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Happy New Year, and boy do I have a great New Year gift for you. 

 That's because my book ties in so well with an article I did in a recent eletter, about doubling your money up to a million in eleven easy steps. 

 You continue doubling up until your tiny investment turns into ONE MILLION! Ok, so that might seem unobtainable to you right now, but imagine if you made a tenth or even just 100th of that, you'd still be happy.

 Let's say your first eBay Classified Ad offers a free report about a particular ClickBank product, it lasts 30 days and costs just under ten dollars (about six or seven pounds). 

That $100 pays for another ten eBay Classified Ads which in one month collectively add 900 names to your list alongside $1,000 profits.  That $1,000 profits pays for another 100
Classified Ads which add 9,000 names to your list. I am sure you get the picture here as to how a tiny investment can ultimately grow a massive income, growing monthly, and leading to a mailing list comprising potentially hundreds of thousands of people in record quick time! 

A minority of sellers disagree with the idea of growing a mailing list of potential customers, they say it's more profitable to sell direct from a classified ad and thereby grow a buyers' only
database.  The argument goes something to the effect that free reports lead to mailing lists being top heavy in curiosity seekers and freebie enthusiasts who will generally waste more of sellers' time than will ever be compensated by sales to those people.

I have sympathy with the argument about avoiding time wasters, I agree a buyers' list will always outweigh a list of potential buyers, but somewhere in the marketing process we have to get people to trust us enough to send that first order and the name gathering process is the best way to accomplish the objective.  In other words you have to take the rough with the smooth!

The simple fact is very few people like to send money to people they don't know and don't yet trust and given the choice most people will bypass unknown sellers and buy from someone they've already bought from and trust.

That's where list building comes into the picture, it lets you offer incentives for people to sign up to your mailing list.  From there you grow a relationship with your list members and get them to trust you day by day. 

Over the weeks and months ahead you email them, offering advice, answering questions, also marketing to them. 

Seven Steps to Growing a Mailing List Using eBay Classifieds

*  Determine a market, or markets to sell to.  These markets can be hugely different, such as people who want to make money from ClickBank or who want to lose weight fast, they may want to find a long lost loved one or learn how to scale the heights of Everest in record breaking time.  You could in fact grow individual lists to generate income from millions of people with widely differing interests, and to sell to those very same people potentially for the lifetime of your mutual existence.

*  You arrange some method of getting people to sign up to your list, sometimes called 'LEAD GENERATION', and usually you offer an incentive for them to sign up, typically a free   report or access to a web site containing further information about the subject concerned.  In our case we'll be using eBay Classified Ads as our lead generating tool.  In my free book I'll show you how to obtain reports free of charge to use as your bargaining incentive.

*  Once people sign up, you or your auto responder send another email asking people to confirm their agreement to receive emails from you.  This is called 'Opting In' and it's an essential feature of all professional email storage and processing systems.  'Opting In' is a means of ensuring you are not later accused of contacting people without their permission, sometimes called 'SPAMMING'.   Confirmation normally takes place when recipients click on a specific link inside your email. 

*  Seconds after clicking to confirm agreement another email is sent showing recipients how and where to access your free report.  Inside the free report they'll be invited to purchase the product featured in your eBay Classified Ad.

*  From there emails can be sent promoting the same or different products, your own or affiliate recommendations, leading to some people on your list becoming regular buyers.

*  People must be allowed some means of removing their contact details from your list.  Using professional email providers like Aweber and Constant Contact, they can do this by clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link at the end of every email you send.

*  BEST OF ALL, people on your list can be sent information and promotional emails at any time of day or night, all of which are stored in your mailing list programme and mailed at specified intervals.  Every email, taking thirty minutes or less to create and store online, can be scheduled in minutes and sent at specific intervals to everyone who joins your list today, tomorrow and potentially for many years to come. 

I personally promote to my mailing list up to three times a week without my readers ever  thinking I'm greedy or over-marketing, in fact many of them write to thank me after every promotional email I send.  I do it by promoting a product one day, next time I tell them about an article they can read at my site where they'll find a product recommended alongside, another time I'll direct them to a site featuring my latest newsletter also with product or products featuring down the page.

That's it, that's all I'm telling you today, come our next monthly newsletter you'll be all fired up to join me making money from the easiest of all tasks - growing a mailing list on eBay, starting with less than £5.

Happy eBaying!

Avril

I made enough money in a few months to quit my well paid but boring job. Seriously, if I can do it, anyone can. Let me show you how - risk free!"

eBay traders rely on their feedback reputation as much as they rely on their goods. Feedback amounts to the comments that both buyers and sellers leave on the transaction. The better your feedback reputation the more people will trust you as a buyer and seller.

Straightforward enough, you say. But some unscrupulous sellers manipulate their feedback to gain their buyers' trust. Once they have that trust, they start ripping off buyers.

 Feedback Fraud

 Purchasing Feedback

 Stealing Feedback

 How To Avoid Being Scammed

 Things to Look Out For:

 * What items are the feedback for? A hard sell of very low-priced items and a sudden change to the seller promoting expensive laptops, you should be suspicious. Check by clicking on the item link – it will show you the auction and winning bid prices within the last couple of months. Pay attention to both.

 What To Do If You're Scammed

 eBay suspends accounts where feedback manipulation is obvious. They have stated, however, that it's a grey area. SquareTrade is a mediation service that tries to resolve buyer/seller problems.  But if it's a scam that has caused the problem, they may not be able to assist.

 Emily Banks is a freelance writer and you can read more about her at: http://www.buzzed-up.com

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Making Money With Haunted eBay Auctionsby Richard Wormwood
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 Everyone, it seems, has some desire to own ancient or magical items. These items are sometimes referred to as 'fetishes' by the scientific community, meaning something that is thought to have spiritual or magical qualities. Every religious group in the world has their own special types of fetishes, whether they want to admit it or not. From Christianity to Paganism each belief has its own artifacts. And if entanglement with religions bothers you there are plenty of non-religious avenues to follow. You can take your inspiration from nature or mythology, which are both very popular at the moment.

 Despite the vast array of magical aspirations, haunted eBay auctions tend to grant certain reoccurring desires... specifically those of love and money. And certain items with certain 'spiritual entities' attached also occur with regularity. Fairies, Djinn/Genies are very popular at the moment as well as anything owned by gypsies or covens, with groups of anywhere from dozens to thousands of these magical beings contained inside one special item.

 I've been selling things on eBay for almost 10 years now. Everything from toys to aquariums and there are some things I've learned. The most important is that you can choose to do things the easy way. And the easy way can be the most profitable way. If you're ready to take the plunge join me at: http://haunted-ebay-auctions.blogspot.com

 There are several simple steps to creating a killer sales letter for your eBay selling business; here are a few you can use immediately.

 Write your bullet points like headlines. Simply preface each big benefit with a phrase like these, or something similar...

 2. Introduce Your Irresistible Offer. Create as stark a contrast as possible between what the item/package is worth versus how little you're asking in return. This is where a low starting bid can instantly create a flurry of activity.

 3. Prove What You Said Is True. Provide customer testimonials and case histories whenever possible. Legitimate third party endorsements can go a long way in convincing prospects of your selling points. Look at the way products are sold in infomercials today. A large chunk of the total airtime is devoted to customers telling their stories.

 Whenever possible, give buyers a satisfaction guarantee. And the longer, the better.

 Remind them of the great deal you have to offer. Summarise all they get from you. Make it worth far more than even the regular price of your package. And since you're only asking for a much lower Buy-It-Now price, or a tiny starting bid, taking action should be a no-brainer.

 eBay selling solved! Learn how to create top quality, professional hard hitting and highly profitable eBay ads in minutes not hours. Visit http://www.auctionadsthatsell.com for your copy of 'eBay Ad Magic' and make more money selling on eBay.