Hi Gang:
A frequent request has been to provide a single thread with all TA Workshops – so here’s that thread!
First here’s a link to the Current Calendar for all eBay Workshops –
Link Workshops are great resources for learning about tools and processes to manage and grow your eBay business. Note that there are archive links on the left side for 2004 and 2005 Workshop archives.
Finding Clients Beyond the Consumer (Sep 2005) This Workshop provides some tips and best practices for finding local business and charity clients. A follow-up Workshop in Q4 will discuss how to find local government clients.
Link Get the most out of your profile page (Aug 2005) This Workshop provides some useful information to make your TA profile page more effective at getting potential clients to contact you.
Link Generating Leads II (June 2005) This Workshop provides some tips and best practices for using PR and local events to find new clients for your TA business.
Link Generate Leads with Google Keywords (May 2005) This Workshop provides information on how you can use Google to find local TA clients.
Link TA Selling Best Practices (April 2005) This Workshop provides some tips on how to write good item descriptions to help maximize the sales price of your client’s items on eBay.
Link Generating Leads – The Basics (Feb 2005) This Workshop provides best practices for finding new clients.
Link Survey Results – Marketing Tactics (Nov 2004) This Workshop provides some data from a Q3 2004 TA survey on how TAs market their services, what’s effective in helping them find new clients, and how much TA clients are worth.
Link Brick-and-mortar Drop Off Stores (Oct 2004) This Workshop provides some information on issues to consider when evaluating whether or not you should open a brick-and-mortar location for your TA business.
Link And there will be more ... stay tuned!
Walt