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I’m killing some retirement time playing in the Craiglist Self Employment forum. There is an endless quest from posters in search of money-making opportunities using their time and talent as web designers, sewing machine operators, CAD drafting, writers, jewelry makers, tool designers (me)…. mostly work at home. I keep thinking that some of these activities could be solutions to others out there in the world, and that eBay marketers could see the connections and make the matches and collect a fee for the services rendered. The key factor here is that these CAD designers are CAD designers and don’t have a clue as to how to sell their services. Same for candle makers, resume writers, sail car builders and the like. You folks on eBay know how to sell. Could there be a connect here? Anybody?
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You folks on eBay know how to sell. Could there be a connect here?
Actually we don’t. If we did we wouldn’t be putting up with the dirt level margins and fighting it out with other eBay sellers. There is a lot more to sales than a description in an ad. Having no conscience helps a lot. eBay is a great place for introverts. Sales is a great place for extroverts. Extroverts get to own Ferraris and stuff.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You folks on eBay know how to sell. Could there be a connect here? Actually we don’t. If we did we wouldn’t be putting up with the dirt level margins and fighting it out with other eBay sellers. There is a lot more to sales than a description in an ad. Having no conscience helps a lot. eBay is a great place for introverts. Sales is a great place for extroverts. Extroverts get to own Ferraris and stuff.
The way you can spot an extroverted engineer is that they stare at your shoes, rather than their own. — Many thanks, Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073 Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 Please visit my GURU’s LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
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I’m killing some retirement time playing in the Craiglist Self Employment forum. There is an endless quest from posters in search of money-making opportunities using their time and talent as web designers, sewing machine operators, CAD drafting, writers, jewelry makers, tool designers (me)…. mostly work at home. I keep thinking that some of these activities could be solutions to others out there in the world, and that eBay marketers could see the connections and make the matches and collect a fee for the services rendered. The key factor here is that these CAD designers are CAD designers and don’t have a clue as to how to sell their services. Same for candle makers, resume writers, sail car builders and the like. You folks on eBay know how to sell. Could there be a connect here?
None of these folks has yet noticed that eBay is a venue for selling products, not services? Perhaps you could point them toward the classified ads of their local newspapers? — Ty Who is mostly just a slightly skewed Donna Reed Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~~Voltaire, 1767
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m killing some retirement time playing in the Craiglist Self Employment forum. There is an endless quest from posters in search of money-making opportunities using their time and talent as web designers, sewing machine operators, CAD drafting, writers, jewelry makers, tool designers (me)…. mostly work at home. I keep thinking that some of these activities could be solutions to others out there in the world, and that eBay marketers could see the connections and make the matches and collect a fee for the services rendered. The key factor here is that these CAD designers are CAD designers and don’t have a clue as to how to sell their services. Same for candle makers, resume writers, sail car builders and the like. You folks on eBay know how to sell. Could there be a connect here? Anybody?
if you want to sell services go to www.elance.com, it is the service version of ebay
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