This video will give you a quick idea of the basis of the upcoming Jay Berkowitz presentation at eBay Live 2008. Our parent company, iBusinessLogic is very pleased to be working with Jay and proud that he has included our work in his upcoming eBay Live keynote speech.

Enjoy this preview, but don't mis the live show in Chicago!

I received a call the other day from the son of a nearly lifelong (at least it seems like a long time) friend of mine.

My friends son, Keith Bloemendaal is the sales manager of a local fence building contractor company in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina.

Carolina Custom Fences builds high quality custom fences and they are proud of the fact that they have some of the best installers in the area.

Keith Bloemendaal called iBusinessLogic to ask our opinion of the current Carolina Custom Fences website (follow the link above).

As you can see, the current website is a bit bland and really does not engage the public. This is web 1.0 at its best and is about 6-8 years out of date for website design. The owner of the company, Scott, did the best job he could with the tools his web builder gave him, but the results just do not compare with the state of the art today. Continue Reading

Established eBay sellers know the importance of selecting the right "keywords" for the titles of auctions and store listings within eBay. While most eBay sellers may not be aware of the work eBay does "behind the scenes" to make sure each and every one of your listings is optimized throughout the Internet. The work that eBay does assures eBay Stores sellers are the beneficiaries of one of the most effective SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools available today. That tool is eBay.

While the SEO work that you must do as a seller is minimal for your eBay listings. There are very good reasons for you to learn more about SEO and Keyword tools. Relying on eBay to do all of the work for you may not always be the wisest course of action even though it does work most of the time. With the proper understanding and use of keywords and keyword tools you can increase your sales and get your products seen by the people who are searching for them everyday. In addition, if you want to drive traffic to your eBay store or off eBay eCommerce website a proper understanding of SEO and search based marketing is a basic requirement for your business.

I found the keyword tool comparison listed below to be quite interesting and helpful. It has been written by Aaron Wall of the blog SEOTools. While Aaron offers one of these tools on his website, I find it refreshing and encouraging that he spent the time to write this article and gave his honest opinion of a great deal of the keyword tools available today in the marketplace. Continue Reading

As I was working on this blogs transition to our own hosting and a new wordpress theme... to: www.allbusinessauctions.com/blog ....

I started to think about all of the businesses in the world who could benefit by blogging. I came to the conclusion that there is not a single business I am familiar with which could not benefit by establishing a company blog...

Blogs are simply an amazing way to get your name and information recognized throughout the world. There are many reasons why blogs are beneficial...

• Fastest way to get your site indexed by the search engines
• Best way to increase your rankings in the search engines - fresh content is king
• Gives your audience (customers) a feel for what you do and how you do it. Write your blog as though you were talking directly to your customers.
• Quickest way to get your new information, idea, products known in the world.

If you have not really caught on to the "blogosphere" thing yet, don't think your too late because blogging is still in it's infancy and your company still has time to get in to the mix.

While our blog story here at All Business Auctions may not be typical... and I can not promise your company will have the same experience when establishing a blog... I would like to share a quick run down or the positive results we have experienced since starting this free wordpress.com blog less than 90 days ago.

1. Learned volumes about the blogosphere and how a single post in a wordpress blog can be indexed by google in less than 12 hours.
2. Gained recognition among like minded business owners in our field.
3. Became known as a source of information by major news organizations. (blog post: Quoted in the New York Times technology section).
4. Gained international business inquiries through blogging about relevant news in our field. (Inquiry about eBay Stores design work from Romania)
5. Won a small blogging award - first place SEOLogs blog contest
6. Broadened our company appeal by detailing just a few of the services we can provide and simply writing about the benefits of those services.
7. With the move to our own hosting and attaching the blog to our AllBusinessAuctions.com website we will increase the exposure for our company and increase the traffic on our Joomla based website. Fresh relevant content is indexed quickly in the search engines and is the most powerful for SEO tool in the toolbox.

I could increase the list above but after only 90 days online with a "free" wordpress.com blog, I think these are significant points.

Should you look into blogging for your business? While some people blog as a business your company or small business could benefit greatly by blogging for business.

It's a whole lot less expensive than pay per click advertising, or the yellow pages and may not replace either for your business needs... But unlimited indexed content with your company name attached, could not hurt!

Did you ever think you could make money from someone elses eBay listings?

Or Insert your eBay listings in another blog or website with simple text links which look as benign as this?
See Our New eBay Store Design Here

And make money as an eBay and Auction Ads Affiliate?

You can make money from eBay without listing a single item yourself!

Just sign up with Auction Ads to create custom widgets and banners for your blog or website. (Withthe most popular eBay items in those ads!)

Sign up with Commission Junction to become an eBay affiliate and make money simply by posting links to eBay or your own store or listings.

Why would you want to direct traffic back to eBay from your website or blog?

Because eBay pays well, thats why... And because driving traffic back into eBay is a good thing for every eBay seller.

Try out Auction Ads and see if your traffic is interested in eBay listings. The clicks you send could pay!

ShoppingAds allows you to make money by displaying relevant merchant ads on your website. When your visitors click on the ads you can make money on a CPC (cost per click) or CPA (cost per acquisition) basis. You simply tell us the relevant keywords of merchant ads you want displayed and we will display a matching ad.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Can I run ShoppingAds along with Google AdSense?

Yes, ShoppingAds is not a contextually based ad product and is compatible with all other ad systems.

Is ShoppingAds a Cost Per Click ad program?

Yes! You will be paid for every valid click on the ads you display.

What are examples of potential invalid clicks?

• More than two (2) clicks from same IP address on the same merchant link within sixty (60) seconds.
• More than two (2) clicks from the same IP address in one (1) second
• Flag specific IP and/or user agents that have been determined to be fraud or bots, all clicks from these flagged IP or user agents are filtered.

When do you send out payments and how?

We send out payments the first of every month via PayPal. The payment is for all revenue generated the previous month. There is a $50 minimum for earnings.

Do you have an affiliate program?

Yes! All ShoppingAds units contain a referral link. Anyone who signs up through that link will be credited to the affiliate running the ads. See more program details on our affiliate page.

Why aren't ads for my keywords showing?

If you're loading a page for the first time with a new keyword, relevant ads won't be cached in the system. Rest assured that in less than a few seconds, ads for your keywords will be displayed. In the mean time, some of the most popular items from the top shopping comparison engines are displayed. These ads will only appear on the first load of a new keyword ad, or on extremely low-traffic sites. Even though it only takes a few seconds, please allow for a few minutes before assuming that non-relevant ads are being displayed.

Can I use the same account for multiple sites?

Yes. You can use the same ShoppingAds account on as many sites as you want. You can use the flexibility of the campaign feature to keep track of statistics for different sites, or different areas of different sites.

How many ad units can I run on a page?

There is no limit.