Hi ,

Hope your weekend was fabulous!!

I just booked two incredible speakers for our ‘eBay Live Success Week’ – June 4-8^th.  (and am working on a third!!)  But for the moment, it is still a secret, ssshhhh….Mark your calendars – even if you aren’t going to eBay Live, you won’t want to miss these e-commerce rockstars!

 

Coming Up This Week:

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at Noon pst/3pm est

 

How to Write, Publish & Market an e-book

with our very popular PowerSelling Mom, Danna

 

- Want to know how to write an e-book?

- How long one should be?

- What program to use to write it?

- How to market it?

- How to protect your written property?

 

To register for this incredible call and ask your e-book question for Danna:  Go to: www.AskPowerSellingMom.com - remember if you don’t have a question, you can put ‘I Choose Success’ in the box as well!

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at Noon pst/3pm est

Don’t Forget: You can purchase Danna’s step-by-step book, “How to Write an e-book” (as well as many other fabulous e-books) at www.JanelleElms.com/danna

 

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 at 3pm pst/6pm est – Don’t forget to cast your vote for the Best In Stores before April 30^th – www.ebay.com/bestinstores

 

PowerSeller Success Interview with Alice of the Best In Stores finalist for her eBay Store ‘Stitches’

 

Join the very popular PowerSeller Success Series.  We have a double-treat this week…a PowerSeller who’s eBay Store was also recently nominated for “Best in Stores’

 

To register for this incredible call and ask your question for Alice:  Go to:

www.AskThePowersellers.com - remember if you don’t have a question, you can put ‘I Choose Success’ in the box as well!

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 at 3pm pst/6pm est

Don’t Forget: You can check out Alice’s Award-Nominated eBay Store here: www.JanelleElms.com/alice.

 

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at Noon pst/3pm est

 

Taking Profitable Photos with Photography Expert Cindy Shebley

A phenomenal 3-part series with the multi-talented Cindy Shebley – She’s an eBay Education Specialist, trained by eBay and one of only 17 people worldwide to be certified by eBay as a Business Consultant.

Cindy is also the author of “Easy Auction Photography” & The newly released “5 Steps To Success A Guide For Online Entrepreneurs and eBay Sellers.”  Both of which can be purchased at: www.JanelleElms.com/photo

The first 25 buyers to purchase the paperback copy of EASY AUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY, will receive 2 FREE CD’s. One is the complete video seminar. “EZ Auction Photography”. The second CD is filled with eBay Store tutorials.

 

In this first class, Cindy will be answering all of your ‘how to take profitable photos’ questions!

To register for this incredible call and ask your question for Cindy:  Go to: www.AskAboutPhotos.com - remember if you don’t have a question, you can put ‘I Choose Success’ in the box as well!

Date/Time: Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at Noon pst/3pm est

Don’t Forget: You can acquire the amazing photography and success tools Cindy has created at: www.JanelleElms.com/photo

 

Blessings for a fabulous week,

Janelle

 

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Getting Around

 

45 days until the insanity that is eBay Live hits Boston (wonder if they know what is about to hit them?!!)

 

So many of you will be flying into Boston’s Logan Airport.  (For my Bostonian and surrounding area friends, you may want to skip the airport part…we’ll catch up with you in a few minutes).  I have included the different airlines that fly into Logan, the terminal they arrive at, as well as the individual airline’s contact information.

 

The airport has 4 different terminals: A, B, C, & E (not sure what happened to D…someone check on that and let me know!)  There is an information booth located in each baggage claim area if you have any last minute questions as you arrive in Boston.

 

For my international travelers: currency exchange is available in the arrivals hall.  When you exit, taxis are on the far left, and other transportation can be found curbside.  You also have an information booth to assist you.

 

For my DOUA travelers: handicap accessible taxis are available upon request.  See a Massport ground transportation agent, located outside of each terminal on the arrival level, for assistance.  Here is a very important link provided by Logan airport for you: http://www.massport.com/logan/airpo_adase.html  This site includes information about

Security, traveling, ADA information booths, and airport facilities broken down by terminal.  Here is some additional information provided by the site:

Passengers With Disabilities
All taxicab drivers are required to accept any passenger who has a disability, including their service animal. Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available upon request at no additional charge. Call the Hackney Division of the Boston Police Department at 617-343-4475 for accessible taxi service.

 

Aer Lingus E (800) 474-7424, www.aerlingus.ie

Air Canada/Air Canada Jazz B (888) 247-2262, www.aircanada.ca

Air France E (800) 237-2747, www.airfrance.com

AirTran C (800) 247-8726, www.airtran.com

Alaska Airlines B (800) 252-7522, www.alaskaair.com

Alitalia E (800) 223-5730, www.alitaliausa.com

America West B (800) 428-4322, www.americawest.com

American (except int’l arrivals) B (800) 433-7300, www.aa.com

American (int’l arrivals only) E (800) 433-7300, www.aa.com

American Eagle B (800) 433-7300, www.aa.com

British Airways E (800) 247-9297, www.british-airways.com

Cape Air C (800) 352-0714, www.flycapeair.com

CaymanAirways* E (800) 422-9626, www.caymanairways.com

Charters B,C,E (Check with Tour Operator)

Continental C (800) 525-0280, www.continental.com

Delta Air Lines A (800) 221-1212, www.delta.com

Delta Connection A (800) 221-1212, www.delta.com

Delta Connection/Com Air A (800) 354-9822, www.delta.com

Delta Shuttle (LaGuardia.) A (800) 221-1212 , www.delta.com

Finnair* E 1-800-950-5000, www.finnair.com

flyGlobespan E  (800) 663-8614, www.flyglobespan.com

Iberia E (800) 772-4642, www.Iberia.com

Icelandair E (800) 223-5500, www.icelandair.com

JetBlue Airways (except int’l arrivals) C (800) 538-2583, www.JetBlue.com

JetBlue Airways (int’l arrivals only) E (800) 538-2583, www.JetBlue.com

KLM E (800) 374-7747, www.klm.com

Lufthansa E (800) 645-3880, www.lufthansa.com

Midwest C (800) 452-2022, www.midwestexpress.com

Northwest E (800) 225-2525, www.nwa.com

SATA E (800) 762-9995, www.sata.pt

Spirit Airlines B (800) 772-7117, www.spiritair.com

Swiss E (877) 359-7947, www.swiss.com

United C (800) 241-6522, www.ual.com

United Express C (800) 241-6522, www.ual.com

US Airways Shuttle (LaGuardia & D.C.) B  www.usairways.com

US Airways B (800) 428-4322, www.usairways.com

US Airways Express B (800) 428-4322, www.usairways.com

Virgin Atlantic Airways E (800) 862-8621,  www.virginatlantic.com

 

 

All of your public transportation is available outside of the terminals, including taxis, rental cars, buses, limos, and shuttle’s to the water taxi.  It is approx. 4 miles to downtown…BUT, it will take you 20-30 minutes to get there – lol.  If you take a taxi, it should cost you approximately $20-45 depending upon where your hotel is.  The train & bus will run you a whopping $1.25.  And the cool water taxi is $10 one way, $17 round trip.  I did find a fabulous deal for a beautiful town car - $30 one way to downtown from the airport (doesn’t include tolls or tips, but it will seat a few of you!!) - http://www.bostontowncar.com/ 

Double-check with your hotel and see if they have shuttle service from the airport.  (We’ll get to mass transportation in a moment….)

 

Ok, so DON’T rent a car for eBay Live.  There is little parking and the parking that is available, for the most part, is VERY expensive.  (I even read one ‘tip’ that said to park illegally because the parking ticket was cheaper than legally parking! LOL).  If you have to rent a car, use my Hotwire trick of getting a car super cheap through them.

 

 

Now, just to give you the lay of the land, I want you to check out this site: Not For Tourists

We’ll be talking more about this site in the coming weeks, but I wanted you to get a feel of how Boston is laid out. (You got to love a map that shows you where all the Dunkin’ Donuts are!!). 

The Boston Convention Center is on map 10.  And most of the downtown area is 1-5.

If you would like to order the book (it’s pretty phenomenal), you can get a great deal at Amazon.  Here is Google’s version too: http://www.google.com/maps?q=Boston,+MA,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

 

 

Ok, now bookmark this next page… http://www.mbta.com – stands for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Association.  They have an amazing Rider Tool on the homepage (this is THE best mass-transit information system I have ever seen!)  You enter your start point, say the Boston Convention Center and then enter you ending point, say Faneuil Hall (for my DOUA peeps, you can check the handicap box too).  Then hit Display Trip.

Directions galore and estimated walking distance/time from your hotel to the nearest T or Bus Stop.

 

Now, the T is Boston’s subway system, and pretty cool.  Very accessible and easy to understand.

http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/getting_around/

Here is the link for my DOUA guys: http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/accessible_services/

You can also take the T to a Red Sox game! (we’ll talk about extra curricular activities in the coming weeks) http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/redsox/

 

Now, there is some confusion as to where the event is…there are two Convention Centers in town…and I hope no one goes to the wrong one.  Here is the one eBay Live will be at:

http://www.bostonconventioncenter.com/

 

Direction to the Boston Convention Center can be found here: http://www.mccahome.com/bcec_dir_pub.html

 

 

 

Next week: Some things you need to get ready NOW!…

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 Lawyer and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Nance Schick took the helm today at OSI and shared her secrets to her entrepreneurial success as well as answered those tough legal business questions. (Including the one we always get – what type of corporation should I be…)

Great show today Nance – looking forward to having you on again!

Websites we mentioned:

Law Office of Nance L. Schick

The Boa

 

 

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Our fabulous friend Troy White was on again today (we loved him on April 12th talking about turning your words into profits)!!

Today we were talking about a completely different subject – the success secret of top entrepreneurs…their spirituality. As one of the interviewees in Troy’s Entrepreneurial Spirits book said, “Spirituality is not a religion – it is choosing love over fear.”  I love that quote because I see SO many potential success stories frozen by fear and self-doubt.  Joe Vitale of the Secret says in Troy’s Book, “the average person doesn’t realize the power they have.”  This book is filled with amazing stories, as well as very powerful business advice on how to achieve your success.

Websites we mentioned:

Entrepreneurial Spirits Book – over 50 incredible, powerful interviews with top entrepreneurs – sharing their secret to success – $17

Writing/Marketing Package – don’t forget….Troy just threw in a private tele-seminar with any of OSI’s listeners who buy this package.

Wild West Wealth Summit – Join Troy and the top marketing/internet genius’s in Calgary this summer (he is even flying Ted Nicholas in from Switzerland to speak for you!)

“The Artists Way” book – the book that started Troy’s success path…

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 Our very popular series, eBay PowerSeller Success, is back!  And we had an amazing guest to kick things off.  Rebecca of Pig and Panda fame shared how she achieved her current success…including what worked, what she stumbled over (& how she got past those things).  Rebecca, along with Diane (of Ladies Who Launch eBay Store fame) have recently launched a powerful one-on-one eBay/Online Consulting business – Oasis Connect.  We had the honor of hearing about the dream and struggles of a start-up.

Websites we talked about:

Pig and Panda

Oasis Connect

Ladies Who Launch eBay Store

PixClinic

Winners on the call:

Cindy of TwirlPlanet.com – won a beautiful handmade lampwork leaf bead by world renown glass artists, Carol Fonda & Monty Clark.

Melissa of InfantTraveler.com – won 2 weeks free membership to Oasis Connect’s service, “Ask For What You Want”…unlimited questions answered by the experts.

eBay PowerSeller Success Interviews coming up (Wednesdays at 3pm pst/6pm est):

• May 2^nd- Alice of Stitches – finalist in the eBay Stores, ‘Best in Stores’ contest
• May 9^th- Sylvain of Distributor King
• May 23^rd - Joli & Marshall of 2DizzyLizzards
• May 30^th - Louise and Lia of mirra.n.me
• June 6^th Raymund of Buy Direct Specialist
• June 20^th- Rhonda & Lee of FastBackStack
• June 27 (just added!) – Troy of Period Paper

 

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Danna of PowerSelling Mom rocked OSI again today with an incredible interview about using MySpace to market your eBay Business (she even included information about marketing on websites!). 

Don’t forget to ‘friend’ me…. www.myspace.com/janelleelms  

Websites we talked about:

Danna’s MySpace page

Danna’s eBay Store

Danna’s Website – PowerSelling Mom

THE BOOK – “Creative Networking from ‘Your Space’ to the Marketplace”

Themes & widgets sites for My Space:

http://www.coolprofile.info/index.php

http://www.freeweblayouts.net/

http://www.hotfreelayouts.com/layouts.php?index=myspace_layouts

http://www.blogthings.com/

http://www.whateverlife.com/

http://www.myspacesupport.com/

http://www.pimp-my-profile.com/layouts/layouts.php?site=Myspace

http://www.ultimatemyspace.com/

http://www.myspacemaster.net/

http://www.bigoo.ws/

Blessings, Janelle

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We are less than 2 months away from eBay Live 2007 in Boston –I can’t wait!!

 

Once a week until eBay Live, we will be posting hot tips on going to Live including hotel deals, must attend classes, and insider info.  Even if you aren’t attending this year, I guarantee some great information for your business will be in these announcements.  Look for ‘Janelle’s Secret Cool Tip’ for some good insider info!!

Also, feel free to post your hot tips, suggestions, and stories in the comments section under these posts – we LOVE to hear from you!

 

Getting Started

 

eBay Live is the annual 3-day event where thousands of eBay Community members, industry experts, and exhibitors get together to share the secrets of success, network, make new friends, and celebrate everything eBay. Attendees learn how to take their eBay experience to a higher level all day, then party into the night with world-class entertainment. This year, the event takes place in Boston from June 14-16.  Highlights of this year’s conference include:

   

- eBay President and CEO Meg Whitman discussing the future of eBay (don’t miss the Keynote this year – all I can say is that it will be very ‘entertaining’ to say the least).

- Special Guest Speakers: Andy Sernovitz, Seth Godin (woohoo!), Suze Orman and John Gardner

- Headliner Entertainment Kool & the Gang at the Big Gala

 

1. Register to go to eBay Live – That’s easy, but do it sooner than later.  Even though it’s a great deal ($75 for a fun & wealth filled 3 days), the prices do go up the closer we get to June 14.  Plus, last year they closed register since the event SOLD OUT early.
2. Book your trip. 
3. Hotels - I just got notification from Hotwire that certain hotels in the Boston area just lowered their prices!!  If you haven’t used Hotwire before, it’s super easy.  Put the city, date & how many people into the fields and hit “Find a Hotel’.  It gives you different areas of the city designated by a letter.

 

You can narrow your search by choosing just certain letters.  eBay Live will be closest to ‘F’, but B,D, and E are just minutes away.

 

 

When you choose a hotel, you aren’t given the name of the hotel, just the details and amenities.  You won’t be given the name of the hotel until you finalize and pay for your stay. 

 

 

Janelle’s Secret Cool Tip

 

I use Hotwire ALL the time for traveling (except for flights), and especially love the hotel and car super-duper deals.  But not knowing where I am staying when I choose a hotel deal drives me a bit crazy.  So I go to Hotwire first, find the deal I think I want…THEN, I go to this site Better Bidding to figure out what hotel they might be referring to.  It’s not always 100% accurate, but at least I can use my P.I. skills to narrow things down!  I just scored an insane deal to a 4-star hotel in New Orleans for my trip in May and will be staying at a beautiful & historical hotel that normally is over $300 a night for $129!

 

Flights –

Boston’s Logan airports code is BOS

I love using Travelocity to find the best deal for travel.  They allow you to search within a 3 day period (coming & going) for the best deal.

Also, since we have people coming in from all over the world, these might help some of you:

UK

Australia

Germany

Canada

 

Amtrak has some great deals – just plan plenty of extra time if you are traveling across the US.  I love the train – it’s so beautiful and you get to meet very interesting people!

 

For those of you who are thinking positive, wealth & success, then you will want to check out Elite Jets!

 

And you can always road trip it (promise me you’ll share your travel stories!!)

 

Car Rentals –

Now you can use Hotwire for your car rental deals too (I can’t believe how cheap I can rent cars for from Hotwire)…and with the cars you know ahead of time who you are renting from…but, next week we will be talking about Getting Around and you may not need a rental car.

 

Also, for my friends at the DOUA, I definitely didn’t forget you.  I searched around and found this great resource site for traveling if you are disabled: http://www.makoa.org/travel.htm

Also, there is a wonderful woman writer, Jane Danielson, who is disabled, travels and loves to share with others the tricks she has learned.  Go to:

http://www.handicappedtravelclub.com/travel_writer_for_the_disabled.htm - and request the ‘Boston at it’s Best’ article.  Jane has a beautiful website herself at: http://www.disabled-traveler.com/

Plus, eBay is making scooters available for you to rent during the event:

Belmont Medical Supply Co.
185 Belmont St.
Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: (617) 484-3888
www.belmontmedical.com

*Note: eBay is not responsible for payment or storage of these scooters. Attendees will need to keep the scooters in their possession at all times. Overnight storage is not available at the Convention Center.

 

 

Next Sunday: Getting Around

 

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Ok…I am running out the door to Roller Derby (one of my passions in life), and wanted to fill you in on a couple of things…

 

There is another finalist for the eBay Store ‘Best in Stores’ Contest in our group (what a fabulous group we have!!).  HUGE congrats to Corrie of Quilt Taffy (www.janelleelms.com/taffy) .  The designer of her Store is Pixel Diva Creations.  I know that Corrie has been working hard on her Store this past year and it has really paid off in a huge way!  Don’t forget to vote for your favorites at www.ebay.com/bestinstores before April 30th.

 

 

And, before I don my skates…Cliff’s incredible book,

“The eBay Seller’s Tax and Legal Answer Book –

Everything You Need to Know to Keep the Government Off Your Back and Out of Your Wallet”

has just arrived fresh from the printer.  For those of you who smartly pre-ordered the book, you should have it in your hot little hands any moment now.  For those of you who don’t own a copy of this MUST HAVE book….run to www.TaxandLegalBook.com to order your copy today!!!  I am hearing back rave reviews from those of you who have already received this wealth of information book.  Remember, you can also listen to Cliff’s podcasts at the Online Success Institute (www.onlinesuccessinstitute.com)

 

blessings & skinned knees,

Janelle

 

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Happy Friday,

 

What a great week it was…all of the replays for our amazing guests are now up on www.OnlineSuccessInstitute.com.  Make sure you check out:

• GreenDimes – meet Jill Finlayson who shares her experiences of working with multiple start-ups, as well as her tips on being an entrepreneur
• Ladies Who Launch – 5% of corporate women say they are fulfilled by their job – egads!!  Learn how to be fulfilled at whatever you choose to do by two of the leading entrepreneurs – co-founders of Ladies Who Launch, Beth & Victoria
• Terapeak – Greg & Denise started off a great monthly research series by answering your top research questions.
• Twist – fabulous way to end the week with branding geniuses, reality tv stars, and true-blue entrepreneurs – Beth Ann & Tina of Twist new-brand-venture rocked quite a few worlds with their wise and brazen advice.

 Don’t forget to vote in the Best in Stores (www.ebay.com/bestinstores) contest before April 30^th.  Our very own Alice of Stitches is in the running – congrats!!  The designer of her eBay Store, Lisa Stephens of Somersault Media, is going to be on with us Monday talking about profitable eBay Store design.  This is a ‘MUST REGISTER’ class as it will be a webinar taught online (you’ll get to see what we are doing on your computer, LIVE!!)

 

Here is our fabulous line-up for the coming week:

 

Monday, April 23^rd, 2007 at 11:00am pst/2pm est

 

 

Tuesday, April 24^th, 2007 at 10am pst/1pm est