June 27, 2008 at 7:02 pm · Filed under make moneys
Aligned Marketing Ploys
Steeped in the ever changing flavors of time, marketing ploys drift along dependent on the economic stressors of the money code. What bears the weight, what leaves us cold, or what feels right is often the determining factor of what marketing ploys work.
When a marketer works off the economy, sucks autonomy from the season, and builds on what has already evolved in the business world their marketing is effective. Currently effective marketing would have something to do with random negligence, a comment, or pun implicating lack of forethought randomly placed will capture attention. But is it good marketing?
Any strategic marketer will recognize the ploy and jump past it. Buyer be ware, kind of restrictions might apply in most cases. The reader might altruistically manage to get past the ploy, and yet if the implication is subtle enough - the ploy becomes subliminal and therefore a working strategy to get the attention of the reader.
Subtle market strategy becomes a dominant factor in marketing. How strong are your base marketing ideals? Do they capture the audience? Do they get attention fast and keep it?
Plan your marketing ploys to get the attention of the consumer and direct them to your most effective position and let them make their own decisions - with your encouragement.
Jan Verhoeff is an expert marketer with more than two decades of experience in making things happen on the sales front. Feature marketing strategies are effective and direct. For more information about marketing your product and strategy that will work for you, see eBiz Blitz at http://www.freewebs.com/ebizblitz
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June 25, 2008 at 8:06 pm · Filed under make moneys
Most people think you got to sell on ebay in order to make money. However, there are other ways to make money on ebay other than selling. One secret way is buying. What do I mean? Read on.
That secret method is called ebay arbitrage.
The term arbitrage has been around for a long time. It is a technique used in the stock market by large players who search (with powerful computers in real time) for price discrepancies from one market to another. For example if they see dealers in London trading IBM stock at 1/8th pt lower than in New York, even if it’s only for a few seconds, they’ll grab it at the lower price and sell it in New York where they’ll make an 1/8th pt profit.
So how does that apply to Ebay?
The strategy is buying low in one central Internet market and selling in another more active market for a premium.
Ebay is a huge marketplace, and even though it’s centrally located (in cyberspace) it is still a relatively ‘inefficient’ marketplace. There are several reasons for this : availability of detailed market information available to the participants being one, but the more common reason being the seller doesn’t know a thing about the item he or she is selling
Here’s where you can benefit. If you have intimate knowledge of a particular market, you probably already have a rough idea of how much an item listed on ebay is worth.
For example, I’m a IT professional who deals with computers all day long therefore it is easy for me to spot bargains relating to desktops, laptops, computer software etc.
Now, there can be many spins on this. I could simply buy the item and resell on ebay for a profit or I could buy the item and sell it locally either in my neighborhood.
Also, I could always do it the reverse way. Buying locally and then selling it on ebay or other auction sites.
By now, you probably realize in order for you to do ebay arbitrage, you need to have expert knowledge on the particular market you are interested in selling.
So do your homework, check out the discussion boards, ask your friends or consult shop owners which sells the items you want to sell. If you want to make more money on ebay, you have to do some research, there’s no easy way out.
Dan Lim is an avid ebay fanatic who has been quietly earning a comfortable living online. For more ebay selling secrets and strategies, visit bestnzb.com
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