Listing on eBay

Good intentions, oh well. My scheduled to-do list hasn’t been working out so well. Again.

I’d been planning to spend a little time here and there to get all my tasks done, but technology and disorganization did me in. I wanted to build some more TurboListing pages for the books I wanted to upload, but I couldn’t remember where I’d put the template. Then, when I finally found it, I’d done something screwy with it and couldn’t figure out what! Eventually I gave up and built a new one, this time with Nvu, and now all seems to be in place. I use Nvu to build the ad page for each listing. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editor, and I can simply paste what I’ve made into the TurboLister. But it does take a bit to build it.

I end up going between a few different pages in my files to be able to put it all together: my database to be sure I have all the right information, the product itself, and any sales material that comes with it. I have to write the title, using as many keywords and sales words as I can, making sure it makes at least a little sense. That exact title has to be copied to the SmartDD program, which takes care of automating the whole delivery system.

Since I’m working on an over-burdened 2001 laptop,  I also spend a lot of time waiting for things to open. I swear, my first revenue from all this is going directly into a new, bells-and-whistles computer!

So, it’s taken me the better part of two days to get 12 books actually listed on eBay. Each one does get a bit easier - and quicker - but I certainly have to revise my expectations and schedule.

On the cookbook side of things, I now have close to 100 people signed up (so far only 1 that unsubscribed as soon as they got the book). I have a few ideas for newsletters, but the monetization is yet to come. There’s a ton of information about cooking and recipes on the web, but finding quality to sell is taking some digging. I’m hoping to get the first of the newsletters done and out next week. We’ll see what happens to that schedule!

One step at a time. Do one thing, do it well, then move on. FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Successful. I need to keep all this in mind!