Deciding on Classes

Ok, so the most important thing to realize…ok, the two most important things to realize…

1.  All of the class slide presentations at eBay Live are on the CD you get upon check-in – woohoo

2.  If you miss a class, can’t get to a class, the class is full and you couldn’t get in, or you were out too late the night before (Michael…) and slept in….then amazingly we can cover it at OSI when you get back home…deal?

So I was going to go through and tell you all of the classes that were a ‘must’…but this year almost all of them are fabulous…you aren’t going to go wrong with throwing darts at the class schedules to help you pick.

Speaking of…here are the 3 days of classes:

http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive/pdf/day1_agenda.pdf

http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive/pdf/day2_agenda.pdf

http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive/pdf/day3_agenda.pdf

Print these out…yes, you’ll get another copy at Live…but you want to have somewhat of an idea of what classes interest you. 

Now, eBay has a few staffed areas around the convention center that can help you decide on classes if you get stuck.  The staff is from eBay’s educational department, eBay Education Specialist, and a few eBay U instructors thrown in for the heck of it.  You will see the desks on Level 1 and Level 2.

There are some things to consider in picking your classes:

• Pick for your Business Situation – all of the classes are color-coded
• Take the PowerSeller Recommended Classes – even if you aren’t a PS yet, take these great classes.  The only ones you can’t take have a ‘*’ next to them.
• If you can take a sourcing class, DO! – my good friends at WorldWideBrands have been tapped again to present their ‘sell-out’ sourcing classes…get there early!
• Take ALL of Cliff Ennico’s classes – not sure when his classes are (he’s been in Spain – lol)…but stop by one of the Education Booths and ask – SO well worth it.
• And, don’t forget…

Here is my recommended list - almost all of these will be sold out classes – get there early to get a seat!  (I get teased about my eBay Live classes all the time…’Janelle’s classes are so hot that the Fire Marshall has to come – true story!):

8-9am – eBay Live Orientation – I always love the ‘start’ of eBay Live

10-11:30am – eBay Stores 101 – have a Store?  Don’t have a Store – this a MUST TAKE class for you.  (and not just because I am teaching it either – lol).  This class is always packed…make sure you get there early.

12:30 – 2pm – Andy Sernovitz “Word of Mouth Marketing: Beyond the Grilled Cheese Madonna”  This phenomenal event will fill this room SO fast – get to this one super early.  Stay after for Andy’s booksigning (how cool!!) – probably will be down by the eBay Live Store

3-4:30pm – Seth Godin (woohoo!) Flipping the Funnel and the Best in the World… How to Break Through at eBay – definitely get to this one super early!!  He has a booksigning right afterwards.

3-4:30pm – if you can’t get into Seth’s presentation…Go Global Lab – another one that ‘sells out’…get here early

6pm - Keynote Address with Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO – probably one of my favoritest parts of every eBay Live – there will be some fun surprises for this one!!

9-10:30am – Best Stores Practices

11:30 – Noon – Book Signing with ME!  But this year I’m not signing any body parts…just so we are clear – LOL

2-3:30 – Turbo Lister Lab – we always have so much fun in this class…but it does ‘sell out’ each year

4:30 – 6pm – eBay Stores 101 – in case you couldn’t make the first one

9-10:30am – John Jantsch- Inside Your Marketing Mind—How to Use

Marketing to Propel Your Business & Your Life – HOT class…will sell out.
John will be doing a book signing right afterwards for his amazing book, “Duct Tape Marketing”.

11-Noon - TOWN HALL MEETING

11-1pm – Education Center – Satellite B – this will be a fun one.  Wonder how many of you have made it this far.  I have to be at Satellite B, on the 2^nd floor, helping people pick classes for 2 hours.  NO ONE is going to show up…it is ½ way through the final day of eBay Live.  So I have decided to have open Office Hours between 11-1.  We can talk about anything – the classes you have taken, questions you have, information about your business…anything you would like.  Just show up and I’ll take it from there!

6:30 – 9pm – Closing Gala with Kool and the Gang

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