For years, eBay espoused an egalitarian view that all of its sellers should be treated equally.
But these days, the online marketplace is increasingly taking an opposite tack by offering discounts to its biggest sellers, hoping to lure more of their business.
The change in tactics, which coincides with efforts to revive the company's grow
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New eBay strategy angers small sellers
Posted by mssux under NewsFrom http://www.sfgate.com 5980 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 23, 2008 3:45 pm
Price is an Issue - It's Not THE Issue
Posted by katiesalesleadership under SalesFrom http://ezinearticles.com 5982 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 22, 2008 2:29 am
When you have a dedicated sales force and superior product, why do you lose so many sales to "low price?" Colleen Stanley of SalesLeadership explains for reasons great sales teams run into this problem.
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Beware The Lure Of Google Services
Posted by JohnH under TechnologyFrom http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com 5984 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 19, 2008 1:59 am
One blogger thinks small businesses should be wary of having too much Google in their operations.
Google Apps and AdSense as poor choices for small businesses? It's a surprising opinion to have, as Google made these services partially to address the SMB marketplace.
Yet Matt McGee suggested small businesses avoid those and a couple of othe
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9 1/2 ways to keep your customers from leaving
Posted by JohnH under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.kiplinger.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 17, 2008 2:41 am
A growing business lives and dies by repeat customers or clients, especially in uncertain economic times like these. The problem is that most customer retention strategies are ineffective. To make matters worse, the average business hears from only 4% of dissatisfied customers -- the rest just bolt.
Here are 9 1/2 ways how to get your customers
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Marketers Slow to Respond to Problem of Blocked Email Images
Posted by JohnH under Online MarketingFrom http://www.marketingcharts.com 5986 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 18, 2008 5:07 pm
More than 50% of images in promotional emails are routinely blocked by email and webmail programs, but many marketers are still sending image-based emails that do not render well as text-only.
Most retail email marketers (57%) send largely image-based emails, even though they have higher spam scores (and so are more likely to be blocked by spam
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Free Copywriting Resource Instantly Improves Every Ad You Write | WAHNewsToday
Posted by LisaAlexander under Online MarketingFrom http://wahnewstoday.com 5989 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 16, 2008 5:01 pm
And so, if you write ads in any way, shape, or form, and if you want to give yourself the biggest advantage you possibly can, find a copywriter or group of copywriters to look at your stuff before you send it out.
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Go Fly a Kite: 4 Reasons' why Flying a Kite is like Starting and Running your Small Business
Posted by blkguyattheprty under StartupsFrom http://istackdollars.com 6003 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 31, 2008 1:49 pm
Have you been to a specialty kite shop? Kites ranging in price from $34 to $1500 are easy to find. This weekend I purchased the top of the line “2 for $3.00” model from a non-Kite shop. In fact, I think I was at a pharmacy. Look, I'm not a professional Kite flyer; I just need the thing to come with sting and stay in the air.
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6 Can't-Miss Speakers at the NFIB 2008 Small Business Summit
Posted by PuggieLover under ResourcesFrom http://blog.myspace.com 6003 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 29, 2008 7:43 pm
Headlining NFIB's 2008 Small Business Summit is presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain. Other speakers include Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay, CNN political commentator Tony Snow, Roger T. Staubach, and political bloggers Charlie Cook and Stuart Rothenberg. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have also been invited to speak.
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Split Testing Adwords: You're Doing It Wrong
Posted by suzyQ under Online MarketingFrom http://www.seofaststart.com 6004 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 29, 2008 8:05 pm
I'm sure the title of this post is going to make a few folks upset. Don't worry, the content is going to really make you mad. Not at me, but maybe at yourself, and especially at whoever taught you how to split test.
That's because, for most Adwords advertisers, the title of this post is very accurate. Most advertisers are doing split testing
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Want More Productive Employees? Try Adding a Few Plants
Posted by d2kd3k under Human ResourcesFrom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com 6004 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 31, 2008 3:13 am
New research shows that plants really do make your employees feel better and work more productively.
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