saw another one on a business very differently from
local TV newscast a few most people.
days ago... you know...one
of those stories about a "You can spend all day Saturday
stay-at-home mom who had turned going to garage sales," she said.
eBay into a stay-at-home job. "And that's fine, there's nothing
wrong with it. But if you want to
I like stories like that, and I make a real a business of it, you
especially admire people who have better have a systematic method.
found a way to make more money on The problem with going to garage
eBay (without leaving their sales is, you can't rely on your
house) than they could commuting inventory.
to a "regular" job.
Sydney also mentioned the stories
But I also know this: even most we've all heard: how someone
people who are doing eBay "full found a trinket in their attic,
time" haven't figured out yet how put it up for bid on eBay, and
to make really big money with sold it for hundreds of dollars.
it...like Sydney Johnston is
doing. "There ARE some incredible
stories out there," she said.
Sydney is known as "The Queen of "But they're flukes. You have to
eBay" or "The Auction Queen." She have a steady source of supply
was one of the original sellers and it's got to be something you
on eBay and has been selling on can rely on. That's step number
eBay since the winter of 1996. one"
She told me during a recent "Step number two is to take that
interview on my San Antonio radio steady source of supply and sell
talk show that she runs her eBay the same items -- over and over
again -- using the same something from me, there will be
listings." an invitation to buy something
else inside your package when
She says her one of her other big it's delivered."
secrets is selling to the same
people -- over and over again. Sydney shared about a dozen of
her "secrets to success" on eBay
"If you buy a men's shirt from me during our time on the air. To
on eBay," she continued, "I read a transcript of the entire
assume that you'll buy more interview, or to listen to an MP3
shirts in the future. And if I'm recording, click on
selling men's shirts, you're http://www.ebay-auction.ws/sydney
going to keep hearing from me. .htm
I'll email you, for instance, to
let you know about my Fourth of Or of course, you could spend a
July sale on men's shirts. You're couple of hours this weekend
going to keep hearing from me cruising the garage sales...
until you tell me that you don't
want to hear from me anymore." There might even be a TV crew
hanging around one of them.
"Furthermore, when you buy
About the Author:
Award winning TV anchor George McKenzie offers a free 7-part email "Publicity Crash Course" at
http://www.publicity-pro.com. During his 33-year broadcasting career, George's work appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN and CNN.
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