It's simple; don't list too many items for sale using their auction format. Instead, set up one of their stores. The cost starts at just $9.99 per month.

Why is this a good idea?

Let's do math:

If you list an item for sale using auction format, cost is anywhere from $.35 on up to several dollars PER AUCTION. What's worse is that auctions are only good for 3, 5, 7, or 10 days.

BETTER WAY: Sell item in your eBay store. The listing price is just 2 or 3 cents per item...and get this...They're good for a FULL 30 days! For example, I recently sold a $500 item that I listed in my eBay store. The listing cost me a whopping 3 cents! The same item, if I'd sold it using auction format, would have cost me several dollars!

Using eBay's Auction format to list 500 items at a minimum of $.35 each = $175.00 (and these are only good for 7 days each so you'd have to list them 4 times each per month) $175 x 4 = $700.00

List same 500 items in your eBay store @ just $.03 each = $15 + $9.99 monthly store fee = $24.99 and they are listed for a full 30 days each!

You save $675.01 per month! HOLY SMOKES!

First, Define your Bulls Eye

If you’re going to write and post articles on Internet, be unambiguous about what you expect them to accomplish. Don’t start writing just yet. Think beyond mechanics of writing an article or deciding where to post it.

It’s one thing to spin out an article or two. It’s quite another to incorporate them into a strategy that builds your website traffic, reputation, and business. All your marketing methods should work together - online and off.

Your Strategy Clarifies:

- Who you’re trying to reach - How to find them - What you want them to do next (does your website support that aim?) - Your primary goal and message - How articles (with particular titles and keywords) mesh with your other marketing

Article marketing is nothing more than a way to get information (not advertising) broadly distributed on Internet. It can’t compensate for a muddled or dull message. And it won’t build your site traffic unless it connects to readers in an interesting way.

Write Articles that Trumpet a Unique Business Message

A frequent business error is treating each customer- attracting activity as though it stands alone. Yet each method works better when echoing a common message that links to others.

To quote Roy Williams, Wizard of Ads, http://www.wizardofads.com "It’s hard to tell a powerful story badly. But it’s easy to tell a weak story well. I’ve never seen a business fail because they were "reaching wrong people." But I’ve seen thousands fail because they were saying wrong thing... It’s amazing how many people become "right people" when you’re saying right thing. Believe it or not, it’s advertising third, customer delight second, strategy always first."

Maximize your Customer-Attracting Methods

Last year I wrote an ebook showing how to make business website and Yellow Page ad work together to bring new customers. It made point that each promotional method has its own strengths, and reaches different groups http://www.yellowpagesage.com/smarts.html By them working together, each approach does a more persuasive job.