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[bykimbo]

Hi Kim, thank you for this thread. Could my new blog be added by any chance please? I've only 3 posts done so far but it's a start, thanks! http://lodegrundrunner.blogspot.com/

Certainly. I'll try to get an update done tonight. Prod me if it looks like I've forgotten!

[lodegrundrunner]

Certainly. I'll try to get an update done tonight. Prod me if it looks like I've forgotten!

Lol, ok thanks Kim!

[lejoueurdepipeau]

I have been in sales most of my working life and have been through several sales training courses. Know how is one thing, actually doing it is altogether a different story.

I do hope you will share your expertise. I have no experience in sales and find any help and advice useful.

I also meant to say to kedo that I have visited your blog several times and I think your reference tools will be a valuable resource for collectors and will mean that they return again and again. In fact my last visit inspired me to add something to my "to do" list for the blog - I thought I could provide a translation list/dictionary for patchwork terms in French and English. Many of my customers buy books/patterns in English (as there aren't that many in French) and they ask me face to face what things mean but I could broaden that out further on the web. Again I would hope it would be something readers could refer to as often as they needed to. I haven't done it yet as it will be quite a piece of work but I will get round to it! So - thanks for the inspiration!

[adruml]

Four parts of a sale. I'm no expert by the way.

Opening

Qualification

Pitch

Close

[adruml]

Four parts of a sale. I'm no expert by the way.

Opening

Qualification

Pitch

Close

Hmmm, quoting myself. Oh well.

Isn't/aren't selling and promoting 2 different topics?

Selling takes place in our all about me pages and listings. Promoting is done to entice buyers to visit.

[Gill]

10/10 for this thread kimbo. I'm certainly enjoying reading all the blogs.

[meebo1]

That must be an incentive for me to write more

[Gill]

Go for it meebo! Nothing to lose and lots to gain!

[bykimbo]

10/10 for this thread kimbo. I'm certainly enjoying reading all the blogs.

Thank you.

That must be an incentive for me to write more

Quite so!

[kedo]

None of what I said was meant in the least sarcastically. I was trying to explain why I didn't understand your post and I guess it's difficult to explain lack of understanding without using some negative terms, but there was no hidden text or tone or whatever you think was lurking, I promise. I'm sorry you've taken it that way. You're an enthusiastic supporter of blogging about ebid, which is what this whole thread is about - I was explaining and supporting not knocking. I don't know what bit you've read that way or I'd adjust it. It's a shame there isn't a "put it back" option!

It's the 'master class' bit that gave the wrong impression I suppose. In no way am I offering a master class. I'm investigating and experimenting with things I know very little about.


In case it's of any interest here's an outline of what I was trying to find out from my blog/blogs.

First question -

Would a blog stuffed with specialist info of any type (but in this case vintage tin toys) attract traffic via Google et al? Would it rise to the first page of search etc. Perhaps, if you have more knowledge of the internet you would say the answer is self evident. The thing is I didn't have a clue, never tried before, so I thought I'd give it a go (remember I've got a background in science not IT).

Second question -

Would an 'altruistic' sharing of specialist information make people more likely to click on my links to go and take a look at my listings etc? It's altruistic in the sense that your work is available for free although, obviously, you hope to gain from the traffic. Remember, the traditional format for this type of information is a book. Books on specialist areas, of collecting for instance, are notoriously expensive.

So far the answer to both these questions seems to be yes. Traffic to relevant sections of my vintage toy store is well up and sales too.

It doesn't take much imagination to see that what I've done so far can be replicated ad infinitum and used to generate traffic - Collecting Wade Whimsies, Collecting Beswick, Collecting X, Collecting Y etc., etc.

I could go on for ages about other factors that can slot in very neatly with this 'approach' (for want of a better word). Linking to Picassa, for instance, and using your old auction photographs to build up a database of reference pictures or perhaps copying in old trade catalogues for people to refer to.