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Amazon Author Central adds Twitter updates, public notes & Shelfari books extras to author pages

by T. W. Seller | Apr 27, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Marketing and Promotion, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

There are several things to get excited about with the new release for Amazon Author Central. The...

Hit the books: Send yourself back to school without going anywhere

by T. W. Seller | Sep 10, 2010 | Customer Service & Bettering your Business, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

Ah, autumn. The kids have gone back to school and you may have a little more time on your hands. Sure, the holiday rush is coming but it’s several whole months away. There’s a slight chill in the air that makes some...

How to read Amazon’s Kindle Books without owning a Kindle

by T. W. Seller | Feb 24, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 4 |

Maybe you’ve seen the preview links next to your favorite books and wished you could have a...

Amazon ups the royalty rate for Kindle publishers to 70%

by T. W. Seller | Jan 21, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how...

5 Tips for Leaving a Voice mail or Answering Machine message

by T. W. Seller | Dec 11, 2009 | Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 2 |

Tips in this vein were going around Twitter a few days ago and as I just sorted through a very annoying voice mail message, I figured this would make a good little quickie post. If you are calling someone and leaving a message,...

With the new DSR changes, what should my eBay package insert say now?

by T. W. Seller | Sep 3, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 8 |

I was packing up some eBay items this morning and I noticed I was running low on my package inserts. These are the little postcard sized notes I put into every outgoing package. One side of this note is a “Thank you for...

Import your blog RSS to your Facebook page or profile as links instead of notes with NetworkedBlogs

by T. W. Seller | Aug 31, 2009 | Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 12 |

Previously, if you wanted your RSS feed (be that the one for your blog, Twitter feed, eBay store, whatever) to import into Facebook, your best option was Notes. When you imported your RSS via Note, you simply went to the notes...

New Facebook to Twitter feature for Pages is a powerful networking tool

by T. W. Seller | Aug 29, 2009 | Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

If you have set up a Facebook Page for your business, blog, book or for any other reason, Facebook has just rolled out a powerful new tool for managing it. If you haven’t set up a Facebook page, here is a tutorial to get...

eBay forces sellers to eat the cost of insurance in a move that ticks me off to no end

by T. W. Seller | Aug 26, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 5 |

This is probably old news to some of you but since the first notice I saw of this was on an item I was listing last night, the wound is still fresh for me.I heard the rumors that eBay was going to introduce their own insurance...

Changes to Metrics reporting in Facebook Advertising

by T. W. Seller | Nov 12, 2008 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

Since we were just talking about Facebook ads the other day, I wanted to alert you to some new features in metrics and insights that they are reporting today. Here is the full announcement: Announcing New Facebook Advertising...

Facebook Pages: How to set up one to Promote your Blog, Book, Website, Store, or Podcast

by T. W. Seller | Nov 6, 2008 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Social Networking and Blogging, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 26 |

There are a lot of people on Facebook and some people check it more often than they do anything else. Why not have a presence for your business there? Setting up a presence on Facebook is a lot easier than you might think. There...