Press Release: New Podcast – eCom Connections
The eCom Connections podcast will bring together ecommerce experts to assist listeners in achieving ecommerce success. The first episode will air on January 10 at 1:00 est. Kat Simpson and Karen Locker will host this weekly podcast, which will feature leading authorities in the many areas relating to ecommerce for the edification of listeners. From bookkeeping to taxes, social media to marketing, eCom Connections will cover it all. ECom Connections will be a general ecommerce podcast benefiting both the budding entrepreneur and the seasoned online seller. It will keep sellers up to date on...
read more3rd Q Ecommerce Review and 4th Q Projections with Randy Smythe
Capturing the Landscape of Ecommerce Gosh I can not belive is is that time of the year again! Wow, we are rolling into the final quarter of the year and the selling peak season. Change is in the air all around us and there is no one I like chatting with than Randy Smythe. Randy is currently with Buy.com and he is close to the boots on the ground for ecommerce. He has like a million years of ecommerce experience and really has mentored me when ever I had questions. He is a valued resource and gives his open and honest assessments on the ecommerce landscape. We love talking to Randy at...
read moreEXCLUSIVE: Buy.com Now Takes Collectables, Crafts and Small Sellers!
Wow, I was not prepaired for this one guys. I am actually floored by this news. It seems that Buy.com is going “all-in-to-win” the ecommerce 3rd party marketplace. After Buy.com got bought for $250 million by Rakuten’s U.S. subsidiary, Rakuten USA, I figured changes would come. But I did not see them moving so quickly to open the Buy.com platform WIDE-OUT to include such unique items as crafts and collectables…WOW! So I got a interview with the man, my boy Randy Smythe, who gave me the EXCLUSIVE interview about this HUGE change to the Buy.com 3rd party platform. If you...
read moreBuy.com Has A Great Evangelist in Randy Smythe
This year alone I have seen Randy Smythe on both coasts in 3 different cities! He is simply everywhere, and doing much….well, evangelizing I guess Each and everytime I get to talk to him or hang out, I learn more and more. So I figure its time to put him on video and talk with him. I tied him down at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst and got the scoop on whats going on in his world at Buy.com and also the landscape of eCommerce. This is the 3rd interview in my series on the state of ecommerce and the players at large. Thanks for the time...
read moreCensoring eCommerce Press Releases: AuctionBytes vs. PeSA Shoot First Ask Questions Later, WTF?
I woke up this morning to a story that caught my eye from Dave White of eBay and Beyond when he said the following: Recently, I submitted a press release regarding the combined ECMTA Chicago Chapter/Chicagoland eBay Sellers dinner meeting coinciding with Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition to Auctionbytes.com free service for Press Releases. The event is open to all internet marketers, and will feature John ColderIce Lawson, CEO of 3Rd Power Outlet, Randy K. Smythe, Merchant Advocate for Buy.com, Richard Brewer-Hay editor of eBayInkBlog.com, and Scot Wingo, CEO of Channeladvisor and...
read moreWhat a Difference A Year Makes : Ecommerce Summit 2010
Well, I am up this morning getting all my ‘ish together for next week. Starting on April 13, we will all descend on Las Vegas for the eCommerce Summit 2010. It is hard to believe a year has gone by so quickly. But then again, you start to reflect on the accomplishments of others and even one’s self and you realize that a year is a LONG time for change to occur. Here are just a few of the folks that I meet at last years event and what I know they have done since then… - Dave White of eBay and Beyond radio show moved to Chicago, became president of the ECMTA Chicago Chapter,...
read moreeBay On Location Memorable Moments – Quickies
There was a lot of picture taking and fun this weekend as eBay On Location came to Atlanta and I was fortunate enough to go. Then we threw an after party in Downtown Atlanta called and the CEO of eBay came by and hung out with us! Here is John Donahoe with my Mother ("Momma ICE") and myself last night at the Aftermath after party. Here is a great picture with Marlene Gavins (The Savvy Seller), Richard Brewer-Hay (eBay Ink Blog), Randy Smythe (Buy.com), John Donahoe CEO of eBay, myself and Kat Simpson (Kat’s Kloset) from left to right, hanging out at the after party. Pictures...
read moreThe Smythe Files: Randy from Buy.com Drops In For eCommerce Talk
Who’s that guy with the reflective shades? Is he a cop? Nope, but he will give you a ticket if you move too slow with your delivery times, LOL. This guy is Randy Smythe and I need to introduce him to some in our audience and reacquaint him to others. Since I got started in eCommerce I had always wondered who the big kahuna was behind some of the big sellers on eBay. Randy was one of those big name. Back in 2005 I bought this book by Scot Wingo called eBay Strategies. I was enamored with what Randy was doing with his business of Glacier Bay Video. Boy that was ages ago. But it was not...
read moreRandy Smythe Speaks eCommerce in Buy.com Language
It is that time again…yeah time to get back in the game of the interviews. You know it was put on the back burner as the summer season just made you want to run free. But now its over and our noses are too the grind for a successful Christmas shopping season. So to kick start this whole interview series back off you want to go to the well that has some of the deepest water. And you all know that Randy Smythe of Buy.com is always full of good QUALITY content for ecommerce merchants. You do NOT get "hand picked" by the big leagues unless you can swing that bat. Randy simply...
read moreThe Ecommerce Summit Was A SELL OUT Success for Ecommerce Sellers
Wow man, I just got myself back together after this weeks Ecommerce Summit in Atlanta. I had a really good time, seriously. This whole event from start to finish was 1000x better than I could have ever expected. From signing eBay execs (Usher Lieberman) doing karaoke at Joe’s College Park Tavern to the great presentations that I attended and the poker tournament that I sucked at. What made this year so much fun and valuable was the networking. Sure the presentations were TOP NOTCH, the vendors were informative and the staff very friendly…but the members and the...
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