Treasures By Brenda, An eBay Power Seller

Read about my life as an eBay Power Seller, my eBay store and my Squidoo lenses.

Archive for September, 2008

» Consider Using eBay to Sell Your Junk!

I saw an interesting video today by Marsha Collier, the author of the eBay For Dummies series, called Bringing eBay To America. Ms. Collier was being interviewed on twenty television stations across the United States in just four hours on a satellite media tour. Therefore, she spoke with each station for a couple of minutes…
She [...]

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» Out of Energy & Inspiration Tonight!

I have tried to write a note here three times tonight but I am just not satisfied with anything that I have done.
I did not do anything special today to tell you about. It was a six-parcel eBay day, that is a fair day considering I have been doing too much editing of [...]

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» Google Are You Out There? An Unofficial Experiment

Overall, I am quite pleased with the number of lenses that Google has picked up and very pleased with the number that Yahoo has picked up. I thought I would try a little experiment tonight and mention the ones that Google has not found yet and see what happens.
The lenses that are ‘missing’ are:
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» Here’s a puzzling thought for you as Halloween approaches…

As I was clicking the publish button for my newest lens just now, I wondered how many lenses are actually published in the middle of the night, like this one!
Actually, the puzzling thought I wanted you to think about is the announcement of my latest Squidboo lens, Fall For Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles. It could [...]

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» More ZZZZZs = Less Squidoo & eBay!

Hey! Where did today go? I slept in and regained some much, much needed sleep but that meant I lost several hours of early morning productivity (and those are my best hours!) Once I had accomplished my regular eBay routine, family life kicked in and I didn’t make it to working on the [...]

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» The Krispy Kreme Cheddar Bacon Cheeseburger of Delight!?!

“You’re kidding, Brenda, right?” Well, I wish I was.
“Is this what you feed your family?” NO, definitely not.
I couldn’t believe it when I stumbled upon the Krispy Kreme Burger ~~ The Cheddar Bacon Cheeseburger of Delight. Now there is a lens…hopefully, it will prove interesting and I’ve even put a duel in [...]

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» Rockycha and Tyler Florence Together Forever On My Lens!

Recipe For Finding Good Cookbooks has had a face lift and you’ll never guess who is on it … rockycha and Tyler Florence! Promising to be more interactive, this lens is another opportunity to get to know your fellow Squids…through the food they eat!
Rockycha has a HOT favorite cookbook…I’m not sure what my [...]

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» Disney Shopping Showcase on Squidbid Open and Ready for Business

I have just created another Squidbids lens, A Disney Shopping Showcase For All Your Gift Giving Needs, which is not ‘green’ to go yet but I think this link will take you to it (and maybe even give it the green light.)
I asked my husband what topics he could think of that would be good [...]

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» Lens of the Day Positively EXPLODES With Your Six-Word Quotes

I have said it before and I’ll say it again, Thank You all for your support on my lens Your Life Sentence ~~ Six-Word Memoirs or Quotations. After it made Lens of the Day, I received more visits than I could possibly imagine and TONS of six-word quotes from Squids and guests. I [...]

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» Focus, Focus, Focus - Entry #3 in the Diary of an eBay Power Seller

Focus, focus, focus. That is the name of the game for me today.
I MUST prepare listings for my eBay store, Treasures By Brenda. I ordinarily try to have listings on hand in advance ready to upload on Sunday but a few other things ‘ranked’ higher in my priority list this week. However, I do [...]

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