Jan

22

As a small business owner all too often I was faced with this dilemma.

Business was slow and the only way I could think to liven it up was to advertise.

The local newspaper was too expensive to advertise in more than once, and besides, what was I going to advertise that would bring the locals to my store?

There is a solution. Leveraged Advertising.

Let your common sense decide for you.
WHICH WOULD GET THE MOST LOCAL PUBLIC INTEREST?

  1. You could advertise a SALE
    Or     You could advertise an AUCTION.
  2. You could advertise in the Local Newspapers
    Or     you could use your own mailing or email list of customers and pass out flyers in your store.


Turn your UNWANTED INVENTORY into a magnet to attract customers THEN SELL the Inventory for CASH.


HERE IS THE DEAL:

Pick 30 Unwanted items of VALUE from your store to be Auctioned on the net.

PUT UP SIGNS IN YOUR STORE ANNOUNCING THE DATE AND TIME for the AUCTION. Showcase the Merchandise.

PASS OUT AND SEND OUT FLYERS TO ATTRACT AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU CAN, ELIMINATING ANY PAID ADVERTISING. Include all information about the items up for auction.

THERE, YOU HAVE AN EVENT AUCTION.
Event Auctions are LIVE, in one session, by State, City and Your Company.

Here is what is in it for You
THE LOCAL ADVANTAGE
       NO SHIPPING

  1. Use the internet to sell to local residents and bring them into your store.
  2. Get the public’s attention by putting up AUCTION Signs. People LOVE AUCTIONS.
  3. Renew attention of old customers from your email or mail list. You may want to place a classified ad in the auction section of the Sunday paper.
  4. Bring people into your store to Preview the AUCTION and get info.
  5. Bring the Winners into your store to pick up their items.
  6. Opportunity to show and sell other items to all concerned, create activity.

You use unwanted merchandise to generate TRAFFIC FLOW and CASH Flow.
Use frequency to build a following.

This is Leveraged Advertising

Get away from Ebay. Create your Own Following and have your Own Auction.
Consider, what You could do with Your Very Own Auction on the Net.
This is a superior method for a Quitting Business Sale, Stock Liquidation, Grand Opening Sale or any type of Sale that would Benefit from an Internet AUCTION FROM YOUR STORE but THE BIDDING IS ON THE NET.

Event Auctions can have up to 1500 items.

Visit Blackwells Live Auction Here

 

Oct

28

Blackwells now has a journal on AOL, so feel free to visit us there and chat.
We would love to hear from you! The journal is: http://journals.aol.com/howtostopebay/how-to-stop-ebay/

Don’t forget you can sell all your items, jewelry, collectibles, stamps, coins, antiques, clothing, furniture – it doesn’t matter what it is – all items are only $2.99 each to sell on Blackwells Live Auction.com.

See you at the auction!!

Oct

28

If you want change, if you want to sell your items online, then it may be time for a
change – it is time for you to try a LIVE Online Auction.

Do you want to sell now with a live online auction or sometime later? The answer: NOW!

The following is a compare/contrast example from Blackwells Live Auction.com on the benefits of a live auction over a static auction.

Live Auctions: How to aggressively go after a buyer:

1. Items are showcased in a preview for up to 14 days.

2. Your Item is presented at a Live Auction for Sale.

3.  Your item is sold or not sold and you will know immediately. Your item will have a great chance of selling as it will be presented to the Internet in a Live Auction Setting, where competitive bidding prevails. Live Auctions are the best.

4. Not all items sell right away. Some of the reasons: price too high, quality is an  issue, not the right buyers at the auction. This can happen at any auction.

5. Tip: You can rotate your inventory on our site until you find the right buyers to bid for your item.

Being aggressive means you search for a buyer.

Static Online Auctions: Passively waiting until a buyer shows up

1.  Show your item on a static page.

2.  Put a buy price on it or let it gather bids.

3.  Hope someone that wants it, finds it.

4.  Hope you do not have to negotiate.

5.  Hope you make a sale.

This type of selling is stagnant and lacks the charm, suspense and excitement of a Real Live Auction.

Being passive means you wait for a buyer to come along.

The benefit of a live, online auction: They are good for the seller as well as the buyer. The buyer finds what they want at a fair auction price. Visit an online auction site today: http://www.blackwellsliveauction.com

Oct

28

Released on = February 7, 2005, 8:24 am by http://www.express-press-release.com

By Southern California Linux Expo


The 747 Cockpit will demonstrate the robustness and extendibility of the FlightGear architecture as well as the suitability of Linux to support large, distributed processing applications. The goal of the simulator project is to develop accurate models of the 747-400 systems and a basic software and hardware architecture that can be used to create a variety of simulator cockpits representing additional aircraft types and models.

FlightGear has been developed through the gracious contributions of source code and spare time by many talented people from around the globe. Among the many goals of this project are the quest to minimize short cuts and “do things right”, the quest
to learn and advance knowledge, and the quest to have better toys to play with.

For more information on the FlightGear project join them at booth #38 at SCALE 3x or see their website http://www.flightgear.org

About The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 3x):

The Southern California Linux Expo is the premier grass roots Linux and Open Source Software conference in the United States. SCALE 3x, their 3rd annual event will be
held on February 12th and 13th 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. SCALE includes seminars by well-known speakers, tutorials for beginners, and an exhibit hall with both vendor booths and non-commercial booths.

Those wishing to attend this year’s conference can register via the SCALE website at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org For a free exhibit hall pass use the promotional code “free” or for a discounted full access conference use the
promotional code “FLYG1″

The Southern California Linux Expo, is a non-profit organization currently comprised, but not limited to, members of the USCLUG, UCLALUG, and SCLUG. For more information see http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

Oct

28

(I-Newswire) – If you’re wondering how to fix registry problems on your computer, you’re not alone.  This is a common problem among users of Windows computers.

The fact is that cleaning the registry and fixing registry errors doesn’t have to be difficult.

A new web article by Registry Repair Solutions is helping computer users fix their registry problems quickly and easily.

For more information please visit:

http://www.registryrepairsolutions.com/how-do-i-fix-registry-problems-on-my-computer.html

Oct

28

“The Internet isn’t just for the 20-Something anymore”

Palm Beach, FL – It may seem like a crazy idea, but at 73 years old Donald Karr is taking on Internet giants like Ebay by starting a live auction site where users pick up paddles, listen to auctioneers cry out and find out immediately if they have won. To prove it isn’t a crazy idea, Karr will be auctioning off $100 bills everyday so users can get acquainted with the how-to’s of his live auction.

Contrasting the young entrepreneurs who have found success on the Internet, like the developers of Facebook and MySpace, Karr is proving that the Internet is for everyone. Karr, a retired antique and jewelry dealer, recently launched his 24-hour a day, old-fashioned, live Internet auction called Blackwells Live Auction.com (http://www.blackwellsliveauction.com)

Karr, of North Palm Beach, Florida, came up with the idea while attempting to sell his remaining antique inventory. He felt the Internet auctions were stagnant and lacked the charm of live auctions he had attended throughout the years. So he developed Blackwells Live Auction, a fun, suspenseful and exciting alternative to the normal Internet auctions.

Modern day auction fans may not be familiar with this old fashioned concept of live biding, so Karr will be auctioning off $100 bills with no reserve in an effort to acquaint users with all of the unique features of his auction. Two of the $100 bill auctions will take place at 4 pm and 10 pm, Eastern Standard Time, each day. Between eight and ten more $100 bills will be auctioned off each day throughout several days.

Blackwells Live Auction hopes to capture a share of Internet auction users by offering customers the chance to lift up their paddles and bid during a live auction, all without leaving the comfort of their home computer. Unlike Ebay, users can watch and participate in the live bidding from start to finish and know immediately if they have won an item. Users can sell their items for a flat fee of $2.99 per item and the site is easy to use and navigate.

Karr’s innovative site is http://www.blackwellsliveauction.com

Contact Donald Karr of Blackwells Live Auction for more information 561-842-7467

auction I went to as a child still stands out in my mind. It was a livestock auction somewhere in the middle of South Carolina.

I had a horse already but I went in anticipation of getting some new colorful stuff for my horse… saddle pads, halters, lead ropes. I wasn’t sure what they would be auctioning off, but I was hopeful.

After they had auctioned several horses and some cattle, they pulled out a box of red and white lead ropes. I remember sitting up very tall, thinking “oh, if I could just win one of those.”

The auctioneer started talking fast and hands were flying up, and mine was one of them. I ended up getting four red and white lead ropes for two dollars.

The best part is, I had those lead ropes for years. Every time I used one I remembered the thrill of sticking my hand up and the auctioneer pointing to me!

Oct

28

(I-Newswire) – Is getting your employees to shutdown their computers a challenging task? With the right auto shut down software, it doesn’t have to be that way any longer. With auto shut down software you can be in total control of your business computers even when you’re not around!

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But it is true and what’s even better is that help can be on its way to you within minutes. As a small business owner or manager, you already have more tasks than you can handle in one day. Unfortunately, when you rely on computers to help run your small business, you have a whole new realm of responsibilities.

Sure computers have changed the work environment, and mostly for the good. Computers help make researching customer history a snap. They make it easier to maintain accurate levels of inventory. Within moments, they can produce reports on practically any aspect of your business. Computers can do so much to help your small business grow, but without the right monitoring software and tools, they can cause problems for you, too.

The many faces of shutdown

Take something as simple as your system shutdown routine. Do you even realize how many options your employees have to shutdown their computers? They can press the big ON/OFF button or if using a laptop, simply close the lid. They can put the computer into hibernate mode, but most don’t understand the purpose of this option or even that it’s there.

They can lock down the system. Or they can log off and by doing so will first exit any programs still running. With so many shutdown options to choose from, amazingly many still leave their computers on when they leave work!

If these and other system shutdown options confuse you, imagine how confused your users are. But with the proper tools, you can make the job of shutting down laptops and computers a lot easier.

Auto shut down software to the rescue

Reliable computer monitoring software is a major step towards ending this confusion. Once you’ve got auto shutdown software installed, you can do things like limit an employee’s computer time, log off your employees at the end of their shifts, lock down employees during their shifts, instruct various computers to hibernate or log off, issue auto restart commands, and more. You’ll even be able to set different yet precise turn off and turn on times for every user, every day of the week.

Some earlier versions of monitoring software hadn’t counted on employees knowing how to trick these types of software programs into allowing access during “non-restricted” times simply by changing the computer’s system time. Fortunately most of the newer monitoring software has built-in safeguards that prevent users from messing with the system time; a feature that you definitely want to look for.

Auto shut down software offers tremendous functionality for very little cost making it a small business investment worth investigating!

http://www.yoursafetyguide.com



Oct

28


(I-Newswire) – If you are a music lover, take a close look at AudioConverter Studio. This program features two components most often used by music aficionados – a CD Ripper to rip tracks off Audio CDs and an Audio Converter that converts music files from one format to another. It also allows you to edit tags and set the audio file properties ( Frequency, Bitrate, Mode, etc. ) The two features in the program you will like most are direct CD to MP3, OGG, FLAC, MPC or WMA ripping ( though you can opt for .WAV files as well ) and CDDB support. CDDB is a free online database that contains information about virtually all music albums released. This data can be automatically exported to id3 tags, meaning you do not have to enter all this information manually. Importantly, the program preserves MP3 or WMA tags when converting a higher quality file to the lower quality one and supports ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags. It supports MP3 to WMA, WMA to MP3, MP3 to WAV, WAV to MP3, WAV to WMA, FLAC to MP3, MPC to MP3, OGG to MP3, WMA to OGG and WMA to MP3 conversions. The process is almost instantaneous, a significant advantage for users whose computers aren’t very advanced. People who use the program and industry professionals alike are frequently surprised by how fast AudioConverter Studio works.
AudioConverter Studio works with virtually all CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD devices currently available on the market. AudioConverter Studio plays CDs and can automatically save a playlist after a conversion is complete.

If you are looking for a fast and simple solution that is both intuitive and feature-rich, Audio Converter Studio is a natural choice.

AudioConverter Studio can be tried free-of-charge for 30 days and is available for download right now.

Oct

28

By Jan Westmark

(North Palm Beach, FL) – For Immediate Release – The latest internet technology in online auctions has people from all over the world bidding against each other live, but from the comfort of their own computers.
After nearly two years in development, Blackwells Live Auction (http://www.blackwellsliveauction.com) will soon be changing the face of online auctions. No longer will auctions take days and even weeks to complete, but instead will happen live right in front of bidders. Bidders are encouraged to grab their paddles and get ready to bid.
The site was conceived and designed by a retired antique and jewelry dealer from San Francisco. While struggling with the existing internet auctions to sell off his inventory, he began thinking how unconventional the internet auctions were and how difficult they were to use. He envisioned the “true” methods of the auctions he had attended, with live spirited bidding. Developing Blackwells Live Auction.com was the result.
Blackwells auction provides the auctioneer, invoicing and other services for only $2.99 per item. A helpful tutorial provides information on the bidding process and an overview of the auction. The site was designed to be easy and cost effective to use.
Any and all type of items will be available to buy, sell and bid on including: art; antiques; collectibles; general merchandise; Asian art; toys; automobiles; clocks; coins; jewelry; computers; stamps; watches; and much more.

Oct

28

Our First Computer

October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

My dad decided to buy our first family computer sometime during the 1970’s. I can remember how excited my brother and I were when my dad started unpacking the computer and setting it up in our guest bedroom. We felt so proud to own a computer.

My dad fiddled with the computer for a while and finally had it set up. My mom, brother and I gathered around as my dad turned it on and went through the steps to get it started. With the computer humming and the screen blank my dad hit a key and the computer immediately typed back “invalid command”. I can still remember the noise my dad made as he said “Huummmpphhh” to the computer. My dad tried a few more times and each time the computer responded with “invalid command.”

To our shock, my dad suddenly turned the computer off and started packing it back into the box. “This is a stupid computer, I’m taking it back,” my dad said.

No amount of begging and pleading from my brother and I could talk my dad into keeping the computer, and off he went back to the store to return it and there we sat in a computerless home. My brother and I both became computer literate when we got to college. And my dad? Well, he and my mom got a computer almost 30 years after that first computer experience. My mom learned to send and receive emails and my dad learned to play solitaire on the computer. That was the extent of his computer knowledge, although he seemed quite pleased that he could beat the computer at solitaire. Huummmmphh!


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