In this newsletter:
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1. Interview with a surplus inventory company
2. Quality website traffic
3. Quick tips:
   - Top sellers on Ebay list
   - Getting more positive feedback
4. Past issues available & How to subscribe
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1. Interview with a top surplus inventory company
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Yesterday (11/28) I recorded a 45 minute interview with the CEO of VIA Trading.

They provide liquidation services to major retailers by buying all customer returns and overstock.

These products can make great inventory for your eBay or online business, but you need to know a few strategies before jumping in.

During the interview I asked many of the questions that you (the readers of this newsletter) provided me and it made for a GREAT interview. I'm convinced there is a huge opportunity here.

Typically I make these types of interviews available to everyone, but this time I'm putting it on the resource page only.

The "resource page" is only available to customers that purchase one or more of my books:

The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay
www.SilentSalesMachine.com
(The all time best selling eBay eBook in the world)

How to Turn Auction Traffic Into Cash
www.AuctionTrafficCash.com
(Use eBay and auto responders to grow a HUGE mailing list fast)

The "resource page" link is given in several places in each of those books.

I may make the entire interview available to ALL SUBSCRIBERS at a later date, but typically when I make a recording like this available to the entire 105,000 subscribers all at once our server gets locked up because of all the traffic. This time I'm allowing paying customers first access.

Here are some highlights:

-You can get specific types of items (tools only, electronics only, clothes only) and many of these items are available on a steady basis.

-You can go by the VIA Trading warehouse (located in Los Angeles) and inspect pallets if you'd like. This is a great way to know that you aren't dealing with a middle man. Before buying any "liquidation" inventory always ask if you can come by and see the inventory. This will tell you if you are dealing with a middle man.

-You don't need a Tax ID or business license to work with VIA Trading.

-Via Trading is the source of inventory for many successful eBay sellers.

-You can arrange a "drop ship" relationship with VIA Trading and sell bulk inventory to others.

-Anyone that buys from VIA Trading gets a 10% discount if they ask for the "Jim Cockrum 10% discount"

-There is a good reason why VIA Trading doesn't sell their own product on eBay.

You'll really enjoy this interview. Let us know what you think by posting to the blog post dated Nov 21st. Visit the blog here:

www.jimcockrum.com/blog

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2. Quality website traffic
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Let's talk about getting traffic to your website.

I don't talk about this topic very often because of all the over hyped and illegitimate strategies floating around. I want to see PROOF before I spend any of my valuable time trying a new idea.

But the harsh truth is...

if you have a website you know all too well that quality targeted traffic is the lifeblood of your site.

You are likely familiar with these three ways of generating traffic:

1. Buy It - This is traffic you pay for. Pay-per-click, banner ads, co-registrations etc, all fall under this category.

2. Attract It - This is traffic where you deliberately 'engineer' an environment that attracts visitors from Search Engines. SEO, Social networking, Blogging, Feeder Sites etc all fall under this category.

3. Borrow or Steal It - This is traffic that you get from joint ventures.

Are there any other ideas?

Ewen Chia says there is - and I'm listening. His results are undeniable.

Ewen Chia has a great reputation otherwise I wouldn't be passing this information over to you.

He's getting a TON of traffic and making a lot of online sales using what he calls his "Unstoppable Traffic Vortex". His recording is about a free source of creative, affiliate traffic. If you missed the live call a recording is available to everyone who registers. Registration is only $20.

Here's a link to check it out:

www.silentsalesmachine.com/ewen.html

Ewen is using Clickbank.com to process the $20 registration fee so we all know that a refund will be VERY easy to get if the system Ewen is using isn't as "simple" or "predictable" as he claims. I'll be watching very closely...

For the skeptic Ewen says his strategy has nothing to do with:
-Start Page or Hit Exchanges
-Safe Lists
-MLM
-Black Hat SEO strategies
-Cloaking
-Blogging
-Co-Registrations
-White Hat SEO strategies
-Page Generation Software
-RSS
-Banners
-FFAs
-Pay Per Click Ads

He's certainly got my curiosity up and I'm registered!

Visit:
www.silentsalesmachine.com/ewen.html

...to make sure you get to see the ideas he has.

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3. Quick Tips
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***QUICK**TIPS***
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If you didn't get a chance to take a look at the site I suggested yesterday please be patient. We overwhelmed them with our traffic flood.

The site is: www.TopSellerListLive.Com

It’s an interesting list because you can learn a lot about what works well on eBay just by visiting some of the listed sellers. Forget about hype, this is Ebay cut down to the basics, what really sells. In these lists you have the products that the biggest Ebayers sell and with a little research their methods.

When you look at the list of sellers and visit the listed accounts found at TopSellerListLive.com what observations and lessons do you learn? Take five minutes and explore a little…and share your thoughts!

We are getting some good feedback about the blog post from yesterday (Nov 27th) but we know there are more good observations to be made. You could be the one with the best insight. Reminder: there will be a prize for the most "insightful" comment posted.

www.jimcockrum.com/blog/

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***QUICK**TIPS***
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We all want more positive feedback on eBay right?

To encourage your eBay customers to leave you feedback include the following note and link in your "post sale" email correspondence:

<start email>

Happy with your purchase? Please take 10 seconds now and leave positive feedback for (your ebay ID here)! If you aren't happy let us know how we can help before posting feedback. We only want positive feedback. Use the link below:

cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?LeaveFeedbackShow

<end email>

That link above can be used by anyone to sign onto eBay's "feedback forum" where all recent bought and sold auctions are listed and feedback can be easily left in seconds.

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4. Past Issues Available
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Want to get serious about eBay profits?

Many subscribers ask us how they can get past issues of this newsletter.

Past issues of "Creative eBay Selling" dating back to Jan. 2002 are made instantly available FREE to customers who purchase Jim's #1 Top Selling book "The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay" available *ONLY* at:

SilentSalesMachine.com