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We all like to save money and we all like to talk. But I can hear you saying yes but it costs money and even more money if they live abroad, and if you use the old method of using a telephone then yes it does. But I am going to tell you about away where you can chat and even see each other through video, and the cost Free. Yes I did say FREE.

Skype has many services and the best thing you can do is pop a long to their sites and take a look what is best for you.

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Hi,

I am sorry to say that I have to stop comments at the moment on my blog as I am getting loads of spam. I am looking at ways of brings this back, but until then I have stopped this.

Sorry
Andrew

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Hi,

Over the next few weeks, having taken advice from Janelle Elms of OSI RockStars I am changing parts of this blog.

For example I have bought a new domain name and will be using this for my Education Specialist Program, and  this will be a static site with just a few articles there, but the base will be the classes I teach. this will be on LinfordDirectTraining . com (This is NOT live yet).

And I have bought another name for my Trading Assistant business.  This is on Trading-Assistant-In-Staffordshire . com again as yet this is not live.

Then I shall use this blog, to post hints and tips, product sources etc, and as the two new ones will be more static I shall not have to spend loads of time on them, just updating when I add new classes etc.

Happy eBaying

Andrew Milburn

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Over the past few weeks and months people have been asking me what do you think of this product or what do you think of this program, and until now I have been a bit put off from giving my point of view on eBay resources. Well that is all about to change and starting next week I am launching a series of postings looking at what resources there are out there , and what I think of them.

Now I have a challenge for those people out there who have produced eBay and other on line resources. Going from software, to ebooks to real courses that are produced on paper and DVD.
The challenge is if you have produced any type of resource or you own the resell rights to any, then send me a review copy. I will use it and give my honest opion of it.

So come on all of you who own or produce this type of resource, are you up for the challenge if so drop me an email and we will take it from there.

For everyone else keep a look out for the postings starting next week.

Happy eBaying and online selling.

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Well here in the Uk the Sun has been out a few days……… For how long that is anyones guess, Schools are broken Up, The Beaches are full….Summer Is Here .

When business people say or hear those three words Summer Is Here , they normally say so sales will be down, or in the case of online people they say oh we close down for the six weeks.

When I hear that statement I think either they are very lucky to be able to close down for six weeks and send business else where. Or they are plain silly. Sorry to be so blunt but they are silly.

Yes Summer is here , but people still want and need to but things from your ebay store or your online buisness.

If you offer consultancy work, yes Summer is here but there are still people needing you to help them, some who stay open and even those who close down will take the time for others to assist them. Weird I know, on the one hand they say no business, but they look for help.

So my advice stay open and sell to your competitors customers or sell to people who just want to spend.

In most cases people say business is just the same or at times a bit up.

Well Rant Over.

Happy eBaying

Andrew Milburn

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I have not mentioned OSI RockStars for some time now. But if you have just started to read this blog, or have as yet not looked at the OSI RockStars site then please pop on over and take advantage of the 10 minute backstage pass.

Janelle Elms the brains behind OSI Rockstars is adding content to it the whole time, and with the forums you have a great resource on learning all about selling on eBay and other online selling platforms.

Go on and take a look, you have nothing to lose but a load to gain.

Andrew Milburn

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Well over here in the UK most schools have broken up for the summer holidays, and for those of us who sell online it can mean we need to be prepared. What do I mean, well if we owned a normal business within reason if the weather looked good for the week ahead we could say well lets shut up shop.

But as we own an online business we need to plan ahead.

@ We need to make sure we have no auctions or listings ending while we are away

@ We need to make sure that all the items we have shipped out have reached our customers

@ We need to have all our feedback up to date.

@ If you run an Amazon Shop we can put this on holiday setting

Hope this gets you started about being prepared for your holidays, and if you are going away have a great and blessed time.

Andrew Milburn / AndyUk

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Someone of you will have read the post I made on the 1st July 2008. Well yes I shall be doing general business updates and marketing tips and hints for business in general but not here.

I have started a new blog over at http://www.LinfordDirect.com the reason I have done this is for several reasons. But the main one is I want to keep my Linford Direct Blog aimed more at the offline business world and those just starting out on the online world.

By building up my readers over there at Linford Direct, I can then drive traffic to this blog as and when I talk about eBay etc. And also I can drive traffic from here to my other blog when people want to learn about offline marketing.

The blog here will be kept for ebay, Amazon, Affiliate and online marketing.

Hope that is fine.

Happy eBaying

Andrew Milburn

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Can you really believe it? I am back with another idea for you to source products. If you are a true eBayer, or online seller, then Product Sourcing will need to be in your blood. You will after a time find yourself in the Product Sourcing mindset every time you go out. This is for all things, going to gym, taking children to school, out for a meal, and dare I say even on holiday.

You will need to buy yourself a small note book so that you can write down things like what you saw, where you saw it, the shop, and costings. This will help jog your memory when you get back to your “office”.

Well onto this Product Sourcing Tip. When you go away on holiday, I want you to take your nore book with. Oh No I can hear you say, I want to get away from work. Well yes you can, but please remember you are your own boss and responsible for your business, so if you are not looking out for new products and ideas for your business then no one else will.

Now when you are away on holiday either in the UK or abroad you will be surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of new product sourcing ideas. Some of the items you see will be unique to the area you are in, and who knows you could even become their sole online retailer, and think then of the money you could make, and if it is abroad you could even make business trips on a regular basis.

So please do not switch off totally when away, also keep your product sourcing radar up and on.

Happy eBaying

Andrew Milburn

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