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Going BIG in 2009

In honor of Going BIG in 2009, we have decided to break tradition and offer

For 24 hours only

A one year OSI Rock Star membership for

$1 a day.

 

Osi 2009

We know that 2009 is going to be a BIG Success for you and we also know that the over 250 hours of success education on the OSI Rock Star site will ensure your Success as it has so many others.  Yes, we usually only offer monthly membership at OSI Rock Stars, but I want EVERYONE to be successful for 2009!

So, starting at Noon on January 1st, 2009 and going for only 24 hours, you can join us Backstage on your Tour of Success and get exclusive access to not only the hundreds of step-by-step classes that are currently backstage, but you will also receive:

  • The Live Profitable Newsletter training that everyone is talking about – yep, coming up in January this training is going to show why newsletters are worth gold and how to use them in your eBay and online business.  (special guests include Constant Contact and Sales in a Click)  As a Rock Star you have a saved seat to this coaching (Value $200)
  • Fulfillment Series – as sellers move into other online selling channels, automation becomes key.  One of the seller’s favorite tools is quickly becoming fulfillment.  This series will include Fulfillment by Amazon, choosing your own fulfillment company, and even a rare opportunity to hear from someone currently using this in her business AND she’s sharing it all with our Rock Stars! (Value $97)
  • Success Coaching with me – LIVE, two hours of answering all of your questions about eBay Stores, marketing, seo/sem, inventory, sourcing, blogging, automation – anything you would like answered.
  • DYWMMON (Do You Want My Money or Not) – One of our more popular classes.  Three Rock Star businesses are chosen for LIVE coaching, but with a unique twist.  I recommend changes based upon how I see their business through the eyes of a buyer!
  • And don’t forget…we have Denise from Terapeak doing research training, Derek of TaTango (24 year old boy genius) with secrets to his success, Success With Cindy showing how you can utilize the power of press releases in your business and much more.

 

Oh, did I mention – ALL of this is just in January, wait till we really get going for 2009!!

 

Set your clocks for Noon pst/3pm est on January 1st, 2009 and watch your email for the secret link so you can GO BIG in 2009 with your business and Success!

 

Fabulous & safe New Years Eve to you and we will see you Thursday in 2009!!

Blessings,

J

 

PS – we have an incredible community on Rock Stars who are more like family – an amazing, supportive, encouraging, crazy family (and THE best benefit of joining Rock Stars).  One of our discussion board topics is “I Rock because..” – a place for them to share with the other Rock Stars about their Successes.  Here are just a few of them for December:

·        Whew!! November blew by! The new site and makeover are starting to take off. We were turned down by some big brand names who said we ‘just didn’t fit’ and since Nov 1 every one of them wants to be part of what we have! Had my biggest single sale - $935.75 and best month - plus went $600 over my original goal for November I set a year ago!

That double discount helped out a lot on the fees - brought mine up to almost $100. Got a thrilling email from eBay today: I made it to Silver PowerSeller.

Set my sights a year ago to be a PS by July - made it in March. Now this!! I am over-excited folks!!

That long illness, surgery complications and hard work were just a reminder that faith, planning, organizing, persistence, listening and learning will pay off. Rome fell but Rock Stars are here to stay!! Thank you, Janelle and OSI Rock Stars - from the bottom of my heart.

Jan
www.gosintamystore.com
www.gosinta.com
www.VinylRecordTalk.com

·        (there is more to this post than what I have here, but I don’t want to give away ALL the secrets to their Success…you’ll have to come join us Backstage to get Barbara’s Success Tips!)

We’ve just had the busiest 24 hours ever in our 11 years on eBay. Every time we go into paypal to transfer monies, MORE money comes before we complete the transfer. It’s better than “pennies from heaven”, it’s just AMAZING! We signed up 27 new newsletter subscribers, great positive feedback from customers…. HUGE sales figures, and LOTS of space in the warehouse! Checked our page views in Omniture and they have nearly doubled over page views this same time period last year when we were not as “educated” Rock Stars as we are now! Can definitely see the positive influences of implementing the steps we have learned through the podcasts and webinars here on Rockstars! December is DEFINITELY starting out as a “rocking” month!

Jim & Barbara

Grandpas’ Trading Company

·        I was just approved to be a bookseller on Barnes and Noble’s website! It’s a bit of a long process, so I was very happy to have gotten my approval!

I just received my 5,000 feedback! AND! My husband picked up a box of misc bells at an auction for $3.00. Cowbells, sleighbells, etc. Two were silverplate, so we polished them up and started listing. You won’t believe this! Can someone calculate the rate of return on that baby?!?

Woohoo!

Jennifer – Precision Bluing Plus

·        Because we are Rockstars and have learned some great customer service tips I just got this feedback…

“Best Seller I’ve dealt with in 10 years! Thanks for your extra effort & + attitude”

and I am so humbled because it was on a sale that I made a mistake. I turned a negative into to a positive. Sure made my day.

Donna
A Priceless Princess

·        Just made Power Seller! Woohoo!!!!
Cara -
http://www.lepetitgarage.com/

·        I tried my hand at eco-friendly toys on the store, and happy to say they were hits. They did so well, I had to pull the ones I had on Craigslist of to fill the demand.
The purse hooks are still going strong and I can’t keep my rusted metal wiener dogs in stock to save my life (which is good for the artist). This has been the best Christmas season I have had.

And all because of the 1% training!

Patricia – Hound and Handbag

·        Just made 1000 feedback!

Judy
www.jjm-marketing.com

·        I just realized that my DSR’s are 5.0, 5.0, 5.0 & 5.0! Guess that’s a gold medal in the DSR olympics (LOL)! Nice way to end the year -

Marlene – The Savvy Seller

·        My DSR’s are on the up and up!! 2 4.9’s (item as described & shipping & handling times) and 2 5.0’s (communication and shipping time)!!

Greta – Insatiable Geisha

·        Had a great November due to the 20% Powerseller Discount - FREE SHIPPING really helped and I received 40% on more than 80% of my listings !!!

I am thrilled that my DSRs are up there & I will work my hardest to keep them that way !!

Blessings + Best Wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season to my Rock Star Family

Maryann – Good Buys All The Time

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In this Newsletter

 

  • Would like a $300 tax deduction?
  • New Service Helps Grow eBay Stores – Effortlessly
  • Free trial for Terapeak’s powerful research service
  • Amazon finally overtakes eBay in online numbers
  • Classes coming up: New eBay Store marketing tool, and Success With Cindy

 

 

I apologize in advance for my abruptness…

I was SO ready for Christmas this year – was singing Christmas songs in July, had my shopping done before Thanksgiving and spent Christmas Eve attending all 3 services at our Church!  But I have to tell you that I awoke this morning SO ready to be done with 2008 – I have already cleaned up my Christmas decorations, written my thank you notes, and have begun to organize my resolutions for 2009!  I am definitely ready for 2008 to be completed and for a new, fresh exciting year to start.  Are you?  I love the beginning of things – a chance for all possibilities to happen, a clean slate, without any prior encumbrances.  I Choose for 2009 to be absolutely incredible and am getting a running start to head into the New Year.

Osi 2009

Here is a great site to start creating your New Year’s resolutions – includes my favorite tip of ‘writing it down’ so you can check in throughout the year to see your progress (one of the most important things for an entrepreneur to do since we don’t have access to raises and promotions as a way to track our progress).  http://www.mygoals.com/about/NewYearsTips.html

and of course the free tools to manage your resolutions and goals:

http://lifehacker.com/336991/free-tools-to-manage-new-years-resolutions - my favorite is the team over at DIY Planner – tons of free templates to keep you on track, organized, and moving forward to making your dreams a reality.

 

In the time honored tradition of TOP lists of 2008…here are a few from OSI.  It’s pretty easy to see the trends for online sellers – They want to know what vocabulary their buyers are using and how to sell on the sites where their buyers are using that vocabulary - LOL:

Top 3 Best-selling CDs from the OSI Success Library:

Cd1.  Profitable Keyword Training

2.  Profitable eBay Stores Success Training 7-CD set

3.  Amazon 101

And a very close runner up was “Getting Found Locally with Google

 

 

Top 3 highest attended single classes taught at OSI/OSI Rock Stars for 2008:

1.  WebStore by Amazon

2.  Amazon 101 - Increase your Profits with multi-channel selling - Part 1

3.  Seth Godin - And Your Clicks For Free: Promoting Yourself

And runners up include:

10 simple tips that make a big difference when running a small business with Laura Leist

And

Web 2.0 - Discover The Top Ten Online Strategies To Market Your Store, Yourself & Your Company - with Jay Berkowitz

 

Blog-3diskset copyTop 3 series of classes taught at OSI/OSI Rock Stars for 2008:

1.  The Profitable eBay Stores Success Training – 7 part series

2.  Profitable Blogging – 3 part series

3.  The Ask Janelle series – monthly, exclusive to Rock Stars only

And the runners up were:

The Profitable Keyword series – 2 parts

The Amazon 101 series – 2 parts

The new MINI series is gaining is popularity, but was just introduced in November – look for it to hit the top of the 2009 charts though!

Plus, I can’t forget to mention the ‘fee series’ we did.  Very well attended and with January coming up we will probably be having a few more of those soon.

 

Cover over diskAnd, probably more important than any other lists…the Top Products that made the most money for the people who purchased them:

1.  By far…the Profitable eBay Stores Success Training – 7 Cd set – has blown away everyone who has taken the training and applied it to their business.  We are seeing numbers coming in of over 400% increases in profits!!

2.  (and this is my favorite and the one I use almost daily) – the Profitable Keyword training CD.  Without this information, a business would be at a standstill to move forward in today’s online environment.

3.  Getting Found Locally on Google – just ask Maryann of www.GoodBuysAllTheTime.com how fast the money came in after she applied this information to her business!!  Plus, the clients I have think I am the most amazing thing since sliced bread when I do this simple process to their online presence.

_______________________________________________

I also wanted to thank Michelle for taking the time to send this wonderful note – I’m glad that many of you were able to get in on the ‘Quickbooks’ deal.

 

I just wanted to thank you for the heads up on Quickbooks. Like many places, our family is having a lean season financially. You made it possible for my Mother to give me a Christmas present that will cost her nothing and hopefully allow me to spend more time listing on eBay and updating my store than on accounting:-)

Dog 

Here in Mead, WA we have over 30″ of snow and it is still coming down. We have met a lot of neighbors trying to dig each other out or give a push when people get stuck.


 


This is a picture Lassiter, he got “trapped” between the garage and the wall of snow!  (Patches, his sister is helping in the store)

May you have a healthy and love filled Christmas!

Michelle


 


 


Share the Success with friends – forward this newsletter onto them or let them know they can get their own copy at www.osiNewsletter.com (includes the Free 5 page report, “99% of eBay Stores are set up wrong, Learn how to be that 1%”)



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


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Would you like a $300 tax deduction for this year?


 


The release of the Profitable eBay Store 7-CD set (and your exclusive limited time pricing) Price goes up this weekend


 



  • Do you want 7-CD’s packed with step-by-step video training that will turn your eBay Store into a profitable marketing tool for your entire online business?

  • Do you want in before the price goes UP?

  • Do you want a $300 business tax deduction for 2008?

  • Do you want to increase your sales by over 400%?

  • Do you want 3 easy payments?

 


HURRY – price goes up in 24 hours


 


lesson 1I really worked hard with my financial team to make this CD set affordable considering the current economic situation.  This includes an easy 3-payment option.  Ask anyone who has taken this training and they will tell you this is easily worth way more than it is priced – not to mention you will make back the amount of the videos in no time with the increase in your sales and profits. But there is a bit of a twist…the price goes UP each week it is for sale in December!!  So, I would recommend acting quickly to save the most money.


 


Wow…the demand for this 7-CD set on Profitable eBay Stores is incredible.  I am so thrilled for all of who are Choosing Success and are going to have an amazing and profitable eBay Store for 2009 – what a great New Year’s resolution!!


 


I know how this training has dramatically changed the lives of SO many people who have already gone through the 25+hours (check out Ellen’s story below where her sales have already increased by almost $1000!! – can you imagine how much they would have increased if we weren’t in a ‘recession’? WOW!)


…and I am thrilled that it will now be able to change SO many more businesses and lives!


 


We received SO many phenomenal stories from the seller’s who took this class, it is going to take me a few weeks to share them all with you.  But I want to show off what they have accomplished, and also offer you the security of knowing that you are purchasing a product that actually works.


 


I am part of the 1% and I do not know where to start with what an amazing change in my sales.   I am selling to many new customers and my sales have increased from a low…low…low to over $1000 in just three weeks - Hurrah for my newly optimized eBay Store…and my Hero Janelle! 

Part of my story is emotional and part of it is just the plain money facts after the Success Steps taught by Janelle.  My emotional part has to do with all of my struggling in increasing my sales, and fighting a battle that I would never have won without first getting my store in order in the set up process.  I had almost


 


“I am selling to many new customers and my sales have increased from a low…low…low to over $1000 in just three weeks”


 


given up on having a successful ebay store, when I decided to give it one last shot.  Janelle came on line with this great opportunity to Join the 1% Club and how I could be more knowledgeable about my store optimizing.   I jumped on it, thinking “Thank God for Janelle” and a gut feeling that now is the time, and the place to be is in the 1% Club. 

I already knew Janelle is an amazing teacher, and now with these results and the increase in my sales, I am even more convinced…I could not have done it without her and her incredible knowledge base!

Ellen Russel
1% Club Member
OSI Rock Star


www.nwdreamergifts.com


 


Order now at www.OnePercentCoach.com


And you will receive…


complete cd set profitable ebay stores


The 5-part CD set which includes:



  • Almost 20 hours of step-by-step video instructions on correctly setting up your eBay Store for profit

  • Lessons that take you from ‘what to do BEFORE you set up your eBay Store’ all the way to ‘marketing outside of eBay’…and everything in between

  • 5 exclusive Interviews with leading experts in the online success field – learn even more about online selling from: Lynn Dralle, Marsha Collier, Hugues Deriau, Andy Sernovitz and Jay Berkowitz

  • “Success Steps” offered at the end of each ‘week’ – these checklists will help you stay on track and achieve success.

  • Clickable links that are included with each lesson so you can easily locate the products, stores, and companies that we refer to during the training.  No scrambling for a piece of paper to catch the URL website that was mentioned.

 


Order now and receive a BONUS – 2 additional CD’s


·       Over 7 hours of eBay Store reviews – learn how to apply these processes to your own Store by watching these powerful reviews


·       16 eBay Store reviews – see the fine tuning Janelle does with these eBay Stores to fully-optimize them for profit


sales in a click


 


New Service Helps Grow eBay Stores – Effortlessly

Just met some fabulous people from the new Sales in a Click™ tool for eBay Stores.  One of them, Greg, will be on the show next week (see class schedule below) to fill you in on this great new marketing opportunity for eBay Store owners.  It is a simple, affordable email marketing service that drives customers to your store every month - automatically.



  • Keep getting sales from your valuable customers & prospects

  • We upload their email addresses for you – or you can add lists

  • You don’t have to write a thing; we write it and send it for you
    You’ll be ready to send in minutes. Try it RISK FREE!

 


We are testing out the product as we speak and love what we see so far.  It really fills the gap (legally) in our eBay business of contacting previous customers and asking them to be on a newsletter list.  Can’t wait to learn more from Greg.



 



choose success today

 


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Just received this email right before Christmas from our favorite elf in Victoria, BC


Hi Janelle!


 


Hope you’re enjoying this crazy weather!!! I spent the morning shoveling my poor car out. Looked so sad half covered in ice and snow!


 


Just a quick note since I’m still putting the finishing touches on the whole thing, but this afternoon we’re launching a 12 day free start for Terapeak!


It’s our Christmas present to anyone who has been thinking about market research but hasn’t made the plunge.


I was trying to think of a song, but all I’ve had time to think of is….


“On the first day of Christmas my true love researched me…an ipod! “


Maybe I’ll have time later to add more :) 


Anyway, any new subscriber can visit www.terapeak.com/signup and get the 12 days of Terapeak to start for free.


 


We’ll have it blogged and stuff in a bit, wanted to get the update to you right away!!


 


Hope you’re staying warm and all ready for the holidays!!


 


All the best,


Denise


 

holiday stores banner 


Amazon overtakes eBay as most-visited retail site, Nielsen says


Culminating a long stretch in which the two companies’ traffic numbers have been heading in opposite directions, Amazon.com passed eBay.com in November as the most popular retail destination on the Internet, according to Nielsen Online.


Amazon.com, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, attracted 57.7 million unique visitors last month, up 8% from last year, while eBay’s audience of 55.4 million was 6% lower than during November 2007.


Here are the top 15 retail web sites in November, with unique visitors in millions this year and last and the percentage change.



  • Amazon, 57,682, 53,630, 8%

  • eBay, 55,438, 59,041, -6%

  • Wal-Mart, 39,420, 35,003, 13%

  • Target, 35,902, 34,611, 4%

  • Best Buy, 22,138, 22,736, -3%

  • Sears, 19,541, 17,805, 10%

  • Dell, 17,058, 18,918, -10%

  • JCPenney, 16,933, 15,929, 6%

  • Circuit City, 16,609, 19,135, -13%

  • Netflix, 13,538, 11,954, 13%

  • Kohl’s, 13,257, 10,516, 26%

  • ToysRUs, 13,041, 13,726, -5%

  • The Home Depot, 12,169, 10,608, 15%

  • Overstock.com, 11,812, 18,419, -36%

  • Kmart, 11,713, 8,693, 35%

You can read the rest at http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=28825


 

save up to 80% on party invitations & more!

 

 

New Classes coming up…


 


Hey…get registered ASAP for these 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. When the class says, OSI RS Exclusive, only OSI Rock Stars are allowed to attend.


Remember, you can either ask a question for our special guest or simply put “I Choose Success” in the question box.


 


12/17/08, Wednesday at Noon pst/3pm est  – OSI Rock Star Exclusive


MINI - iGoogle –


I use iGoogle as one of the main tools in my business.  It provides blog/newsletter ideas, keeps me up to date on the info I need, and allows me to be organized.


You can watch this class at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=723


 


12/19/08/08, Friday at Noon pst/3pm est – OSI Rock Star Exclusive


MINI – Google Docs


Google Docs is a favorite of mine and I use it for online organization of some of my most important documents including excel, powerpoints and word docs.


You can watch this class at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=724


 


 


 


12/23/08, Tuesday at Noon pst/3pm est - OSI Rock Star Exclusive


MINI – The GoTo Products


I use many of the GoTo products in my business including GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToMyPc.  I will show you an overview of how these tools fit into my business and then we can have additional classes on them if you would like.


You can watch this class at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=728


 


12/30/08, Tuesday at Noon pst/3pm est – Sales in a Click – Marketing for your eBay Store


Greg Bala from Sales in a Click will share an overview of this new powerful tool that you should be using in your eBay business.


Check out the product at Sales in a Click


Save your seat on this audio interview at www.Ask-The-Entrepreneurs.com


 


1/7/09, Wednesday at Noon pst/3pm est – Success With Cindy – Promote Your Online Business and Build SEO Using Press Releases


This month’s topic on Success With Cindy is press releases. You don’t need to be a ‘techie’ to get maximum effectiveness from a press release. Anyone who can email or cut and paste can improve their business using a press release.


Get registered for your spot at www.SuccessWithCindy.com


 


 


Blessings,


j


 


 


choose success today

Get Quickbooks Pro 2009 for free at Staples tomorrow only

In this newsletter:

  • Super easy last minute gifts that WILL be there in time for Christmas & Hanukah (including my favoritest new site I just found that I LOVE)
  • Free Quickbooks Pro 2009 – one day only
  • Final Day for free Holiday Priority Upgrade – Profitable eBay Stores CD set
  • Classes coming up: MINI the ‘GoTo’ Products, a new eBay Store marketing tool, and Success With Cindy  

Hi,

 

I just got this great email from Charles of Replica Coins:

Hi Janelle,
 
I thought that you may get a laugh from this.  I have been digging out from snow the last two days in New York.  It has given me some time to look at your profitable blogging CD’s and at the same time I have the Jets and Seattle Seahawks game on and was surprise to see it snowing in Seattle too.
I also wanted to take the time to thank you for what you are doing.  I cannot believe how much I have learned from your training.
 
I just didn’t know how much I didn’t know.
 
Have a great holiday.

 

LOL…it was sweetest of Charles to take the time to write this great note (plus check out his Store for awesome and unique stocking stuffers!).  I Skiieram not sure whose weather we are getting here in the Seattle/Portland areas, but can you please take it back?  I totally realize it’s colder in other parts of the country, but we in the NW are baffled at this weather and the city has come to a slow crawl the past few days (except for those people who donned their skis and are getting around that way).  We had a wind chill of MINUS 14 degrees yesterday.  Seattlites don’t even know what a wind chill factor is.   We usually get snow once in a blue moon and then 3 hours later it is gone.  I count my blessings that when the 40-65 mph winds hit last night that we didn’t lose power here in this area.  I pray that the people who are stranded at the Seattle airport take this time to meet new friends and perhaps even do some great networking.  Heck, when I have been stranded at airports I have even done some sourcing at the great boutique shops (PDX is my favorite to do that in) – LOL.  You might want to take a moment and send out a Stores Newsletter to your customers just reminding them about these weather conditions around the country and for people to have an extra ounce of patience with their buyers/sellers. 

 

Sometimes I am a bit hard on the USPS…raising rates, long lines, rude clerks.  But this week they have greatly changed my view of them and I want to apologize for generalizing about them…

JimI want to introduce you to my USPS guy.  His name is Jim and he is fabulous.  With no hope of me making it to the Post Office this week since our streets are sheets of ice, Jim has driven his chained up vehicle almost daily to my house to pick up my multiple outgoing packages.  He is always cheerful, helpful and never appears in a hurry while he loads up his truck with all of these boxes (or patiently waits for me to finish filling out custom forms). Now I totally get that they get paid a bit extra to do this service (which is free for us to use – woohoo)…but he doesn’t get paid to be so nice and generous with his time.  Plus without this service I would have had a few very unhappy customers this week.

Now get this…I received a call late one night last week from the Post Office.  Jim’s supervisor Ray was calling me to ‘see if all of my packages were getting picked up ok.’  Ok, WOW.  This is their busiest time of the year and they are just calling to make sure I am happy?  Blew me away.  Scattered reports are coming in from other Post Offices too that these holiday miracles are actually happening across the US!!  Whatever ‘nice’ training they just went through is truly working.  So thank you USPS for hiring Jim and Ray and the other Post Office people who are making our lives and businesses a much happier process.

On a side note, I rarely ship with UPS and had to print a label this week with them. eGads…took me 12 minutes to get one label done.  Heads up UPS…make this process a bit easier for us once in awhile user please.  Too bad you can’t use Endicia with UPS – that would be a fabulous thing.

Yummy info in the newsletter below including some great last minute gift ideas for you (especially those of you who may be snowed in!).

I wish you a week of fabulous Holiday sales and wonderful surprises,

j 

Share the Success with friends – forward this newsletter onto them or let them know they can get their own copy at www.osiNewsletter.com (includes the Free 5 page report, “99% of eBay Stores are set up wrong, Learn how to be that 1%”)

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

For secret deals only….come TaTango with us!!  Register your phone HERE

For spur of the moment info, ideas, reminders or anything else I feel like Twittering about, follow us at http://twitter.com/osirockstars

and Matty the More Moola cow now has her own groupie following at www.twitter.com/moremoola and BOY is she finding the hot deals!

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Super easy last minute gifts that WILL be there in time for Christmas & Hanukah (including my favoritest new site I just found that I LOVE)

 

So I made many of my Christmas gifts this year.  Homemade gifts don’t necessarily save you money, nor do they save you time – lol…but everyone seems to really appreciate the thought that goes into them.  Here is a great site with some brilliant ideas on making a Holiday gift:

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/11/13/a-do-it-yourself-christmas-34-great-gifts-you-can-make-yourself/

 

One of the problems I always encounter at the holidays are two types of people – the ones that you have no clue what to get them and then the person who shows up with a gift for you and they never even crossed your mind to make it to your gift list.  (Oh, and there is that last minute, ‘shoot we forgot to get so and so a gift’.)

I always turn to GiftCertificates for these situations.  They have an awesome thing called a SuperCertificate that can be emailed instantly to your gift recipient (so easy to then use the excuse when you are caught empty handed…’Look for yours later this afternoon, it’s on it’s way’).

Simply go to Ebates first so you get 4% cash-back from your purchase.  Then type in GiftCertificates into the search box.  Purchase a SuperCertificate (you can get one for as little as $5) from this site for your Aunt, Nephew, Boss, Secret Elf, neighbor, that very nice USPS guy, Matty, or anyone else on your gift list.  Easy!

If you scroll to the bottom of the webpage you will find the option for an e-SuperCertificate.  I LOVE these.

  • They are automatically sent to your gift recipient’s email immediately (or when you choose to have it sent)
  • The email is beautifully formatted with a design of your choice
  • And your gift recipient than gets to choose from over 100 different stores to spend it in including: Crate & Barrel, Drugstore.com, Fandango, Gap, J Jill, Jack in the Box, Old Navy, Petco, Pottery Barn, Sephora, Spa Finder, Sports Authority, Staples, Travelocity, Williams Sonoma, and MUCH more.

 

But here is my favoritest new site – DailyLit.  Not only is this a brilliant idea for a business model, but they also have wonderful e-gift options too.  I found DailyLit a couple weeks ago and am still truly in awe of this brilliant site (which includes useful Web 2.0 bells and whistles too!).  Basically you choose a book that is then delivered to your email inbox in installments (I am currently reading Pride & Prejudice in 146 easy to read sections – perfect for a quick break from work daily).

You choose:

  • The book (& many are free)
  • You choose how long or short you want the installments
  • You choose the days of the week you want them
  • And even what time of the day!
  • You can also receive your installments via RSS feed or via iPhone/Blackberry

Dailylit1

 

You can gift any of these books – simply click the ‘Gift this Book’ link next to each book.  Your gift recipient will receive a short personalized message from you in each installment (perfect way to remind Mom that you are thinking of her daily)

 

Some other cool things about DailyLit:

  • They take PayPal
  • They are on Twitter (and are about to launch a group Holiday Read)
  • Just launched 25 new free Wikipedia Tours – learn about  Masterpieces of Western Art, witness Historic Battles, find some fine Cheese (to go with your Wine), or time travel to the 1960s. They’re here for the taking—and all free!
  • And I think the founder, Susan Danziger, is a pretty cool chick!

 

This site is also an easy way to fulfill the often made New Year’s resolution “I’m going to read the Bible in a year’.  Simply click to have daily installments sent to your email!

 


 

 

Free Quickbooks Pro 2009 – one day only

 

Just posted on the RS forums:

  

Cathi from Allegro Accounting sent this in for you guys:

Quickbooks Pro 2009 (Windows version only) will be “FREE” at Staples on Monday, December 22, 2009

One Day Only! http://tinyurl.com/8pu9l3

This is the version we recommend for eBay/E-Commerce accounting

Some conditions apply:

The regular price at Staples is $199.99
The customer will receive $40 in instant savings
The customer at the store will receive a $159.99 mail-in rebate form.
When the customer mails in the rebate form they will receive, some weeks later, a rebate for $159.99
Once the customer obtains the rebate, their base costs are zero: $199.99 - $40.00 - $159.99 = $0.
The buyer may still be responsible for sales tax at the time of purchase; sales tax is not free.

Yes! This offer also applies to orders from the Staples.com website so you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your home or office.

 

Thanks Cathi! 

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Final Day for free Holiday Priority Upgrade – Profitable eBay Stores CD set

 

 

Holiday caseWOW…I am SO excited for 2009.  I think I will have to change my saying of ‘99% of eBay Stores are set up wrong’ to a lot lower number considering the amount of people joining the 1% Club!!  Order today and get the Profitable eBay Stores 7-Cd set AND an upgrade to free Priority Shipping.  Jim the fabulous USPS dude comes first thing in the morning to pick them up.

 

Plus, the feedback we are getting back is overwhelming…check out Jan of Gosinta’s inspiring email below:

 

How to begin…..

 

It all started with joining OSI in the fall of 2007. Then came the decision to take my business seriously and become an OSI Rock Star on November 7, 2007.  From that point on, my business life has been a whirlwind of activity – education, practice, education, education, education.

 

Wrapped up in the original plan of joining OSI Rock Stars was the decision to so a store makeover and add a second revenue stream.

 

Okay, now, here comes the biggie… I hired a designer who read my vision completely, but (you knew that was coming didn’t you?). My store wasn’t nearly ready to be overhauled because the structure of the set-up was completely wrong! 

 

“My sales have almost doubled since opening the new store.  Traffic has doubled; average sale price has doubled. “

 

Enter the 1% Club and the live classes with Janelle.  I was honestly completely blown away by the amazing opportunity we have as store owners on eBay.  There is no wonder Janelle truly believes that 99% of all eBay stores are set up incorrectly. 

 

I still have hours and hours of structural work to do on my store, but the result has been overwhelming! The best – before the makeover, I had tried to land the largest and most well-know record cleaning company.  They said it “didn’t look like ‘I’ was a good fit for them.  Another email went to them 2 days after the new store launch.  They answered back with a “Wow!  We want you!!”  Since then I had my largest single sale: $645.05 for a Nitty Gritty 2.5Fi Record Cleaning System.  My sales have almost double since opening the new store.  Traffic has doubled; average sale price has doubled.  The best thing that is happening is that the vendors are calling me!!!  I have a lunch booked on December 3 with a huge manufacturer of stereo/turntable equipment.  The rep loves the site and especially my ‘This Day in Rock & Roll History’ daily blog spots!

 

A simple thank you, Janelle doesn’t seem like enough. Your eBay Stores classes are the best thing that ever happened to me.  I will be listening to them over and over again because each time through, there is something I haven’t heard before.

 

Thank you,

 

Jan Nissen

www.gosintamystore.com

www.gosinta.com

www.VinylRecordTalk.com

 

Holiday 7

Get yours today at the One Percent Coach.

 

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New Classes coming up…

 

Hey…get registered ASAP for these 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. When the class says, OSI RS Exclusive, only OSI Rock Stars are allowed to attend.

Remember, you can either ask a question for our special guest or simply put “I Choose Success” in the question box.

 

12/17/08, Wednesday at Noon pst/3pm est  – OSI Rock Star Exclusive

MINI - iGoogle –

I use iGoogle as one of the main tools in my business.  It provides blog/newsletter ideas, keeps me up to date on the info I need, and allows me to be organized.

You can watch this class at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=723

 

12/19/08/08, Friday at Noon pst/3pm est – OSI Rock Star Exclusive

MINI – Google Docs

Google Docs is a favorite of mine and I use it for online organization of some of my most important documents including excel, powerpoints and word docs.

You can watch this class at: http://osirockstars.com/?p=724

 

 

 

12/23/08, Tuesday at Noon pst/3pm est - OSI Rock Star Exclusive

MINI – The GoTo Products

I use many of the GoTo products in my business including GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar and GoToMyPc.  I will show you an overview of how these tools fit into my business and then we can have additional classes on them if you would like.

Register for this MINI class at: http://osirockstars.com/topic.php?id=892&replies=1

 

12/30/08, Tuesday at Noon pst/3pm est – Sales in a Click – Marketing for your eBay Store

Greg Bala from Sales in a Click will share an overview of this new powerful tool that you should be using in your eBay business.

Check out the product (and it’s free 60 day trial) at Sales in a Click

Save your seat on this audio interview at www.Ask-The-Entrepreneurs.com

 

1/7/09, Wednesday at Noon pst/3pm est – Success With Cindy – Promote Your Online Business and Build SEO Using Press Releases

This month’s topic on Success With Cindy is press releases. You don’t need to be a ‘techie’ to get maximum effectiveness from a press release. Anyone who can email or cut and paste can improve their business using a press release.

Get registered for your spot at www.SuccessWithCindy.com