eBid Marketing Challenge!!

[nykmedia]

I guess I could do some prints of my ACEO's for 99p, no time for fresh work at the moment as I have a commission to do.

Congrats on the commission. Hope business fairs well for Q4 with several more commissions to follow.

[BLOXBOOKS]

Imagine eBid, or someone contracted by eBid, created an 'eBidzine' type site? News and articles about various items of interest available on the site - updated daily - and, of course, those all important links to the listings etc.

RSS will enable such a site - once built - to be managed by one person utilising just a couple of hours a day. As time and content mature the Google ranking of the site should streadily increase meaning more and more visibility in search returns and so a virtuous circle develops..............

Lots of food for thought in your post and others in this thread, it would be great to have a person keeping the lights bright, always some have a fog machine on the go ( maybe some person got a career doing just that!).

One thought that springs to mind ( don't mean literaly I do get more than one thought at a time.......mmmm errr I forgot what I was going to write.....'k yes) maybe some people who have read this may not feel comfortable adding ideas on a public forum or some may have ideas that are outlandish and or very good and having a less public option to pass these thoughts onto ebid may open other avenues.

[ToyCrazyUK]

.....back to the 'naked ride thru Lincoln' then....hehe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/7048646.stm

[Barrattess]

Ooooiiiii!...Lippy!.....

That not me!....she not naked...it not Lincoln!
..(and she aint wearin glasses)

I protest!

[Professor1977]

I work in business development and have tried many different forms of marketing over the years. The are pros and cons to them all but I would stay clear of pay per click (adwords) marketing, a big rip off in my opinion. I really beleive that the best form of publicity is self publicity. Richard Branson was famous for getting out there on the streets and spreading the word. Just get a gang together, target a big city, get some logoed up t shirts on and hand out flyers and lollipops on the street. Have fun, make friends and make an impact. Low cost, cheerful and very powerful advertising. Or devise some stunt, something fun that will get in the news.

Have a read of this for some inspiration

http://uk.three.ebid.net/perl/auctio...2-0&mo=auction

[Barrattess]

....so basically we need someone...preferably male...who is willing to have his chest and/or legs waxed ...whilst wearing the Ebid logo t-shirt....in the middle of say 'Manchester' on the night of 'Children in Need'......

Ken....Rednosty.....Merlin.....any volunteers?

[kengillam]

Waxing!!!! not me my religion forbids it, I'm a devout coward

[Rednosty]

....so basically we need someone...preferably male...who is willing to have his chest and/or legs waxed ...whilst wearing the Ebid logo t-shirt....in the middle of say 'Manchester' on the night of 'Children in Need'......

Ken....Rednosty.....Merlin.....any volunteers?

Sorry all my parts are already waxed! They don't call me Madam Tussards for nothing! So that leaves Merlin!

[Rednosty]

I work in business development and have tried many different forms of marketing over the years. The are pros and cons to them all but I would stay clear of pay per click (adwords) marketing, a big rip off in my opinion. I really beleive that the best form of publicity is self publicity. Richard Branson was famous for getting out there on the streets and spreading the word. Just get a gang together, target a big city, get some logoed up t shirts on and hand out flyers and lollipops on the street. Have fun, make friends and make an impact. Low cost, cheerful and very powerful advertising. Or devise some stunt, something fun that will get in the news.

Have a read of this for some inspiration

http://uk.three.ebid.net/perl/auctio...2-0&mo=auction

Does kidnapping the Prime Minster and Wrapping him in EBid tape count?

[Rednosty]

Earlier in this thread I made the point that if a reasonable number of eBid sellers agreed to risk just one 99p listing each week of an item realistically valued at £5+ we could easily make eBid far more appealing to buyers inside a week than the next 100 months of Google Adwords spend combined. The feedback on that idea has been what?

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Well that was a good rant!.....
.....by the way...where are your 99p auctions?

I know of at least 36 auctions with a starting bid of 99p....they finish tonight...

Mmmm the problem with this is WE Tend to then bid on each others stuff and Therefore NOT drawing in the new buyers we all crave.