Mom are you going to work on Christmas?

Kara English

Mom are you going to work on Christmas? This is the question I got before the holidays from the kiddos. They’ve been home on Christmas break and I’ve been working each day. We are busier than ever so I haven’t had much personal time lately. My answer was of course, no honey I will not be working on Christmas. But looking at last year’s sales, we did have orders on Christmas Day and a few customer service phone calls and emails. When do you turn off of the phones, turn off the computers and just breathe? I know on Christmas Day I will turn everything off and focus all my attention on my family, but I also know that little spot in my brain will want to check my email or my voice mail and it will be bugging me to find out what is goin…

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Tis the eCommerce Season for Buying and Selling on eBay

Danna Crawford

With Black Friday behind us, we can push up our sleeves and get serious about buying and selling on eBay. Now is the time to search for the sales and make some extra cash for the Holidays and have some spending money after the Holidays too! As the momentum is picking up with sales at eBay it will now continue on through February. Many times over my 13 years of selling on eBay, I’ve made more money in January than any other month. But again it would depend on thy type of stock I have for selling. I’ve been mostly what I call ‘treasure hunt seller’ selling used items and collectibles found at garage sales, flea markets and through wholesale discounts. My theory has been that January is a busy time because: ‘ People are snowed in ‘ …

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Preparing for the Holiday Season

Kara English

With the holidays coming up fast I thought I would blog about something that happened to me a few months ago and how I plan on applying this experience to improve my business. Last Spring at the end of the school year my kids and I went shopping for teacher gifts. Our first stop was the local florist. My kids really wanted to give their teacher some flowers. They had big dreams of very large bouquets and arrangements. I had a budget. Not only was it the last week of school, it was also Memorial Weekend and Graduation for all of the area high schools. Busy times in our small town! As we shopped around the clerk approached me and asked if she could help. I explained that I was looking for teacher gifts, maybe a small flower arrange…

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