In this Success Newsletter:

• Did your feedback jump today?
• You have 1440 minutes
• Just announced - Success With Cindy - Additional Revenue Products for ESP’s pre-release CD - Learn the secrets of highly Successful eBay Educators in this CD filled with Profitable Practices
• Come ‘Shop’ with me on Monday – speaking in Seattle for Crave

Remember, you can read the previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

Wow – pretty emotional day today for me…so many amazing ‘thank you’ emails from the Rock Stars in my inbox.  Sales are increasing, Stores are getting ready for the Best in Stores contest, SO many new Rock Stars, morale is high and most importantly, people are Choosing Success.  A friend called today and was surprised to find me crying.  Worried that something was wrong, he asked what happened…I told him, “My heart is overwhelmed.  My Rock Stars are turning their dreams into realities – they are working hard, supporting each other, being protective of their business – and they are SO passionate about their Success.  I couldn’t be more proud.”  Then I burst into tears again – happy, delighted, joyful tears. 

Your Success means the world to me.

Thank you SO much for being such a blessing to my world – you are very incredible and are the reason I work so hard at what I do.  I had a dream in December of 06 to create a powerhouse of eBay and online Education – utilizing my incredible depth of networked experts – and gathering a community of Success-minded people.  You have made my dream a reality.  It is an incredible honor to use my gifts to help you achieve your goals.  Thank you.

Dang…now I am crying again while writing this…I’m off to get a Kleenex – you go on ahead and read today’s feature articles…I’ll catch up.

 

 

Did your feedback jump today?

Was surprised my feedback total jumped today until I noticed this on eBay…YUM!

 

Hello…this is Brian Burke, Director of Feedback Policy at eBay. As the Community knows, several changes were announced in January as part of Evolving Feedback. Our first change gives sellers and buyers the opportunity to earn up to one Feedback point per week (Monday through Sunday, Pacific time) from the same trading partner.

We’ve begun providing credit for repeat Feedback for transactions ending on or after Tuesday, February 19th. We’ve also made some cosmetic changes to the Feedback Profile page to reflect this change. What’s more – coming in May, we will provide credit for ALL repeat transactions that occurred between 1996 and February 2008. (We’ll be introducing the other Feedback changes announced in January in that timeframe, as well.)

With this change, now sellers will get the credit they deserve when their great service and selection results in repeat buyers — they can also reward loyal buyers with repeat Feedback, as well.

Sincerely,

Brian Burke
Director, Global Feedback Policy

Woohoo!  Can’t wait for May’s feedback changes to go into effect!!

 

 

What are YOU doing with your 1440 extra minutes?

“After joining, I finally opened my eBay Store, my eBay business doubled the first month after listening to my first podcast from a seasoned seller, my auctions climbed in Google, my sell through rate is well above average. For ten years, I thought that I was a successful eBay Entrepreneur - NOW, after joining OSI Rock Stars, I am truly on the road to success.” (continued below)

Leap Year!! An extra day!  What will you do with it?

You have 1440 minutes left to take advantage of the yearly savings on OSI Rock Stars – what are you waiting for?  Just like this extra day, this yearly savings plan will disappear after tomorrow.

Join now at http://osirockstars.com/wp-login.php?action=register

What will YOU do with your extra day this year – will you…

·       Choose Success?

·       Start listening to over 120 hours of Success education at Rock Stars?

·       Make your dreams a reality?

·       Walk through the eBay fee and site changes classes on Rock Stars – utilize the DSR checklist to get your Store in order and put the Bonus Gold Stars into your listings?

·       Quite talking and start doing?

·       Get some incredible customer service and profit tips on the Rock Star forums and start putting them to use

·       Make 2008 the year your profits will skyrocket?

·       Find out the hottest items the buyers are buying and where to source them on Rock Stars?

·       Start working for YOU and not for someone else?

·       Learn the top ways to use Squidoo in your marketing on Rock Stars

Sounds like you have a lot to do in just 1440 minutes – but all of it can happen by just becoming a Rock Star today! www.osiRockStars.com

I just received an email from some ‘guru’ that said the words I need to use in my newsletters to get you to buy anything are: fast, guaranteed, limited, easy, simply, testimonial, discount, sale, free, you, yours, important, new.  There!  But I hope the following words are more important to you:

·        Success

·        Profits

·        Doing this for YOU

·        Success-minded community

·        24/7 education

·        Dreams now a reality

·        Step-by-step

·        Supportive

·        And it’s ALL about YOU

Our Rock Star Success Minded Community (now you are going to see where the tears came from earlier)

I wish I could show you ALL of the amazing Rock Stars, but here are a few of them…

We have people on Rock Stars who are younger, who are older, who are starting out, who are shooting stars, who are ‘new kids’, who are PowerSellers – but ALL of them have one things in common – They chose Success!!  There are SO many quotes I want to use in this newsletter so you don’t pass up this amazing opportunity to join us Backstage.  Like…:

·        eBay Store owner Dorothy of  www.eclecticcollectit.com

“I have learned more from Janelle than anyone/anything, and with this amazing website, I just have to go to one location to get all I need to help me grow my business.”

·        PowerSeller Diane of http://stores.ebay.com/worldwide-traders-online?refid=store

“Being a Rock Star, Roadie, and Promoter has given me courage plus all the tools to break out of that paralysis. I’ve added a newsletter doubling my subscribers, redesigned my eBay store with the help of an amazing Designer and fellow Rock Star increasing sales by 30%, cross promoting by hiring an international programmer for an off eBay website, created a website that features drop shipped products, adding a Squidoo lens, and a My Space page, and soon to use video and audio in my auctions or custom pages. These accomplishments would never have been implemented given my lack of technical confidence without OSI Rock Stars podcasts and webinars. You will be amazed at all the new content added weekly that drills down even deeper on skills, techniques, tools, plus keeping me up to date on new technology with discounts available at special Rock Star prices!! Janelle always over delivers and this site will enthrall and surprise you every time you log on!”

·        Bill of www.dataprobeinc.com  

“OSI Rock Stars in a word has been “everything” to me. You see I’m a professional Private Investigator and know very little about Internet Marketing. When I joined OSI Rock Stars, I was skeptical, thinking, “here I go again” throwing money at another guru that professes to be able to help the Internet ‘wannabe’ be successful on the Internet. But… that wasn’t the case….I just got my eBay store live a couple of weeks ago and the very next day after going live, I got my “first sale.” I have spent weeks and literally thousands of dollars on previous Internet ventures by having the “guru’s” build expensive web sites and I never made the first sale. Do I sound excited now? You bet I am and I owe it to Janelle and OSI Rock Stars.”

·        PowerSeller Jackie Oh of www.brightenyourdayproducts.com

“Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, joining OSI Rock Stars was one of the BEST decisions I have made. I’m still a relatively “newbie” to eBay and still have lots to learn. As a Rock Star, I have a backstage pass to education, motivation, assistance, and support whenever I need it, 24/7.”

·        eBay Education Specialist, PowerSeller and Trading Assistant - CJ of XOXmas

“Success breading success, it’s amazing how fast the internet and the eBay site changes. As soon as you catch up, you’re behind again. OSI rock stars cut to the chase, and find the important information and bring it to the top!”

·        These are just excerpts…you can read the full testimonials (as well as many others) here: What is OSI Rock Stars - http://osirockstars.com/?p=318

·        And here: Rock Stars Tell All - http://osirockstars.com/?cat=241

But I received this incredible ‘testimonial’ from one of our fabulous Rock Stars and had to share it with you. I present to you our Janieruth…(who’s favorite Rock song by the way is ‘Mustang Sally’ - Wilson Pickett)

“I have been selling on eBay since 1997 and all of my antiquing friends think that I am an eBay genius. I kind of thought so too, until I met Janelle Elms! She was my instructor at eBay Stores 101 during eBay Live in Boston. I was immediately turned on to all of the things I had been doing wrong. I put what she told us in that class to work, but I was in for a wonderful surprise!

Janelle invited me to be a Beta Tester for her new site, OSI Rock Stars and I have to say that I was totally in awe of what she had put together in this site. It was so exciting to see it develop, and even more exciting to see it go LIVE! OSI Rock Stars seemed to be a site developed just for ME! I know, I know, you think the same thing. Isn’t that really the beauty of the site?

Where else can I find so much information about growing my online and eBay business? I also have to tell you that this is a truly wonderful community of people who are ready to help you at every turn. As I write this, so many names come to mind of folks I have never met in person, who jump at the chance to help me when I have a need. These people are transparent - they don’t hold anything back - there are no insider secrets that OSI Rock Stars won’t share. Amazing? - you bet!

At this time, we Rock Stars are also helping a fellow member raise money for a Helper Dog for her severely Autistic son. Do you belong to any other eBay site that is doing this? I didn’t think so!

After joining, I finally opened my eBay Store, my eBay business doubled the first month after listening to my first podcast from a seasoned seller, my auctions climbed in Google, my sell through rate is well above average. For ten years, I thought that I was a successful eBay Entrepreneur - NOW, after joining OSI Rock Stars, I am truly on the road to success.

I am approaching retirement and I have to tell you, I am one of those Baby Boomers who thought her Uncle Sam was going to take care of her. I had become afraid of the future - now, I am able to start really socking away some extra funds. What a Blessing!

You are certainly never too old to learn and if you are like me, and think you already know all about selling on eBay - you are in for a real surprise. Join, take advantage of all OSI Rock Stars has to offer and you will be so glad you did. I can’t think of another gift that you could buy yourself that would give so much back to you. It is certainly the best money I ever spent on myself - it’s the gift that keeps on giving!
Hear what I have to say about OSI Rock Stars

Check out my eBay store, Janieruth’s Fabulous to Funky Finds - designed by a Rock Star - where I sell all things Fabulous to Funky - Antiques and Uniques!

Blessings and here’s to your own success!”

Rock On, janieruth

You now have 1440 minutes left to take advantage of the $297 annual membership on OSI Rock Stars.  www.osiRockStars.com  

What will YOU do with your extra day this year?

 

I know it does not happen nearly often enough, but it’s time for the semi-annual coupon…

 

Just announced - Success With Cindy

Additional Revenue Products for ESP’s

pre-release CD

Recently Cindy and I did a class together for eBay Education Specialists where we did Live coaching about their businesses and helped create additional revenue products (back of the room sales) for them.  The call was intense, it was thrilling, it was very powerful, and the information was inspiring – and all that was from the participants.  Afterward, Cindy and I called each other and didn’t know what to say – it had been that incredible.  All I remember was saying, ‘wow’…and then I think Cindy said it back to me.  So, with the permission of the people we interviewed, Cindy and I wanted to put this incredible content onto a CD for others to have access to.  We knew that anyone who was thinking of creating products for their business would want access to this information.

www.SuccessWithCindy.com

What an informational and motivational class! Janelle and Cindy take us all from the first of eBay and their first experiences teaching as ESP’s up to today and the ‘new kids on the block’ like myself just starting out.
They share revenue opportunities in ‘back of the room’ sales. What type items to tie in to the classes, where and how to get them. A great tip is using vendor give aways. As Janelle puts it, ‘the larger vendors have the budget for give aways and marketing’. Love it!
Janelle and Cindy also go through affiliate marketing to sell other peoples’ products to enhance your revenues. Some great tips here…I ran out of page to write on when taking these notes!
I enjoyed listening to the ideas Janelle and Cindy had for the three ESP’s to help them set up their advertising, improve their Instructor bio pages, PR packets to hand out…the list goes on and on. Very informational. I’ve gotten so many ideas just listening to this one class! Janelle mentioned everyone would be working for awhile after the class with all the info contained..exactly where I’m headed now!
Thanks again to everyone on the podcast…Janelle, Cindy, Patti, Melissa and Marlene. I know everyone appreciates all of you for this wonderful insight!        Mary Evans - Drei Katzen Media

We are getting ready to release that new CD,

 

Success With Cindy -

Additional Revenue Products for ESP’s pre-release CD

  

Learn the secrets of highly Successful eBay Educators
in this CD filled with Profitable Practices

And are offering it for pre-release at www.SuccessWithCindy.com  Take advantage of the pre-release savings price - $49 NOW.  When it arrives from the printer the price on the website will be $97.

“Cindy & Janelle bring us two full hours of incredible & motivational suggestions for Education Specialists to increase their success. As a new ES, with my first class next week, this was just the class I needed to get my gameplan ready! Unfortunately we are not ALL fortunate enough to have an entire state to ourselves like Melissa of Infant Traveler, so we have to try to stand out from the rest of the ESPs in our areas. No better way to do that than by listening to two of the world’s top ESP’s bat their exciting ideas around for us all to benefit from. No better mentors on the planet to learn from! Listen VERY closely to the little-known classified ad advice shared here! YES!!”         Jim Nelson - http://grandpas.poweru.biz

 

www.SuccessWithCindy.com

 

 

The SHOP 08 Conference is Monday – come hang out with me in Seattle

 

I’m on at 2:30pm – check out the itinerary – http://craveparty.com/shop08/itinerary1.htm

 

SHOP/08 Keeps Independent Businesses Healthy

One-day conference educates and inspires owners

 

SEATTLE, WA, January 30, 2008 – On Monday, March 3, SHOP/08 marks its second year for this one-day conference designed to support independent business owners. Attendees include retailers, spa and gym owners, travel agents, yoga teachers, creatives, self-employed service providers, and consultants of different stripes.

 

The purpose of SHOP/08 is to provide practical information, offer wise encouragement and build camaraderie.  This is accomplished through expert speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions and vendors whose services support the unique needs of business owners not affiliated with large corporations or chains. “Independent businesses keep the marketplace diverse and add character and soul to our communities,” comments SHOP/08 founder, Melody Biringer, herself a lifelong entrepreneur and independent business owner. “Independent owners are particularly courageous. They need a community to support them, and this is the purpose of SHOP/08.”

 

Presentation and breakout session topics include:

 

• Turn Your Passion Into Profit: Straight Talk From Women Entrepreneurs
• High Impact Low-Cost Marketing
• Web Marketing Success Stories
• What Your Customer Wants Next: Staying Up To The Minute And Translating Trends Into Strategy
• Capital With Confidence: Decreasing Your Cost And Improving Your Bottom Line
• Hit Send…Email Marketing
• Be True To Your Brand: Do You Have A Business Soul?

 

Some of the speakers at SHOP/08 are:

 

• Janelle Elms, Visionaire of OSI Rock Stars
• Jacqui Boland, Founder Red Tricycle
• Jessica Campbell, Owner Spa Scotta
• Lara Feltin, Co-Founder Biznik
• Sharelle Klaus, Founder DRY Soda
• Kelley L. Moore, King 5 Lifestyle Expert
• Eliza Ward, Co-founder ChefShop.com
• Maggie Winkel, Startup Junkie

 

Monday, March 3

Seattle Center’s Northwest Rooms

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Single tickets: $100. Two or more: $75

 

For more information, please visit the SHOP/08 website:

http://craveparty.com/shop08/index.htm

 

SHOW/08 will also take place in Portland, Oregon on Monday, March 10

 

Fabulous blessings,

j

 

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In this Success Newsletter:

• The Muppets and me
• What would YOU type into Google to find you?  Read our Squidoo Success story
• 48 hour countdown to Success
• Tomorrow’s Profitable Keyword class – Live Coaching
• Class Replay is up – ‘eBay PowerSellers Nathan & Bryan of Flightline Fabrications take the Success Stage’ (I met Bryan at an eBay U a couple of years ago and knew after talking to him for 3 minutes that he would be wildly successful – come listen to hear how I knew…)
• Come ‘Shop’ with me on Monday – speaking in Seattle for Crave 

Remember, you can read the previous Success newsletters in the OSI Rock Star archives at http://osirockstars.com/?cat=5

Channeling the Swedish chef…

So apparently I have watched the Muppet’s movie once too often.  While trying to be clever late last night as I was preparing to send the newsletter, I typed in the headline, I am NOT Sweden.  Great – that makes no sense (well, it did late last night, but not so much this morning).  Although Sweden appears to work in my analogy of refusing to stay neutral on issues I strongly believe in, the term Switzerland is by far better known in the world of neutrality.  With apologies.

Part 2 – and as many a bright-eyed reader noticed this morning (what kind of coffee are you drinking and where can I buy it?), the press release from Cindy Shebley had incorrect dates for her upcoming Online Photography classes.  You can view the corrected dates here:

For More Information or register about this online camera class http://www.clovercitysells.com/online-digital-camera-classes.htm

 

Hope to see you there!

Cindy Shebley

www.clovercitysells.com

 

 

I got my client from your Squidoo Class!

I just received this fabulous message from our Rock Star Stephanie who teaches our Squidoo classes at OSI Rock Stars.  Congrats to Patricia who’s client found her on Google through her Squidoo page!!  And HUGE thanks to Stephanie for teaching such amazing Squidoo classes.  Click here to watch her incredible webinars about this powerful marketing tool: http://osirockstars.com/?s=squidoo

 

From Stephanie…I had to share this email received from a fellow Rock Star:

 

Message from Rock Star:  houndandhandbag

 

Dear Stephanie, I took your Advanced Squidoo course a few months ago, and decided I would make my business lens more serious, and more importantly add the keywords I was missing. I get a message from Squidoo saying someone found my page and wants to book an appointment to go over wedding details. I had to ask them once I got to meet them how they found me. It turns out thanks to adding those keywords, my page was on the first Google page when the guy punched in “wedding decorators Vancouver”. I don’t know if you know about Vancouver, but there are quite a few of us in the wedding industry that are decorators, and no amount of SEO I could have done could have got me there.Thank you for your tips and advice. I just need to do more of this! You and Squidoo rock!

All the best Patricia Harold Studio 96 Designs/ Hound and Handbag Gift Company

 

Our Advanced Squidoo class put her on the first page of Google and got her a client!  HOW COOL IS THAT?!?  OMG I’m so excited to hear about a direct success story from one of our classes….

 

Stephanie – Katiyana’s Collectibles

 

48 hour countdown to Success

(if you are an eBay Education Specialist, pay close attention to our testimonial today…)

You now have 48 hours left to take advantage of the $297 annual membership on OSI Rock Stars.  Click Here to learn more about why you only have 48 hours http://osirockstars.com/?p=397

Want to have a more successful eBay business?

Your search is over! The tools, tips and techniques you need to achieve success are right here on the OSI Rock Stars site!

You’ll have access to the most timely, reliable, high quality, in-depth information anywhere. It’s all in one place and available 24/7! Through comprehensive podcast & webinar interviews with leading experts in the eBay/online world, you’ll learn to implement cutting-edge strategies and techniques that will increase your bottom line and take your business to the next level.

I came to OSI Rock Stars because of Janelle Elms. I’ve always admired her dynamic teaching style, generous spirit and willingness to share her knowledge. Now she’s created an amazing site that embodies all these wonderful attributes. Here you’ll find valuable information and supportive members willing to share their experiences & knowledge. You will not find hype, self-promotion or promises that aren’t kept.

As an eBay Certified Business Consultant and Education Specialist, I need to keep abreast of the most current (and accurate) information and tools available for my clients. The OSI Rock Stars site has put all this information in one place and provided supportive forums where talented group members will share their expertise and answer any questions I might have. In just 2 months on the site I’ve learned such useful information & new techniques that have added value to my teaching/consulting business and increased my eBay sales as well!! This site is the most valuable resource in my toolbox for accurate, timely information and on-going support.

Where do I tell people to go for success? OSI Rock Stars!!

Marlene Gavens
Your Hometown eBay Expert!
eBay Certified Business Consultant
& Education Specialist
Proud Rock Star Roadie, Groupie & Promoter
http://teacherspet.poweru.net
http://stores.ebay.com/the-savvy-seller-store

The good news is that I talked ‘them’ into a week’s leeway time so that I could let you know that the great $297 deal is getting pulled off the table.  But, there is only 48 hours left to save BIG bucks and Choose Success and become one our incredible Rock Stars.

For those of you who may not yet know what Rock Stars is…I have only 7 days to teach you all of the amazing benefits you will receive for being a Rock Star.   OSI Rock Stars started with the Online Success Institute (OSI) where we would interview experts about how eBayers could achieve Success online.  Due to incredible demand, those Live classes were recorded and then put up together on a membership site called OSI Rock Stars where members can listen to the replays 24/7.  OSI Rock Stars is now:

·        Over 100 hours of Success content - topics range from setting up your eBay Store for more profit to search engine optimization to taxes & legal issues to advanced marketing online.  Janelle’s vast network of guests include Seth Godin, Cliff Ennico, Reiva Lesonsky, Catherine Seda, Griff, and many more notables in the eBay and ecommerce world.  Special representatives from top companies with topics include Researching for Profit with Terapeak, Sourcing profitable products with WorldWideBrands, Advanced utilization of eBay Stores as well as many other tools that will increase your success (including a special quarterly class taught by the eBay Stores team)

·        Exclusive Success Training – monthly you will have a rare all access VIP pass to Live training including: Q&A with Janelle, Success profit coaching with the Auction Listing Coach, and in-depth training on Success subjects (Janelle just finished a 4-hour training on Profitable Keywords that increased participants profits on eBay by as much as 120%)

·        Community – a unique, supportive community of like-minded Success entrepreneurs who are incredibly active on the site, forums and co-promoting each others business.

 

There are many other features including 24/7 access to education, over 10 hours of additional content being added monthly (usually it’s around 16-20), marketing for your business due to the high seo rankings that OSI Rock Stars has achieved, and more.  But I think your decision shouldn’t be made from the features of the site, but rather what others have achieved from being members.  You can find this information at:

·        Rock Stars Tell All - http://osirockstars.com/?cat=241

·        Here is a specific quote from a PowerSeller couple having to do with exact Success numbers: http://osirockstars.com/?p=202

·        From another PowerSeller - http://www.squidoo.com/osirockstars/

·        And another one - http://www.squidoo.com/osirockstar/

·        And a bit from another PowerSeller about Janelle Elms’ desire to see you succeed - http://www.squidoo.com/janelle-elms-rocks

New Classes for this week…

 

Hey…get registered ASAP for this week’s classes. All OSI Live classes are fr-ee to attend and instructions are included during the registration process for both the podcasts and the webinars. Remember, you can either ask a question for our special guest or simply put “I Choose Success” in the question box.

 

 

2/28/08, Thursday at 1pm pst/4pm est – Another Rock Star  training – If you purchased the “Profitable Keyword Training” CD, you received a link to this exclusive training class with your package.  Follow that registration link to get registered for this rare Live coaching class with Janelle.  If you would still like to purchase the CD, you can at www.JanelleElms.com/cd If you are a Rock Star, learn more about these exclusive classes and get the registration link at: http://osirockstars.com/topic.php?id=223&replies=1

 

 

You can find out more about these classes, as well as register, at: www.osiRockStars.com (scroll to the bottom of that webpage for upcoming classes, details and registration information).