In this newsletter:

• Are you joking me?
• Be part of that 1%
• Sourcing at Book Sales – check out what I bought for a $1 and what it’s actually worth!! (enter the contest)
• Do you sell on eBay?  Thinking about selling on Amazon?  This is MUST watch new tool – OSI EXCLUSIVE – no one else in the world will get to see this until next Tuesday except YOU!
• eBay updates – my friend Dennis is working hard on the new Pulse, USPS changes create updates in the shipping limits, and a very interesting new marketing opportunity for eBay sellers.

“I’m single because I was born that way.” - Mae West

Are you joking me?

Do you know what this week is?  It is National Singles week.  You know, because pointing us out for just a single day isn’t mortifying enough…we need a whole week of celebration that the current dating pool is patoohey!  I do love the brilliant marketing that has shown up because of this (you know, because they can only commercialize Christmas so much, now they need another reason to do so):

http://speakingroses.com/- put your face on the petal of the roses you give to your date.  Cause even if you don’t make it past the first date, she’ll still have to look at you.

Chemistry.com – celebrates singles week by giving YOU a free 7-day membership.  WooHoo…so now I can finally meet all the cheapskates out there who wouldn’t pony up for a real membership.

EleMENt testing kit from Pria Diagnostics – a fertility test for men…because apparently women aren’t the only desperate people with tick-tocks happening in their body

And my favorite - http://coastertoast.com/ who’s tag line is ‘It’s not like you had a chance.” 

You know the creepy guy (or girl for that matter) that just never seems to get the hint?  Well now you can placate them by giving them your email address with no worries – an email address through CoasterToast.

“Sorry, I don’t have time to discuss this right now, but here is my email address…Rene@coastertoast.com – email me.”

When they email you – of course 5 minutes after they met you – here is the email they will automatically receive:

http://www.coastertoast.com/?page_id=26

Perhaps I sound a bit, uhm, disenchanted about dating.. Seattle was voted as the ‘worst place to date’…men like to ‘hang out’, but not date.  And, heck, if I wrote a book about my dating stories I would put Stephen King out of business – and that wouldn’t be very nice.  Plus being single isn’t so bad…

The ice cream in the freezer is all mine!

So if you sell romance novels, body pillows, cookbooks for one – I would recommend jumping on the bandwagon of this marketing opportunity and sending out an eBay Store newsletter asap.  Let the singles of the world know that you can’t help them out with Mr/Mrs Right, but you can make them feel fabulous as a single person!

XOXO (LOL),

j

PS – for all of those who are about to write me, do first realize I wrote the above article completely tongue-in-cheek   I just wanted you to see that their are marketing opportunities all around you to promote your products!

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Be part of that 1%

Tomorrow is our next LIVE eBay Stores coaching – I can’t wait.  We have received SO many emails already how people are blown away at the information we are providing.

New eBay Store owners are thrilled at the opportunity to set up their Store correctly from the start…and seasoned sellers cannot believe how many tools they weren’t using (and didn’t even know about) in their eBay Store.  One person wrote…

“I have had an ebay store for six months now and thought I knew what I was doing since I am a powerseller.  After just taking your first live class I have already learned enough to make it worth twice as much as I paid for the class.  I can’t wait to see what we learn this week.  Thank you.”

J. Brownn (p.s. please don’t show my store yet.  I want to finish taking the class before I show it off).

If you aren’t a member of the 1% Club yet, you still have time to join – www.OnePercentCoach.com.  Last week’s live training was recorded and is up on the 1% membership site – www.IWantToBeThatOnePercent.com so if you haven’t missed a thing…yet!

PLUS, this week’s ‘secret guest’ is THE Marsha Collier – famous author of the eBay Dummies book.  She has lots of great information to share with you!!

Remember, when you join the 1% club you receive:

The eBay Stores Success Video ($495 value)

By itself it’s amazing enough with:

·         Over 4 hours of online educational instruction

·         Complete transcripts of the entire video series

·         Checklists for you to stay on track with your Success

·         And links to all of the tools you will need to create your Success

·         Immediate LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP and access to a password-protected website ONLY for eBay Store owners who have purchased this video (known as the 1% club) AND

·         The top 10 success tips from incredible gurus in their fields…Catherine Seda - seo genius, David Frey - from THE online research tool Terapeak, Troy & Sarah of Period Paper - PowerSeller with an Award-winning store, and so much more

Next you get 6 hours of Profitable Newsletter training ($297 value)

·         Optimizing your profits through your newsletter list - your newsletter list is worth gold and I teach you how to take advantage of this profitable opportunity

And, if you act NOW, you will also receive OVER 10 hours of Live One Percent Success Coaching (priceless!)

·         5 weeks of personal coaching and strategy sessions LIVE - I will personally walk you through the steps needed to make your eBay Store and business profitable and become part of that 1% (more information at www.OnePercentcoach.com )

Join us tomorrow – join the 1% of eBay Store owners who are using this tool to make more money and grow their business!!

Sourcing at Book Sales – check out what I bought for a $1 and what it’s worth!!  (enter the contest)

As I mentioned the other day, my friend Donna had sidetracked my busy day of work and met me at a local book sale.  For $3 I could fill a large bag with all the books I could fit in there.  I found some great books for me, and even a few gifts for my friends.  But of course I had my sourcing eyeballs on.  I found some really great books that I think could potentially do quite well (although at mere pennies a piece, if they don’t I’m not out any money).  However, I remembered the lesson I always tell you guys – don’t do Surface Sourcing.  Don’t sell what everyone else is selling, go deeper.  Don’t just pay attention to the sparkly things.  Well everyone was in the romance novels, suspense, and children’s books.  After learning from Tim, Mr Customer Service and our Home Run guru, I headed straight to the Bible section.  Found a few things there that I think might work to put up on sale.  Then I found a primer from 1910 that I believe is a 1^st edition (need to do some research).  And a great medical book from the 40’s.  Definitely not sparkly books, but old, grey – but potentially worth some money.  I took one more look around and realized I hadn’t been to the computer section.  Now, computer books are borrrrrrrriiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggg – at least to me.  But it’s not about me, it’s about the buyer.  So I looked at the section with buyer’s eyes and found 3 sets of Microsoft books still sealed in their boxes.  They definitely weren’t fitting in my plastic bag, so I asked the librarian how much she wanted for them.  She said, a $1.00 a piece.  I figured why not – at least I would have some fun/silly gifts to give at Christmas!  It did take 3 trips to get them out to the car (they are SO heavy).   And when I got home I researched them.

The first one will make me about $5

The second set will make me about $70

And the 3^rd set made me call Cindy immediately and scream in her ear.

BUT…I’m not going to tell you what they are worth.  I am going to do a fun contest with you – an exercise – to walk you through the eBay research process.  I have provided you with the information you need about this book set here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4CCtLz9zDQBLJhzqNAyuQw_3d_3d

Now I want you to do the same research I just did…find out how much this book set is worth and then WHERE and HOW would you list it for the most amount of profit.  Do keep in mind various venues, where the buyers for this particular item may be, and fees associated with the various site.

Then in the box on the survey tell me how you would list this item for the greatest profit.

The person or persons who come closest to the actual way I have chosen to list it will win a CD from our OSI Success Library!!  (values up to $179).

Deadline is September 30^th.

Do you sell on eBay?  Thinking about selling on Amazon?  This is MUST watch new tool– OSI EXCLUSIVE

YOU are the only one in the world, until next Tuesday, who will get a sneak peak at this amazing new tool.  No One else was given this exclusive look!!

Erik, the technology genius behind Worldwide Brands and other sites was getting frustrated at not having an easy way to research all the information he needed on eBay and Amazon to make the most money…so he created a tool that does just that!  Show My Profits!

OSI received an exclusive peak at his new tool that won’t even be released until next Tuesday.  To say the attendees on the call were blown away is an understatement.   They couldn’t believe what this tool could do – not only at increasing their profits…but also a way at finding complimentary sourcing opportunities and their valuable keywords!

YOU can see this exclusive video that we shot here:

http://osirockstars.com/?p=671

Remember, definitely sign up at Show My Profits as soon as possible to view the free 2^nd video and get your other goodies.  BUT, by signing up today you will be the only group to receive a discount when the tool launches next week!

Three of our Rock Stars were specially chosen to preview the product in their business for the next week – I can’t wait to hear what they have to say (one already sent Erik a marriage proposal – lol…she said she couldn’t believe that someone had finally created such an incredible tool!)

 

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