Event Wrap-Up: eBay Radio Party in Las Vegas

Pin ItLast week I was in Vegas giving away money to poker bandits and drink servers. I was there for the eBay Radio Party which was to celebrate 7 years of Griff as host of eBay Radio. This was the first time I attended and had a personal agenda. Back in 2006 I went to Vegas for my first and only eBay LIVE event. Unfortunately my partner got extremely ill, to the point where we had to go to the emergency room and the entire trip was spent doing beside manner. What was to be a cool event with other eBay’ers for us turned out to be a complete nightmare. Fast-forward to the eBay Radio...

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“The eBay Dean of Education” – Is Griffs Time at eBay Radio Up?

Pin ItOver the year that I have been blogging I get a lot of people asking me (a) if I have met Griff and (b) if Griff likes me. I think the answer to those 2 questions are probably the same, but I can only definitively say "NO" to the first one and assume no to the second, LMAO. However there is a core group of eBayer’s that listen to his show and follow his commentary religiously. He serves a demographic akin to the "old school eBay" methodology of that garage sale platform, from the late ’90′s. A recent listen to his show a couple of weeks ago when...

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Going Beyond eBay Literally: It’s David White Host of eBay and Beyond

Pin ItTHE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN! In exactly 1 week, it will be my BIRTHDAY on January 13th.  Yeah, that is correct, your boy ColderICE is turning a year older. So I got this idea on my “gift” to you guys.  I decided it would be cool to get some of the biggest and best out there in the e-commerce landscape and do a week long series of stories and interviews! So starting off this series, I present to your the one and only David White….. There are very few employees of eBay that have left the secret organization and lived to tell there stories….LMAO , Ok but...

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Griff Got Grief Over eBay Changes? 40% of His Top 10 Happened this YEAR Alone!

Pin ItOh no, I am about to get in trouble again. You know I just could NOT leave this one alone… OK, the eBay dean of education has a new interview with Ina Steiner on AuctionBytes.com. It is a pretty open discussion on specific on the platform. Nothing earth shattering, but telling none the less. AuctionBytes: When did you start with eBay? Griff: I started at the end of October, 1996 as eBay’s first Customer Support rep. Griff is author the eBay Bible and has been with the organization since 1996, WOW! There really seems to be some cracks in the ceiling with these comments that...

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Round 1: The Political “Battle” of The eBay Bloggers?!? LMAO, Not Really

Pin ItYou guys asked for it, well it is going to happen. This is going to be a lot of fun! If you have followed us on Twitter, you know already that me and @Scott_Pooler (from The Trading Assistant Journal) have been duking it out with Obama vs Mc Cain and today the votes are finally being cast. Now tomorrow, we are going LIVE on talk radio. Win, Lose or Draw hear the response and be part of the discussion. We will not only be doing politics, but we are covering all topics related to e-Commerce, Blogging, Twitter and of course eBay! Set your browsers to http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/24026 and...

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eBay and Beyond ColderICE Interview

Pin ItHey, I am just sitting here minding my own business and listening to a reply of the Saturday morning program eBay and Beyond: Basics to Business and they have chosen to allow your’s truly to be on the show this week! eBay and Beyond is broadcast weekly at 10:00 am on Saturday mornings. They do the broadcasts live and each week Dave White and crew engage on topics of interest to eCommerce businesses with a focus on eBay. Dave and I discuss the recent changes to the platform and how it may effect your business. Check it out! Don’t laugh, I got a slight cold this week so I...

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The eBay Changes Video and Conference Call is BACK!!!

Pin ItBy extreme, popular demand I have been asked to make these to pieces made available once again. We moved our site to the new platform last week and subsequently removed some of the old stuff. But this was TOO HOT to just let it go! With nearly 1000 views combined these to episodes on eBay Changes 2008 in August just keep on chuggin’ along in popularity. These deal with the changes on eBay with Fixed Price, Auctions, Business models, Antiques, and on and on. [viddler id=15f33ff0&w=545&h=451] It goes to show that content beats quality when you have something this...

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