main issues seem to be as follows: Changes to feedback. In the future sellers will not be able to leave negative feedback for buyers End of level playing field. eBay is going to start giving volume sellers ... More About: Random , Ebay , Strike
Lack of metrics for eBay Cross promotion rules
2008-04-15 23:57:00 eBay cross promotion rules are one of those features which it is easy to ignore. These rules define the items which are shown in the cross promotional box underneath each listing, showing other products which the seller has for sale. eBay does not make it obvious how to change these rules and I suspect that ... More About: Promotion , Random , Cross , Ebay , Metrics
Setting up Outlook for 4 hour Workweek
2008-04-11 11:31:00 I have recently been thinking about how best to set up my email thought outlook having read the 4 hour workweek. In the book Timothy Ferriss suggest answering your emails only twice a day, which I think is a great idea, the problem is that I want to be able to send emails more requently ... More About: Outlook , Random , Hour
Trevor?s Productivity Tips No. 000001
2008-04-10 13:28:00 Today I changed my brower homepage from the BBC to Google. I reckon that every time that I see the BBC site I have to read at least one story. Estimated time saving: 15 minutes per day x 20 working days = approx 0.5 days month No TagsIf you found this post useful, why not buy ... More About: Tips , Random , Productivity
Hello Baby eBay Listings
2008-04-08 23:40:00 I (well not me personally), have created an listing template for my new eBay business, Hello Baby . I thought I would go through my design rationale and invite comments: Features: Two column design. Although I think the proponents of three column listing and shop designs such as Frooition do an excellent job for a very reasonable price, ... More About: Listings , Ebay
eBay, eCommerce. Life Hacked
2008-04-06 19:34:00 Anyone who reads my blog regularly might have noticed that it was briefly taken over by a turkish hacker. Mr Hacker, Ha, Ha, very funny, please don’t do it again. Thanks to Sam from Arena Flowers for letting me know No TagsIf you found this post useful, why not buy me a coffee! More About: Life , Ecommerce , Random , Ebay , Hacked
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2008-04-04 07:00:00 Running a business without Microsoft More About: Links , 2008
links for 2008-04-04
2008-04-04 02:46:00 Running a business without Microsoft (tags: microsoft ubuntu skype) No TagsIf you found this post useful, why not buy me a coffee! More About: Links , 2008
Running a business without Microsoft
2008-04-01 23:47:00 Leading from my last post about using skype to run phones, it seems to me as if these days business infrastructure can be almost entirely run on open source or free products. I am quite tempted to give these options a go, but I do use a lot of software and services which are only ... More About: Business , Running , Microsoft , E-Commerce
Best Self Help Books including Getting Things Done, 4 hour workweek and oth
2008-03-31 00:34:00 I am a bit of a sucker for self help books and so I thought that I would share my favourites in case anyone is looking for a bit of enlightenment. Most of these books are about time management as I interested in ways of working smarter. I reckon with a self help book if ... More About: Books , Book Reviews , Getting Things Done , Things , Hour
Running your business on Skype
2008-03-28 00:09:00 I am just setting up a business (well two actually) and I have decided to manage the phones using skype, dispensing with landlines altogether. I may live to regret this, but I thought I would share my reasons. Alongside computer to computer calls, Skype also has a feature called a Skype-In number where users get a ... More About: Business , Running , Random
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2008-03-25 06:00:00 The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss More About: Links , 2008
links for 2008-03-25
2008-03-25 01:32:00 The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss (tags: 4 hour workweek) No TagsIf you found this post useful, why not buy me a coffee! More About: Links , 2008
Terapeak 5.0 Beta preview
2008-03-24 22:49:00 I have been given a sneek preview of the new launch of terapeak (thanks!). Looks pretty nifty. Here are my top picks of the new features. Hot Searches. This enables sellers to find the top searched keywords for particular categories and more importantly sub categories. Great to writing titles Hot Sellers. I think that this ... More About: Preview , Random , Beta
Top UK eBay Sellers
2008-03-24 22:39:00 According to the new version of terapeak (using their Hot sellers search) the top sellers on eBay UK in the month 19th Feb-19th March were: emilyandlily £1,633,888.71 jean_sale £1,039,357.00 willen_trading £850,601.64 e_cell £761,431.59 digital-rev £703,445.96 clearancebargains-uk £682,354.21 bestpricetrading £650,414.52 digigood £630,071.55 harbour48 £558,300.46 palicomp £512,576.86 containerclearancecompany £492,448.36 ebestdeal4u £475,756.51 online4babyltd £469,223.01 schuhstore £442,139.73 mybesteshop £436,266.85 luzerntech £424,825.36 first2save £417,999.30 saabman1970 £360,525.34 blacksilvertech £336,197.45 green-doors £308,284.26 dzone2 £277,563.79 wessexteak1 £275,565.21 gowingsto... More About: Ebay , Sellers
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2008-03-24 06:00:00 ChangeThis :: ChangeThis 800 CEO Read.com More About: Links , 2008
links for 2008-03-24
2008-03-24 01:28:00 ChangeThis :: ChangeThis (tags: change this ideas) 800 CEO Read.com (tags: CEO read book publishing) No TagsIf you found this post useful, why not buy me a coffee! More About: Links , 2008
eSources are a bunch of crooks
2008-03-12 21:54:00 I would like to relate a sad cautionary tale, in the hope that other do not befall my fate. Last November I signed up for membership of a wholesale directory called eSources, run by someone called Stefano Carboni. The membership came with a 60 day money back guarantee, however when I cancelled, my membership ... More About: Crooks , Random
eCommerce Wish List
2008-02-25 23:48:00 Whilst particularly annoyed by Adwords the other day, I got thinking about things I would like to change about the major eCommerce platforms. eBay User access levels. eBay was never originally created with businesses in mind and so, unlike most business systems, there is no function to limit the access of some users to certain functions like ... More About: Ecommerce , Random , List
Message from PWC, Administrators of Clockworx
2008-02-22 17:30:00 We understand that there are a relatively small number of faulty/not as described disputes opened on PayPal for items bought after 31st Jan 08. Customers should not return such goods to Clockworx premises as they are now closed and we will not be able to recover items sent to those premises after ... More About: Random , Message
Lots2- a useful collection service
2008-02-22 11:37:00 In the past there have been several occaisions when I have purchased collection only items on eBay and then had the pain of organising a collection. I am please therefore find a company which offers a solution to this problem - lots2. Lots2 enables sellers to offer a delivery option for large items by ... More About: Random , Service
eDirectory - Is it any good?
2008-02-21 23:38:00 I was recently asked by a client whether they should sell thorough eDirectory. eDirectory is a fixed price marketplace which sells across a range of different categories ranging from electronics to flowers. The system is similar to amazon marketplace in that seller submits details of their products and the whole selling process takes place on ... More About: E-Commerce , Good
Promoting eBay listings from your website: A mistake
2008-02-19 23:47:00 I have noticed that several businesses promote their eBay listings prominently from their websites. For example: I suspect that the reasons for doing this are two fold. Drive traffic to the eBay listing and thereby get more sales Save on eBay listings fees by an getting affiliate payment for driving traffic from ... More About: Website , Promoting , Listings , Ebay
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