How To Attract Bidders - The Group Method

Written by Neil Bartlett


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http://groups.yahoo.com

http://www.topica.com

With Yahoo, if you already have a free account with them then you can just go to to Groups link fromrepparttar main Yahoo page and start searching for groups to join. To start a new group, just click onrepparttar 120809 ‘Start A New Group’ link atrepparttar 120810 top ofrepparttar 120811 Groups page.

Topica is just as easy to get started, just go torepparttar 120812 main page and click onrepparttar 120813 ‘Sign Up Now’ link. The searching and signup are pretty muchrepparttar 120814 same as Yahoo Groups.

Now that you have signed up, you can search for groups that may interest you, however, you need to beware that when you join a group that you read their rules, some groups only allow you to post relevent information and then some likerepparttar 120815 Yahoo group Auction_List allow you to post direct auction links. So, take note ofrepparttar 120816 rules before you post.

Here are some ofrepparttar 120817 auction related groups that already exist that you can join:

Auction_List Auctions_Plus Bargains_Galore cyber-auction Ebay_Listed ebaypowersellersecrets Hot_Buys

There are also plenty of collector specific groups. After a quick search for ‘coin’ related groups I netted over 400 like Ancient_Chinese_Coins, old_us_coins, southasia-coins, and stamps_coins_postcards.

Once you have gotten used to working with groups, you might decide to takerepparttar 120818 plunge and create your own. After you have done this, an easy way to grow your group is to add a link in your auction description, you can invite people to join your group; this doesn’t violate ebay’s link rules because you are not selling anything.

One last thing, discussion groups are not only an auction traffic builder, but they are also a knowledge builder. Seek out and join various auction groups, participate in them and you can come away with a lot of new information on how to build your auction business.

Enjoy!

------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Bartlett isrepparttar 120819 publisher of The Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Auction Site. He has been involved inrepparttar 120820 online auction scene for over 5 years and inrepparttar 120821 computer industry for more than 20 years. He developedrepparttar 120822 Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Auction Site to help both beginning and advanced auction sellers increase their skills and profits.

Neil can be reached at: webmaster@ebsdiscounts.com

The Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Site are located at: http://www.auctionhotlist.com -------------------------------------------------------------



------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Bartlett is the publisher of The Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Auction Site. He developed the Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Auction Site to help both beginning and advanced auction sellers increase their skills and profits. Neil can be reached at: webmaster@ebsdiscounts.com The Auction Hot List Newsletter and Companion Site are located at: http://www.auctionhotlist.com


How to use keywords to improve your ranking in search engines

Written by Kathy Joyce


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Go through your list, and see how many have a large demand and lower supply. Of courserepparttar idea is to have as many large demand and low supply keywords as possible. Optimise your site by creating theme based,keyword focused pages for each category of shoes or whatever it is that you are selling. This will greatly increase your chances of getting a higher ranking inrepparttar 120808 search engines. Just concentrate on a couple of keywords in each page. The title meta tag The title tag is THE most important part of your webpage. It must appeal torepparttar 120809 search engines and alsorepparttar 120810 visitor to your site. The title of your page is used asrepparttar 120811 link to your site byrepparttar 120812 search engines and is visible torepparttar 120813 reader. Use your most important keywords inrepparttar 120814 title. Makerepparttar 120815 title between 15-20 words in length. The title must be compelling for people to want to click through to your site. Don't ever makerepparttar 120816 mistake of leavingrepparttar 120817 title tag blank. Not a good idea if you want an edge over your competition!! Every page on your site must have a keyword focused title. The description meta tag The description tag is also very important and some search engines display it as a summary of your site. Use some important keywords here but don't repeat them more than 3 or 4 times as it could be seen as spamming. Keyword tag. This tag is not as important to search engines as it once was, but you should still use it to list your keywords. The alt tag This tag is used to describe images and is useful torepparttar 120818 visually impaired. If an image takes a long time to loadrepparttar 120819 alt tag will appear first. Add keywords to this tag as part ofrepparttar 120820 description. The main body of text Place emphasis on your keywords inrepparttar 120821 first paragraph ofrepparttar 120822 main text, and repeat them several times inrepparttar 120823 rest ofrepparttar 120824 page. As each page is theme basedrepparttar 120825 keywords will be relevant,and will appear naturally inrepparttar 120826 body ofrepparttar 120827 text. You will greatly increase your chances of getting your site inrepparttar 120828 top positions of search engines if you follow these ideas. You must however regularly register all your pages with each ofrepparttar 120829 main search engines to make surerepparttar 120830 pages are still there as they can suddenly disappear, or drop down from a number 1 position to number 201!! Normally about once a month is enough. You can use a site submitter to make this a lot easier. A good one that I use is http://selfpromotion.com or another one is http://www.submit-it.com

Kathy is an artist and webdesigner for small businesses. She has designed sites for other artists to showcase their work, and has her own mlm online business. Kathy has written several articles on promoting an online business. Visit her site at http://www.healthandbeautytowealth.co.uk


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