Be Careful what you re-Tweet

For those that do not know what RT means:
RT = Re-Tweet.
And it is a nice thing to do when you see a tweet come through your network that you love and/or appreciate. You can copy the words and put RT in front of their name and re-tweet it!

For example, if someone sent out a tweet reading:
A gal I follow:

ModelSupplies

Just tweeted: @ModelSupplies You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE. -Sean Swarner

I like what she posted so I would copy what she posted: You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE. -Sean Swarner
And then I would click on the ARROW to reply to her, then I would paste what she said after her name. So it would now look like this:

@ModelSupplies You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE. -Sean Swarner

THEN I would add RT in front of the @ Before her name. The KEY to this is to make sure you have a SPACE or her name will not be a HOT LINK. So, it would now read:

RT @ModelSupplies You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE. -Sean Swarner

NOW, we have a problem with this tweet.

When I re-Tweet it she has a long name so, it has put it over the 140 limit by 12. Twitter alert is telling me -12.

I have a few options, I can try to shorten it to something like this:

RT @ModelSupplies Ucan go a month without food U can live three days without water but Ucan't go more then 60 sec without HOPE -Sean Swarner

The saying now fits with 0 space left! Notice I changed the word YOU to U and I removed commas, changed sixty to 60 and shortened seconds.
The only bad thing about this is it will be difficult for someone else to RT it.

Keep this in mind when you are sending out short sayings. Keep them as short as possible so that your friends can RT them easily. Keep a space before the @ AND at the end add a period and/or an additional space. Especially when you RT links.
Make double sure there is a SPACE after the link or it will not be HOT.

I hope that helps understand a bit better about Re-tweeting!

Something else I must tell you about, today I had re-tweeted a nasty radio show and I felt terrible after I did it.

One of my friends tweeted about a current Radio show that was on the air at Blog Talk Radio so, nice person that I am decided to help them out with the promotion and RT a few of their posts. Suddenly I decided to tune into one of those shows and soon found out it contained nasty, vulgar wording in the music!

I felt so bad that I had actually sent that tweet out to my followers.

How very stupid of me!

GREAT LESSON LEARNED.

Beware of what you RT.

Good rule of thumb is to check out the link before you re-tweet it because it will indeed reflect onto you and the results will be followers lost.

My sincerest apology to all those that may of heard that show.
I will pay more attention to what I re-tweet in the future.

Much respect,
Danna Crawford
CEO/Founder PowerSellingMom, Inc.

Green Shipping Rocks

If you are SHIPPING GREEN then take the Green Shipping pledge!

I will give free advertising to those shipping green!

In all the years I've been selling on eBay the only item I've bought is TAPE!
I've been able to ship green all these years.

When I first started it mainly was because I was a Single mom on a budget!

And as a Girl Scout leader, I did appreciate the importance of not wasting and recycling.

Since then, I've write: Green Shipping ROCKS on all my packages!

People are loving it actually!!

The Basics of Selling on eBay: January 2009

Teaching:
The Basics of Selling on eBay

January 24th, 9 - 4:00 PM in Jacksonville FL at:
University of North Florida
Contact: Valerie Murphy to sign up:
904.620.4255

And in Ocala FL at:
CFCC
Central Florida Community College
January 30th
9-4:00 pm
sign up at:
COURSE DETAILS

Course Overview

• Register on eBay
• Learn more about & what is PayPal
• Privacy and security
• How to research items on eBay
• Pricing, bidding and buying
• eBay listing and selling
• Shipping and handling
• eBay stores basics
• Buy It Now (fixed) and auction formats
• Giving and receiving eBay feedback
• Collecting your money and more!

View my Profile

If you prefer a private class, contact me at:
352.209.2792

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My eBay Store

I opened up my eBay store (back in the day) lol No clue when but when I did I called it: Ask Danna. Then I bought the domain: AskDanna.com. At the time I had a website that was for people to ask me questions about eBay and to share freebies and offer free auction advertising.
This was way before the bump came along.
The way I had it for people to share their auctions was,
I set-up a guest book on my website page.
I changed the wording on the guest book.
Instead of it reading: Sign my guest book, I had it read: Post your Auction here!
It worked out very well at the time and I had quite a following of regular people posting auctions and visiting my website: AskDanna.com.

Soon, my site was so busy with traffic that the "Free" site I had it on would not allow anymore visitors. I contact the company and they said I was over my traffic limit for the month.

I then went to GoDaddy and set-up a website there.
I love it and it all went smooth until they started charging me more money each month than what I had signed up for. After the 2nd month of this happening, I contacted GoDaddy to ask them what the deal was and they told me that in one month I had over 28 thousand visitors AND the next month I had 32 thousand visitors in one month! I was like OMG!

I had to increase my bandwidth and come up with a new plan.

Soon after: PowerSellingMom.com was born and after awhile, I had no need for the AskDanna.com site anymore except to point it to my eBay store. I've always had the same name, so now my AskDanna.com points to my eBay store AND the rest is history!

Goal Setting in the New Year

This is the OFFICIAL

PowerSellingMom 2009 Calendar called:

"Organized PowerSelling"

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Improve Yourself as an eBay Seller!

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INCLUDING a Computer DVD Playable on

Windows Media Player or Real Player.

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"THE ORGANIZED ROAD TO POWERSELLING"

by: Danna Crawford

I've been Powerselling my way through eBay since 1997. I have my own system of setting goals with realistic expectations.

My system will help you:

• PRIORITIZE
• SIMPLIFY
• SET GOALS
• PLAN THE FUTURE
  

I'm sharing with you my Calendar style that I've been using for years. It has helped me to

• STAY POSITIVE,
  
• THINK BIG and
  
• REMAIN FOCUSED!

ALLOW ME TO INSPIRE YOU!

THIS IS YOUR YEAR!

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YOU CAN BE A SELLING SUCCESS!

You will get:

• 12 MONTH CALENDAR
• (spiral bound hanging/wall calender 17" long by 11" wide with detailed pages, different for each month,
  
• designed by Danna Crawford)
• 
  
• 33 MINUTE DVD
• BLACK PEN
• Newsletter Subscription Support!

&
BONUS ITEMS:

• 1 YEAR Text Link of Advertising at PowerSellingMom.com
• ON The FREEBIES Page!

PLUS A $50.00 off COUPON FOR MY PRIVATE COACHING PACKAGE!

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Thanks for Stopping By!

Will be watching for YOU TO SHINE in 2009!

• Blessings, Danna Crawford,
  
• CEO/Founder of PowerSellingMom, Inc.
  

Top 10 eBay Stores JUNE 2008

30 Days in the Spotlight!

We specialize in assortments and sets of pretend kitchen play foods and child tea sets. We specially wrap all of our play food orders in real gourmet boxes and wrappings. Making any child feel special and loved! God Bless!

Handcrafted gemstone jewelry that my husband and I make plus a wide variety of other items. Custom jewelry orders are invited and welcomed. Please email me with your desired stone and description for estimate. Carved ponies and fish are a specialty.Check out the Chakra Gemstones and Crystals Pages!

I specialize in all things romantic. Custom night lights, lampshades using beautiful rose fabrics. Cottage Chic Chandeliers, Paris apt. lighting. Gorgeous Paul de Longpre & Catherine Klein prints, Rachel Ashwell Simply Shabby Chic, new & vintage bed linens.

"Something for Everyone" From Windchimes to Leather jackets!

Get Your Cowgirl Bling! We Carry A Wide Selection Of Western Rhinestone Purses, Belt And Western Bedding.

We carry Maternity, Plus Size Maternity, Designer clothing in Misses sizes, Bath & Body Works products, cosmetics and more!

A Place Where Dreams May Come True. I have a varied assortment of items for sale. I offer a wide variety of books including, Fertility, Breastfeeding, Children's books like Dr Seuss and many other topics. I also have Hallmark and Disney Collectible Ornaments. Name Brand Clothing like: Gap, Levi, The Children's Place, Cherokee, Disney Store and toys by Fisher Price and Baby Einstein. You never know what you might find in Auntie's La La Land, so please add me to your favorite sellers and come back often.

Custom Orders Welcome for Charm Dangles, Bookmarks w/ Charms, Bookmarks for Bibles, Earrings, Patriotic Items, Ebooks on CD, Personalized Greeting Cakes, etc..

Handmade Children's Clothing! I mostly do my custom sets in sizes infant, toddler, girls and the occasional boys. I love doing fun sets that work for vacations, pageants, holidays, school theme, beach wear, dresses, capri sets, skirt sets. I do applique sets. Using good quality fabrics and denim.!

I sell Skirts, Shirts, Tops, Jeans, Sweaters, Pants, Rings, Necklaces, Earrings, Digital Cameras, MP3/MP4 Players, and more.

June 2008 PowerSellingMom

Hi, my Name is Mindy.

I am a single Mom of 2 boys 8 & 14. I was working full time

as a consultant at a very well paying job in NY when my job was

no longer needed. I comuted 1 1/2 hours each way to work and was not able

to spend as much time with my children as I would have liked to.

Instead of going back to work out of the home I wanted to be able to

spend more time with my children and to be there when they needed me

I wanted to do something that would allow me to stay at home and make

my own hours so I turned to eBay and started seriously selling in Sept 07
(once the kids went back to school).

I am now Silver PowersellingMom & Trading Assistant.

I sell health and beauty items, Mac, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder, Clinique,
Prescriptives, Victoria Secret just to name a few.

I also sell Coach among other things, in fact I'll sell just about anything
if I can make money on it!

I do everything from buying, listing, shipping, inventory, you name

it I do it.

When I first started selling on eBay it was so exciting to see how I can
make money while sleeping, spending time with the kids, even vacation!

Please take a look at my store www.mdlstore.com and let me know what
you think! And if you every have any questions please feel free to let me know.

Danna, I am honored that you choose me to be a featured Powerselling Mom!

Mindy

May 2008 PowerSellingMom

30 Days in the Spotlight

My name is Sandy Faust, and I am in love with antiques and collectibles!!!
I have spent 12 years as a customer service representative with a large mail
order catalog company, so I have tons of experience dealing with the
public. My previous job has given me the expertise and the knowledge to
start my own business doing the one thing I love most! My main interest
is in stemware of all kinds, be it expensive or inexpensive.
I love hunting for and finding unusual patterns.

My goal with Sandy's Collectibles and More, is to provide my customers with
quality glassware, classy vintage jewelry and those unique and unusual items.
Being an avid collector myself, I understand the passion that goes into
"the hunt" for that one particular item to add to your collection. I know
the feeling of excitement and the satisfaction of finding another piece of
the puzzle! That is why I try to keep my prices and my shipping costs as low
as possible.
I want everyone to be able to afford to shop in my store.

Thank you to Danna for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be in the "spotlight"!
Sandy

Visit Sandy's eBay store
Be her Friend at MySpace!

Thanks bunches for spending 30 DAYS in the SPOTLIGHT with us!
Keep up the Good Work!

Advertise on GRANDMA's VAN Florida to Chicago EBAY LIVE

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160237402227
"ROAD TRIP"

Taking Grandma's Van from Florida to the Windy City with many stops in-between!

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Departing Ocala FL on June 15th

Dropping Grandma off in Morris IL

Heading to Chicago


EST. DISTANCE: 1173 miles
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Read the auction to view ALL THE PERKS!!
Grandma and I are going to have a BLAST PROMOTING THE HIGH BIDDER of this Auction!!!!

Most Things Cost a Lot of Money, BUT you can Purr FREE

Join us for a "Saturday Night Special"
with eBay Seller:
PurrFree. Her Motto:
"Most things cost a lot of money, but you can Purr FREE"
She's an eBay store owner and runs the website: www.MysteryAuctionBump.com

Tune in for a MYSTERY RADIO SHOW ADVENTURE and learn more about Selling on eBay and Mystery Auctions!

March 2008 PowerSellingMom

30 Days in the Spotlight

Hi-My name is Tara.

My ebay store is FashionChics-Boutique. I sell Victoria's Secret, Intimates and Beauty, Bath & Body Works, Designer Fashions and other Name Brand Intimates. My husband and his brother run a retail supply store. In the summer, hub started to list a few things in our store from his off ebay business so you will also find some retail supplies (bags, price tags, price guns)

I worked in the Fashion Industry before I had my son. I loved my job but I wanted to be home with him and I wanted (I should say needed:)) to be able to contribute financially. I started working independently so I could set my own hours. I also got into Mystery Shopping. This won't make you a millionaire but you can earn some extra money. It's a job but it's fun. I love to shop and I love to give my opinion so it's perfect for me! :)

I have been selling on ebay for a little over a year now. It's a great place. I have met so many nice people. We try to provide the best customer service possible. I treat people the way I would like to be treated. This seems to work. We have lots of repeat customers. I tell my customers to drop me a note if they shop with us again. I try to send a little something extra to say thank you. I hope you will stop by and check us out!

We update our inventory regularly so you never know what you will find.

I want to say Thank you to all of our customers. You have made my job a pleasure. A warm welcome to new customers!

I look forward to making your shopping experience a pleasant one!


Finally, thank you to Danna!

It is so generous to share your ebay knowledge with us all.
I love your motto "there is enough ebay for all of us"
You are so right!
You are an asset to the ebay community.

Blessings and a happy, healthy, prosperous 2008 to everyone!




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Torch Lake Treasures In The Spotlight

30 Days in the Spotlight

THE place to find treasures on eBay!


Torch Lake Treasures is the name of my eBay store, and it truly is a treasure trove!
I love to shop for deals and pass them along to you! I sell just about anything in my
store, so you do have to check back often, as you are never sure what you may find.

Books, home school curriculum, antiques, collectibles, coins, designer handbags
(a personal favorite!), clothing, and more. I sell both gently used and brand new items.
If it is used, you can bet it will be in excellent shape, something I would take pride
in owning myself, or you wont find it in my store.


I strive to ship out the same day you pay. Customer service is important to me.
Communications is essential for happy repeat customers. Read my feedback, I think
I am achieving my high personal goals in this area!

I am a homeschool mom trying to make ends meet. What started out as a way to clear
out my house, is ending up to be a very rewarding and joyous adventure! Please stop by
and see what we are all about!

Be sure to visit my eBay store at:





Blessings to each and everyone.

GO POWERSELLER MOMS!!

Love and Hugs,

Michelle

~Torch Lake Treasures

Thanks bunches for spending 30 DAYS in the SPOTLIGHT with us!

Keep up the Good Work!

Let's Talk eBay TONIGHT w/RUG HAVEN

Tune in through your Computer Speakers and listen in while I interview Rug Haven! Learn about her eBay Selling Success as she shares tips with selling on eBay!!!

As a Braided Rug seller and eBay PowerSeller this gal is amazing!

Will be an evening of fun and learning!
The CHAT room will be open for questions as well as a Call in number will be provided for call in questions!

PowerSellingMom's Radio Show "Let's Talk eBay"
with Special Guest "Rug Haven"


8:00 PM EST (eastern Standard Time)
AND, if you can't listen live, visit my eBay Radio Page and listen to any past shows in the archives at:
http://powersellingmom.com/radio.php

THANKS BUNCHES,
Danna Crawford
aka: PowerSellingMom

ps... IF anyone would like to TALK EBAY on my show, contact me to be on a future broadcast!!!!

Your Diaper Dayz in The Spotlight

30 Days in the Spotlight

YourDiaperDayZ.com and the Your Diaper DayZ eBay store (better known as YDD)

where I sell custom and handmade gifts.

All YDD gifts are custom designed using top of the line products to suit the
new parents, baby, couple and/or gift receiver.

I've been in business for nearly 4 years now with my business starting by
chance. "A need was created and a business was born" is what I like to say.

It all started when I created a diaper cake for a baby shower for one of those
couples who married late and really had all the money and ?stuff?
they need for the new baby. I attended the baby shower and the guests LOVED
the diaper cake. By the end of the shower, I had three orders!

My motivation is most definitely my 4 children.

I want to show them that if you put your heart into something,

you really can succeed even when you feel that success is unreachable.

Being a work at home mom has so many wonderful and difficult things about it.
The long hours and need to juggle family and work schedules is hard
to figure out. Not to mention Mommy and Daddy time!

Although sweet compliments and my fantastic customers is what makes it worth
the sacrifice extra effort.

Needless to say, I am one busy woman...lol.

Stop by my Website or eBay Store to purchase your custom gift today!


Baby Boy Fireman Diaper Cake



Diaper Cakes


Towel Cakes


Diaper Wreaths


Sewing

Thanks bunches for spending 30 DAYS in the SPOTLIGHT with us!

Keep up the Good Work!


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