My current claim to fame is being “The eBay Coach.” As of today, 12/31/09, I have sold 19,398 items on eBay as a one person operation. My eBay journey started in March of 2003, when I lost my job an went through a divorce at the same time. I began selling on eBay as a way to pay the bills while I searched for a new job. Almost 7 years and 20,000 items later, I have learned volumes about making money online, from home, as a stay at home mom. I created this blog to share that information with anyone who wants to learn.
I have learned about how to make money selling on other sites like Amazon and Craigslist. I have delved into affiliate products using sites like Commission Junction and Amazon Associates. I’ve learned about selling information products – writing my own and selling them, and selling others through programs like ClickBank and e-Junkie.
I’ve found some fantastic writing sites that pay. Some pay based on ad revenue, others buy your article outright, and others have great referral programs.
I have also come across neat ways to earn cash doing every day things – like using your Paypal account or using a specific search engine to earn points that can be redeemed for gift cards or cash.
I’ve had the opportunity to be a paid blogger for sites like B5Media and Know More Media. Although I didn’t make thousands of dollars as a compensated blogger, I learned many tricks of the trade that I can share with others.
The internet is a wonderful but vast place. Hiding out there in cyberspace are unlimited legitimate opportunities to make money and all it takes is your brain, some time, and a computer.
We live in a very different world than we lived in 20 or 30 years ago. We no longer have to make money through manual labor, or slaving away in an office from 9-5 making someone else rich. God gave us all a brain, and we can use it to earn money in this information age that we live in.
I am not saying goodbye to eBay. But I can’t ignore the income producing opportunities on the internet. I’ve learned a lot and come in contact with some brilliant internet marketers. Maybe I only know enough to be dangerous! Either way, I hope you will join me on this new journey as we travel down an exciting new road in 2010.
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I love this blog and the layout is so easy to read. I like your list of affiliates. I just became an amazon affiliate which I just linked to my blog. I have a lot to learn. This blog looks like it will add to what I need to know!! Good Luck for 2010.
Judy
We learn from you all the time Suzanne – will be following your journey still. You always give valued information!
Beth
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eBay has really let us down, hasn’t it? I am not leaving but I have scaled way back and intend to scale back even more in this new year.
Congratulations on the new blog. I’m so excited to see what God has in store for you. Will you be attending Blissdom ‘10 this year?
Hi, Gary, thanks for checking this out. I don’t think eBay has let me down! Not at all. I have never liked putting all of my eggs in one basket. And over the years I have found so many other income producing opportunities online that are much less labor intensive than online selling. eBay is just one stream of income and I am always looking for more. Best to you in 2010!
Great new blog, I look forward to reading more. Here is to a fantastic 2010!
Looking forward to reading this new blog. Have a wonderful 2010 !
Great blog Suzanne. Another income opportunity is always exciting. Good luck!
i wish Amazon Affiliates was operable in NC! Not so. But there are other ways of earning affiliate income that i’m learning about.
Great blog! And I will definitely be using and referring to it on mine. I also love ebay but I agree there is so many other ways to make money that doesn’t require soooo much work. Not sure if you remember but I am the one you emailed about my gymboree ebook. I am almost done updating it then I was going to contact you. Looking forward to the information you provide on this blog. Tammy
Congratulations on your new venture, Suzanne! I always learn from you and I’ll be looking forward to continuing that trend with this blog as well.
Thanks for starting this new blog, Suzanne. I’m a huge fan of your eBay one, and am looking forward to learning more about other online opportunities!
Have a great 2010, with this blog and in all your other endeavors :0)
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Nice idea for a blog. You do good work as I’ve followed your auction blog for sometime. Thank you for taking the time to do this venture and pay it be profitable for you and bring you more “good karma.”
Thank you for sharing this. I love to continually find ways to make money online. The more the better.
You opened a new world of opportunities to me in 2009…looking forward to what 2010 brings! Hope yours is healthy and prosperous!
You opened a new world of opportunities to me in 2009…looking forward to what 2010 brings! Hope yours is healthy and prosperous!
This is exciting, Suzanne. You do such a good job with your other blog and I am really looking forward to seeing this one grow as well!
Love your new blog. I look at the ebay coach blog every day to see what’s new. I started selling on ebay about a year ago. So much to learn and you provide such great resources. Thank you so much!!
I love your new blog Suzanne! I have used a lot of your tips (selling Twilight Lip Venom to UK was a lot of fun!) to make money this past year and look forward to even more. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.
I love your new blog as well as your ebay selling coach blog. I learned so much from you in the past about selling on ebay as well as other money making opportunities. Thanks Suzanne and I will definitely be following you on both blogs or where ever you travel in business on the www.
Hi there,
Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your makemoneywithyourbrain.com.
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