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Jim Cockrum, best known for his ebook “Silent Sales Machine” which is a must read for anyone looking to make money online, launched MySilentTeam earlier this year. MySilentTeam advertises itself as a “private, members-only resource for those serious about making money on eBay or the Internet.” Currently offering a trial plan for just $5, giving 5 days of access, it was too good an opportunity to pass up!
It came as a pleasant surprise that membership is approved instantly after payment, with no signs of the usual jumping through hoops of having to opt into to a mailing list and confirm your subscription before you are granted access to the site. This comes across as a refreshing change compared to most other membership sites that have elaborate signup procedures. Disappointingly though, there is no option to pay via Paypal, which seems a little strange considering that most users looking to get the most out of eBay will also have a paypal account ready and waiting.
Within the membership area you may be a little bedazzled by the options. A crowded front page gives you little indication of where to start, plus even after you’ve paid and are a member, options still appear encouraging you to join the site. Surely these can be turned off within the private members area, unless MySilentTeam is running on the wrong platform. I also found the text far too small to focus, especially considering it’s mostly text with only a few images to break up the page. Fortunately there is an option to increase the text size to eliminate this problem.
The content in itself is good, with exclusive articles by expert contributors, audio interviews and a selection of videos that are well worth watching. Expert contributors such as Avril Harper, John Thornhill and Sandy Hall regularly participate in the forum answering questions on their specific expert niches.
However, the Bonus Pool is where MySilentTeam really excels. With Jim having been able to network with other marketers, there are some excellent products offered as bonuses. These are not available to those on the $5 trial plan, but the products include Robert Frechette’s ebook (now only available exclusively though MST), access to John Thornhill’s Mentorship Monthly & Avril Harper’s eBooks, amongst others. Personally for me, this is where the value of MySilentTeam is - some of these eBooks or products cost between $10 - $27 each, so to get access to these free of cost, is tremendous value.
I do like Jim Cockrum, he is a great author and knows eBay inside out. Sadly, without the bonuses available, the full value of the site remains untapped in the trial membership. Its worth joining the 5-day trial to see what you make of the site, if you decide its for you and join with full membership, there is little doubt you’ll get enough value out of the site with its full Bonus Pool. Full details of MySilentTeam are available here.
Written by Mark on October 13th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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Congratulations! If you’re reading this review, you’ve done 50% of the “work” required by you to change your life forever by making money online on eBay. Purchase the book, follow the simple, yet powerful strategies explained in clear steps to build a stable income stream for yourself.
Underground Auction Blueprint takes off with a bang, by containing a warning to reveal never-before-told underground strategies that gives you an undeniable advantage over everyone else. Although it is now a cliche statement that a lot of authors claim to sell their ebooks, the author of this book goes through with the promise and delivers the goods by giving step by step instructions for the perfect blueprint to succeed in eBay.
There are no tricks or loopholes listed. These are 100% hardcore, cunning and direct methods to drive competitors out of the market, profit massively from the latest eBay selling trends, get viral marketing by taking advantage of wacky auctions & even using eBay to collect and sell leads. I would not want to compete with any seller who has their hands on a copy of this eBook. Containing brand new secret tactics, all tried and tested by the author in no time flat you’ll be getting more out of eBay than ever before.
One downside to the book though, is that it assumes that you are not new to eBay and know your way around it. This is not one of those beginner books that gives you pages and pages of instructions on how to list an auction on eBay and other basic things that you can learn from eBay’s help section anyway - this is a book that will teach you how to fine-tune your listings in such a way that your sales improve dramatically.
After reading through this ebook, and learning some of the techniques listed you’ll see how accurate the initial warning is. By following the steps listed you’ll know some killer tricks to monstrously profit from eBay where other sellers dare to tread. Currently priced at $97 and worth every penny Dogpuss thoroughly recommends Underground Auction Blueprint above any other product on the market.
Written by Mark on September 20th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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From an overworked school teacher, Lee McIntyre presents Auction Profits Unleashed. In his own newsletter, Lee admits when he first started selling on eBay he was a flop, offering the same $1 ebooks as other sellers and struggling to make anything. “I’m a full time school teacher who has battled for the past year to make money online. There have been some incredible highs and also some incredible lows. But despite working long and stressful hours at school, I’ve still managed to create several automated income streams”.
These days things appear to be very different. Every eBay marketer, forum and newsletter is shouting out the name Lee McIntyre and critically acclaiming his new ebook - Auction Profit Unleashed.
Using eBay to generate traffic to your own sites is not a new concept, it’s been discussed many times - however rarely is it explained with such clarity and simplicity as this. Spread over 11 chapters (64 pages) everything is broken down and illustrated with screenshots where necessary. For a cost of $47 this isn’t as much as an ebook but a detailed blueprint to getting the most out of eBay, explaining everything from creating and researching your product to putting an automatic delivery method into place.
Does his system work? It certainly seems to, in a recent interview when Lee was asked if there was one change he could make to eBay he joked “For selfish reasons I would raise the fees! Because I make so much money at the backend I could still profit even if the fees were trebled, and most of my competitors could not“. While many eBay sellers complain about the rising eBay fees, Lee McIntyre has made the most of the situation and ensured his business is not dependable on eBay.
Previously this ebook was only available if you subscribed to an email list of most eBay marketers, however from today it is available to everyone though www.auctionprofitsunleashed.com. Overall, if your already offering digital products on eBay or considering following this route then this product is highly recommended.
Written by Mark on July 15th, 2007 with no comments.
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Auction Affiliate Secrets by Michael Sheriff, offers to reveal “The Hidden Goldmine Of eBay’s Affiliate Program Revealed.” Michael is a respected eBay marketer & this ebook claims that eBays affiliate program is your solution to making a re-occurring income from eBay without all the hassles that sellers normally encounter.
With testimonials from Dave Bromley from ukauctiononline.co.uk amongst others the ebook seems to be a winning formula and there’s no doubt that Michael has researched his ebook and subject in-depth.
Offering the basic history of eBay and why you should join the affiliate program, the ebook also includes some pretty neat tricks that the majority of eBay affiliates won’t know.
Personally though I’m undecided and can’t figure out who the ebook is aimed at. Anyone familiar with affiliate marketing will already be able to find their way around the ebay program and should be aware of the opportunity.
For those who have never tried affiliate marketing before, this ebook will fill in a lot of holes in their knowledge and alert them to what can be a very profitable opportunity. But I don’t feel it contains enough knowledge for those who have never tried affiliate marketing to succeed - after all the majority of users who try affiliate marketing fail to earn a single cent.
Ideally I think you’d get the most out of this ebook after reading something along the lines of Secret Affiliate Weapon by Ewen Chia to give you an introduction about being a successful affiliate.
You can find out more information about Auction Affiliate Secrets here. It’s currently priced at $24
Written by Mark on June 24th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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I’ve heard of Avril Harpers name for a few years now, mainly at ezinearticles.com where she is a expert author. However I have never really checked out her products so thought I it was time I viewed her “How to Make Money Tearing Up Old Books and Magazines and Selling Them on eBay” ebook.
The concept this ebook offers is actually very good. It’s a market I’d never even consider looking at and can actually be verified by searching on eBay for similar items. When you learn exactly how this method works & start looking into it, you’ll also see how sellers who follow the practice and the advice in this ebook are quickly propelled to powerseller status. I’m surprised that this concept is not promoted by some of the more well know ebay experts given the potential of this market.
How to Make Money Tearing Up Old Books and Magazines and Selling Them on eBay, is a well written and presented, easy to follow plan, spread over 92 pages with a number of ebay screenshots to guide you though the process. For newly registered members it also has a section on Starting Out On Ebay.
If your looking for a niche business model, which you can already incorporate with an existing hobby, most importantly at low cost I thoroughly recommend this ebook gets added to your collection.
The only thing that lets this product down are a few cosmetic points. For example the download page is just a html page, which doesn’t give the perceived value of the item you want especially when you’ve just spent your money. The sales page doesn’t actually give the product the justice it deserved. However, if you allow yourself to see though these minor points,
for just $27 you’ll grab one gem of an ebook and have the potential to start building your online business. Details of Avril Harper here.
Written by Mark on June 9th, 2007 with 3 comments.
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Bob Hamiliton and his daughter Jenny have been there and tried it all. When realising the potential of eBay in 2006, like most of us they subscribed to every mailing list from every ebay guru going and spent thousands of pounds on eBay ebooks. Slowly, using what they learnt from the experts, ebooks and though their own mistakes they became established Powersellers and have a full time home based eBay business.
These days, Bob is well on the way to being considered an eBay Expert himself having written hundreds of articles on eBay and completed his ebook. “Ebay Made Simple - The Complete Beginners Guide To Ebay”, is Bobs “How To” guide of building an eBay business from scratch.
Starting with how to build feedback and the importance of feedback, this product is pretty unique as it encourages you to jump in and sell unwanted items first. This will help you to learn how to minimise losses and get to know your market. There is no magic formula that will work 100% of the time when selling, you need to find out what works & what is right for you.
Though out the 205 pages its packed with common sense, practical tips, and answers to those questions others seem to avoid. If your at the stage where you need to start or even grown an existing ebay business then you will get some value out of Ebay Made Simple.
The ebook concludes with articles packed with eBay advice, a list of dropshippers, appendixes on your about me page and shipping items, common ebay terms and conditions as well as a simple where to start on eBay guide.
Written by Mark on March 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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“It’s Time To Make Ebay Work For You…Not The Other Way Around!” says Alex Jeffreys over at EasyProfitAuctions.com. With testimonials by other gurus such as Tim Knox and Jason James, Alex Jeffreys seems to have had no trouble selling his site to other gurus.
I was quite skeptical. Firstly, I’d never heard of the name Alex Jeffreys and secondly there are already a score of existing ebay membership sites. However, one thing that Easy Profit Auctions seems to do is focus more on a specific credible technique used on ebay as oppose to a membership site packed with every ebook going describing every possible money making scheme going.
Easy Profit Auctions focuses on two aspects of eBay, Listing Building and Ebooks. Including articles, camtasia videos, teleconferences, and a busy vibrate members forum not only does Easy Profit Auctions accomplish what it sets out to do, it does it with complete authority and competence.
I’ve completed two ebooks myself and before I start with the third, will be revisiting Alex’s site to plan out the launch for the third.
I realise that with the site focusing mainly on two specific techniques, a lot of readers will be put off - purely by the thought of completing an ebook themselves. However, there is simply no need to fear this, Easy Profit Auction includes videos and advice showing how you can distance yourself from the task by outsourcing the project or by rewriting an existing private label ebook.
I really can not go into specific details of everything the site details, and it really took me some time to get my head around the concept it was offering. Viewing this site alone, Alex Jeffrey has added me to his list of fans and I’ll be keeping a close eye on anything else he offers.
So, what does Easy Profit Auctions include:
Like Jason James Auction Resource Network, for me one of the main attactions is twelve months worth Of unlimited personal consulting, by alex himself. Access to the EPA private members forum, expert advice of the concepts and techniques described by Alex, a range of bonuses and tools and full support offered to all members. You can check out the site at EasyProfitAuctions.com
Written by Mark on January 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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John Reese calls it the “Hope Factor”. People buy ebooks and courses, read them, study them and put them on the shelf to gather dust. Why, because they symbolize hope - knowing there always there should you need to take action. Of course, if you follow all the steps taught in these ebooks, videos or courses and fail for some reason , all hope vanishes too.
John Thornhill knows this only too well. In his new ebook, Auction Profit Streams John in perfectly clear about why the majority of people fail online and on eBay. Because most people simply don’t take action on the information presented to them. It’s something we’re all guilty of at some point.
Auction Profit Streams is a complete comprehensive guide containing every step necessary to make money by selling eBooks on eBay. John, is a widely recongnised powerseller with almost 11,000 positive feedback comments. If you follow eBay closely enough, you may already be familair with John though his eBay account Planetsms.
The ebook contains step by step instuctions on creating your own ebook, how to develop it and resell it, how to create maximum viral sales by offering your product with resell rights, creating ebay listings and ebook covers and even what you should include in your email when you deliver the product to your winning bidders.
Everything you possibly need to know about making a living selling ebooks on ebay is contained with this 53 page ebook, not one tactic is left unexplained or untouched on.
How do we know it all works. Well, John is open about his eBay account and we can actually see him following his own advice on a daily basis. Everything is backed up, via screenshots of affiliate earnings and paypal accounts showing sales or you can head over to ebay yourself to see Johns feedback increasing hour by hour.
You can find out more about John Thornhills, Auction Profit Streams here or read a leaked chapter of the ebook to see yourself what secrets & tactics are revealed in the ebook. You can download the leaked chapter of Auction Profit Streams here. Â
Written by Mark on November 5th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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The book is basically my story about selling on eBay the last 6 years. Right now, my dad and I are the only full time workers along with just a few part time workers - we sell over 50,000 items per month on one eBay account alone, Robert Frechette tells me when I request a review copy of his ebook.
Previously, I’d never heard of Robert Frechette and would find it hard to believe that a simple father and son setup would ever become the number one eBay Volume Seller. However, between May - August 2006 this is exactly what Robert Frechette has achieved selling over 214,000 items during this period.
“How Gilbert & Frech Built an eBay Business One Bid at a Time”, tells the story of how this amazing achievement came about building an eBay business anyone would be proud of. While I’m writing this, their eBay account (Gilbertandfrech) shows a massive 29690 positive feedback comments received within the last month.
With a foreword by Jim Cockrum, of “The Silent Sales Machine hiding on eBay” Cockrum sums up the most surprising and achieving aspect of Gilbertandfrech’s business model. “It would be easy it brag about a company with 30 employees selling tens of thousands of items every month on eBay, but who would be inspired by that?” - Not many of us.
Over six chapters, Robert tells us his story. This is not a how to guide, containing articles and tutorials but told personally by Robert about how the Gilbertandfrech ebay account has made it to the number one position. About how he started selling second hand clothes on eBay, making a profit of just $209 in 1999 and building up their ebay sales to a fulltime business. It wasn’t even intentional, Robert never set out to become the #1 eBay volume seller.
There are even more surprises in store when you learn what the Gilbertandfrech empire mainly sell. One would have presumed they’d be offering high value items, such as electronic items or even selling as a trading assistant offering other peoples unwanted items. But, the main focus of sales is centered around selling Jewelry, mainly for a few dollars each.
The ebook concludes with a few tips of what’s worked and what hasn’t for Gilbertandfrech. This ebook is a real opportunity to follow the biggest eBay success story that was ever created, if your looking for inspiration from someone who has really been there and made it to the top of ebay this is essential reading.
UPDATE: As of September 2007 Rob is no longer selling his ebook. It is only available as part of membership of Jim Cockrums MySilentTeam - Click to read more.Â
Written by Mark on October 11th, 2006 with 5 comments.
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Already available to existing customers who’ve purchased The Silent Sales Machine Hiding On eBay, Jim Cockrum will shortly be offering copies of his latest ebook - A Part Time Plan For Massive Success for about $29. If you have purchased Silent Sales Machine in the past, be sure to check out Cockrums blog to find out how you can get your complimentary copy.
At 67 pages long, it’s one of the longer ebooks we’ve reviewed. Cockrum goes to great lengths to create credibility for himself, taking up to page 11 to show the audience his previous works, alexa ranking of his websites and his constant clickbank sales that have kept his product at the top of the relevant category. Existing readers of the Silent Sales Machine, will be able to skip this as they will already be familair with Cockrums achievements.
Within the ebook Cockrum goes on to explain about different strategies used to make money from eBay and also what state each of the strategies positions you in. Are you glued to eBay 24/7 or do you have the freedom to leave your business on auto pilot, earning cash while you sleep. In common with most successful eBay strategies, Cockrums unsurprisingly revolves around marketing information products on ebay and online.
However Cockrum’s knowledge of how eBay works comes into a league of it’s own, when he offers some genius ideas for creating your product and even for testing the product to ensure there is a market for a product before you even start putting it together. This one idea by itself would be worth the price of the ebook by itself. As someone who has written hundreds of articles and several ebooks I would never have even considered going down this route.
He also offers his audience suggestions of niches that sell well, and full advantages and disadvantages of resources you’ll need to consider using along the way, should you follow Cockrums plan.
Overall, when you consider the fact that this ebook is currently offered free to customers of The Silent Sales Machine Hiding On Ebay, it’s highly worthy of the $29.97 cost for both ebooks.
Written by Mark on September 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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