Saturday, April 01, 2006

Welcome - My First Help My Auction Blog

Hi and welcome to my Help My Auction Blog!!

My name is Amanda Callbutt and I have been a full time ebay powerseller for around 3 years now. I have tried and tested every new product going, that was designed to help you with your auctions...some are good, some are bad and some are very, very, ugly!

So I decided to start a website (and blog, haha), full of info about all thing auction site related and also online selling and marketing related! It is nothing to do with what I normally sell on ebay (which is clothing...don't even get me started on clothing, lol), it is all to do with the back end of the auction game.

I learnt things the hard way and have made so many mistakes along the way but there is always something new to learn to keep on top of the game. It's really not until you start to look back that you realise just how much you have learnt and how much you have to offer others.

After starting offically -6 months or so ago - as an Ebay education specialist, I found that so many of my students really benifited from hearing about my personal experiences and the products I use and recommend, or don't recommend for that matter, that I realised that there was a huge gap needing to be filled.

Half of the students were far more interested in that than the shiny new ebay course I was presenting. I fact, I find that while I am presenting it, I constantly need to stop and give people the "real deal" on things, rather than just the ebay "party line". The brutal fact is people want to learn from other people just like them, not from companies that want to sell them things.

So if you want to hear my regular blogs on all thing auctions, feel free to click on subcribe.

See you again soon,
Amanda
www.helpmyauction.com
www.stores.ebay.com.au/hanaonline

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi! I've been reading your guide, ebay pages, listings, website and now blog, and just wanted to say that your info is really informative and helpful. Great work!

Having said this, I think you should read what you've written carefully before publishing, as there are many errors - both spelling and grammar which could be avoided if you proofread your writings.

Sorry if that's rude, but I just thought it may help your content present more professionally! I really do find you an inspiring person as we both are mums, two kids, same age and same starting time on eBay, but you've done so much more in the things I've only sat back and dreamt about.

Good on you and all the best with everything you're doing to help others in their auction adventures.

Regards, Kim