Jan

22

As a small business owner all too often I was faced with this dilemma.

Business was slow and the only way I could think to liven it up was to advertise.

The local newspaper was too expensive to advertise in more than once, and besides, what was I going to advertise that would bring the locals to my store?

There is a solution. Leveraged Advertising.

Let your common sense decide for you.
WHICH WOULD GET THE MOST LOCAL PUBLIC INTEREST?

  1. You could advertise a SALE
    Or     You could advertise an AUCTION.
  2. You could advertise in the Local Newspapers
    Or     you could use your own mailing or email list of customers and pass out flyers in your store.


Turn your UNWANTED INVENTORY into a magnet to attract customers THEN SELL the Inventory for CASH.


HERE IS THE DEAL:

Pick 30 Unwanted items of VALUE from your store to be Auctioned on the net.

PUT UP SIGNS IN YOUR STORE ANNOUNCING THE DATE AND TIME for the AUCTION. Showcase the Merchandise.

PASS OUT AND SEND OUT FLYERS TO ATTRACT AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU CAN, ELIMINATING ANY PAID ADVERTISING. Include all information about the items up for auction.

THERE, YOU HAVE AN EVENT AUCTION.
Event Auctions are LIVE, in one session, by State, City and Your Company.

Here is what is in it for You
THE LOCAL ADVANTAGE
       NO SHIPPING

  1. Use the internet to sell to local residents and bring them into your store.
  2. Get the public’s attention by putting up AUCTION Signs. People LOVE AUCTIONS.
  3. Renew attention of old customers from your email or mail list. You may want to place a classified ad in the auction section of the Sunday paper.
  4. Bring people into your store to Preview the AUCTION and get info.
  5. Bring the Winners into your store to pick up their items.
  6. Opportunity to show and sell other items to all concerned, create activity.

You use unwanted merchandise to generate TRAFFIC FLOW and CASH Flow.
Use frequency to build a following.

This is Leveraged Advertising

Get away from Ebay. Create your Own Following and have your Own Auction.
Consider, what You could do with Your Very Own Auction on the Net.
This is a superior method for a Quitting Business Sale, Stock Liquidation, Grand Opening Sale or any type of Sale that would Benefit from an Internet AUCTION FROM YOUR STORE but THE BIDDING IS ON THE NET.

Event Auctions can have up to 1500 items.

Visit Blackwells Live Auction Here

 

Mar

1

(I-Newswire) - Do you have a business associate whose daughter is getting married that want to congratulate? Is your customer getting married and you send a note? Is your first employee leaving and you want to bid him adieu? If yes, then log on to www.american-sentiments.com and express your sentiments to whomever you want to.
A corporate greeting card is the best way of showing your colleagues, customers and business associates that you care. It not only strengthens your relationship with them but also talks a lot about your dedication and commitment towards work and your enthusiasm to keep good relations with everybody who is engaged with your business. Be it corporate thank you cards, sympathy cards, corporate Christmas cards, festive corporate cards, corporate birthday cards or a corporate congratulations card, you can find the best of these at American-sentiments.com.
Corporate greeting cards are the best thing to give when it is a question of employees. Employees are your closest associates but normally there is a distance between employers and employees. American-sentiments.com helps you to bridge this gap and start a new chapter. Remember, employees are the backbone of your organization. They are pillars of strength, who have pulled your organization through rough weather and have shown you some of the best times in your professional life. They, at least, deserve a card from you, if not anything else. It may be a small move from your perspective, but from your employees’ point of view, they will appreciate it beyond measure. A little acknowledgement can greatly improve employee morale.
Beautiful artwork, rhythmic verses, artistic prints are just some of the characteristics of the corporate greeting cards available at american-sentiments.com. Remember, your employees are your assets and you should make them feel respected and cared for.
Sending corporate greeting cards is good for your business also. Every time you send a corporate greeting card, your prospects are reminded of you. This means that they are more likely to remember you when they have business proposals. Moreover, corporate greeting cards are a good gift for the customers as well. It shows that you care for the customer, which gives it a very personal touch.

Feb

27

Blackwells now has a journal on AOL, so feel free to visit us there and chat.
We would love to hear from you! The journal is: http://journals.aol.com/howtostopebay/how-to-stop-ebay/

Don’t forget you can sell all your items, jewelry, collectibles, stamps, coins, antiques, clothing, furniture – it doesn’t matter what it is – all items are only $2.99 each to sell on Blackwells Live Auction.com.

See you at the auction!!

Feb

24

If you want change, if you want to sell your items online, then it may be time for a
change – it is time for you to try a LIVE Online Auction.
  Do you want to sell now with a live online auction or sometime later? The answer: NOW!
  The following is a compare/contrast example from Blackwells Live Auction.com on the benefits of a live auction over a static auction.
 
Live Auctions: How to aggressively go after a buyer:
 
1. Items are showcased in a preview for up to 14 days.
 
2. Your Item is presented at a Live Auction for Sale.
 
3.  Your item is sold or not sold and you will know immediately. Your item will have a great chance of selling as it will be presented to the Internet in a Live Auction Setting, where competitive bidding prevails. Live Auctions are the best.
 
4. Not all items sell right away. Some of the reasons: price too high, quality is an  issue, not the right buyers at the auction. This can happen at any auction.
 
5. Tip: You can rotate your inventory on our site until you find the right buyers to bid for your item.
 
 Being aggressive means you search for a buyer.
 
Static Online Auctions: Passively waiting until a buyer shows up
 
1.  Show your item on a static page.
 
2.  Put a buy price on it or let it gather bids.
 
3.  Hope someone that wants it, finds it.
 
4.  Hope you do not have to negotiate.
 
5.  Hope you make a sale.
 
This type of selling is stagnant and lacks the charm, suspense and excitement of a Real Live Auction.
 
 Being passive means you wait for a buyer to come along.
  The benefit of a live, online auction: They are good for the seller as well as the buyer. The buyer finds what they want at a fair auction price. Visit an online auction site today: www.blackwellsliveauction.com

Feb

20

NABA - New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy - presents its Interior and Product design summer programs for the year 2008.


(I-Newswire) - Be part of a team made of young International designers and start creating and developing a project in Milan, the cutting edge of creativity!

NABA - New Academy of Fine Arts - offers a wide choice of Summer courses in Interior and Product Design at two levels: Introduction and Studio.

If you have just finished highschool and your dream is to be an Interior designer Introduction to Interior Design Course ( from June 30th to July 11th ) is what you are looking for. Start your personal research, recognize the different typologies of living spaces and interact with the city in order create your own interior lay out through drawings, pictures and texts!
And if you are already an interior design student, do not miss the chance to stimulate your creativity and improve your knowledge getting new inputs from NABA instructors, who are all professionals actively working in the world of Design, and apply for Interior Design Studio Course ( from July 15th to July 25th ). You will develop your project starting from your own research and will be led by instructors to the presentation of your project through digital media and hand drawing.

Have you ever asked yourself how objects are designed and created? Have you ever thought what a design process is? Enrol to Introduction to Product Design ( from June 30th to July 11th )  and let creativity lead you through the development of your project from a white sheet of paper to a final presentation in digital format.
Participate to seminars and visit design studios and get acquainted to the culture of Product design in Milan!
Would you like to work in a team under the supervision of an established designer, attend specific workshops focused on materials, case studies and history of design? Attending Product Design Studio ( from 15th to July 25th ) you will explore and understand the main aspects of Product Design and will able to present and discuss your project in a public debate.

Introduction level courses ( from June 30th to July 11th ) are aimed at whoever wants to start exploring the world of Design, whereas Studio level courses are meant for Design college students at 1st,2nd, 3rd  year and for professionals who would like to have a refreshing experience in a young international environment.

What are you waiting for? Make your project for this Summer!
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More Information www.design-summer-courses.com/interior-design-courses
 

Feb

17

(I-Newswire) - This is expected to be our most exciting and ambitious project ever!  Louisville: Festival of the Arts will turn The Summit, an upscale shopping district, into an outdoor gallery extravaganza.  Artists are being recruited for this highly sought-after art event.

Nearly 200 artists, will be selected from a distinguished panel, for this juried show.  All artists are given a fair chance to take part in this amazing event, so now is the time to submit your best works of art to be chosen!

Unlike a typical gallery setting, all of the artists must be on-hand to show off their paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery and more. This show is done through a juried process in order to ensure that each show is better than the last.

Unlike a typical gallery setting, Louisville: Festival of the Arts, will offer folks the opportunity to meet the artists in person and even commission a piece. All of the work on display will be available for purchase with prices ranging from $15 to $20,000.  There will certainly be something for all tastes and budgets.

To obtain an APPLICATION: visit www.artfestival.com OR contact Howard Alan Events at 954-472-3755.
 

Feb

14

Hope everyone has a sweet, sweet day!

Feb

14

Window Shopping Fun

February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m not sure why it is so nice to collect things like stamps, toys, art, watches and antiques, but it just is. I know I am not alone in this because it is a big business.

Not too long ago my daughter wanted to buy some vintage clothes so we headed off to some second-hand stores and it turned out to be a great experience. While she was looking at clothes, I was looking at “stuff!”

 I found some amazing watches ( I am a watch collector) and some great antique chairs. On this trip I didn’t buy anything, it was merely a window-shopping trip, but my daughter did find some vintage coats she liked.

One of the coats was a brown and black fur coat. While we assume the coat was fake due to the price tag, she is thrilled just the same and I am happy to know no one will be picketing our house over killing little loveable animals. I live on a farm by the way, so they would probably quickly realize we would never buy real fur.

On our shopping trip we also found a blue cape that was worn by some famous lady who ran some famous benefit ball in the 1950s. We weren’t familiar with the lady or the ball, but the $375 price tag stopped us regardless.

The best thing about our day of looking at “stuff” was that when we go back again, or go online, we will find all new stuff next time. I would love to find a really old watch worn by someone famous while conducting a famous benefit…but if I don’t find it, I can always buy a cape.

Feb

11

Daryle Lambert, founder of the 31 Club – Building Personal Wealth Step by Step with Fine Art, Antiques & Collectibles, is author of the book “31 Steps To Your Millions in Antiques & Collectibles.”
He posted a blog on his website about Blackwells Live Auction. It is posted here, or can be read on his website www.31corp.com

Wouldn’t it be a breath of fresh air to return to the days of olde, when you were present at a live auction, bidding on an item by holding up your paddle, and the selling fees were reasonable?

If Mr. Donald Karr has his way, this just might be possible, but with a modern twist.

Yesterday, I was privileged to speak with Donald Karr, founder of Blackwells Live Auction, for about 2 hours, and they were two of the most rewarding hours I have spent in many years. At 73 years of age, Karr is as young and optimistic as they get, and he wants to make it possible for individuals to still make money for themselves, as they sell their treasures, without giving a large chunk of what they make to the ones that least deserve that large chunk –the auction houses.

Yes, auction houses do provide a wonderful service for people who want to depose of their treasures and belongings, but over the last twenty-five years, the auction houses have truly gotten greedy. When I started in this business, as I have shared with you before, the auction fees were 5%. That was only to the seller, and there were no fees to the buyer. What a far a cry 5% is from where we are today with some auction houses, particularly those whose fees reach 50% when you include the commissions of both the buyer and the seller.

Mr Karr wants to return us to the Days of Olde in a sense, and has introduced a new concept in online auctions, Blackwell Live Auction. A resident of north Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Karr has been a long time Antique and Jewelry dealer well aware of the auction business and the changes that have occurred in the industry. So why am I so excited about this, and why is this auction different than any others? For starters, you will be a live participant at each auction you are a buyer in. Your name will be raised on a bidding paddle as you bid, and if you are the fortunate winner, you will know it immediately.

But it gets even better than that, and you’ll know why each one of us might be praying for Mr. Karr’s success. The news that landed me on my behind after the chair fell out from under me was this: THE TOTAL FEES FOR ANY ONE TRANSACTION WILL BE A MERE $2.99! Yes, I did say $2.99. You might want to pick yourself up off the floor and check out this website for yourself, because in addition to this great news, Blackwells Live Auction will be auctioning off $100 bills every day with no reserve in order to get people acquainted with the auction. Brilliant!

Let’s see what this new concept in online auctions really means to you and me as sellers. Selling a $5,000 item at the regular auction, the seller will bid 20% less than he was willing to bid on your item because of the 20% buyers fee. On the $4,000 that he did bid, you will pay $1,000 in commission. That means that your item, that should have sold for $5000, now is selling for $4000 of which you will only receive $3,000. Not so good you say? Now le’ts do the same thing if you sold it with Mr. Karr at Blackwells. Your bidder bids $5,000 because there is no buyers premium, and you only pay $2.99 for the commission. You net $4,997.01. My math might not be very good, but $3,000 verses $4,997.01 means that you’ve just made an additional $1997.01 — 66% more than if you had sold it at the regular auction. Now that is something to get excited about.

I have some hesitations about the technical parts of this venture, but Mr. Karr has assured me that every question I asked had been covered. I pray he will have enough server space, because I can already hear the thunder of the approaching stampede just around the bend.

I am always looking out for you and the 31 Club and will continue to bring you newsworthy economic and industry news as I see it.
For more information on the 31 Club, visit their website at www.31corp.com.

Feb

8

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