Business Success Comes From Hard Work, Right? But Can I Be a Tyrant to Work For?
(press play button to listen) Last summer, my colleague and friend “JB” from the blog site of 2TheNextLevel.com decide he wanted to “interview” me and see how my business was built for 3rdPO.com. I told him that I would go 1 better than just tell him, I said I would show him. All he had to do was come by and work with us for a few days and I would give him access to the business from end to end. I told him that just a few days with me would show him how to build a successful Internet business. Now, this was good for me, cause I never had a “shadow intern”...
read moreCool Tool Tip: How to Keep an Eye On Your DSR’s and eBay Feedback
We all know it is rather important to be aware of the detailed seller ratings (DSR’s) on eBay. Lately every thing from permission to sell on the site to discounts on fees is tie to the mysterious DSR. So much has been riding on DSR’s that they are now the “boogie monster” because your carrier rises and falls at the behest of DSR’s. Well, here is a screen shot of my DSRs and Feedback, I am pretty proud of them I guess. Worked hard to keep em up. — John Here are some of the tools I have used to make sure our DSR’s stay tight… * The DSR...
read moreVideo Killed the Blogging Star? How to Make a Video
Today MTV released a portal at MTV Music web that has videos. Imagine that, MTV used to play videos?!? So I had my high school moment relived and watched dozens of vids today. But I had to stop and thing about this one… Come on, this one launched MTV and what was a pretty neat song ended up becoming rather prophetic. Sure radio is still a medium for music but NOTHING like it was in the years prior to MTV and videos. Now even MTV is becoming obsolete since all the vids are on the web, LOL. This video got me thinking about blogs and videos. So I came up with the catchy title and...
read moreBiz Minute: FREE Book from Zappo’s CEO – Tribal Leadership
Zappos.com Offers Free Audio Download Of Landmark Business Book ‘Tribal Leadership’ Leading E-Tailer and Authors Partner to Promote “Make or Break” Reality Behind High Performance Company Culture Henderson, Nevada (PRWEB) October 28, 2008 — Leading online retailer Zappos.com, widely heralded for a near-fanatical customer service approach rooted in a dynamic company culture, and the authors of the groundbreaking, Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, have teamed up to make a free audio version of the popular 2008 business...
read moreBiz Minute: How to Own the Customer…WTF?
There is always some discussion in the world of e-commerce and especially when sellers are doing business on sales platforms like eBay, Amazon, Overstock, etc. about owning the customer. It brings to mind that Michael Jackson video where he “owns” the dancers and they all fall in line in the end to the now famous dance moves of the zombies. So during this story I had to go out in the web space and I found this Thriller 25 anniversary cover (above) with “some other guy on it” that I did not recognize! But thanks to the power of photo manipulation with Photoshop, I found...
read moreBiz Minute: 5 eBay Powerseller Secrets From My Napkin?!?
When it came to getting this nice weblog together for me, I called on my home boy Jeff. Jeff is a WordPress wiz but he is also the author of 2theNextLevel.com a business website for “soloprenuers” I call him Jeff, but all his “friends call him JB” (he says that all the time) so I ain’t his friend I guess, LOL. I rib him about it, cause I have know him for years now and he is Jeff to me. But anywho….Jeff and I have met years ago at a business conference and although you have my most recent recordings, Jeff and I have done dozens of recording that I have...
read moreColderICE BUZZ: eBay Advertising ala “Adwordian” My Friend?!?
Is this for real? Killer app dudes? Or not? What do you think? Updated: So after I posted this on Twitter, they tell me that yeah this is for real. So OK, new twist is in and it is “on like popcorn”. There is more and more stuff to deal with daily, I feel like a bad Ice Cube movie? “Are we there yet? Part VII” New eBay AdCommerce? I do not know how long that link will work? I do not know if this is just a joke or is it real? WTF? Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend...
read moreOff Topic: Why Yes, I Do Drink Scotch
I had a viewer that sent me an email (btw you can always get me john@ColderICE.com) He asked me if that was Scotch that I was drinking in some videos. You know I record these after the workday is done and the house is quiet. So here is the answer video. Are there any scotch drinkers out there? Don’t you hate when you go to these sponsored open bars with the cheap middle shelf liquor at some events. Then you get up to the bar for some scotch and all they have is Jack, then they offer you Jack like that is the same feeling? OMG, if you have an open bar event and I am suppose to be...
read moreIt’s No Secret That I am Voting for the Big ‘O’ Right?
Not because he is skilled, intelligent, qualified, transforming, or any of that. Nah, I am voting for him just because he is Black, LMAO I hate that crap, like just cause I am Black I have no brain at all, LOL. Anyway, I do not like to mix business and politics, because there really is not a happy medium and one does not really reflect the processes and thinking of another. My business has folks on both sides of the tickets and we all respect and love each other without all the nonsense that seems to be going on with negative this and negative that. I guess sanity in working relationship...
read moreTek Minute: Phishing Scams Suck and Phishers Should DIE
The one thing that eBay has always opened sellers up to is a bunch of crappy junk mail. I get so much fake eBay scammer phishing schemes on a daily basis it would make your head spin. I have not done a session with you guys yet on the power of Google Apps featuring Gmail, but I will one day soon. However, one of the biggest pluses with Gmail is its spam filtering. I basically don’t have phishing and scammer eBay/Paypal emails any more thanks to it! But my Mom calls me everyday asking me, should I open this? Or should I reply to this? Or Is this a real email? Guess what I am sending to...
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