[Nfb-krafters-korner] EBay_ Reflections from Lynda commentgs JK

slerythema slerythema at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 03:56:07 UTC 2011 

Joyce,

Is this perhaps Tonia Gatton? She teaches computers for the Department for
the Blind in Kentucky.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 1:48 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] EBay_ Reflections from 
> Lynda commentgs JK
> 
> 
> Linda is correct on that the EBay Pilot Program has been a 
> challenge to all 
>  that was chosen.  I have heard 3 people from my group have 
> been taken out  
> of the program due to not meeting goals.  
>  
> As Linda said we have a weekly one on one mentorvia telephone 
> that is at  
> least one hour.  We have every other week an hour discussion 
> among   the 
> members that are in the Pilot program.  I have arranged once 
> a week an  hour 
> with 2 of the ones in the group and myself to work on getting 
> around and  
> problems with JAWS and the EBay site.  Our mate Tonia, who 
> teaches computer  to 
> the blind in Virginia has helped me out a lot and Tonia hit 
> Top Seller and  
> will be speking at the Convention.
>  
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com   
> 
>  
> In a message dated 6/26/2011 7:37:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:
> 
> I want  to add to Joyce's information about eBay at Convention. It is 
> WONDERFUL -  and I really want to encourage you guys, if you 
> are at all 
> interested, to  learn about eBay. I just love doing it, but 
> it is a STEEP 
> LEARNING CURVE  to do it successfully.
> 
> For those interested, you can have a look at  what I have put 
> together so 
> far 
> for my eBay store. I currently have 95  items listed in it 
> and my goal is 
> to 
> have 200 items listed at all times.  But the things is, I 
> keep selling the 
> things, so that is a good problem to  have.  My focus is on 
> HEALING ARTS 
> GEMSTONES, Fine Art, and HANDMADE  JOURNALS, and VINTAGE 
> collections. I 
> gave 
> my store the name _The Zen  Meditation Garden_ but that may 
> change as I try 
> to think of something that  would be better and fit my theme 
> of merchandise.
> 
> I have to say that  after the training we had in Baltimore I really 
> struggled 
> with it. I was  listing and working hard, but nothing was 
> happening enough 
> to 
> make it  worthwhile for me.
> 
> Finally, by April,  I just about gave up as I  had worked 
> very hard and had 
> very little to show for my hard work.   We had the training, 
> and then, we 
> were left to struggle it out on our  own.  This was 
> discouraging to say the 
> least. I felt lost at sea,  adrift. There was no follow-up 
> after we left 
> other than a couple phone  conversations between ourselves. 
> We needed HELP 
> from someone who was  successful at eBay but that was not 
> what we had afte 
> we 
> left the training  sessions.
> 
> Finally, a month ago, we were put in a mentoring program and  
> I am in a 
> group 
> of 8 of the 16 people who attended. All 8 of us will reach  
> the goals, or 
> have exceeded the goals we have set for our business.   This 
> has made all 
> the 
> difference.
> 
> In the past 30 days I have sold  nearly as much as I had sold in the 
> previous 120 days total. The mentoring  has been the KEY to 
> doing this 
> program. Without it, I would not be doing  eBay at all by now 
> because I was 
> not having results that would motivate  any sensible person 
> to continue on 
> with it.
> 
> In the future, if they  continue to do this program, I think it is 
> essential 
> that the mentoring  start from the get-go - so that all of 
> the people who 
> participate have the  help that they need once they leave the 
> initial class 
> room experience.  This program is not EASY, and it takes an 
> enormous amount 
> of WORK - I am  working it about 10 - 12 hours a day 
> presently to get the 
> results I am  looking to achieve. It has started to work for 
> me, and I can 
> now begin to  see that it WILL really GO if I keep my nose to the 
> grindstone. 
> I really  love doing it but it IS a JOB, for sure. I am a 
> workaholic by 
> nature, so  this is a great business venture for me, but without 
> thepersonal  
> one-on-one mentoring, I would not be doing it at all by now. 
> I want to see  
> some money come back to me, not just keep going out - I like 
> rewards for  
> me 
> efforts and I expect them.
> 
> OK, here is my store link so you can  get an idea of what I have been 
> doing. 
> Right now, I am working on editing  the "Custom Pages" to get 
> them to all 
> be 
> alike. This will take me a few  more days to get done - but 
> it is a good 
> start.  ANY suggestions you  have for me are MOST welcome - I 
> am struggling 
> my way through this just  like everyone else. And, it IS a 
> STRUGGLE for all 
> of  us.
> 
> http://stores.ebay.com/TheZenMeditationGarden
> 
> Lynda River  Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:  <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To:  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 6:49  AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] EBay at Convention
> 
> 
> >I just  wanted to give yu a little more update on EBay and Florida
> >  Convention.
> >
> > Sunday afternoon I believe will be a hands on  class for 
> EBay.  They  
> > are suggesting you bring a lap top if  you have it as 
> computers are  
> > limited in the number they  will have.  I have also seen email that 
> > they would like  you
> > to register for this particular seminar.
> >
> > They will  be having EBay discussions on Monday, Tuesday and  
> > Wednesday.
>  I
> > know on Wednesday it was in the evening like the same time  the  
> > Krafters Division is going on.  Thursday I heard in the 
> afternoon  in  
> > the main session they will have 2 people from the  EBay 
> Pilot program 
> > talking  along with our
> > leader of the  Pilot program Mary Ellen G.
> >
> > EBay will have a table or a few  tables in the exhibit hall, too.
> >
> > So that should give you  plenty of opportunities to get some  
> > information.
> >
> > I have  been very busy with the Pilot program and I am 
> hoping to reach 
> > my goal  in the next few days of listing 100 auctions on 
> EBay.  I have done
> 90
> > and plan on going over the 100 mark by tomorrow or  Monday.
> >
> > Linda has done an excellent job being on the Pilot  Program and has 
> > just recently opened her EBay store.  I heard she  is the first to 
> > open an EBay store.  We have one of our  coleagues  that 
> has just hit 
> > the Top Seller status
> > and  for that you have to have X amount of listings and 
> sold $3000    with
> > excellent feedback ratings.  My hat goes off to the folks in  this  
> > Pilot Program that have been working hard to meet their  goals.  We 
> > are all working with the frustrations of EBay  website not playing 
> > nice with our screen
> reading
> > programs and  with our constant feed back to the experts hopefully 
> > EBay
> >  will
> > work to make it better for our adaptive  equipment.
> >
> > PS.  They said that you need a lap top if you  want to 
> participate in  
> > the class on Sunday.  That Braille  notes and that will not work.
> >
> > Have a great time at  Convention.
> >
> > Joyce  Kane
> > _www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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