BOOK TOUR - How to run a Home-based E-Bay store - Annette Shaw

Welcome to today's blog tour author, Annette Shaw. If like me you are an e-bay but either not sure how to set up your own store, or want to be more effective with your store, have a look at this great book designed just for you!

How to Run a Home-Based eBay Store: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Your First Online Store by Annette Shaw

Tour Dates: 9/12/13 to 9/19/13

Genres: Non-Fiction, Business, Ebay, and How To's

Blurb:

A perfect solution to make ends meet or to prepare for the holidays without going into debt.
Try this comprehensive guide, written for the stay-home mom, detailing how to
set up a home-based business through eBay and beyond from the perspective of a
dress shop but applicable to any product.

This book reveals how to:
--Set up a USPS, eBay and PayPal Account

--Set up listings including

Explaining conditions, brand & category
Taking photos & editing
Item Descriptions
Payments systems to use
Shipping preferences & services
Countries to sell to & some you should
avoid

--How to Set yourself apart from competitors

--Great Images

Where to purchase mannequins
What camera to purchase

--How to purchase merchandise to resell

Where to purchase online merchandise at a
great discount sent right to your door

--How to schedule your pick-up through USPS.com

--A typical day in the life of an eBay merchant

--How to manage your work area

--Managing your profits and much more

*Bonus Content- Includes online sources to market your eBay inventory simultaneously.

  

Excerpt:

Chapter 4: Setting Ourselves Apart
Now that you know what it’s like to sell normally on eBay let’s get started on the next step creating a unique and professional
identity on eBay. What will your business look and feel like? It’s no secret that there are millions of sellers on eBay, so what will set you apart from the crowd as a respected and trusted seller? Think aboutwhat kind of shopper you are when you go to a brick and mortar store. Walking through a clean, well-cared for store enables a customer to browse a little longer and linger over items catching her eye. By contrast, strolling through a store that is dirty, loud and in disarray makes me beeline for the exit, never
mind the merchandise! This holds true for online shopping as well. The way I chose to go about this is using an auction
template and image hosting company in one. This is a terrific company that provides seamless and quite creative auction templates that also host all of your images. Instead of using eBay to list your items you go to create listings through them.

SellerSourceBook

The Seller Source Book (SSB) transfers your listing to eBay flawlessly. Their monthly fee is $8 or $21 a quarter and conveniently comes right out of your PayPal account. You can even get 10% off their monthly subscription with this coupon code 8BB48.

My second recommendation for creating a unique professional feel for your listings is:

SheandIDesigns.com

 I started out using Seller Source Book alone to create my listings and eventually wanted something more, so I sought out this company to make the custom header template below for a look and feel uniquely me which took about a week to complete.
She and I Designs then installed the HTML code into SSB’s photo hosting template. Again for a very reasonable one-time fee, they will create a unique design for you after a few emails explaining what you’re looking for.
Or She and I Designs has pre-made, wonderfully creative templates that they sell a limited number of, which you can browse
through and purchase. They’re very familiar with both eBay and Seller Source Book ensuring a perfect transition.

Buy Link:

Amazon http://amzn.to/1akuKjH

About the Author:

Annette Shaw is a wife of 24 years, mother of three beautiful children, native Texan, eBay Power Seller and
aspiring writer living in beautiful eastern Washington state. Annette is an avid reader, writer and putterer when not engaging
customers from all over the world in this life of an eBay merchant.

The tour link is below:

http://fireandicebooktours.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/now-takings-sign-ups-how-to-run-a-home-based-ebay-store-a-complete-step-by-step-guide-for-your-first-online-store-by-annette-shaw/

Virtual Book Tour (VBT) & Giveaway - Untangled:Contemplation & Entanglement by Henry J. Sienkiewicz

Untangled: Contemplation And Entanglement

by Henry J. Sienkiewicz

Henry J. Sienkiewicz has served in multiple positions within the United States Federal Senior Executive Service since 2008. His previous commercial experience was as the founder and chief executive officer for Open Travel Software, an award-winning software developer focused on the global travel community, and in the chief information officer role at three technology companies.  He or his companies have been the recipient of multiple awards for innovations or achievement in the technology industry.  He retired as a United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel in July 2008.
Henry holds a bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
In 2006, he completed and published his first book, Centerlined, which dealt with interpersonal and organizational dynamics.
Henry resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Genre:  Practical Philosophy/Self-help

Publisher:  DogEar Publishing 

Release Date: April 2013

In a  social media-centric, Twitter-driven world we live, the complexity created by the entanglements has caused an overload Called a Walden for the Internet Age, Untangled draws from the rich traditions of both Eastern and Western philosophy to tease apart the hyper-connected web of the modern world and challenges the reader to recognize and embrace contemplation as a way cope. Through a highly approachable framework and the imagery of a journey through the heartland of Taiwan, Untangled provides the reader with the background of entanglement and contemplation, and identifies and discusses the three pillars of contemplation - silence, stillness and solitude.  The book closes with a series of actions that allow anyone to untangled through active contemplation in daily life. 

Excerpt:

UNTANGLED

A Big Ball of Twine

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

—Jean Toomer

As we reached the first stopping point, we opened our packs and found chaos. The ropes that we had neatly packed were completely jumbled. The gear we had carefully stowed had been shifted around; it was an unrecognizable mess.

The jostling and shifting from the simple movement of the journey caused our coils of rope to transform from a neat roll to an entangled mess. We thought that we had taken care to pack them; the journey ensured that we had a mess to deal with.

Our mental backpacks are similar. Sometimes, regardless of the care we have taken, our world becomes a completely entangled mess in ways that we had not expected. Our journey ensures that we have a mess to deal with.

Many writers have used the terms connected and hyperconnected to describe our current state. I think that the term entanglement is more reflective of the state of our condition.

Connection implies that there has been an encounter but does not imply that the relationship is persistent. As will be discussed later, entanglement means two or more “things” have formed some type of permanent bond. This permanent bond is why I think that the term entanglement is more expressive of our actual condition.

Entanglement has many layers and many textures. It may be accidental or intentional. Entanglement may be in ways that may or may not be are attractive. Entanglement may or may not have relevancy to our lives. Entanglement may or may not have real meaning.

Entanglement may be the vines that catch your feet. Or it may be the limbs that brush your arms. Or it could be the rope that safely holds you onto the mountain.

Contemplation lets us mentally sort through the mess of entanglement that we all carry with us and allows us to repack meaningfully.

Authors blog post

Thank you for giving me a chance to connect with your readers.  I relish the idea of discussing the intersection of literature and travel.  In my current book, Untangled, I use a journey through the heart of Taiwan as a metaphor for the journey that we all go through as we contemplate the complexity of life.  

In Untangled, I write a great deal about understanding the “other.”  I address the philosophical notion of seeing strangers not necessarily as bad but simply as unknowns.  In doing so I rely upon the writings of two wonderful philosophers, Hannah Arendt and Ken Wilbur, to help me formulate my notion of striving for commonality and embracing community in the midst of the chaos created by a social-media driven world. 

For Untangled, I started with the classical premise that the unexamined life is not worth living. However, given the constant flow of the entanglements of modern life, is it even possible for us to examine life?   Stimuli bombard each of our senses every second.    The enablement and empowerment that comes with technology has the potential to make the world fundamentally better.  We can’t cast aside the connectivity and the technology. However, social media and the like also have given us dozens of new ways to grab our attention.   We can barely go a minute without our phone buzzing at least once.  We constantly check our Twitter feed.  Active contemplation, the type of contemplation I focus on in Untangled, lets you find the distance to focus on the things that ultimately matter.  

In my mind, travel is fundamental to our growth and finding distance.  It is fundamental in at least three ways.  First, travel breaks you out of your comfort zone as it allows you to journey down trails that you might have not thought to.  Second, travel lets you encounter the “other” in a meaningful fashion; travel lets you see the basic humanity of the cultures that you are exploring.  You experience the fundamental similarities of the whole of mankind.  Finally travel gives you the confidence to engage in life.  By dealing with the unknowns of travel you become better at dealing with the unknowns of life. 

 

I would like to thank you, again, for the privilege of connecting with your readers.  If your readers wish to order the book directly from the website (www.untangledthebook.com) they can use the 20% off discount code.  Untangled is currently available at select fine bookstores, on-line at the major on-line stores.  It is also available in the major ebook formats.

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Book Tour and Giveaway - the Equation by James Tarrantin

The Equation

by James Tarrantin

Genre: Action/Adventure, Spirituality, Personal Growth & Inspiration

Publisher: Tarantin Ent.

Release Date: November 22, 2012

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Book Description:

The Legendary Larry King writes “The Equation is a Cross-Cultural Odyssey, an asset that will inspire in people the science of accomplishment.”

The Equation Book tells a true, cross-cultural saga that spans over 58 Years and explores exciting adventures on 4 continents.

The Story of a young lad named Omer, born to a wealthy family and shackled on an island of battling hierarchies.

The youth leaves his home, and meets great dangers and tragedies as he seeks to discover Time’s Silent Secret.

At the turn of the Millennium, the mission was to track historic clues and discover an Equation that was lost through the times … hidden in the margins. An Equation that whoever finds it will be Transformed. And with its 4 Rings of Power … design destiny.

A Revolution is inspired! Time Stops!

Will the lad transform or bite from the forbidden power and be carried to the brink of Death?

Excerpt One:

Over 13 billion years ago ...when the universe sparked to life ... the spiritual Big Bang accelerated fluctuations of light that swept the void of space with galaxies and dark energy.

Within this creation, a promise was made. In its heart lies the greatest light. The watchmaker watched the creation, as the universe was endowed with the freedom to move on its own.

One infinite garden, yet many trees of life. One humanity, yet many stories. This book is a small story from the inner light: a story that shall explore the Physical World and the Spiritual World. The body of the story shall embark upon exotic adventures across the lands of Planet Earth: from the continent of Asia to the continent of Europe, and from the ancient civilizations of the Middle East to the continent of America.

The mind of the story will travel from a little roof to the vastness of the stars, from the fires of the valleys to spiritual summits, from War to Peace, and from the sorrows of a heart to the pursuit of a dream.

There is a treasure. Yes! There is a treasure. A treasure that had been lost for millennia, hidden in the margins of History. A force beyond Time and Space – the source of all innovations. The myth tells that whoever discovers this treasure shall be bestowed 4 Rings of Power: The Fountain of Youth – Water, Designing Destinies – Wind, The Moment – Earth, and Cosmic Energy – Fire. So let us light the torch of the future and sail towards the unseen!

An exchange of energy always occurs among all living things. Within this circle, within this network of energy ... a small family once lived. But in order for the family to be here today, past generations decided to design the sands of time.

With no fuel or oil, every day, 7 days a week, Planet Earth orbits the sun. Every dawn, when the morning star shines high above, a new hope is born. A long time ago, in a far away holy land, on one of these mornings, an old man named Mati decided to transform.

About The Author:

“I believe that success is indivisible; the success of anyone anywhere is the success of all of us everywhere.”

James Tarantin is a Philosopher, Game Architect, Author, the Executive Chairman of Tarantin Ent LLC and the Creator of 4=T²D².

An American Citizen who immigrated to the United States alone with no family, money or any formal education … as a Philosopher, James studied  5 Chief avenues; The Mind, Pragmatism & Enterprises, Morality, Metaphysics and Aesthetics.  These avenues are explored in his written works, such as The Equation.

After several months of deep research and traveling to Rome, James saw the Equation in a dream at age 16. From 9/22/10 – 12/25/10 he handwrote the entire book.

James believes that each person is just around the corner at accomplishing their mountain top. And though he was a poor young man at the time, James was the first immigrant to America, and one of the youngest spiritual thinkers in history, to write a memoir at the age of 25, in a language that isn’t his mother tongue and with no training in writing whatsoever. The first memoir to present a new philosophical theory and explores a rich array of issues: Family Life, History, Mystical Science, Philosophy, Human Evolution, Personal Success, Enterprises, Spirituality, Beauty, The Universe and Cultures on 4 Continents.

At the age of 22, the legendary broadcaster Larry King took James under his wing, and he founded Tarantin Ent LLC … A company to be structured after a 50 page model that includes international business classes, classified strategy science, culture and values, and long-term Life-Cycle vision.

As the company’s Executive Chairman, James has 5 responsibilities: Content Creation, Global Strategy, Legislation, Balancing the Budget, and Transparency.

Before the age of 26, with fierce belief, James created, almost single-handedly: complete screen manuscripts, a library of stories, animated superheroes, a trading card game, the mobile game design script, a technical design document, goods and services, distribution channels, and the platform for a new social network.

“You go anywhere in the world, from The Big Apple to Paris and from Brazil to Berlin … the borderline between success and failure is blurred. In this new century, people want something fundamentally different.”

“The Equation is the answer spoken by the hearts of young and old, rich and poor.”

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