tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80695123639799390752024-02-07T21:25:26.877-08:00The Selling Lounge NewsletterSellers Helping SellersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-79848940677216164242010-09-02T10:09:00.000-07:002010-09-02T10:09:49.251-07:00The September 2010 Selling Lounge Newsletter Is Out<a href="http://sellinglounge.com/Blog/?p=1141">The September 2010 Selling Lounge Newsletter Is Out</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-80010863445619912062010-08-29T09:08:00.000-07:002010-08-29T09:08:14.467-07:00August 2010 Selling Lounge Newsletter : The Selling Lounge Newsletter<a href="http://sellinglounge.com/Newsletter/?p=136">August 2010 Selling Lounge Newsletter : The Selling Lounge Newsletter</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-26248297552672190562010-01-01T12:27:00.000-08:002010-01-30T14:27:39.247-08:00January 2010 Selling Lounge Newsletter<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:x-small;" >January 2010 Newsletter<br />HAPPY New Year<br /><em>Edition 16</em></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/welcome.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>Happy New Year Everyone!! </strong>Can you believe that The Selling Lounge is now 16 months old! What a pleasant surprise to observe several of you using the valuable recourses that all the members have added to the forum. We can’t thank you enough for all your participation and positive interaction with each other which has made learning fun!</p> <p>I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.</p> <p>The Selling Lounge was started back in September 2008 as a place for all of us sellers to learn and to help each other, and boy you guys sure know how to make things happen! The positive interaction is just beyond words and being there to help your online friends is invaluable. <strong>You Guys So Rock </strong>and I couldn’t be prouder of a great bunch of people!</p> <p>The Selling Lounge has grown vastly over the last 16 months since we opened our doors to online sellers. We have 622 members to date, 24911 Total posts, and 2796 Total topics.</p> <p>We as you all know have so many members to thank for their time in not only adding important content to the forum, however for being here to help other online sellers with all your valuable information. The Selling Lounge wants to take this time to thank you for being you and for being here!</p> <p>Please read the article below from Keleka that she had wrote about The Selling Lounge. You will find that in “Articles From Members”.</p> <p><em>Now to <strong>THANK</strong> my Moderators!! </em>I love them all dearly and can not say enough good things about them! They are all just the best group of people that I have ever met on the internet!!</p> <p>TSL Head Moderator <a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com');">OrganicGiftsByDiana</a>, Diana has just been so amazing stepping in and helping each and everyone that needs help in all directions and areas of our business. She is a very busy lady and is ALWAYS taking her time to help out where needed and to give us that extra push in the right direction to better our business in a very loving and kind way. Diana is an extraordinary vital part of The Selling Lounge. Thank You Diana for all you do, for being here and for giving of your time to all of us!</p> <p><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.cruisereadystore.com');">CruiseReady</a>, since becoming our newest Forum Moderator has been extremely active in many areas promoting numerous sellers and getting their stores and links out there. She is <strong>ALWAYS</strong> very helpful in all she does for the members of The Seller Lounge and I can’t thank her enough! I’m so very glad that you are here Sheila as TSL would not be what it is without you!</p> <p><a title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.sportscards4all.com');">Vinewood</a>, Wes you have been the BEST Welcome Wagon person on the internet. You are always there to not only welcome new members and wish members a Happy Birthday, however you have been so kind to ALWAYS stop and lend a helping hand to others. I really can’t thank you enough for being here and being you.</p> <p><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.kelekaskollections.com');">Keleka</a> is always here for each and everyone of us lending a kind word of encouragement and thoughtful words of endearment. You with your extra push to get members moving in the right direction to better themselves and their business is just amazing. I’m so very glad that you are a HUGE part of The Selling Lounge! Thank You so very much for being here.</p> <p><a title="http://www.vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://www.vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com');">Vintage Rose Collectibles</a> you are truly awesome with all the helpful information that you bring to the forefront to all of us along with your pleasant, helpful and funny manner. You are just one of the sweetest most kindest people I know and it warms my heart that you are a Great Big HUGE part of The Selling Lounge.</p> <p><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!</p> <p>We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.</p> <p><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business’ together. Please make yourself at home!</p> <p>Thank You for your participation!</p> <p><strong>Our Stats:</strong> Total posts 24911 | Total topics 2796 | Total members 622</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contest-winner.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 16px;"><strong>Mary Russel’s Blog</strong></p> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://maryrussel.blogspot.com/" href="http://maryrussel.blogspot.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/maryrussel.blogspot.com');"><img title="http://maryrussel.blogspot.com/" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/mary-russel-125x125.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>My Current Projects:</strong> The Steamer Trunk & the Hexagon Murders(mystery novels) Children’s Author and Mystery Writer, Mary Russel was born in 1948 and grew up in the U.S. in various foster homes and in an orphanage. She escaped in books.</p> <p>It is her hope that she can provide present and future generations of readers with the same enjoyment and excitement she finds in books.</p> <p>She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and enjoys reading, writing, cooking, crafts, and spending time with her husband and two very spoiled dogs.</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 16px;"><strong>Candy Bar Wrap Party Ideas Blog Spot – Party Ideas </strong></p> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/" href="http://candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com');"><img title="http://candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugLGPUSLwPZUGG7dBjqYcsxvdVakHqxuTmvNFGlFgt-lV00VBZ7gnbbknpNqOBzWXz3kHLrkOMz7BD_bcPfXnAzp1FYkmtVeFTR8hotGlT0QAEHjFc47JJDtFOCba-o1Z4UTS1775YsQL/s240/new_logo_wtmk_sm.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="right" border="0" hspace="10" width="125" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Party ideas for all occasions. Weddings, Birthdays, baby showers & more.</p> <p>This blog has many ideas on planning many different themed weddings. You will find ideas for a beach wedding, whimsical beach wedding, nautical beach wedding, Hawaiian beach wedding, as well as many many more ideas. Stop on by and check out this Blog.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/spotlight.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p><a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.loraseversonphotography.com');"><img title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff291/loraseverson/halfsunflowerlsp5468x60.jpg" alt="loraseversonphotography.com" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><em><strong><a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.loraseversonphotography.com');">FLORAL AND NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY GIFTS, GREETING CARDS AND WEDDING INVITATIONS</a></strong></em><strong> </strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Warm and sunny – and absolutely stunning – photos of sunflowers are only one of the many pieces of eye candy you’ll be able to feast upon when visiting <a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.loraseversonphotography.com');">Lora Severson Photography</a>. You’ll also find <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196756965772857547" href="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196756965772857547" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.zazzle.com');">daisies</a>, <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196853192977113512" href="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196853192977113512" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.zazzle.com');">roses</a>, <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196220750102270908" href="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196220750102270908" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.zazzle.com');">hydrangeas</a>, and <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196710293547052616" href="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196710293547052616" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.zazzle.com');">tulips</a>. And, there’s more! Country lovers will want to browse her <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196674421156046774" href="http://www.zazzle.com/loraseverson/gifts?cg=196674421156046774" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.zazzle.com');">barns and rustic collection</a>, those interested in the Martial Arts can find <a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/custom-martial-arts-gifts.html" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/custom-martial-arts-gifts.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.loraseversonphotography.com');">custom martial arts photographic products</a> just for them, and starry-eyed lovers simply must see her extensive <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=2874" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=2874">Wedding Collection</a> of invitations, announcements, save the date cards, envelope stickers, key chains, and more, more more!</p> <p>Lora is one talented lady, and that’s perfectly evident when you look at her custom photography products. But, she’s also a valuable member here at TSL, and we are lucky to have her. She’s a great stumbler, and has given many of us a big traffic boost by encouraging us to stumble, and helping us to remember to do it more often and effectively.</p> <p>Besides being a professional photographer, as you will see from reading a Squidoo Lens that she writes, she is a 40 year old <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/imablackbelt" href="http://www.squidoo.com/imablackbelt" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.squidoo.com');">Black Belt</a>, so she is quite the multi-faceted lady, who doesn’t mind giving of her time to help out fellow sellers. And so, the spotlight is happy to shine on this special lady, who so exemplifies the spirit of TSL!</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contest-going-on.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;">Best Site For February Contest – <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2878" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2878">Vote For Your Best Site</a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 6 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest!</strong> Please stop by and visit our members sites in this month’s Best Site Contest and vote for your best site.</p> <ul type="square"><li>We will have ONE (1) Winner</li><li>You can vote up to 2 times</li><li>You can only vote once for each site</li><li>You have to use your votes at the same time</li></ul> <p><strong>Our 6 Sites to vote on are:</strong></p> <ul type="square"><li><a title="http://www.creativecandyland.com/" href="http://www.creativecandyland.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.creativecandyland.com');">creativecandyland.</a></li><li><a title="http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/" href="http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com');">dianascraft-antiqueshop</a></li><li><a title="http://shop.goodnreadytogo.com/" href="http://shop.goodnreadytogo.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/shop.goodnreadytogo.com');">goodnreadytogo</a></li><li><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/vinewood" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/vinewood" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.bonanzle.com');">vinewood</a></li><li><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/outoftheattic2u" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/outoftheattic2u" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.bonanzle.com');">outoftheattic2u</a></li><li><a title="http://www.cordiallee.com/" href="http://www.cordiallee.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.cordiallee.com');">cordiallee</a></li></ul> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>Please while looking at The Sites</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Tweet them<br /><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Stumbleupon them</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2878" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2878">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest or Best Blog Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Blog Contest:!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> </strong></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/get-featured.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.</p> <p><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum</p> <p><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/member-articles.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 18px;"><a title="http://kelekaskollections.blogspot.com/2009/05/keleka-s-kollections-and-selling-lounge.html" href="http://kelekaskollections.blogspot.com/2009/05/keleka-s-kollections-and-selling-lounge.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/kelekaskollections.blogspot.com');">Keleka ’s Kollections Jewelry & The Selling Lounge</a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would like to start this post by saying this posting is long overdue. Above you will find a banner that will navigate you to one of my favorite places called the Selling Lounge. This is a friendly forum where Sellers help Sellers.</p> <p>I am proud to say I am a moderator at the Selling Lounge and I truly love it. Here you will find such amazing people who are willing to help you succeed with your on line business with such sincerity it is actually mind blowing !</p> <p>In this forum <strong>I have said more than once</strong> and with no doubt more than twice, without this lounge/forum Keleka’s Kollections would not be up and running.</p> <p>I started this business due to a home based jewelry business where my clients would ask me “Why don’t you have a website” so I then decided to put my jewelry on a website…Well it is not that simple, there is marketing, learning how to submit to major search engines, using the correct keywords, tagging, RSS feeds,blogging etc. the list is endless! This is where I feel a angel guided me towards the Selling Lounge and once I found it I stayed!</p> <p>The Selling Lounge owner Debi has the patience of a saint and through countless emails has taught me new informative strategies to help my website grow in the direction I had planned. Also in the lounge you will find on-line sellers who go out of their way to help you if you have a problem and they do this effortless, I know now these are all people which whom I never met or spoke with I can now without question call my friends.</p> <p>Having been a moderator at the Selling Lounge for a long time , I can only tell you I am with some of the hardest working people in this industry. On-line business owners who never give up , they remain optimistic even when things sometimes aren’t going as well as they should.</p> <p>Along with many categories in this lounge pertaining to business you will also find games, Learning New Organic Tips with Diana, Dancing with the Stars, Jokes from Vinewood, Who ate what for Dinner, What is in your backyard, A place for prayers for our members who may not feeling be well, Birthdays, American Idol, Shout outs with Keleka, Contests,you name it’s there. In fact if you see something that is missing you can join and then start your own thread. You will also receive the friendliest Welcome on the Internet from such Warm sincere people who really care.</p> <p>I am happy to say I now have a few successful on line businesses and a customer base which I am so proud of. I pride myself with customer care being the number one priority. As a owner of on-line businesses I can honestly say each sale still feels like the first sale. Words cannot explain the honor I feel when someone places a purchase on my site. The feeling is not describable!</p> <p>In Closing I will say I continue learning something new everyday here at the Selling Lounge and again I know for a fact I would not still be selling online if it was not for the Selling Lounge. Do yourself a favor and come join the this fantastic forum where you will learn how to navigate your websites to the direction in which you plan and have fun doing it at the same time!</p> <p><a title="http://kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://kelekaskollections.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/kelekaskollections.com');">Keleka ’s Kollections</a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/top-sites.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/sellinglounge.gotop100.com');"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a></p></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it’s own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>. <a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/sellinglounge.gotop100.com');">Sign Up Here </a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/important.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 18px;">Why writing articles are important to your business!</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">An excellent way to draw traffic to your online business and to succeed in making money is article writing and submitting them to directories. Article writing and submitting them is one of the most successful and free ways to promote you and your website.</p> <p>When someone is looking for something on the internet chances are they will find you through an article that you have wrote which will have links going back to your website. This turns into future sales and traffic to you and your website which means money!</p> <p>Think about it this way! When writing articles you want to put yourself in the shoes of your customer, therefore you want write content that your customer is looking for on the internet. You want to make sure that you have all the information needed to draw these people to you.</p> <p>The Selling Lounge has its own <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory">Directory</a> where you can submit your articles to.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/important.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 18px;">Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/important.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 18px;">Would you like a little free advertising for your February Sales?</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><a title="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/" href="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/giftlistings.blogspot.com');">The Gift Listings Blog</a> will list your February sales, Sales for Presidents Day (Feb 15) and / or Valentines Day (Feb 14) I will be working on putting these lists together starting sometime next week, and I need the following 6 items to use in the listing. (LINK to thread to post your sales follows the list of needed items)</p> <p>1 – Is it a Presidents Day Sale or a Valelntine’s Day Sale or “other February Sale”?<br />2 – Store Name<br />3 – Store URL<br />4 – URL for your store’s 125 x 125 banner<br />5 – SHORT description of your store or what you sell – OR – list of up to 10 key words<br />6 – Description of sale, including what is on sale, and what the sale price or % off will be, including a coupon code, if any.</p> <p>Here is the link to The Selling Lounge thread where you need to post your information: <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=2884" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=2884">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=2884</a></p> <p>If you have more than one store with a sale, you can list up to three. Please provide the six items shown above for each store.</p> <p>Here’s to some great sales for all of us in 2010!</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/selling-lounge-directory.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. 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Lounge</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.</p> <p>The Selling Lounge has grown vastly over the last almost 15 months since we opened our doors to online sellers. We have 608 members to date, 22908 Total posts, and 2594 Total topics.</p> <p>These last few months we have been involved in many areas of our business’ to help ourselves grow by participating as a group in such things as Blogging, StumbleUpon and Squidoo.</p> <p>Our Head Moderator, Diana graciously put on 3 Squidoo Workshops teaching us how to set up a Squidoo Lens to adding content to them. You can view these workshops in the forum under Workshops by signing in.</p> <p>CruiseReady has spent many hours putting together a Blog called Gift Listings and has been adding our products. You must really stop by and check it out. You can also get yourself added by stopping by The Selling Lounge and having yourself added. <a title="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/" href="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/">Gift Listings </a></p> <p><strong>Stop on by the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">“Introduction Corner”</a> to get acquainted with all the members and tell us about yourself. </strong></p> <p><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!</p> <p>We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.</p> <p><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business’ together. Please make yourself at home!</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Blog Contest Winner – Congrats Apron Madness!</div> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/"><img title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiWky-EULQI5zeufypgo1J__ONQ9KtMlsTHU7cNYiRXAXq9FWZ41JvGwNbIIa2znMM7-_z3ig2Zp3jz2VT5SIxlhrRQTheGGtqgsY5d1qgO8eYA9BMEzQC2zMUhd2dYO0EtGs1ur4ILZf/s740/blogLOGO.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="right" border="0" hspace="10" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 16px;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" alt="" /><strong>Apron Madness</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">New Creations & Ideas are our passion. Crafting is a relaxing time between family & business. Join us & enjoy these new Ideas!</p> <p>You will find many great recipes for all occasions over at Apron Madness’ Bog. Stop on by and check it out because chances are that you are going to want to follow her blog.</p> <p>You will find many recipes such as <a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/save-that-turkey-carcass.html" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/save-that-turkey-carcass.html">Save That Turkey Carcass,</a> <a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/homemade-holiday-gift-sugar-and-spice.html" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/homemade-holiday-gift-sugar-and-spice.html">Homemade Holiday Gift. Sugar and Spice Nuts,</a> <a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-changes-to-traditional.html" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-changes-to-traditional.html">Thanksgiving changes to traditional recipes,</a> <a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/egg-nog-bread-great-christmas-gift.html" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/2009/11/egg-nog-bread-great-christmas-gift.html">Egg Nog Bread, Great Christmas Gift,</a> along with a whole Blog full of wonderful recipes that you will for sure want to check out.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">About StumbleUpon and What We Are Doing!</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><em><strong>Our Stumble Upon Threads are run By: <a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/">loraseverson</a></strong></em><strong> </strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><a title="http://www.stumbleupon.com/discover/activity/" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/discover/activity/">StumbleUpon</a> is a social networking site that helps people discover and share websites. It has the potential to send a huge increase in traffic to your site and increase it’s popularity. As members “Stumble” through sites, they are delivered pages matched to their personal preferences. Rating them or giving them a “thumbs up” automatically shares them with others that have the same interests.</p> <p><strong>How can StumbleUpon help you as an online seller? </strong>When someone rates your site and gives it a thumbs up, it puts it into the StumbleUpon circulation and it is shown to people with similar interests. The more people that rate and review your site, the more exposure it will get. The more exposure it gets, the more popular it becomes and the more sales you make. The Selling Lounge is a great resource of other supportive online sellers who can help you get your sites rated and into the StumbleUpon mix.</p> <p>However, StumbleUpon has a lot more to offer than just giving “thumbs up”. It is a social networking site and the more you are involved, the better results you will have. That’s where your Selling Lounge buddies can help you. Become StumbleUpon friends and subscribers of each other. “Share” stumbles with your friends. (The “share” button is found in your StumbleUpon toolbar.) Join StumbleUpon groups and become a part of the community.</p> <p>Another tip to help StumbleUpon success is to dig deep into a site when rating it. Rating the first page is good; but digging deeper and targeting a specific product or niche is even better. When reviewing a product, make sure to pick the right topic and keywords. This will ensure that the right people are eventually seeing your site. Getting the right traffic to your site will ultimately lead to more sales.</p> <p>Also, take advantage of your StumbleUpon blog which is located on your member’s page. Your StumbleUpon blog is a great place to post pictures, videos or blog about new products which is all helpful to gain exposure and traffic.</p> <p>To join in on the stumbling going on at The Selling Lounge, add you links to the <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89">StumbleUpon thread</a>. But it doesn’t stop there. Once you have added your links, it is your responsibility to stumble everyone else on the list. If we all work together and support each other we can all benefit from this powerful StumbleUpon tool. Keep in mind that your links will be removed if your are not actively stumbling.</p> <p><a title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" href="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/"><img title="http://www.loraseversonphotography.com/" src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff291/loraseverson/halfsunflowerlsp5468x60.jpg" alt="loraseversonphotography.com" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Blog Contest</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;">Best Blog For January Contest – Vote For Your Best Blog</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 9 Blogs To Pick From for The Best Blog Contest for January!</strong> Please stop by and visit our members blogs in this month’s Best Blog Contest and vote for your best blog.</p> <ul type="square"><li>We will have ONE (1) Winner</li><li>You can vote up to 2 times</li><li>You can only vote once for each site</li><li>You have to use your votes at the same time</li></ul> <p><strong>Our 9 Blogs to vote on are:</strong></p> <ul type="square"><li><a title="http://maryrussel.blogspot.com/" href="http://maryrussel.blogspot.com/">Mary Russel.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://pennyspantry.blogspot.com/" href="http://pennyspantry.blogspot.com/">Pennys Pantry.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://petsadored.blogspot.com/" href="http://petsadored.blogspot.com/">Pets Adored.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://sportscards4all.wordpress.com/" href="http://sportscards4all.wordpress.com/">Sportscards 4 All.wordpress</a></li><li><a title="http://dianasorganicgarden.blogspot.com/" href="http://dianasorganicgarden.blogspot.com/">Dianas Organic Garden.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Blog/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Blog/">The Selling Lounge Blog</a></li><li><a title="http://www.yourpetstoreblog.com/" href="http://www.yourpetstoreblog.com/">Your Pet Store Blog</a></li><li><a title="http://infiverse.com/" href="http://infiverse.com/">Infiverse Blog</a></li><li><a title="http://candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/" href="http://candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/">Candy Bar Wrap-Party Ideas.blogspot</a></li></ul> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>Please while looking at The blogs</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Tweet them<br /><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Favor them<br /><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Comment on them<br /><img src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/images/smilies/icon_arrow.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" /> Stumbleupon them</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2720" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2720">Vote Here For The Best Blog Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest or Best Blog Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Blog Contest:!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> </strong></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.</p> <p><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum</p> <p><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Site of The Month</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong><a title="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/" href="http://giftlistings.blogspot.com/">Gift Listings</a></strong><br />Gift Listings for Shoppers – Online Gift Ideas for You</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Yes, it’s yet another shopping blog!</p> <p>However, this one will be primarily clickable lists to help you find gifts for others from a host of reliable online stores. The lists will begin appearing shortly, and there will be quite a few of them before you absolutely MUST fiish your holiday shopping. We currenetly have a group of folks scouring the net, compiling some great gift lists to help you find something that everyone on YOUR list will just love!</p> <p>We’re working on lists of gift ideas for pet owners, sports lovers, cooks, babies and toddlers, jewelry lovers, and lots more!</p> <p>We’ll also have lists places with free shipping, free gift wrap, and coupon specials. So, start your shopping excursion here!</p> <p>If you have hard to buy for folks, then,we’d love to know just how we can help… To suggest a list, just leave a comment, asking for “Gift Ideas for ________” (you fill in the blank) and we’ll do our best!</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it’s own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php">Sign Up Here </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Why writing articles are important to your business!</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">An excellent way to draw traffic to your online business and to succeed in making money is article writing and submitting them to directories. Article writing and submitting them is one of the most successful and free ways to promote you and your website.</p> <p>When someone is looking for something on the internet chances are they will find you through an article that you have wrote which will have links going back to your website. This turns into future sales and traffic to you and your website which means money!</p> <p>Think about it this way! When writing articles you want to put yourself in the shoes of your customer, therefore you want write content that your customer is looking for on the internet. You want to make sure that you have all the information needed to draw these people to you.</p> <p>The Selling Lounge has its own <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory">Directory</a> where you can submit your articles to.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" valign="center"> <p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" alt="TSL Help Center" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" alt="TSL Contact Us" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-37335848003849061172009-11-01T10:24:00.000-08:002009-12-14T10:26:07.514-08:00The Selling Lounge November 2009 Newsletter<p><!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">November 2009 Newsletter </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Welcome To The Selling Lounge</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.</p> <p><strong>Stop on by the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">“Introduction Corner”</a> to get acquainted with all the members and tell us about yourself. </strong></p> <p><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!</p> <p>We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.</p> <p><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business’ together. Please make yourself at home!</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site Contest Winner – Congrats Junk2Treasures!</div> <p><a title="http://www.junk2treasures.com/" href="http://www.junk2treasures.com/"><img title="http://www.junk2treasures.com/" src="http://www.junk2treasures.com/skins/MaddisonCC4/styleImages/promo/advertMain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 16px;"><strong>Junk2Treasures! Best Site Contest Winner – 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I am Suzanne and I have been selling online for about 10 years now. As you look around my store you will find a wide variety products. I have always enjoyed finding interesting and unique products, taking great pride in the products I offer. Making sure the quality is that of something I would own myself. If at any time you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact me. See the Contact Me page for more information.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Squidoo Workshop</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><em><strong>Our First Mini Squidoo Work Shop was hosted By: <a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/">OrganicGiftsByDiana</a></strong></em><strong></strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">On October 26th The Selling Lounge had a basic <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=2507&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=2507&start=0">Mini Squidoo Workshop</a> for beginners. Diana has easy to follow directions for beginners on how to start your first lens.</p> <p><strong>Our Homework for our first workshop is:</strong> Write up a little something about your topic – REMEMBER use short paragraphs and don’t forget to write a short intro about your topic or why you chose that topic…</p> <p>If you would like to have a copy of our first workshop on Squidoo, please email OrganicGiftsByDiana, she would love to send you a copy.</p> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" border="1" bordercolor="#ffcc00" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" width="460"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Next Workshop: Monday November 2nd, 11:30 a/m (EST)</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Must be registered and logged in to view the workshop!</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Click Here for the</strong> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=2553" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=2553">Squidoo Workshop</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>All of our members are welcome to attend this free workshop.</strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">We will be working on adding your intro photo and Diana will have you start filling out text boxes. You can of course work on your own, but some folks wanted to walk through this step by step.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65&start=0">Add Your Squidoo Links Here so we can Roll Them!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=859" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=859">Then when we all rate/comment/lensroll/favorite/join fan club…</a> each others lens we tell each other which ones we did here. <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><strong>What is Squidoo ?</strong><br />A Squidoo lens is a page – a sort of blog/journal/article/photo essay with captions… whatever you want it to be.</p> <p>A Squidoo lens can help you define your brand and expand your network.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">NEW CONTEST!!! Best Blog Contest</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;">Best Blog For December Contest – Vote For Your Best Blog</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 5 Blogs To Pick From for The Best Blog Contest for December!</strong> Please stop by and visit our members blogs in this month’s Best Blog Contest and vote for your best blog.</p> <ul type="square"><li>We will have ONE (1) Winner</li><li>You can vote up to 2 times</li><li>You can only vote once for each site</li><li>You have to use your votes at the same time</li></ul> <p><strong>Our 5 Blogs to vote on are:</strong></p> <ul type="square"><li><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.blogspot.com/">Kelekaskollection.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/" href="http://apronmadness.blogspot.com/">apronmadness.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://sportscards4all.blogspot.com/" href="http://sportscards4all.blogspot.com/">sportscards4all.blogspot</a></li><li><a title="http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/cgi-bin/blog" href="http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/cgi-bin/blog">dianascraft-antiqueshop/blog</a></li><li><a title="http://www.cruisemuse.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.cruisemuse.blogspot.com/">cruisemuse.blogspot</a></li></ul> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2544" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2544">Vote Here For The Best Blog Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest or Best Blog Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2378&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Blog Contest:!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> </strong></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.</p> <p><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum</p> <p><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">TSL Member In The Spotlight</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>The TSL Spotlight is shining on <a title="http://www.eviejewelry.com/" href="http://www.eviejewelry.com/">Evie Jewelry</a></strong><br />Where It’s Not About the Jewelry, It’s About the Fire in Your Eyes</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">For some absolutely beautiful vintage jewelry that has stood the test of time, pay a visit to Evie Jewelry. Youi find gemstone jewelry, including topaz, emerald, garnets,and more. I was particularlly taken by a couple of the topaz pieces. The owner must spend many hours searching for rare or hard to find vintage jewelry pieces – both signed and unsigned and has a wonderful selection of bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings and more. In fact, her love of vintage jewelry is obvious… and, in reading her recent blog entry, titled Go Green by Buying and Wearing Vintage Jewelry made me aware of several reasons why buying vintage jewelry is a good idea.</p> <p>And, if you need supplies to care for your already owned items, visit the jewelry supplies page at Evie Jewelry for polishing cloths, cleaning solution, and jewelry keeper bags.</p> <p>There is so much to see at Evie Jewelry! Being a June baby, I was curions to see what she had in the way of pearl jewelry, Oh, what a nice surprise! Along with a couple of classic pearl strands, there were several unusual and stunning necklaces that anyone would be thrilled to recieve. With gift-giving season at hand, I would be hard pressed to select the perfect gift, even after narrowing down my selection to just the pearl items, so it’s good to see that gift certificates are available, too.</p> <p>Our own Sally Brown, who owns Evie Jewelry, is a veteran web seller, having been selling online since 2003. She is also versatile, owning a second store, called Evie Baby Childrens Shop, selling new clothing for Girls and Boys, including Baby Gap, Gymboree, Janie and Jack, Oskosh, Carter’s, and Guess Baby brands, along with gently used infant and toddler clothes at bargain prices.</p> <p>An interesting little tidbit: The name “Evie” in both stores is in honor of Sallly’s little granddaughter.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it’s own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php">Sign Up Here </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a></li></ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" valign="center"> <p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" alt="TSL Help Center" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" alt="TSL Contact Us" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-9021871736574627212009-10-01T10:55:00.000-07:002009-10-03T10:56:21.304-07:00October 2009 Selling Lounge Newsletter<p><!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --><span> </span></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">October 2009 Newsletter </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Welcome To The Selling Lounge</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.</p> <p><strong>Stop on by the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">“Introduction Corner”</a> to get acquainted with all the members and tell us about yourself. </strong></p> <p><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!</p> <p>We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.</p> <p><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business’ together. Please make yourself at home!</p> <p>=======================================================<br /><span style="color: red;"><strong>FRIENDLY REMINDER:</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you have added your site links to the many areas of the forum to be included in either Stumble Upon, Squidoo, Blogging, etc. for others to either give credit to you and or help you out, please make sure that you are doing the same. If you are not participating in these areas which help YOU then others may just by pass your site. So please if you have added yourself to the many areas of the forum, stop by and participate like many others are doing.</p> <p>For all of those that are participating and doing your part, The Selling Lounge and participating members all <strong>THANK YOU</strong>!!</p> <p>If you have any questions concerning this, you may contact me.</p> <p>=======================================================</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site Contest Winner – Congrats TwiceAroundBooks!</div> <p><a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/"><img title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/" src="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/includes/templates/saddle_brown_zen/images/logo.gif" alt="" border="0" width="600" /></a></p> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 16px;"><strong>Twice Around Books Best Site Contest Winner – 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">We welcome you to our store. We carry a full line of <a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_65&products_id=9" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_65&products_id=9">non fiction books</a>, <a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25&products_id=116" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25&products_id=116">book accessories</a>, magazines, and ephemera, Most items are either new, outdated, first editions, used and signed editions. We also have some antiquated books, which are in good, old or worn condition. Here you will also find many <a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_62&products_id=81" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_62&products_id=81">craft books</a> and <a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_63&products_id=138" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61_63&products_id=138">cookbooks</a>.</p> <p>We list items daily, so keep checking back with us. Please contact us if you are looking for a particular book or item and we will do our best to locate it for you.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site For November Contest – Vote For Your Best Site</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 5 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest for November!</strong> Please stop by and visit our sites in this month’s Best Site Contest and vote for your best site.<br />We will have ONE (1) Winner<br />You can vote up to 2 times<br />You can only vote once for each site<br />You have to use your votes at the same time</p> <p><strong>Our 5 Sites to vote on are:</strong><br /><a title="http://www.overnightshops.com/" href="http://www.overnightshops.com/">Overnight Shops</a><br /><a title="http://www.candybarwrap.com/" href="http://www.candybarwrap.com/">Candy Bar Wrap</a><br /><a title="http://www.junk2treasures.com/" href="http://www.junk2treasures.com/">Junk 2 Treasures</a><br /><a title="http://secretsofgreatchefs.com/" href="http://secretsofgreatchefs.com/">Secrets Of Great Chefs</a><br /><a title="http://www.littleshoppeonwebstreet.com/" href="http://www.littleshoppeonwebstreet.com/">Little Shoppe On Web Street</a></p> <p><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2359" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2359">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2359" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2359">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> </strong></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Featured Site!</div> <p align="center"><a title="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2" href="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2"><img title="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2" src="http://www.kjscreations.com/blueskiesLogo1.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="57" width="245" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">My name is Shelly Gannon from Colorado. I started selling online in 1995. I began with a small site for our printing business. In 2000 we left our “brick & mortar” print shop & I began working from home.</p> <p>One day as I was surfing the net & looking at other online bizes, I discovered Custom Candy Bar Wrappers. I thought this would be a great match with our printing biz & I decided to jump right in. Got my <a title="http://www.candybarwrap.com/" href="http://www.candybarwrap.com/">www.candybarwrap.com</a> site on the internet… started taking samples to businesses & I was on my way. Later that year I discovered a company that would drop ship Custom engraved chocolates & I started <a title="http://www.creativecandyland.com/" href="http://www.creativecandyland.com/">www.creativecandyland.com</a></p> <p>In 2007, a friend turned me on to <a title="http://www.ecrater.com/" href="http://www.ecrater.com/">www.ecrater.com</a> & I set up a few more stores there. That same year, my friend proposed a business partnership & we began with our 1st website: <a title="http://www.promote-101.com/" href="http://www.promote-101.com/">www.promote-101.com</a> then came <a title="http://www.earringstop.com/" href="http://www.earringstop.com/">www.earringstop.com</a> , <a title="http://www.petsadored.com/" href="http://www.petsadored.com/">www.petsadored.com</a> & more.</p> <p>All along, I have been a firm believer in “more is better”. Taking the plan of the “Big Boys”…. the more stores you have on each corner… the more you will make.</p> <p>In 2009, we formalized our Business Partnership & set up <a title="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2" href="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2">BlueSkiesPlus LLC.</a> Since then, we set up so many sites that we listed them all under <a title="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2" href="http://blueskiesplusllc.com/index2">BlueSkiesPlusLLC</a> website along with our blogs, my own sites & my friend’s sites.</p> <p>To date, I, personally, have 13 websites, ecrater stores & zazzle galleries. I also sell during the holidays at etsy & ebay. Our Partnership is at 15 between websites, ecrater stores, buyitsellit, zazzle & bonanzle.</p> <p>I have several blogs, squidoo lenses,& twitter accounts. All of our sites & my own have been set up & marketed by ourselves & we don’t pay a dime (except for any domains, store fees & hosting). I spend approx 16 hours a day / 7 days a week working on sites, adding products & marketing our sites. I do manage to clean the house & feed my kids in between all of it.</p> <p>I have 2 daughters & along with working from home, I also started home schooling in 2001. They are now 19 & 13. My youngest went back to public school for middle school. Now I have a lot more time during the days.</p> <p><strong>Some of my / our sites,</strong> <a title="http://www.candybarwrap.com/" href="http://www.candybarwrap.com/">www.candybarwrap.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.creativecandyland.com/" href="http://www.creativecandyland.com/">www.creativecandyland.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.kjscreations.com/" href="http://www.kjscreations.com/">www.kjscreations.com</a>,• <a title="http://www.customcandlesunlimited.com/" href="http://www.customcandlesunlimited.com/">www.customcandlesunlimited.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.scratchoffgametickets.com/" href="http://www.scratchoffgametickets.com/">www.scratchoffgametickets.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.mediacenter.ecrater.com/" href="http://www.mediacenter.ecrater.com/">www.mediacenter.ecrater.com</a>,• <a title="http://www.candybarwrappers.ecrater.com/" href="http://www.candybarwrappers.ecrater.com/">www.candybarwrappers.ecrater.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.petsadored.com/" href="http://www.petsadored.com/">www.petsadored.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.earringstop.com/" href="http://www.earringstop.com/">www.earringstop.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.licenseplatemadness.com/" href="http://www.licenseplatemadness.com/">www.licenseplatemadness.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.apronmadness.com/" href="http://www.apronmadness.com/">www.apronmadness.com</a>, • <a title="http://www.promote-101.com/" href="http://www.promote-101.com/">www.promote-101.com</a> • <a title="http://www.golftimeshop.com/" href="http://www.golftimeshop.com/">www.golftimeshop.com</a> • <a title="http://www.designertimeclocks.com/" href="http://www.designertimeclocks.com/">www.designertimeclocks.com</a> • <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/kjscreations" href="http://www.zazzle.com/kjscreations">www.zazzle.com/kjscreations</a> • <a title="http://www.zazzle.com/kjsweddingshop" href="http://www.zazzle.com/kjsweddingshop">www.zazzle.com/kjsweddingshop</a></p> <p><strong>Our Blogs: </strong> <a title="http://www.apronmadness.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.apronmadness.blogspot.com/">www.apronmadness.blogspot.com</a> • <a title="http://www.petsadored.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.petsadored.blogspot.com/">www.petsadored.blogspot.com</a> • <a title="http://www.candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com/">www.candybarwrap-partyideas.blogspot.com</a></p> <p><strong>Our Squidoo Lenses:</strong> <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/blueskiesplusllc" href="http://www.squidoo.com/blueskiesplusllc">www.squidoo.com/blueskiesplusllc</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/apronmadness" href="http://www.squidoo.com/apronmadness">www.squidoo.com/apronmadness</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/petsadored" href="http://www.squidoo.com/petsadored">www.squidoo.com/petsadored</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/candybarwrap" href="http://www.squidoo.com/candybarwrap">www.squidoo.com/candybarwrap</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/kjscreations" href="http://www.squidoo.com/kjscreations">www.squidoo.com/kjscreations</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/kjsweddingshop" href="http://www.squidoo.com/kjsweddingshop">www.squidoo.com/kjsweddingshop</a> • <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/kjscreations_zazzle" href="http://www.squidoo.com/kjscreations_zazzle">www.squidoo.com/kjscreations_zazzle</a></p> <p>I don’t see any end of our “New Ideas” . I LOVE being able to work in my jammies & be home when the kids get home from school. So Online Selling is a great “job”. I do “what I want… when I want” & I’ll never get laid off.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do YOU Squidoo?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><em>Article By: OrganicGiftsByDiana</em></p> <p>You should if you want to make it easier for potential customers to find you.</p> <p><strong>What is Squidoo ?</strong><br />A Squidoo lens is a page – a sort of blog/journal/article/photo essay with captions… whatever you want it to be.<br />A Squidoo lens can help you define your brand and expand your network.</p> <p><strong>Curious yet ?</strong><br />Join those of us in the Selling Lounge who are using Squidoo and loving it.</p> <p><strong>What can you Squidoo about ?</strong><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1251" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1251">I list over 30 ideas here </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710">I give lots of tips on how to Squidoo here</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><strong>Do you already have a lens?</strong><br />* If you agree to “Hug” the other lenses on the list in return,<br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65">add your lens link here</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><strong>What in the world does “Hugging” a lens mean ?</strong><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=859" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=859">Find that out here</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>If you think you might want to write a Squidoo lens, but don’t know how – I will be having a mini How-To one of these days, just watch the Squidoo threads for the day and time.</p> <p>It will only be for 15-20 minutes.</p> <p>I will try to have a mini Squidoo workshop once a month to help new ones start a lens and to help those who already have one learn something new too.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.</p> <p><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum</p> <p><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">TSL Member In The Spotlight</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>The TSL Spotlight is shining on A real, live, bonafied Author: <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=2343&start=0" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=150&t=2343&start=0">maryrussel </a></strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Yes, it’s true! The TSL spotlight has found a writer to shine on this time! It’s one of our newer members at The Selling Lounge… and one who started right off contributing to our forum from her first day – Mary Russel. Mary writes travel, automotive, dog, and business related articles, children’s stories, mystery novels, short stories, and ad copy.</p> <p>You’ll find some of her articles and a biography at her <a title="http://www.ehow.com/members/maryrussel.html?view=3rd" href="http://www.ehow.com/members/maryrussel.html?view=3rd">eHow. </a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>The TSL Spotlight is shining on <a title="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/" href="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/">RhinestonesPast</a></strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">When you enter the beautiful, and recently redesigned, site of RhinestonesPast, you immediately find yourself in a pleasant place, a world of beautiful vintage jewelry and intriguing collectibles that will, for some, bring back fond memories, and for others, inform of an earlier, gentler lifestyle, when bracelets and watches made an elegant statement, special gold pieces were treasures, and specal items, with special uses sometimes held a very special meaning for the original owner.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it’s own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php">Sign Up Here </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" valign="center"> <p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" alt="TSL Help Center" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" alt="TSL Contact Us" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/">Cruise Ready Store</a> will be closed for vacation October 10-17, reopening again on the evening of October 18.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-75258380279452348282009-09-01T10:57:00.000-07:002009-10-03T10:58:08.157-07:00September 2009 Selling Lounge Newsletter<p><!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --><span> </span></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr> <td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">September 2009 Newsletter </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Happy First (1st) Anniversary Selling Lounge</div> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=2143" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=2143"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=2143" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/th_anniversary.gif" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">We are excited to announce that The Selling Lounge is going to have its <strong>First Anniversary</strong> (1st) September 6, 2009. We sure have come a long way and could not have done it without all of the members associated with us.</p> <p>Stop on by the forum and check out all the things going on where Sellers are helping each other with their online Business’.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=2143" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=2143">You can find us here: </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></strong></p> <p><strong>The Selling Lounge Mission:</strong> We are committed to and strive to create a friendly on-line Forum where E-Commerce Business Owners, (members) can share their knowledge and learn from others in an environment strictly and solely dedicated to promoting the growth and success of member E-Commerce Businesses. Simply put, this Forum is dedicated to Sellers helping Sellers and is opened to, and welcomes everyone who shares this vision!</p> <p>Given that the World Wide Web is mostly unregulated, there is no shortage of people who have developed and promote on-line forums and e-commerce sites that are used in a manner that is contrary to the above. It is because of this fact that this Forum has been developed for the purpose of sharing knowledge and learning from others and therefore, will remain committed to this end. While we welcome everyone, we have an obligation and duty to maintain the essence and high standards associated with this Forum and reserve the right to protect our valued members by blocking or deactivating people who use the Forum in an abusive negative manner.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Our Forum Moderators – We Thank You!</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to take this opportunity to thank our Global Moderators, Forum Moderators and our TSL Support Team! Without you we would not be where we are or who we are today, plus it warms my heart to have such thoughtful and caring people such as yourselves here helping the members out, always ready to lend a hand in a positive manner.</p> <p><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> I would love to take this time to thank Barbara for the many hours of her time adding helpful content to the forum for the members to help us succeed with our business. She has been with The Selling Lounge since we first started and has helped us in more ways than I can say. We wouldn’t be where we are without you Barbara, so I want to thank you for everything that you do and know that you are greatly admired and appreciated here and all over the net. We are so very glad that you are a big part of The Selling Lounge!</p> <p><strong>OrganicGiftsByDiana </strong>Diana is the forums new Head Moderator! (Stop on by and congratulate her) She is all over the forum helping members in all areas that she can and not to mention, she is our Squidoo Queen! She has been teaching us many aspects of Squidoo since January of this year and in the near future she will be giving us a workshop on Squidoo, so please stay in touch and get involved with this workshop.</p> <p>Diana has been the one that has kept our forum clean of all spammers as well which is much appreciated! And not to mention that she has been organizing the forum when we at times put a thread in the wrong area. <strong>Thank You So Much For Being Here!!!! </strong>You do so much for all of us.</p> <p><strong>vinewood </strong>Wes has been with The Selling Lounge since we first started and started out as our Door Greeter if we can call it that. As many of us know, Wes knows many people on the internet and is always very warm and friendly to his friends as well as his new friends. He helps in every way he can and I can’t thank him enough for being a big part of The Selling Lounge. Wes I’m so very grateful that you are here.</p> <p>If members need help with info on their signature or making a clickable banner, Wes is your man.</p> <p><strong>Keleka</strong> Teresa has also been with The Selling Lounge since almost the beginning and is a true asset to the forum. She is always so welcoming to all the new members and cheery and funny. Teresa pops in to help where she can and loves to chat with the members making EVERYONE feel welcomed. She is very helpful with pointing members in the right direction! Thank You so much Teresa for being a big part of The Selling Lounge.</p> <p><strong>CruiseReady</strong> Sheila has been with us since November 2008 and has always popped in and out of the forum to take part in many of the discussions and learning threads. Just in the last few weeks Sheila has become a very important part of The Selling Lounge by becoming a Forum Moderator. Boy did she ever jump in with both feet! She has already taken on our really important area of acknowledging The Member in The SpotLight, not to mention the many areas of the forum where she can be seen. Sheila, I can’t thank you enough for being a big part of The Selling Lounge; I’m happy that you are here.</p> <p><strong>Preemie Patch </strong>Fran has been with us since February and has proved to be a very valuable asset to the forum helping other sellers. She has become very helpful in the areas of zen cart which will be a huge plus for the forum. Thank you Fran for being a part of our Team! The Selling Lounge needs people like you to help others. I’m really glad that your here!</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site Contest Winner – Congratulations Preemie Patch!</div> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>Preemie Patch Best Site Contest Winner – 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Preemie Patch specializes in infant clothing and accessories for Preemie/Premature, Newborn and limited 0-3 Month sizes. Our shop will carry boutique, new, and gently used items. All pre-owned items are laundered and pressed before listing.</p> <p>Rest assured that each gently used item is hand picked and in excellent condition. Our clothes and accessories are also perfect for reborns! We have been seamstresses for many years and will continue to create clothing and shoes for infants and reborn doll makers alike!</p> <p>We offer our own line of handmade boutique style clothing and shoes! While we are unable to accept orders at this time, we are happy to take suggestions for future listings.</p> <p><a title="mailto:%20preemiepatch@ymail.com?subject=Selling Lounge" href="mailto:%20preemiepatch@ymail.com?subject=Selling%20Lounge">Please contact us at:: preemiepatch@ymail.com</a></p> <p><a title="http://www.preemiepatch.com/" href="http://www.preemiepatch.com/"><img title="http://www.preemiepatch.com/" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/13898_logo.gif" alt="www.preemiepatch.com/" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site For October Contest – Vote For Your Best Site</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 5 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest for September!</strong><br />We will have ONE (1) Winner<br />You can vote up to 2 times<br />You can only vote once for each site<br />You have to use your votes at the same time</p> <p><strong>Our 5 Sites to vote on are:</strong><br /><a title="http://debsgreatfindsanddeals.com/" href="http://debsgreatfindsanddeals.com/">Debs Great Finds and Deals</a><br /><a title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/">OvernightAuctions.net</a><br /><a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/">Twice Around Books</a><br /><a title="http://csbsews.com/" href="http://csbsews.com/">CSBSEWS.com</a><br /><a title="http://www.baysdesigns.com/" href="http://www.baysdesigns.com/">Bays Designs</a></p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2187" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2187">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. 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Then this has nothing to do with you, right? Wrong! Hurricane season can have a big effect on those operating their sites from or near coastal areas, but it can also affect you even if you run your ecommerce site from Idaho. Here are some actions to think about taking if your location might be affected by one of these monster storms and some things to take into consideration even if you are far, far from the sea.</p> <p><strong>IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE HURRICANE COUNTRY</strong><br />Make it your business to know what systems are churning out there, and where they might be heading. Also, if a storm is affecting an area or has just done so, be familiar with where that area is, and (in general) how widespread damages and power outages are. You might have customers in the area. Don’t expect sales or communications from them just before or after a tropical system hits their area.</p> <p>The same is true of your vendors or anyone you order business supplies from. Know where your vendors are for the same reasons.</p> <p>Be patient! Your customers and/or vendors could very well be operating in survival mode. They may or may not have power, running water, or even a roof over their heads. And, depending on the extent of damage, that mode could last from just a few hours to weeks on end.</p> <p><strong>IF YOU LIVE IN HURRICANE COUNTRY</strong><br />REMEMBER that category does NOT matter! We had thousands of dollars in damage and went for several days without power when Fay swept through last year . . . and she was “only” a Tropical Storm. You cannot operate your business by candlelight. Be prepared – not only with your disaster plans and emergency supplies kit – but also for possible downtime.</p> <p>1- BACK UP YOUR SITE and everything related to it regularly, but ESPECIALLY if a system is approaching. 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(It could happen) Better to be safe than sorry.</p> <p>6 – Personally, I wouldn’t order a new batch of inventory with a storm headed in my direction, either. But, that’s just me.</p> <p>For more articles and discussions of interest to on line sellers, visit <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">The Selling Lounge</a>, where sellers help sellers.</p> <p><strong>Article By CruiseReady:</strong><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" src="http://custom.buyitsellit.com/3490/cruise-ready-logo3.png" alt="CruiseReady" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. 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This means that you get featured exposure on more than one site, and links for the search engine spiders to find, which will help with your backlink count.</p> <p>TSL will now be spotlighting from two to four sites a month, alternating between NEW TSL members, and those who have been with us for a while, and are regular participants on the forum. If you are not already a member, please have a look at the site and think about joining. If you are already a member, don’t be a stranger! Come and share your thought, questions, tips, and sites and products with us. There is a lot of new content that is full of useful information and helpful tips for your ecommerce business. And you never know when you might be selected to be IN THE SPOTLIGHT!</p> <p><strong>This is brought to you by:</strong> <a title="outbind://15-0000000003FEEC60D0D1B247A78EFB5B4CE1E0D5643DA700/www.CruiseReadyStore.com" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Newsletter/www.CruiseReadyStore.com">www.CruiseReadyStore.com</a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. 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This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone’s siggy area. I’m thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have made The Selling Lounge what it is and what it can be. TSL has so many members helping each other and taking part in the many areas of the forum where we have places just for you to help get you out there and noticed.</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(88, 124, 186);"><strong>A HUGE SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to our Moderators of The Selling Lounge!</strong></span></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. 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2008</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-89070737219746932652009-08-01T10:58:00.000-07:002009-10-03T10:59:09.024-07:00August 2009 Selling Lounge Newsletter<!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --><span> </span> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr> <td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">August 2009 Newsletter </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Welcome Selling Lounge Members</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.</p> <p><strong>Stop on by the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">“Introduction Corner”</a> to get acquainted with all the members and tell us about yourself. </strong></p> <p><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!</p> <p>We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.</p> <p><strong>Diana </strong>has been wonderful in helping us out with Squidoo.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11">Check Out Our Squidoo Threads Here! </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> has been busy since day one adding very useful content to the forum for us, and I can’t say thank you enough for all that she does for The Selling Lounge.</p> <p>If you need help with your online business, come to the forum and get involved with the many threads we have to help you out. If you have a question, ask away and someone will be there for you. The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum where Sellers Help Sellers, so make yourself at home here.</p> <p><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business’ together. Please make yourself at home!</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site Contest Winner – Congratulations Diana!</div> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>Organic Gifts By Diana Best Site Contest Winner – 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">All Natural handmade soaps, lip balms, perfumes and other Gifts featuring herbs and flowers from my own organic gardens.</p> <p><strong>~ Pamper your skin, scent your home and awaken your senses ~</strong> all the while being kind to the earth too.</p> <p>Please stop by and check out all the wonderful products that she has for sale! I am a buyer of her many bath soaps as well as her bath products and I will never buy elsewhere since I started to purchase from her. I couldn’t be happier with such a top notch product that she makes.</p> <p><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/628_banner.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site For September Contest – Vote For Your Best Site</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 5 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest for September!</strong><br />We will have ONE (1) Winner<br />You can vote up to 2 times<br />You can only vote once for each site<br />You have to use your votes at the same time</p> <p><strong>Our 5 Sites to vote on are:</strong><br /><a title="http://www.preemiepatch.com/" href="http://www.preemiepatch.com/">Preemie Patch</a><br /><a title="http://www.dogdishstore.com/" href="http://www.dogdishstore.com/">Dog Dish Store</a><br /><a title="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/" href="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/">Rhinestonespast</a><br /><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/">Kelekas Kollections</a><br /><a title="http://www.morethanjusttoys.com/" href="http://www.morethanjusttoys.com/">More Than Just Toys</a></p> <p><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p>We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.</p> <p><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /> </strong></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1/2 PRICE OFF</span> on a 468×60 Banner Advertisement!</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">For 4 days only, The Selling is is having a 1/2 OFF discount on A 468X60 banner ad for 6 months. The normal price for 6 months is $36.00 for a 468×60 Banner Ad. Right now you can get this for only $18.00 for 6 months and your 468×60 banner will be placed in The Selling Lounge Directory as well as in the header of The Selling Lounge.</p> <p>This is a great deal at only $3.00 a month! You can set up your own account and add your own banner and site URL.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/ads/index.php?loc=view_adrates&uid=100000" href="http://sellinglounge.com/ads/index.php?loc=view_adrates&uid=100000">Accessing Price List.</a><br />Look for Selling Lounge Header/Directory Ad 468×60 – 6 Months, which is the 11th ad from the top.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.</p> <p>I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.</p> <p><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum</p> <p><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">A Special Thank You To Our Suzanne</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling Lounge would love to capture this opportunity to thank Suzanne for all her help and long hours working on the forum. Whenever there is a glitch or problem, Suzanne is forever on top of it for us. I just can’t thank her enough!</p> <p>The Selling Lounge is going to be 1 Year Old on September 6th and Suzanne has been there for us every step of the way. Our forum would not be what it is without the help that she has given us.</p> <p>For those of you who do not know Suzanne, she is the proud owner of Explorz.com and Surf4Bargains. Please stop by and check out what she has to offer us!</p> <p><strong>Explorz.com</strong> offers a one-stop search portal for buyers and a central place for sellers to promote their products. Explorz’s uniqueness stems from the ease and convenience offered by the ability to search multiple store fronts in just one location. The Explorz Shopping Portal service allows sellers to have control over their products and more flexibility for the venue they use to sell online.</p> <p>Visit <a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/">http://www.explorz.com </a>and search for something today!</p> <p><a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/"><img title="http://www.explorz.com/" src="http://www.explorz.com/images/banners/explorz_sh_468_60.gif" alt="Explorz.com" border="0" /></a></p> <p><strong>Surf4Bargains.com </strong>is a traffic exchange helping you get more traffic for products and a place to find great bargains and deals! A new way to window shop!</p> <p>Visit <a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/">http://www.surf4bargains.com</a> and get surfing today!</p> <p><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_banner_468_60.png" alt="Surf4Bargains" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it’s own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>.</p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php">Sign Up Here </a><img src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" alt="SellingLounge.com" height="8" width="8" /></p> <p><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Happy Birthday to our August Birthday Members</div> <div id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/th_happybday.gif" alt="The Selling Lounge" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 13px;"><strong>Happy Bithday </strong>ForgetMeNotMinerals, elisia, kimskorner, wildflowerdesigns, Keleka, frstyfrolk, mylilguyz, mybookbarn, uniquelymehandcrafts, Bays, JewelryCollectibles, theclaybunny, cuddlycrew, & BobbiesButtonsandBows!!</p> <p>Stop by the forum and wish them a Happy Birthday! You can click on our calendar which will let you know when their Birthday is.</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"> </p><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Search Engine Strategies</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>Write a Page Title</strong>. Write a descriptive title for each page of 5 to 8 words. Remove as many “filler” words from the title, such as “the,” “and,” etc. This page title will appear hyperlinked on the search engines when your page is found. Entice searchers to click on the title by making it a bit provocative. Place this at the top of the webpage between the HEAD tags. (It also shows on the blue bar at the top of your web browser.)</p> <p>Plan to use some descriptive keywords along with your business name on your home page. Remember, this title is nearly your entire identity on the search engines. The more people see that interests them in the blue hyperlinked words on the search engine, the more likely they are to click on the link.</p> <p><strong>Write a Description and Keyword META Tag</strong>. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage, using the main keywords and keyphrases on this page. If you include keywords that aren’t used on the webpage, you could hurt yourself. Place the Description META Tag at the top of the webpage, between the tags, in this format: Some search engines include this description below your hyperlinked title.</p> <p>Your maximum number of characters should be about 255; just be aware that only the first 60 or so are visible on Google, though more may be indexed.</p> <p><strong>Include Your Keywords in Header Tags.</strong></p> <p><strong>Make Sure Your Keywords Are in the First Paragraph of Your Body Text</strong>. Search engines expect that your first paragraph will contain the important keywords for the document — where most people write an introduction to the content of the page.</p> <p><strong>Use Keywords in Hyperlinks</strong>. Search engines are looking for clues to the focus of your page. When they see words hyperlinked in your body text, they consider these potentially important, so hyperlink your important keywords and keyphrases. To emphasize it even more, the webpage you are linking to could have a page name with the keyword or keyphrase, such as blue-widget.htm — another clue for the search engine.</p> <p><strong>Make Your Navigation System Search Engine Friendly. </strong></p> <p><strong>Develop Several Pages Focused on Particular Keywords</strong>. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists no longer recommend using external doorway or gateway pages, since nearly duplicate webpages might get you penalized. Rather, develop several webpages on your site, each of which is focused on a different keyword or keyphrase. For example, instead of listing all your services on a single webpage, try developing a separate webpage for each. These pages will rank higher for their keywords since they contain targeted rather than general content. You can’t fully optimize all the webpages in your site, but these focused-content webpages you’ll want to spend lots of time tweaking to improve their rank.</p> <p><strong>Submit Your Webpage URL to Search Engines</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Fine-tune with Search Engine Optimization</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Promote Your Local Business on the Internet</strong>. These days many people search for local businesses on the Internet. To make sure they find you include on every page of your website the street address, zip code, phone number.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Helpful Info:</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center – Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone’s siggy area. I’m thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have made The Selling Lounge what it is and what it can be. TSL has so many members helping each other and taking part in the many areas of the forum where we have places just for you to help get you out there and noticed.</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(88, 124, 186);"><strong>A HUGE SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to our Moderators of The Selling Lounge!</strong></span></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a></li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a></li></ul> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Sponsors</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;">Check Out what our Sponsors have for you!</p> <p><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/"><img title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/Diana-350x87.jpg" alt="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com" border="0" /></a><br /><a title="http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/" href="http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/"><img title="http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/" src="http://chshops.com/images/chshopspring4.png" alt="http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to take this time to thank <a title="http://www.kdwebpagedesign.com/" href="http://www.kdwebpagedesign.com/">KD Web Page Design</a> for redoing my Skin Care Site, <a title="http://www.baysbeautyskincare.com/" href="http://www.baysbeautyskincare.com/">Baysbeauty Skin Care</a> and giving it a professional look! I just love it and wish that you would stop by and check it out as well as her site as well to see if she may have some services that she can offer you. She did a wonderful job and I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out.</p> <p>She is based in Wyoming, specializes in the design of Web sites and projects conforming with standards set by the W3C and accessible to all. She offers logo design, eBay Store and Template Design, Web Page Design, HTML/CSS Tutorials, SEO Tutorials and Site Building tools. Shopping cart solutions for ecommerce sites including custom Zen Cart installation and design.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody></tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" height="20" valign="center"> <p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" alt="SellingLounge.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" alt="TSL Help Center" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" alt="TSL Contact Us" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-72536020322858299482009-07-31T17:50:00.000-07:002009-07-31T17:52:03.440-07:00The Selling Lounge August Newsletter<style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --> </style><span class="style1"></span> <table class="bg1" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table class="bg2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr> <td class="header" align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-header.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">August 2009 Newsletter </span></div><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td class="body" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Welcome Selling Lounge Members</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">I would love to start off by Welcoming all new members to The Selling Lounge and to let you know we are all glad to have you on board! The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum full of resources for online sellers where sellers are helping sellers. We all work together in a positive manner to better our understanding of our business no matter where we sell.<br /><br /><strong>Stop on by the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">"Introduction Corner"</a> to get acquainted with all the members and tell us about yourself. </strong><br /><br /><strong>ALL MEMBERS</strong> please make sure that you add all of your links in your signature as well as adding your site to your profile!<br /><br />We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum. <br /><br /><strong>Diana </strong>has been wonderful in helping us out with Squidoo.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11">Check Out Our Squidoo Threads Here! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> has been busy since day one adding very useful content to the forum for us, and I can't say thank you enough for all that she does for The Selling Lounge.<br /><br />If you need help with your online business, come to the forum and get involved with the many threads we have to help you out. If you have a question, ask away and someone will be there for you. The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum where Sellers Help Sellers, so make yourself at home here.<br /><br /><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business' together. Please make yourself at home!</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site Contest Winner - Congratulations Diana!</div><br /><div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 14px;"><strong>Organic Gifts By Diana Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">All Natural handmade soaps, lip balms, perfumes and other Gifts featuring herbs and flowers from my own organic gardens.<br /><br /><strong>~ Pamper your skin, scent your home and awaken your senses ~</strong> all the while being kind to the earth too.<br /><br />Please stop by and check out all the wonderful products that she has for sale! I am a buyer of her many bath soaps as well as her bath products and I will never buy elsewhere since I started to purchase from her. I couldn't be happier with such a top notch product that she makes.<br /><br /><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" alt="" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/628_banner.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Best Site For September Contest - Vote For Your Best Site</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>We Have 5 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest for September!</strong> <br />We will have ONE (1) Winner<br />You can vote up to 2 times<br />You can only vote once for each site<br />You have to use your votes at the same time<br /><br /><br /><strong>Our 5 Sites to vote on are:</strong><br /><a title="http://www.preemiepatch.com/" href="http://www.preemiepatch.com/">Preemie Patch</a><br /><a title="http://www.dogdishstore.com/" href="http://www.dogdishstore.com/">Dog Dish Store</a><br /><a title="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/" href="http://www.rhinestonespast.com/">Rhinestonespast</a><br /><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/">Kelekas Kollections</a><br /><a title="http://www.morethanjusttoys.com/" href="http://www.morethanjusttoys.com/">More Than Just Toys</a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><br />We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.<br /><br /><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1993">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> </strong></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1/2 PRICE OFF</span> on a 468x60 Banner Advertisement!</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">For 4 days only, The Selling is is having a 1/2 OFF discount on A 468X60 banner ad for 6 months. The normal price for 6 months is $36.00 for a 468x60 Banner Ad. Right now you can get this for only $18.00 for 6 months and your 468x60 banner will be placed in The Selling Lounge Directory as well as in the header of The Selling Lounge.<br /><br />This is a great deal at only $3.00 a month! You can set up your own account and add your own banner and site URL.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/ads/index.php?loc=view_adrates&uid=100000" href="http://sellinglounge.com/ads/index.php?loc=view_adrates&uid=100000">Accessing Price List.</a><br />Look for Selling Lounge Header/Directory Ad 468x60 - 6 Months, which is the 11th ad from the top.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.<br /><br />I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.<br /><br /><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum <br /><br /><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">A Special Thank You To Our Suzanne</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling Lounge would love to capture this opportunity to thank Suzanne for all her help and long hours working on the forum. Whenever there is a glitch or problem, Suzanne is forever on top of it for us. I just can't thank her enough! <br /><br />The Selling Lounge is going to be 1 Year Old on September 6th and Suzanne has been there for us every step of the way. Our forum would not be what it is without the help that she has given us.<br /><br />For those of you who do not know Suzanne, she is the proud owner of Explorz.com and Surf4Bargains. Please stop by and check out what she has to offer us! <br /><br /><strong>Explorz.com</strong> offers a one-stop search portal for buyers and a central place for sellers to promote their products. Explorz's uniqueness stems from the ease and convenience offered by the ability to search multiple store fronts in just one location. The Explorz Shopping Portal service allows sellers to have control over their products and more flexibility for the venue they use to sell online.<br /><br />Visit <a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/">http://www.explorz.com </a>and search for something today!<br /><br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/"><img title="http://www.explorz.com/" alt="Explorz.com" src="http://www.explorz.com/images/banners/explorz_sh_468_60.gif" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Surf4Bargains.com </strong>is a traffic exchange helping you get more traffic for products and a place to find great bargains and deals! A new way to window shop!<br /><br />Visit <a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/">http://www.surf4bargains.com</a> and get surfing today!<br /><br /><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/?r=57971" alt="Surf4Bargains" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_banner_468_60.png" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">The Selling Lounge Top 100 Sites</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">Top lists are excellent traffic building tools and is an easy way to get traffic to you. The Selling Lounge has it's own Top 100 Site and we want you to benefit from the free traffic that they bring, so please add your banner today for <strong>FREE</strong>.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php">Sign Up Here </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" href="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php"><img title="http://sellinglounge.gotop100.com/index.php" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/sellinglounge/banner/tsl-your-ad-here-468x60.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Happy Birthday to our August Birthday Members</div><br /><div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=88" alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/th_happybday.gif" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></a></div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 13px;"><strong>Happy Bithday </strong>ForgetMeNotMinerals, elisia, kimskorner, wildflowerdesigns, Keleka, frstyfrolk, mylilguyz, mybookbarn, uniquelymehandcrafts, Bays, JewelryCollectibles, theclaybunny, cuddlycrew, & BobbiesButtonsandBows!! <br /><br />Stop by the forum and wish them a Happy Birthday! You can click on our calendar which will let you know when their Birthday is.</p> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><br /><br /></p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Search Engine Strategies</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;"><strong>Write a Page Title</strong>. Write a descriptive title for each page of 5 to 8 words. Remove as many "filler" words from the title, such as "the," "and," etc. This page title will appear hyperlinked on the search engines when your page is found. Entice searchers to click on the title by making it a bit provocative. Place this at the top of the webpage between the HEAD tags. (It also shows on the blue bar at the top of your web browser.)<br /><br />Plan to use some descriptive keywords along with your business name on your home page. Remember, this title is nearly your entire identity on the search engines. The more people see that interests them in the blue hyperlinked words on the search engine, the more likely they are to click on the link.<br /><br /><strong>Write a Description and Keyword META Tag</strong>. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage, using the main keywords and keyphrases on this page. If you include keywords that aren't used on the webpage, you could hurt yourself. Place the Description META Tag at the top of the webpage, between the tags, in this format: Some search engines include this description below your hyperlinked title.<br /><br />Your maximum number of characters should be about 255; just be aware that only the first 60 or so are visible on Google, though more may be indexed.<br /><br /><strong>Include Your Keywords in Header Tags.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Make Sure Your Keywords Are in the First Paragraph of Your Body Text</strong>. Search engines expect that your first paragraph will contain the important keywords for the document -- where most people write an introduction to the content of the page.<br /><br /><strong>Use Keywords in Hyperlinks</strong>. Search engines are looking for clues to the focus of your page. When they see words hyperlinked in your body text, they consider these potentially important, so hyperlink your important keywords and keyphrases. To emphasize it even more, the webpage you are linking to could have a page name with the keyword or keyphrase, such as blue-widget.htm -- another clue for the search engine.<br /><br /><strong>Make Your Navigation System Search Engine Friendly. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Develop Several Pages Focused on Particular Keywords</strong>. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists no longer recommend using external doorway or gateway pages, since nearly duplicate webpages might get you penalized. Rather, develop several webpages on your site, each of which is focused on a different keyword or keyphrase. For example, instead of listing all your services on a single webpage, try developing a separate webpage for each. These pages will rank higher for their keywords since they contain targeted rather than general content. You can't fully optimize all the webpages in your site, but these focused-content webpages you'll want to spend lots of time tweaking to improve their rank.<br /><br /><strong>Submit Your Webpage URL to Search Engines</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Fine-tune with Search Engine Optimization</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Promote Your Local Business on the Internet</strong>. These days many people search for local businesses on the Internet. To make sure they find you include on every page of your website the street address, zip code, phone number.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: white; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Helpful Info:</div> <p style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-size: 12px;">The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center - Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone's siggy area. I'm thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. 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The Selling Lounge members are getting involved in many areas of the forum learning new things as well as getting caught up in helping each other out in many areas.<br /><br />We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.<br /><br />Diana has been wonderful in helping us out with Squidoo.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11">Check Out Our Squidoo Threads Here! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><br />Lora has just recently so kindly offered to help us out with Stumble Upon.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=67" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=67">Check Out The StumbleUpon Threads Here! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><br />If you need help with your online business, come to the forum and get involved with the many threads we have to help you out. If you have a question, ask away and someone will be there for you. The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum where Sellers Help Sellers, so make yourself at home here.<br /><br /><strong>If you find imprtant information on the net</strong> that is going to help out other online sellers, please bring it to the forum and post it for us. We would really love to see more of you participate in this as we are all working together to better our business' together. Please make yourself at home!</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Congratulations Angelbabyboutique! Best Site Winner</div><br /><div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Angelbabyboutique Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Quality girl clothes, natural bath and body products, and only the best service and prices. We know that you work hard for your family, and you deserve the best when you're ready to buy. You've earned it.<br /><br />We carry Gymboree? brand, The Children's Place? brand, and BabyGap? brand designer sundresses, tank tops, baby dresses, swim covers, and more at discount prices.<br /><br />At Angel Baby Boutique we offer a wide variety of uniquely blended Hand and Body products. These products are designed to smooth, soften and moisturize your skin with natural ingredients such as Emu Oil, Goats Milk, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Hemp Seed Oil, Fennel, Yarrow, and fragrances like Honeysuckle, and Vanilla cream.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.angelbabyboutique.com/" href="http://www.angelbabyboutique.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.angelbabyboutique.com/" alt="" src="http://custom.buyitsellit.com/14324/angel_baby_boutique.gif" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Best Site Contest - Vote For Your Best Site</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>We Have 5 Sites To Pick From for The Best Site Contest starts July 1st.!</strong><br />We will have ONE (1) Winner<br />You can vote up to 2 times<br />You can only vote once for each site<br />You have to use your votes at the same time<br /><br /><br /><strong>Our 5 Sites to vote on are:</strong><br /><a title="http://www.baysbeautyskincare.com/" href="http://www.baysbeautyskincare.com/">Baysbeauty Skin Care</a><br /><a title="http://www.iamtheprincess.com/" href="http://www.iamtheprincess.com/">I Am The Princess</a><br /><a title="http://www.overnightvoice.com/" href="http://www.overnightvoice.com/">Over Night Voice</a><br /><a title="http://valmade.artfire.com/" href="http://valmade.artfire.com/">Valmade.Artfire</a><br /><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/">Organic Gifts By Diana</a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><br /><br />We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.<br /><br /><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> </strong></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Featured Site - Surf4Bargains</div></div></div></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin-left: auto; width: 600px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Starting on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009!</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 600px; height: 98px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_header_600.png" /></div></td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(128, 184, 232);"><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="margin-left: auto; width: 98%; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/">Surf4Bargains</a> has put together a fun Bingo style game of </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">. To play you will need to surf <a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/">Surf4Bargains</a>. While surfing look for random <a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a> Picture Card Pages (see the screenshot on the left). You will need to keep note of each Picture's code for submission purposes. </span><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><br /><br /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">In addition to Credits being awarded there are 10 Great Prizes to be won!<br /><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> The </span><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"></a><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> begins on<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Wednesday, July 1st! </span><br /><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/">Full Details Here</a> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(128, 184, 232);"><br /></td></tr> <tr align="middle"> <td><span style="font-family:Arial;">There are 3 ways to Win...<br /></span> <ul style="margin-left: 80px;"><li style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 154px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/single_line.png" /><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"></a><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a> </li><li style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 131px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/full_card.png" /><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"></a><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a> </li><li style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 114px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/special_line_sm.png" /><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"></a><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a> </li></ul></td></tr> <tr> <td align="middle"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/">For Complete Details - Click Here</a> </span></td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(128, 184, 232);"><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td><img style="width: 78px; height: 29px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/plus.png" /> <img style="width: 447px; height: 53px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/images/Top_Referral_Contest.png" /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Refer your friends so they can join in the fun and you could win $25! Remember you can keep track of the Referral Counts from the Contest page found from the Tools page in the Members Area. The Surfer that refers the most members during the </span><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"></a><a title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" href="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/"><img title="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 99px; height: 25px;" alt="" src="http://www.surf4bargains.com/Surf-INGO/images/surfingo_small.png" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wins $25 </span>paid through PayPal.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.<br /><br />I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.<br /><br /><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum<br /><br /><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20Site%20In%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20Site%20In%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">How To Get Your Banner in TSL Scroll?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I bet you have asked yourself "How Can I Get My Banner in TSL Member Sites Scroll"!<br /><br />That is really easy to do! Just be an active member of The Selling Lounge by posting and your 88x31 banner will be placed up there with the others. Once you become an active member please contact me with your Banner URL and your Site URL.<br /><br />This is just another way that we help each other here on TSL!</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Welcome to Seo Site Checkup!</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Analyze your site to rank better in search engines and get more traffic! You can also analyze all links listed within a given URL. Or, read our articles on the latest SEO trends and social media marketing.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.seositecheckup.com/" href="http://www.seositecheckup.com/">Check This Out!</a><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=1789&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=1789&start=0">You can also visit our discussion in the forum.</a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google?s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Search Engine Strategies</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Write a Page Title</strong>. Write a descriptive title for each page of 5 to 8 words. Remove as many "filler" words from the title, such as "the," "and," etc. This page title will appear hyperlinked on the search engines when your page is found. Entice searchers to click on the title by making it a bit provocative. Place this at the top of the webpage between the HEAD tags. (It also shows on the blue bar at the top of your web browser.)<br /><br />Plan to use some descriptive keywords along with your business name on your home page. Remember, this title is nearly your entire identity on the search engines. The more people see that interests them in the blue hyperlinked words on the search engine, the more likely they are to click on the link.<br /><br /><strong>Write a Description and Keyword META Tag</strong>. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage, using the main keywords and keyphrases on this page. If you include keywords that aren't used on the webpage, you could hurt yourself. Place the Description META Tag at the top of the webpage, between the tags, in this format: Some search engines include this description below your hyperlinked title.<br /><br />Your maximum number of characters should be about 255; just be aware that only the first 60 or so are visible on Google, though more may be indexed.<br /><br /><strong>Include Your Keywords in Header Tags.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Make Sure Your Keywords Are in the First Paragraph of Your Body Text</strong>. Search engines expect that your first paragraph will contain the important keywords for the document -- where most people write an introduction to the content of the page.<br /><br /><strong>Use Keywords in Hyperlinks</strong>. Search engines are looking for clues to the focus of your page. When they see words hyperlinked in your body text, they consider these potentially important, so hyperlink your important keywords and keyphrases. To emphasize it even more, the webpage you are linking to could have a page name with the keyword or keyphrase, such as blue-widget.htm -- another clue for the search engine.<br /><br /><strong>Make Your Navigation System Search Engine Friendly. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Develop Several Pages Focused on Particular Keywords</strong>. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists no longer recommend using external doorway or gateway pages, since nearly duplicate webpages might get you penalized. Rather, develop several webpages on your site, each of which is focused on a different keyword or keyphrase. For example, instead of listing all your services on a single webpage, try developing a separate webpage for each. These pages will rank higher for their keywords since they contain targeted rather than general content. You can't fully optimize all the webpages in your site, but these focused-content webpages you'll want to spend lots of time tweaking to improve their rank.<br /><br /><strong>Submit Your Webpage URL to Search Engines</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Fine-tune with Search Engine Optimization</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Promote Your Local Business on the Internet</strong>. These days many people search for local businesses on the Internet. To make sure they find you include on every page of your website the street address, zip code, phone number.</p> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Helpful Info:</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center - Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone's siggy area. I'm thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have made The Selling Lounge what it is and what it can be. TSL has so many members helping each other and taking part in the many areas of the forum where we have places just for you to help get you out there and noticed.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(88, 124, 186);"><strong>A HUGE SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to our Moderators of The Selling Lounge!</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> whom is someone very special to me is always adding important content to TSL for all of us to better our business and I just can't thank her enough.<br /><br /><strong>OrganicGiftsByDiana</strong> has really whipped us into shape when it comes to the importance of Squidoo and StumbleUpon along with many numerous ways to better our business.<br /><br /><strong>Keleka</strong> and <strong>Vinewood</strong> are true assets to TSL as they are always on the ball making sure that our new members are being welcomed and getting the assistance that they need. Always there to jump in with suggestions to make our forum the friendly place that it is.<br /><br /><strong>loraseverson</strong> has been so kind to take over "The StumbleUpon" Threads for us, so if you have any questions please make sure that you ask. We really want to get everyone to the forum to stumble on each others sites.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a> </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td class="footer" valign="center" align="left" height="20"><br /><p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" border="0" /></a><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" border="0" /></a><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" alt="TSL Help Center" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" border="0" /></a><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%20Lounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%20Lounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%20Lounge" alt="TSL Contact Us" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); text-align: center;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div><br /><p align="center"><img alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/4th_11_HBD_AMER.gif" border="0" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-83383781294453374722009-06-01T10:29:00.000-07:002009-06-01T10:31:09.155-07:00The Selling Lounge June Newsletter<style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --> </style><span class="style1"></span> <table class="bg1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table class="bg2" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr> <td class="header" align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/tsl-newsletter-header.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">June 2009 Newsletter </span></div><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td class="body" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Welcome Selling Lounge Members</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are proud to announce that we have had much interaction in the forum to better our online businesses together as a group. The Selling Lounge members are getting involved in many areas of the forum learning new things as well as getting caught up in helping each other out in many areas.<br /><br />We together, if we all work together; can help each other out by participating in the Squidoo, Stumble Upon, Blogging, etc. Threads in the forum.<br /><br />Diana has been wonderful in helping us out with Squidoo.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=11">Check Out Our Squidoo Threads Here! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br />Lora has just recently so kindly offered to help us out with Stumble Upon.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=67" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=67">Check Out The StumbleUpon Threads Here! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br />If you need help with your online business, come to the forum and get involved with the many threads we have to help you out. If you have a question, ask away and someone will be there for you. The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum where Sellers Help Sellers, so make yourself at home here.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to<br /><strong><a title="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</a></strong>.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Search Engine Strategies</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Write a Page Title</strong>. Write a descriptive title for each page of 5 to 8 words. Remove as many "filler" words from the title, such as "the," "and," etc. This page title will appear hyperlinked on the search engines when your page is found. Entice searchers to click on the title by making it a bit provocative. Place this at the top of the webpage between the HEAD tags. (It also shows on the blue bar at the top of your web browser.)<br /><br />Plan to use some descriptive keywords along with your business name on your home page. Remember, this title is nearly your entire identity on the search engines. The more people see that interests them in the blue hyperlinked words on the search engine, the more likely they are to click on the link.<br /><br /><strong>Write a Description and Keyword META Tag</strong>. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the webpage, using the main keywords and keyphrases on this page. If you include keywords that aren't used on the webpage, you could hurt yourself. Place the Description META Tag at the top of the webpage, between the tags, in this format: Some search engines include this description below your hyperlinked title.<br /><br />Your maximum number of characters should be about 255; just be aware that only the first 60 or so are visible on Google, though more may be indexed.<br /><br /><strong>Include Your Keywords in Header Tags.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Make Sure Your Keywords Are in the First Paragraph of Your Body Text</strong>. Search engines expect that your first paragraph will contain the important keywords for the document -- where most people write an introduction to the content of the page.<br /><br /><strong>Use Keywords in Hyperlinks</strong>. Search engines are looking for clues to the focus of your page. When they see words hyperlinked in your body text, they consider these potentially important, so hyperlink your important keywords and keyphrases. To emphasize it even more, the webpage you are linking to could have a page name with the keyword or keyphrase, such as blue-widget.htm -- another clue for the search engine.<br /><br /><strong>Make Your Navigation System Search Engine Friendly. </strong><br /><br /><strong>Develop Several Pages Focused on Particular Keywords</strong>. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists no longer recommend using external doorway or gateway pages, since nearly duplicate webpages might get you penalized. Rather, develop several webpages on your site, each of which is focused on a different keyword or keyphrase. For example, instead of listing all your services on a single webpage, try developing a separate webpage for each. These pages will rank higher for their keywords since they contain targeted rather than general content. You can't fully optimize all the webpages in your site, but these focused-content webpages you'll want to spend lots of time tweaking to improve their rank.<br /><br /><strong>Submit Your Webpage URL to Search Engines</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Fine-tune with Search Engine Optimization</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Promote Your Local Business on the Internet</strong>. These days many people search for local businesses on the Internet. To make sure they find you include on every page of your website the street address, zip code, phone number.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Linking Strategies</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Links to your site from other sites bring additional traffic. But since Google and other major search engines consider the number of incoming links to your website ("link popularity") as an important factor in ranking, more links will help you rank higher in the search engines, too. Google has introduced a 10-point scale called PageRank (10 is the highest rank) to indicate the quantity and quality of incoming links. All links, however, are not created equal. Links from popular information hubs will help your site rank higher than those from low traffic sites.<br /><br /><strong>Submit Your Site to Key Directories</strong>, since a link from a directory will help your ranking -- and get you traffic. Be sure to list your site in the free Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.com), overseen by overworked volunteer human editors. This hierarchical directory provides content feeds to all the major search engines. Plus it provides a link to your site from an information hub that Google deems important. But don't be impatient and resubmit or you'll go to the end of the queue. <br /><br /><strong>Yahoo! Directory</strong> is another important directory to be listed in. Real humans will read (and too often, pare down) your 200-character sentence, so be very careful and follow their instructions (http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/). Hint: Use somewhat less than the maximum number of characters allowable, so you don't have wordy text that will tempt the Yahoo! editor to begin chopping.<br /><br /><strong>The Selling Lounge Link Directory</strong> where you can add your links.<br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/">TSL 100% FREE SEO Link Directory! </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><strong>Submit Your Site to Industry Sites and Specialized Directories.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Request Reciprocal Links.</strong> Find complementary websites and request a reciprocal link to your site (especially to your free service, if you offer one).<br /><br /><strong>Write Articles for Others to Use in their Newsletters.</strong> You can dramatically increase your visibility when you write articles in your area of expertise and distribute them to editors as free content for their e-mail newsletters or their websites. <br /><br /><strong>Begin a Business Blog. </strong>Want links to your site? Begin a business blog on your website, hosted on your own domain. If you offer excellent content and regular industry comment, people are likely to link to it, increasing your site's PageRank.<br /><br /><strong>Install a "Signature" in your E-Mail Program </strong>to help potential customers get in touch with you. <br /><br /><strong>Publish an E-Mail Newsletter.</strong> While it's a big commitment in time, publishing a monthly e-mail newsletter is one of the very best ways to keep in touch with your prospects, generate trust, develop brand awareness, and build future business. It also helps you collect e-mail addresses from those who visit your site but aren't yet ready to make a purchase. Ask for an e-mail address and first name so you can personalize the newsletter.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Best Site Contest Winner</div><br /><div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Stone Hill Collectibles Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fun to explore and constantly changing assortment of vintage and hard to find items including Vintage and out-of-print Craft Patterns, delicious old Cookbooks, Vintage and antique Jewelry, Vintage Sewing Patterns, Antique Photos & Postcards, Old Buttons, Vintage Sewing Trims, Antique Sheet Music, Bits & Pieces of Ephemera... and who knows what else??<br /><br /><a title="http://www.stonehillcollectibles.com/" href="http://www.stonehillcollectibles.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.stonehillcollectibles.com/" alt="" src="http://www.stone-hill.net/BISI/1743_receiptlogo.gif" width="300" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Best Site Contest Winner</div><br /><div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Mule Wagon! Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</strong></p> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just added: three striking neon beer signs. Add the lovely glow of neon to your home bar or game room. We just added a good old Kenmore sewing machine to the Vintage Sewing Department. Get quality that lasts! Speaking of quality, check out the Kitchen Cutlery for brand name kitchen knives. Dexter, Henckels, Boker, Chicago Cutlery, Case XX - outfit your kitchen with good used knives at bargain prices! <br /><br /><a title="http://www.mulewagon.com/" href="http://www.mulewagon.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.mulewagon.com/" alt="" src="http://custom.buyitsellit.com/16228/mw_forum_logo.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Sign Up To Be Added To The Best Site Contest</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking. <br /><br /><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1600">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> </strong></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">The Winner of the 10,000th Posts Contest is CruiseReady</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">CruiseReady Picked 05/14/09 and our 10,000th post was posted on May 16th by Keleka! CruiseReady picked the closest date that we would post our 10,000th post without going over.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" alt="" src="http://custom.buyitsellit.com/3490/cruise-ready-logo3.png" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Just by CruiseReady participating and becoming a winner her site is featured on the main page of The Selling Lounge.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Posting Contest</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge is having a Posting Contest !<br />This will run for TWO (2) full months!<br />May 1st - June 30th<br /><br />The idea behind this fun contest is to get the members into the forum reading all of the important information that we have here for you to better your online business and to help others as well. To get you to welcome new members, to get involved with the Squidoo threads, StumbleUpon Threads, write about your site, ADD helpful information for others, and by getting involved to better your business.<br /><br /><strong>Posting Contest Extra Bonus Points:</strong> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252&start=0" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252&start=0">Go to the forum here </a>and post that you read The Selling Lounge Newsletter and you get 100 Extra Points.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252">Sign Up Here </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">How To Get Your Banner in TSL Scroll?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I bet you have asked yourself "How Can I Get My Banner in TSL Member Sites Scroll"!<br /><br />That is really easy to do! Just be an active member of The Selling Lounge by posting and your 88x31 banner will be placed up there with the others. Once you become an active member please contact me with your Banner URL and your Site URL.<br /><br />This is just another way that we help each other here on TSL!</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Featured Site - ReallySmartDeals</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Reallysmartdeals Will Show your site to 1,000's of Potential Shoppers<br /><br /><a title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006"><br /><img title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" alt="" src="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/savimages/ban3.gif" width="468" border="0" height="60" /></a><br /><br />1st I would like to thank Bays (Debi) for featuring Reallysmartdeals. This is great. Bays is always helping others. Thank you Bays. I just can't say it enough.<br /><br /><a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">ReallySmartDeals.com</a>! Shopping Manual Traffic, Banner and Text Exchange. We have been online since December 21 2004. The thing I love the most about Reallysmartdeals is all the great people I have meant over the years. We are like family. I also help by prompting the members stores and sites all over the internet in the form of text ads and banner ads. I just started a group on Ning <a title="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/">http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/</a> <br /><br />Be sure to read our newsletter. This is where we feature the top ten surfers each week and much more. <a title="http://reallysmartdealsnewsletter.blogspot.com/" href="http://reallysmartdealsnewsletter.blogspot.com/">http://reallysmartdealsnewsletter.blogspot.com/</a> <br /><br />Reallysmartdeals has many tools to help you grow your business. Connect with excited customers who are ready to buy on <a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">Reallysmartdeals.com</a> We Promote Real Sellers Selling Actual Products Online<br />Increase Your Sales and Business Presence -<br /><a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">ReallySmartDeals.com</a>! will help your businesses STAND OUT and be NOTICED<br />ReallySmartDeals is a niche site for shoppers and sellers.<br /><a title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006"><br /><img title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" alt="" src="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/savimages/rsd250b.gif" width="250" border="0" height="250" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">ReallySmartDeals.com</a> is a way of thinking about surfing and shopping online. It takes the traffic exchange technology and applies it to shopping. However, the similarities stop there. At <a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">ReallySmartDeals.com</a>, we list only legitimate clients with something to sell. For example, a hobbyist sits for hours making a unique product. Maybe, you collect coins and would like to sell a few. Or you are an artist or craftsman? Get the idea? <strong><br /><br />We provide a place to market the product while making it easy for shoppers.</strong> The possibilities are virtually endless. We have provided this service because of the great need to make selling, shopping and buying an easy process. We know there are many people who have products to sell. We also know there are many people who are in the buying mood. Here it is made easy.<br /><br /><strong>You do not have to wade through mounds of unrelated websites to find actual products.</strong> We have already screened out non- shopping and non-selling sites.<br /><br />We provide a place to market your products for free. We only allow auctions, auction stores, auction sites, shopping websites, affiliate programs that are related to shopping in some way and recourses for shopping.<br /><br />What will <a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">ReallySmartDeals.com</a> do for my business? Promote your business with today's most effective online advertising technology Dramatically increase your search engine visibility with ReallySmartDeals - Connect with excited customers who are ready to buy.<br />There are many more benefits for members more exposure and more clicks and sales to your stores and auctions.<br /><br />The additional revenue for you is increased sales. You are giving your potential buyer another benefit and another reason to buy from you. <br /><br />Get noticed in all the major search engines Reach more prospective customers Drive high-quality traffic to your website Maximize your moneymaking opportunities Target people interested in your products and services Eliminate wasted advertising spend Save yourself years of research and costly mistakes Grow your business in less time Tap into your built-in audience Put your business in front of the right people at the right time Really Products for Real People Sell, Buy, Browse Look at your own speed All sites are screened for safe surfing<br /><br /><strong>NOTE: </strong>Join our growing community and generate some traffic for your auctions & websites today! <a title="http://reallysmartdeals.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.com/">Click here to join! </a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006"><br /><img title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58006" alt="" src="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/savimages/rsd250a.gif" width="250" border="0" height="250" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/" href="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/">http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/</a><br /><br /><a title="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/group/reallysmartdeals" href="http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/group/reallysmartdeals"><br />http://reallysmartdeals.ning.com/group/reallysmartdeals</a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Featured Site - Vendio</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a title="http://www.vendio.com/" href="http://www.vendio.com/">Vendio </a>The Vendio Platform is a complete eCommerce solution that enables merchants to quickly sell products across multiple online sales channels including eBay, Amazon, Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Google, and their own online store. The Platform includes a <a title="http://www.vendio.com/ecommerce/platform/stores" href="http://www.vendio.com/ecommerce/platform/stores" target="_blank">robust, feature-rich online store</a>, Google Base product distribution as well as item, order and customer management for FREE. Regardless of whether a merchant sells 10 or 10,000 items in their Vendio store – they pay no web hosting fees, image hosting fees, listing fees or success fees. If a merchant wants to reach more buyers in places where they shop, such as eBay, Amazon or comparison shopping engines then they can easily extend the Platform to marketplaces for $10 a month plus a percentage of total sales.<br /><br />For merchants interested in extending the Vendio Platform to marketplaces, Vendio is currently offering a 60 Day Trial. Along with the trial comes a great bonus – Vendio is waiving its Amazon fees for the rest of 2009.<br /><br />To learn more, visit <a title="http://www.vendio.com/" href="http://www.vendio.com/" target="_blank">www.vendio.com</a>.</p><a title="http://www.vendio.com/" href="http://www.vendio.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.vendio.com/" alt="" src="http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/35000323/view/Vendio_Banners_MCb-468-60.gif" border="0" /></a> <p> </p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Keleka 's Kollections Jewelry & The Selling Lounge</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would like to start this post by saying this posting is long overdue. Above you will find a banner that will navigate you to one of my favorite places called the <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">Selling Lounge</a>. This is a friendly forum where Sellers help Sellers.<br /><br />I am proud to say I am a moderator at the <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">Selling Lounge</a> and I truly love it. Here you will find such amazing people who are willing to help you succeed with your on line business with such sincerity it is actually mind blowing ! <br /><br />In this forum I have said more than once and with no doubt more than twice, without this lounge/forum <a title="http://kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://kelekaskollections.com/">Keleka's Kollections</a> would not be up and running. I started this business due to a home based jewelry business where my clients would ask me "Why don't you have a website" so I then decided to put my jewelry on a website...Well it is not that simple, there is marketing, learning how to submit to major search engines, using the correct keywords, tagging, RSS feeds,blogging etc. the list is endless! This is where I feel a angel guided me towards the Selling Lounge and once I found it I stayed! <br /><br />The Selling Lounge owner Debi has the patience of a saint and through countless emails has taught me new informative strategies to help my website grow in the direction I had planned. Also in the lounge you will find on-line sellers who go out of their way to help you if you have a problem and they do this effortless, I know now these are all people which whom I never met or spoke with I can now without question call my friends. Having been a moderator at the Selling Lounge for a long time , I can only tell you I am with some of the hardest working people in this industry. On-line business owners who never give up , they remain optimistic even when things sometimes aren't going as well as they should. Along with many categories in this lounge pertaining to business you will also find games, Learning New Organic Tips with Diana, Dancing with the Stars, Jokes from Vinewood, Who ate what for Dinner, What is in your backyard, A place for prayers for our members who may not feeling be well, Birthdays, American Idol, Shout outs with Keleka, Contests,you name it's there. In fact if you see something that is missing you can join and then start your own thread. You will also receive the friendliest Welcome on the Internet from such Warm sincere people who really care.<br /><br />I am happy to say I now have a few successful on line businesses and a customer base which I am so proud of. I pride myself with customer care being the number one priority. As a owner of on-line businesses I can honestly say each sale still feels like the first sale. Words cannot explain the honor I feel when someone places a purchase on my site. The feeling is not describable! In Closing I will say I continue learning something new everyday here at the <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">Selling Lounge</a> and again I know for a fact I would not still be selling online if it was not for the Selling Lounge. Do yourself a favor and come join the this fantastic forum where you will learn how to navigate your websites to the direction in which you plan and have fun doing it at the same time!<br /><br /><a title="http://kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://kelekaskollections.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://kelekaskollections.com/" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcORqcKtk3Yaa5tsInWfoGz3l8weKX2dhShxojn9h8EBcZTOe86hGhHPF21wg6XC0VoYJ_PT7iRONdSAhJBFXLmMH58QRH_irTJVaQ_icWbhb1Zr2pH10b59yZMfnkqmuqDXULakPa6g/s320/Kelekas-sm-siggy.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.<br /><br />I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.<br /><br /><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br />5. You must be an active member in the forum <br /><br /><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured SiteIn The Selling Lounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20SiteIn%20The%20Selling%20Lounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Helpful Info:</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center - Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone's siggy area. I'm thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have made The Selling Lounge what it is and what it can be. TSL has so many members helping each other and taking part in the many areas of the forum where we have places just for you to help get you out there and noticed.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(88, 124, 186);"><strong>A HUGE SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to our Moderators of The Selling Lounge!</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> whom is someone very special to me is always adding important content to TSL for all of us to better our business and I just can't thank her enough.<br /><br /><strong>OrganicGiftsByDiana</strong> has really whipped us into shape when it comes to the importance of Squidoo and StumbleUpon along with many numerous ways to better our business. <br /><br /><strong>Keleka</strong> and <strong>Vinewood</strong> are true assets to TSL as they are always on the ball making sure that our new members are being welcomed and getting the assistance that they need. Always there to jump in with suggestions to make our forum the friendly place that it is. <br /><br /><strong>loraseverson</strong> has been so kind to take over "The StumbleUpon" Threads for us, so if you have any questions please make sure that you ask. We really want to get everyone to the forum to stumble on each others sites.</p><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register">Register Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php">Log In Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html">How Do I Register?</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html">How Submit A Link?</a> </li></ul> <p> </p></div></div></div></div></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td class="footer" valign="center" align="left" height="20"><br /><p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" alt="TSL Help Center" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=SellingLounge" alt="TSL Contact Us" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); text-align: center;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div> <p> </p><br /><p align="center"><img alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/fathersday.gif" border="0" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="style1">--<br />Thank You, The Selling Lounge</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-2686367503327197822009-05-01T06:25:00.000-07:002009-05-01T13:07:12.091-07:00The Selling Lounge May 2009 Newsletter<span><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr> <td align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/tsl-newsletter-header.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:x-small;" >May 2009 Newsletter </span></div><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Best Site Contest Winner</div><br /><div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>Jubilee Homespun Fabric Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</strong></p> <p face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="12px" style="color: rgb(63, 60, 59);">Homespun fabric is fabric that is woven in a style similar to the fabrics that primitive women used when weaving their own fabrics at home. Thus the name "homespun" was phrased.<br /><br />While today's homespuns are usually manufactured in factories, the unique style of weaving colored threads together to form a pattern still remains the primary characteristic of all homespuns. A homespun fabric is usually all cotton and can be identified by the fact that there is no front or back to the fabric. The design is in the color of the threads so both sides are the same. True homespuns are always either plaid, stripe or solid.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.jubileehomespun.com/" href="http://www.jubileehomespun.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.jubileehomespun.com/" alt="" src="http://www.jubileehomespun.com/images/layout/inspriationheader.png" width="300" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Best Site Contest Winner</div><br /><div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/ribbon.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></div> <p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><strong>My Lil Guyz! Best Site Contest Winner</strong></p> <p face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="12px" style="color: rgb(63, 60, 59);">We are a store created by a mom of two boys! I love to shop online, especially after I had my boys. Taking them out with me to stores was stressful. So to me, online shopping is beneficial. My problem..... finding stores that have a great supply of items for boys and a great selection of different styles. I would usually go to 3 or more sites to find what I'm looking for. So, with my background in production and merchandising, I've decided to open my own online store. An exclusive store for boys!<br /><br />We have a secure website thru Digicert. Our certificate is located at checkout. Bookmark us, and stop by often as we plan to add brand new designer and boutique clothes, toys, gifts, and great stuff for moms too.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.mylilguyz.com/" href="http://www.mylilguyz.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.mylilguyz.com/" alt="" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/11889_logo.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Sign Up To Be Added To The Best Site Contest</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" target="_blank">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1259" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1259" target="_blank">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1264" target="_blank">Please Read Our New Best Site Contest Rules!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">When Do You Think We Will Hit 10,000 Posts Contest</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The member that is closest to the date of when The Selling Lounge will hit the 10,000th post without going over will get their banner placed on the top and bottom of the site for ONE FULL MONTH.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1238&p=6514#p6514" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1238&p=6514#p6514" target="_blank">Pick Your Date Here </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Posting Contest</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge is going to have a Posting Contest!<br />This will run for TWO (2) full months!<br />May 1st - June 30th<br /><br />The idea behind this fun contest is to get the members into the forum reading all of the important information that we have here for you to better your online business and to help others as well. To get you to welcome new members, to get involved with the Squidoo threads, StumbleUpon Threads, write about your site, ADD helpful information for others, and by getting involved to better your business.<br /><br /><strong>Posting Contest Extra Bonus Points:</strong> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252&start=0" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252&start=0" target="_blank">Go to the forum here </a>and post that you read The Selling Lounge Newsletter and you get 100 Extra Points.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1252" target="_blank">Sign Up Here </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">How To Get Your Banner in TSL Scroll?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I bet you have asked yourself "How Can I Get My Banner in TSL Member Sites Scroll"!<br /><br />That is really easy to do! Just be an active member of The Selling Lounge by posting and your 88x31 banner will be placed up there with the others. Once you become an active member please contact me with your Banner URL and your Site URL.<br /><br />This is just another way that we help each other here on TSL!</p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Featured Site</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a title="https://www.thevintagescarf.com/" href="https://www.thevintagescarf.com/" target="_blank">The Vintage Scarf </a>Is An Exclusive Online Vintage Clothing Store Which Specializes in Women's Vintage Scarves And Scarf Accessories Nothing equals the quality of my 1930's to 1980's captivating Vintage Scarves. I personally inspect every single scarf before it is put on my shop.<br /><br />The Vintage Scarf is just that "Vintage" the real deal! My scarves and scarf accessories are not handmade. They are 100% Vintage.<br /><br />Scarfs are back in a big way this season so dazzle all of your friends with you classy Elegant Style!</p><a title="https://www.thevintagescarf.com/" href="https://www.thevintagescarf.com/" target="_blank"><img title="https://www.thevintagescarf.com/" alt="TheVintageScarf" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/TheVintageScarfBanner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Why Are Forums So Important</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Forums are a great place to share your ideas, learn, interact and advertise for free. They are a good medium to discuss, and make friends with people who share a common interest, and in our case it happens to be selling online.<br /><br />Participating in forums in your niche is a great idea, if you want to drive some traffic to your website and create some valuable back links.<br /><br />With forums, it is very important that you remain active. Contribute on a daily basis and try giving outstanding pieces of advice to fellow members of the forum. It is also important that you position yourself as an expert in your niche. The main reason here is to earn some value and credibility. When people notice that you have something to offer, they will come visit your website and some will buy the products you recommend.<br /><br />Forums allow members to add what is called a signature file to their posts, so anytime you summit a new post or comment on someone's post, a link linking back to their website appears at the bottom of the post. Just as in article writing where your article is your Give and your Resource box is your take, with Forums, the good advice you provide is your give, while your signature file is your take. Put your full information and if possible contact details in your signature file.<br /><br />The unique links to your website which you generate while posting messages on forums can be of some help to you as far as <strong>Search Engine Optimization </strong>(SEO) is concerned. The search engine spiders crawl forums and will give your website a high rank based on the links you have in your signature files. So make sure you include your signature file in all your posts.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1050" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1050" target="_blank">You can read this article in it's entirety here: </a></p><br /><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Featured Site</div><a title="http://buyitsellit.com/" href="http://buyitsellit.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://buyitsellit.com/" alt="" src="http://www.buyitsellit.com/public/images/logotype.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is where I (Diana) have my store and they are a great host.<br />You can do like I did and start out with the FREE store and list up to 10 items. You still get to have custom templates, up to 100 pages of information ... and so many other great features too for free. This allows you to get familiar with setting up and running an online store and figuring out how to do things WITHOUT spending a penny.<br /><br />Later, when you feel more comfortable with being a store owner, you can upgrade your store to have unlimited product listings.<br /><br /><strong>buyitsellit makes selling online simple and fun!</strong><br /><br />Whether you are new to selling online or a seasoned veteran, we have all the tools you need to establish your online store in moments. Just a few of our features include order & customer management, sales reports, visitor statistics, multiple payment processors, customizable design, SEO optimization, built in email marketing, PDF receipts, real-time postage calculation via USPS. UPS and FedEx, Google Base feeds, domain hosting.<br /><br /><strong>Click one of these links to get your own store:</strong><br /><a title="http://app.buyitsellit.com/?ref=OrganicGiftsByDiana" href="http://app.buyitsellit.com/?ref=OrganicGiftsByDiana" target="_blank">OrganicGiftsByDiana Affiliate Link</a><br /><a title="http://app.buyitsellit.com/?ref=cruiseready" href="http://app.buyitsellit.com/?ref=cruiseready" target="_blank">Cruiseready's Store Affiliate Link</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>* BISI is always adding new features and improvements.</strong><br />Now there is a Customer Accounts feature, which allows customers to establish their own password protected account is they wish. If they choose to sign-up, it will allow them to check out more quickly (without having to fill in their shipping and billing address info every time): check on the status of their order; save items in their cart for later purchase; and sign up (or not) for a "MadMimi" newsletter. This will also allow the store owner to better keep track of their customers' shopping patterns. This feature is optional<br /><br />There is even an option that allows you to offer coupons to your customers. There are so many options for buyitsellit store owners and probably even more in the works.<br /><br />You can accept Google Checkout, Amazon Payments, Authorize .net, Propay, PayPal, PayPal Pro, COD, Check and Money Order. You can ship through USPS, UPS and FedEx. You can choose either flat rate shipping or calculated shipping based on weight. Then, just modify/adjust shipping for handling fees.<br /><br />Your buyitsellit stores connect directly to Google Analytics, Google Base. This means that BiSi automatically sends your product listings to Google for you. If you sell on eBay, you can even add a link to your eBay listings if you like<br /><br />Now that you can see all the these wonder features, and you try it out for FREE, why not try it out right now ?</p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter?</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.<br /><br />I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.<br /><br /><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br /><br /><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured+Site+In+The+Selling%0ALounge+Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured+Site+In+The+Selling%0ALounge+Newsletter" target="_blank">Contact Me About Your Site! </a></p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">Helpful Info:</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center - Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone's siggy area. I'm thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who have made The Selling Lounge what it is and what it can be. TSL has so many members helping each other and taking part in the many areas of the forum where we have places just for you to help get you out there and noticed.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(88, 124, 186);"><strong>A HUGE SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to our Moderators of The Selling Lounge!</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles</strong> whom is someone very special to me is always adding important content to TSL for all of us to better our business and I just can't thank her enough.<br /><br /><strong>OrganicGiftsByDiana</strong> has really whipped us into shape when it comes to the importance of Squidoo and StumbleUpon along with many numerous ways to better out business.<br /><br /><strong>Keleka</strong> and <strong>Vinewood</strong> are true assets to TSL as they are always on the ball making sure that our new members are being welcomed and getting the assistance that they need. Always there to jump in with suggestions to make our forum the friendly place that it is.</p><br /><br /><div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186);">The Selling Lounge Directory</div> <p style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(63, 60, 59); font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</p> <ul><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/profile.php?mode=register" target="_blank">Register Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/login.php" target="_blank">Log In Here</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html" target="_blank">How Do I Register?</a> </li><li><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html" target="_blank">How Submit A Link?</a></li></ul> <p> </p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="center" align="left" height="20"><br /><p align="center"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sellinglounge-home.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory" alt="TSL Link Directory.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/link-directory.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" alt="TSL Help Center" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%0ALounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%0ALounge" target="_blank"><img title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%0ALounge" alt="TSL Contact Us" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/contact-us.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p> <div style="padding: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color: white; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(88, 124, 186); text-align: center;">SellingLounge.com @ Copyright 2008</div> <p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/m6.gif" border="0" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-14393637706314692222009-04-01T13:18:00.000-07:002009-04-01T13:19:36.586-07:00The Selling Lounge April 2009 Newsletter<style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } --> </style><p> </p> <table class="bg1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table class="bg2" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr></tr> <tr> <td class="header" align="middle"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/header.jpg" width="600" border="0" height="150" /></a> <div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">April 2009 Newsletter </span></div><br /><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td class="body" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mainbar" valign="top" align="left"> <p> </p> <div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/best-site.jpg" width="100" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></span></div><a title="http://www.livviescorner.com/" href="http://www.livviescorner.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.livviescorner.com/" alt="" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/8297_logo.png" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em>Best Site Contest Winner - 1st Place!</em></strong><br />"At Livvie's Corner we sell clothing for girls, infants through little girls (4- 6X). We specialize in the fantastic styles from Rare Editions and Bonnie Jean. At Livvie's Corner, we carry adorable, quality dresses, outfits and sets at affordable prices."<br /><br />Our customers are important to us. Our #1 goal is to always provide great customer service. Please, relax and take a look around..<br /><a title="http://www.livviescorner.com/" href="http://www.livviescorner.com/">Visit Livvies Corner Here</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><p> </p> <div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/best-site.jpg" width="100" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></span></div><a title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" alt="" src="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/includes/templates/olive_green_zen/images/logo.gif" width="400" border="0" /></a><br />At Vintage Rose Collectibles I aim to please you. I search high and low for collectibles that are vintage, cute and affordable. <br /><br />You can also shop with confidence that your information is secure here and that your credit card information is not logged on my website, since you will either use paypal or google checkout. I do combine shipping and if there is anything you are looking for, please let me know and I will do my best in locating it for you.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by. Barbara<br /><a title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/">Visit Vintage Rose Collectibles Here</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/announcements.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Sign Up To Be Added To The Best Site Contest </strong></span><br /><br />We have a Best Site Contest each month and would love if everyone could participate in this fun activity. This not only gets visitors to your sites, but also get visitors looking at what you have for sale and helps up your page ranking.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810&start=0">Sign Up Here For The Best Site Contest: </a><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1124" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1124">Vote Here For The Best Site Contest Going On Now!</a> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://baysbeautygraphicdesigns.com/images/read-more.gif" width="8" height="8" /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/announcements.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Why Are Forums So Important </strong></span><br />Forums are a great place to share your ideas, learn, interact and advertise for free. They are a good medium to discuss, and make friends with people who share a common interest, and in our case it happens to be selling online.<br /><br />Participating in forums in your niche is a great idea, if you want to drive some traffic to your website and create some valuable back links.<br /><br />With forums, it is very important that you remain active. Contribute on a daily basis and try giving outstanding pieces of advice to fellow members of the forum. It is also important that you position yourself as an expert in your niche. The main reason here is to earn some value and credibility. When people notice that you have something to offer, they will come visit your website and some will buy the products you recommend.<br /><br />Forums allow members to add what is called a signature file to their posts, so anytime you summit a new post or comment on someone's post, a link linking back to their website appears at the bottom of the post. Just as in article writing where your article is your Give and your Resource box is your take, with Forums, the good advice you provide is your give, while your signature file is your take. Put your full information and if possible contact details in your signature file. <br /><br />The unique links to your website which you generate while posting messages on forums can be of some help to you as far as <strong>Search Engine Optimization </strong>(SEO) is concerned. The search engine spiders crawl forums and will give your website a high rank based on the links you have in your signature files. So make sure you include your signature file in all your posts. <br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1050" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=1050">You can read this article in it's entirety here: </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/featured-site.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Bonanzle </span><br /><em>Article by Shar's Boutique <br /></em>It is rare to have an opportunity to join a website in it's puberty and ride the wave to it's maturity and hopefuly old age. Bonanzle is that site and I am so proud to be a part of what will be the greatest site on the web. My journey began in October 2008 and since then the member count has grown from 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 and recently 40,000 with over 1.5 million items listed. Sometimes the item count goes down drastically and everyone wonders why. It happens because the Boyz of Bonanzle actually monitor this site and have no problem deleting fake items and sometimes 'fake' sellers.<br /><br />There are a group of Bonanzlers who have heard the calling so to speak. Why don't we get a bunch of Bonanzlers together in Seattle and have lunch with the Boyz? Why don't we get a bunch of Bonanzlers together in Mobile and have an auction with all proceeds going to St. Judes? Why don't we get a bunch of Bonanzlers together in Wichita and have speakers talk about helpful ways to make it on Bonanzle? Well, that is all being done as we speak! A big 'Thank You' goes out to Scott Pooler who created a special website that showcases all BonanzleUp events. If you are interested in attending any of these events, please go to <a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/">www.bonanzle.com</a> for contact information for each event.<br /><br />I could go on for hours talking about all of the exciting things that are happening at Bonanzle, but I would rather you find them out for yourself. Joining is free, listing is free with a teeny weeny FVF fee when an item is sold. And then there are the forums, a never ending collection of posts. Anyone who has a question usually has an answer within minutes. 'We Are Family' pretty much sums up the feeling you get when you become a Bonanzler. Try it, you'll love it. <a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/">www.bonanzle.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/announcements.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Do You Want Your Site Featured In Our Newsletter? </strong></span><br />If you are interested in having your site featured in our Newsletter please submit to me why you think your site should be featured in The Selling Lounge Newsletter along with a brief description of your site no more than about a paragraph in length.<br /><br />I will go through all submitted sites and pick which one will be added to the upcoming Newsletter. I will save all submitted sites to be featured in upcoming Newsletters.<br /><br /><strong>I will need the following for your site submittal:</strong><br />1. The name of your site<br />2. The URL of your site<br />3. The Description of your site<br />4. A Banner for your site no wider than 500px<br /><br /><a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured Site In The SellingLounge Newsletter" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Featured%20Site%20In%20The%20SellingLounge%20Newsletter">Contact Me About Your Site! </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/announcements.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Helpful Info: </strong></span><br />The Selling Lounge appreciates all members adding helpful content to the forum to help others and I strongly encourage it.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome Members</span></strong><br />Please stop by the Member Center - Introduction Corner to welcome new members from time to time. This not only is a kind gesture, but a way to get to know other sellers and to get your links out there.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your Signature</span></strong><br />The Selling Lounge gives a great deal of space in your signature to place many links to your selling venues, so please add your links. This is a wonderful way to get your links searched by search engines.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Banners In Siggys</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!! </span></strong><br />Please check the size of your banners in your signature as we are going to limit the size in everyone's siggy area. I'm thinking the size limit for banners should be no larger than 140px (height) by 500px (wide). Members have to scroll too much because of the siggy area and I would love for all of us to take the time to fix the size of our banners. I will allow ample time for us to clean up this area. Thank You for your cooperation in this matter.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Special Thank You</span></strong><br />I want to take this time to thank everyone who has taken the time to voice their opinions of what they like and dislike of the forum set up. We are in the process of the new face lift and changes with many of your ideas at hand. Please know that we can't make every change, however we are trying to give you what you want in a forum. The new forum should be live in a few days and hope you enjoy the new look we will have.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/tsl-directory.jpg" border="0" /><br />The Selling lounge Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory and Human Edited. 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Click on the Trophy above.<br /><br /><a title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" target="_blank">VintageRoseCollectibles</a><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/yellowsand1964" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/yellowsand1964" target="_blank">YellowSand1964</a><br /><a title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" target="_blank">Sportscards 4 All</a><br /><a title="http://www.livviescorner.com/" href="http://www.livviescorner.com/" target="_blank">Livvies Corner</a><br /><a title="http://kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://kelekaskollections.com/" target="_blank">kelekas Kollections</a><br /><a title="http://www.redroseboutique.com/" href="http://www.redroseboutique.com/" target="_blank">Red Rose Boutique</a><br /><a title="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/" href="http://twicearoundbooks.chshops.com/" target="_blank">Twice Around Books</a><br /><a title="http://candletart.com/" href="http://candletart.com/" target="_blank">Candle Tart</a><br /><a title="http://www.advertiseyourauctionsfree.com/" href="http://www.advertiseyourauctionsfree.com/" target="_blank">AdvertiseYourAuctionsFree</a><br />Sew Sew On Alsoshop<br /></span></p> <p> </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Best Site Contest</span></strong><br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=821" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=821">Vote Here For Your Best Site!</a><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">I want to thank everyone for participating in our first monthy <strong>The Best Site Contest</strong>, I think we all had fun checking out the sites and what products they have.<br /><br />This is going to be something that I want to do monthly because it not only gets traffic to your sites, but it gets people looking at your products and possibly sales to your site. Not to mention that the winner gets his or her banner places on the front of The Selling Lounge for a full month being seen by spiders, bots and visitors.<br /><br />Thanks Again! <br /><br />Stop by and vote for The Best Site Contest Going On Now:<br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=821" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=821" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br />Stop by and sign up for The Best Site Contest here:<br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=810" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br /><br /></span></p> <p> </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Thank You For The Articles</span></strong><br /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">I want to thank<strong> Organically Yours, Diana</strong> for doing the article on Squidoo and the Article By <strong>Sheila - CruiseReady</strong> on PASSWORD SECURITY! These are both very important articles and I wish that you would take the time and read over them.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Bonanzle </span></strong><br /><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868"><img title="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868" alt="" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/baysdesigns/Bonanzle-ad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist"><span title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist" style="color: white;"><strong title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist">Recent Changes at Bonanzle</strong></span></a> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><br /><br /></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/"><img title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/organic-gifts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><img title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/download/file.php?avatar=62_1221242472.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" alt="" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00sportscardsallMM125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/"><img title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/kelekas2-125x125.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://baysdesigns.com/" href="http://baysdesigns.com/"><img title="http://baysdesigns.com/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/bg_125x125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/welcome.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Please stop by The Welcome Thread and make all of our new members fill right at home here, I'm sure they would appreciate it.<br /><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/help-center.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/sld.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td width="75%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr><img alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/padbannr.gif" /><br /><br /><td width="100%"><strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">The Selling Lounge Best Site Contest! </span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"></span> <div class="content" id="indexDefaultMainContent"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/best-site.jpg" align="left" border="0" hspace="10" /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">This last month we had our first Best Site Contest!<br />And The Winner Is <strong>CRUISE READY STORE</strong>!<br /><br /><strong><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" target="_blank">CRUISE READY STORE</a></strong><br />Cruise Ready Store is a specialty store carrying a selection of items of interest to the cruising community. If you’re looking for Cruise Accessories or Memorabilia, Cruise Ready is ready for you! <br /><br /><strong>Established:</strong> March 26, 2008, to share a love of cruising with likeminded souls, and help others to always be Cruise Ready. <br /><br /><strong>Owner:</strong> A cranky old lady who is fortunate to live within minutes of a sea port. She and her oh-so patient husband have taken around 30 cruises, and are always ready for their next one. She is also a Steward (moderator) on one of the net’s most popular cruise forums, <a title="http://www.cruiselinefans.com/" href="http://www.cruiselinefans.com/" target="_blank">Cruiselinefans.com</a>. A successful business owner for 14 years, Cruise Ready Store is her latest entrepreneurial venture. <br /><br /><strong>Location:</strong> <a title="outbind://140-0000000003FEEC60D0D1B247A78EFB5B4CE1E0D524FE9100/www.CruiseReadyStore.com" href="www.CruiseReadyStore.com" target="_blank">www.CruiseReadyStore.com</a> <br /><br /><strong><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Bon-Voyage-CRUISE-GIFTS_29977/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Bon-Voyage-CRUISE-GIFTS_29977/?page1" target="_blank">Cruise Gear</a></strong><br />We have things you just might find indispensible for on your next cruise, from <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Cruise-Shirts_126655/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Cruise-Shirts_126655/?page1" target="_blank">Cruise Shirts </a>and <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Beach-Swim-gear_75181/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Beach-Swim-gear_75181/?page1" target="_blank">swim cover-ups </a>for day to evening accessories for formal night, like <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=evening+bag" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=evening+bag" target="_blank">evening bags</a>, formal snoods, <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=nautical+mens+jewelry" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=nautical+mens+jewelry" target="_blank">nautical cuff links and tie bars</a>, and more.<br /><br />Take some of our <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/product/89459/Gin-Gins-Double-Strength-Ginger-Hard-Candy_79777.html" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/product/89459/Gin-Gins-Double-Strength-Ginger-Hard-Candy_79777.html" target="_blank">Ginger candies</a> along just in case of rough seas, and we have <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=lanyards" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/search_0/?page1&s=&search=lanyards" target="_blank">lanyards </a>with holders for your ship ID card.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Bon-Voyage-CRUISE-GIFTS_29977/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Bon-Voyage-CRUISE-GIFTS_29977/?page1" target="_blank">Bon Voyage Gifts</a><br />While just about any one of our items would make a great gift for an avid cruiser, we do have a small selection of especially made up Bon Voyage Cruise Gift packs … complete with Bon Voyage gift tags.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/CRUISE-MEMENTOS_25572/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/CRUISE-MEMENTOS_25572/?page1" target="_blank">Cruise Mementos</a><br />We have a very nice, and nicely growing, collection of cruise mementos for you to choose from. You’ll find items from <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Carnival-and-Princess_74787/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Carnival-and-Princess_74787/?page1" target="_blank">Carnival and Princess</a>, <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/RCCL-and-Celebrity_74790/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/RCCL-and-Celebrity_74790/?page1" target="_blank">Royal Caribbean and Celebrity,</a> <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Cunard_74789/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Cunard_74789/?page1" target="_blank">Cunard</a>, <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Holland-America_74795/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Holland-America_74795/?page1" target="_blank">Holland America</a>, <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Norwegian-Cruise-Line_74791/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Norwegian-Cruise-Line_74791/?page1" target="_blank">Norwegian</a>, and <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Other-Lines-Ships_74792/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/Other-Lines-Ships_74792/?page1" target="_blank">other lines</a>. Come and browse any time… you’re sure to see something that will bring back memories.<br /><br />See <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/NEW-at-CruiseReady_57791/?page1" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/products/NEW-at-CruiseReady_57791/?page1" target="_blank">what’s new</a> at Cruise Ready today… you might find a perfect tote bag, or that travel alarm clock you’ve been meaning to get – or maybe a memento to cherish from a ship you’ve cruised or one you wish you could have. <br /><br />And, speaking of new . . . if you’re new to cruising, be sure to check out our <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/pages/cruisingtips" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/pages/cruisingtips" target="_blank">Tips for New Cruisers</a>, and <a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/pages/cruisinglinks" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/pages/cruisinglinks" target="_blank">Cruising Links</a> pages.<br /><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/"><img title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" alt="" src="http://images.buyitsellit.com/3490_logo.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(90, 112, 151);"><strong>As a special Thank You, I have a Cruise Ready Store coupon code for 10% off any March purchase (no minimum purchase required) that is for members of the Selling Lounge. Just PM me here on TSL, or use the Contact form on my site, and tell me your Selling Lounge username when asking for the code, and I'll send it to you.<br /><br />Sheila</strong> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Verdana;">What is so great about Squidoo?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><em>Article By OrganicGiftsByDiana</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">I'm glad you asked! Squidoo is a combination of a website - a blog - a newsletter - and a photo album...<br /><br />1.) Creating a lens is very easy.<br /><br />2.) It is <strong>100% FREE</strong><br /><br />3.) It is another way to link to your online store which gives you more credit as far as the web spiders are concerned - speaking of those little crawlers - they LOVE Squidoo and visit often so if you want your store noticed, link to it on a Squidoo lens.<br /><br />4.) Need a place for your customers to be able to leave comments about your store? Or, do you want to get opinions about what is the hottest new color? Or, do you want to ask "Would you wear this?" (The applications for your business are endless and doing these things separate from your store will keep your store looking more professional.) Then make a lens for things like those too like I did - Here's mine so you can see what I mean : <a title="http://www.squidoo.com/handmade-perfumes-soaps-and-etcetera-by-Diana" href="http://www.squidoo.com/handmade-perfumes-soaps-and-etcetera-by-Diana" target="_blank">Click Here To Check Out Mine</a><br /><br />5.) Are you looking for new customers and just hoping that they will find you? Again, Squidoo to the rescue! There are many of us who can tell you that we have had customers find us through one of our Squidoo lenses.<br /><br />Remember how I told you that the search engine web-crawlers LOVE Squidoo? Well this really helps when a customer is looking for something that you have AND you have it on your lens. Ta Da - an email appears in your mailbox with a question from a potential customer or sometimes you will just get more orders out of the blue (out of the Squidoo blue that is - LOL)<br /><br />6.) AND, you can have all of us who have Squidoo lenses join together to support each other by visiting each others lenses and rating and commenting... on them which makes them more popular and then the web-spiders will love them even more and then you can get even more customers and then... - Oh, well, you get the idea<br /><br />7.) And last, you have me who will keep posting hints and tips in the Squidoo forum to help you.<br /><br />Are you convinced yet?<br /><br />There are many more reasons to use Squidoo as a business aid, but I think I have covered enough already.<br /><br /><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" target="_blank">Organically Yours,<br />Diana</a><br /><br /><br /></span></span> <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Verdana;">PASSWORD SECURITY</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><em>Article By Sheila - CruiseReady</em></span><br /><br />How smart would it be to leave a key that fit the lock on your house, car, and safety deposit box lying around in public where anyone could grab it? Or your checkbook? Or your credit cars? That’s similar to what you may be doing with your all your on-line accounts if you are using a weak password .<br /><br />What is a weak password? An easily remembered password is usually also easily hacked. Hack programs can speed through one attempt after another at guessing your password. Here are some rules of thumb for passwords that are less likely to be compromised.<br /><br /><strong>WARNINGS and WHAT TO AVOID</strong><br />Never, ever use identifying information for a password. Examples: Your name, social security number, phone number, birth date, names of family members or pets. All of this information is publically available, and the first things a hacker will try if they are working manually.<br /><br />Avoid repetitive or sequential characters. Examples: 11111 or abcdef. It will take a ‘hack’ program only a matter of minutes (or seconds) to hit on these. <br /><br />Avoid words chosen from the dictionary. Examples: rainbow or mechanic. Hack programs can run through the entire dictionary of the English language in pretty short order.<br /><br />Never use the same password everywhere you log in. If someone guesses your ONE password, you’ve just handed them the keys to your kingdom!<br /><br />Never log on to a password protected account from ANY public computer, anywhere, anytime, EVER! You don’t know who may have installed a keystroke recorder program on that computer.<br /><br />Please don’t write passwords on a note stuck to the underside of your keyboard! How obvious is that??? And, of course, never divulge passwords to anyone. <br /><br /><strong>PASSWORD SECURITY TIPS</strong><br />Passwords should be AT LEAST eight characters long. Longer is better. The shorter your password, the more often you should CHANGE it. Don’t keep the same one forever.<br /><br />Use a mix of upper case letters + lower case letters + numerals + special characters (like $ # ! * , etc.) Password Example: q3W*7!3xpL (This might actually mean something to me, but not anyone else.)<br /><br />Think about security when writing a password down. You could divide it in half, and put the first half in an excel spreadsheet, then write the second half in the back of your manual address book, for example.<br /><br /><strong>REMEMBER:</strong> Your passwords are as important as what they protect, and what they protect is only as safe as your passwords. IT'S UP TO YOU!<br /><br /><a title="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" href="http://www.cruisereadystore.com/" target="_blank">CruiseReady,<br />Sheila</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Verdana;">Antique Trading Post</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">What, another Auction site...? Well, somewhat.<br /><br />As a Baby Boomer and getting closer to retirement every day, I look at all the Stuff around me and ask.."What am I going to do with it?" My kids have a few favorite pieces they want, but it doesn't make much of a dent in the over all scheme of things.<br /><br />So, I thought, I will put it on Ebay!<br /><br />Looking at all the fee's, and all the changes taking place there, I think, NO WAY!! So, I will open my own site. Surely there are more Baby Boomers like me out there, wanting to find new homes for items we have collected over the years. And maybe not in a big hurry to sell at the lowest price. ( With the change in the economy, that last thought may have changed for some.)<br /><br />So, Antique Tranding Post was born.<br /><br />My idea is have small stores with Buy Out prices. Then, because in the past, I have loved going to auctions about once a month, I thought "Why not run 7 day auctions once a month." This way the store owners could put up items they weren't really sure the worth of. "Let it go to Auction!"<br /><br />The site has been open since the 1st of February, and growing slowly. We are not quite ready to hold our first auction yet, for I feel we need a bit more growth, but am looking forward to it in the near future.<br /><br />Lady Belle<br /><a title="http://www.antiquetradingpost.com/index.php" href="http://www.antiquetradingpost.com/index.php">Antique Trading Post</a> <br /><br /><a title="http://www.antiquetradingpost.com/index.php" href="http://www.antiquetradingpost.com/index.php" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.antiquetradingpost.com/index.php" alt="" src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l317/Cottage_Antiques/Antique%20Trading%20Post/site-header_011-1-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Verdana;">Over Night Auctions</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">Overnight Auctions is really growing and expanding. We have had several new members in the last month join us on our Auction sites, and over 50 join our <a title="outbind://140-0000000003FEEC60D0D1B247A78EFB5B4CE1E0D524FE9100/www.overnightvoice.com" href="www.overnightvoice.com" target="_blank">Community Forum </a>. We are determined to see ONA grow and succeed, and we could not do that without our members. So, at this time, I'd like to extend a big <strong>THANK YOU</strong> to each and every member at Overnight Auctions.<br /><br />Currently, we are running a <strong>Listing Contest</strong>, with the Grand Prize being a $20 gift from Mike (djind) to the member listing the most items. This Contest will end March 4, 2009, and will be followed by another Contest that is yet to be determined. We have around eleven members participating in the Listing Contest, and so far over 100 new listings have been added to our sites! Wow!<br /><br />We are also holding a Raffle to help with Overnight Auctions Advertising. <a title="http://www.overnightvoice.com/index.php/topic,1347.msg11148.html#new" href="http://www.overnightvoice.com/index.php/topic,1347.msg11148.html#new" target="_blank">You can see the details here</a>. for the first one. We have two more items to raffle off in the next month, so keep an eye on this forum, you don't want to miss out on these great prizes up for grabs!<br /><br />There is lots more going on at ONA, stop by sometime and chat awhile! We have a Live Chat Room on our Forum too, and it's a blast to use, handy at most times, and saves space on the Boards, less posts, more chats!<br /><br />March 4-11, we will be surfing Surf4Bargains as a Team. It was so much fun when we did it for ReallySmartDeals, we want to try again at S4B! We need more members to join us for this, so if you haven't been over in a while, this is a great opportunity!<br /><br />Come visit us! <a title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/">OverNightAuctions.net"</a>, <a title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/">OverNightAuctions.com</a>, <a title="http://www.overnightvoice.com/" href="http://www.overnightvoice.com/">OverNightVoice.com</a> You'll be glad you did!<br /><br />Crys (CraftsDucksNMore2) Owner ONA <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Verdana;">Bonanzle</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Pledge Listing Kickoff</strong><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/AntiquesRGreat" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/AntiquesRGreat">AntiquesRGreat</a> <br /><br />Hello my name is Gladys Ramos……. I have a booth at Bonanzle …. That's called….Remnants of Yesterday my user name is AntiquesRGreat. This website rocks and I know that it deserves to be ranked the same or even higher than our leading competitors like ecrater and ebay.<br /><br />This gave me an idea, I posted a thread promising a pledge of 30 listings, hoping that others would pledge the same, or even higher. I was so excited when the pledges starting coming in for 30, 50, even 1000 listings! One simple thread has kicked off a never ending stream of hard working sellers who are helping to guide Bonanzle to the top. It's a fun challenge that will result in a higher rank for this site. Submit a listings pledge of as many listings you think that you can do, don't worry you have a week to complete your promise. It's that simple! This is the kind of motivation that I wanted to give everyone.<br /><br />Together we can make Bonanzle into the highest selling website online!<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=932" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=932">The Selling Lounge has a thread here.</a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/forums/1/topics/30352" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/forums/1/topics/30352">Bonanzle has a thread here.</a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/"><img title="http://www.bonanzle.com/" alt="" src="http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h183/reallysmartdeals/bonanzle_banner_468_60.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/nav2_bg.gif" height="21"> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">© Copyright 2008. 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font-size: 12px; } --> </style><p>The Selling Lounge - Friendly Forum where Sellers Help Sellers</p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" height="16"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" width="16" height="16" /></td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/top_twogreys.gif" height="2"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/top_twogreys.gif" width="4" height="2" /></td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/top_bg_blue.gif" height="72"> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="1"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/top_bg_blue.gif" width="1" height="70" /></td> <td valign="top" width="514"><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pic_companylogo.gif" width="300" border="0" height="70" /> </a></td> <td valign="top" width="239"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/nav1_bg1.gif" height="24"> <p align="right"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><strong>February 2009 Newsletter </strong></span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" height="1"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" width="4" height="1" /></td></tr> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/nav2_bg.gif" height="21"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="25%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="100%" background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/nav1_bg1.gif"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Bonanzle<br />The fastest growing site </span></strong><br /><br /><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868"><img title="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868" alt="" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/baysdesigns/Bonanzle-ad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><a title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist" href="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist"><span title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist" style="color: white;"><strong title="http://www.bonanzle.com/home/changelist">Recent Changes at Bonanzle</strong></span></a> </span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;">Tickle Me Tuesday <br />On Bonanzle </span></strong><br /><br /><a title="http://tmt-news-network.ning.com/" href="http://tmt-news-network.ning.com/"><img title="http://tmt-news-network.ning.com/" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/TMT-banner.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"></span></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><img title="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/download/file.php?avatar=62_1221242472.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/"><img title="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/kelekas2-125x125.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" alt="" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00sportscardsallMM125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a title="http://baysdesigns.com/" href="http://baysdesigns.com/"><img title="http://baysdesigns.com/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/bg_125x125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td width="75%"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/valentines.gif" /><br /><td width="100%"><strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">Hi Everyone and Happy Valentines Day! </span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">Hope this finds everyone well! The Selling Lounge has really been growing lately and I would love to take this opportunity to Welcome all the new members to one of the best places on the net to get help and share with others.<br /><br />Yesterday we turned 5 Months Young and all ready have 271 Members. Isn't this awesome! I want to thank each and everyone of you for making The Selling Lounge what it is. Please stop by when you have the time to check out all the new things going on and all the information to help you be sucessful with your online business.</span> <p><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">Build a solid network on The Selling Lounge ! </span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><em>Helpful Hints & Tips By OrganicGiftsByDiana</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">Don't forget to list your sites/lenses/pages... on the appropriate threads so that we can all support each other by visiting and commenting… on each of them - hopefully we get to them once a month.<br /><br />If you list your links, You must agree to support the other sellers that are there by commenting or rating or favoriting... theirs too. This has to be a two-way arrangement or it will fall apart.<br /><br />After you list your links in the thread, let us know which ones you have visited and commented on or favorited... (something that we can check) and then whoever's links you did will get to yours.<br /><br />You do not have to do all of them at one time, in fact it is better if you can spread them out a little - just let us know each time you do some and what you did. I know we are all busy, but maybe we can take 5 minutes a day to try to get through the list of everyone's lenses and websites. Even if you do not do all of them as a few of us have a LOT - LOL - do as many as you can and the same number as how many you listed.<br /><br />I visited everyone's Squidoo lenses the other day until my eyes went fuzzy because I know me - I would get busy with something else and forget - so I did them right then.<br /><br />*** Some got all 4 (stars, comment, fan club and favorited) and others (if you had more than 3 lenses) got only 2 or 3 of them to make it not seem like a canned response. The search spiders can tell what is phony so I try to mix it up a little to be fair to all.<br /><br />This took about 1½-2 hours because I actually read the whole lenses - hope the same is done for mine. <br /><br />*** webspiders count the time someone is on your pages + I like reading how we got started, what we do, what's important to us, AND to be able to write decent comments we need to read the page - LOL<br /><br />There is a hint/tip thread under the Squidoo Umbrella that could be helpful for just about any website/page, not just useful for Squidoo so check it out often because you never know when I will add another tip. <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710"><span title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710"><strong title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=710">Squidoo Hints and Tips</strong></span></a><span><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><a title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/" href="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/"><strong title="http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/">Thank You Diana!</strong></a> For all of you that are interested, Diana has put together a 7 page tips and hints for us and if you are interested in having this please let us know. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">Really Smart Deals - Selling Lounge Surf Contest</span></strong><br /><br /><a title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410/" href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410/"><img title="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410/" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/banner12.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">The Selling Lounge had a huge turn out for our Really Smart Deals Surf Contest Jan. 18 - Jan. 25. We had 27 members signed up and surfing from many different sites on the net. WOW! I was shocked at just how many of us there were surfing together for the better of our business. Everyone did a wonderful job and I don't think that I have ever had that much fun surfing before. We must get together and do this again sometime. We had 9 of us surfing make it in the Top 10 and 8 of us surf over 10,000 surfs!<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">The RSD 10,000 Club Members from The Selling Lounge</span></strong><br /><br />The RSD 10,000 Club Members are: Vinewood@Bonanzle, BaysbeautySkinCare.com, Vintage Rose Collectible, Southwithch@Bonanzle, Kekekas Kollections.com, Faraway Eyes@Bonanzle, Shwp1@Bonanzle, and Purple Cow Antiques@YHB.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405&start=0" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405&start=0"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405&start=0" alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/surf-club-member.jpg" border="0" /></a> </span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/nav2_bg.gif" height="21"> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;">© Copyright 2008. Selling Lounge</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana;"><strong><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/"><strong title="http://sellinglounge.com/">Selling Lounge </strong></span></a>l <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory"><span title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory"><strong title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory">Selling Lounge Directory</strong></span></a> l <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><span title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66"><strong title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=66">Help Center</strong></span></a> l <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><strong title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">Introduction Corner</strong></span></a> l <a title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling Lounge" href="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling%20Lounge"><span title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling Lounge"><strong title="mailto:baysbeauty@volcano.net?subject=Selling Lounge">Contact Us</strong></span></a> </strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="images/nav1_bg1.gif" height="24"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td background="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" height="16"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/images/pixi_white.gif" width="16" height="16" /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-54027109449604788372009-01-13T10:13:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:14:19.041-08:00The Selling Lounge Surfing Really Smart Deals<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 20px; font-family: arial;" align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 20px; font-family: arial;" align="center"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/the-selling-lounge2.png" alt="The Selling Lounge" border="0" /></a> <p><strong>Don't forget this day...</strong> <img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/surfing-contest.gif" alt="TheSellingLoungeSurfContest" border="0" /></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial;" align="center"> <p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Make sure you have your computer clean and ready!</span></strong></p> <p><strong>It's not too late to sign up if you are interested in surfing RSD as a group for one fun-filled week. You can surf for any one of your sites that you sell on!</strong></p> <p><strong>We have so far members surfing for their own websites, BluJay, Bonanzle, OverNightAuctions, and YourHighBid!! How Cool Is That!!</strong></p> <p><strong> >>>> </strong><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405&start=0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong>All Information Found Here</strong></span></span></a><strong> <<<<</strong></p> <p align="left"><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">1. Let me know which site your surfing for<br />2. Put SellingLounge in your RSD account name<br /><em>{EXAMPLE: debsgreatfinds@blujay-SellingLounge}</em><br />3. Start surfing at 6 P/M eastern time </span></strong></p> <p align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405&start=0">We will be posting in forum during our surfing here:</a></span></strong></p> <p align="left"><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">EXTRA PRIZES!</span></strong><br />If we have 6 or more of us surfing and make the top ten on RSD for one week with SellingLouge in our user names, Debbie will put The Selling Lounge Banner on the top of RSD for one week and each member will get an extra 500 credits.</p> <p align="left"><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">PLUS!</span></strong><br />For each one of you that make it to the top ten that week, Debbie will add one of your banners to the newsletter blog for 2 weeks. The banner size is 125x125. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);"><strong></strong></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);"><strong>PLUS!</strong> </span><br />All surfers that sign up & Surf for the full week will get one (1) Full Month Free of banner rotation in The Selling Lounge and The Selling Lounge Directory!</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=599">INSTRUCTIONS FOR REALLY SMART DEALS WITH SCREEN SHOTS CAN BE FOUND HERE: </a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"> <blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"> <p align="left"><strong>Surfers Signed Up So Far Are:<br /></strong><a href="http://baysbeautyskincare.com/">Bays</a><br /><a href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/">Vinewood</a><br /><a href="http://www.yourhighbid.com/shop.php?user_id=701">kcarnahan2006</a><br /><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/forgetmenot">ForgetMeNotMinerals</a><br /><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/cgi-bin/Shop/RamonasCraftandBookNook">TheGreenFamily2006</a><br /><a href="http://debkwek.blujay.com/">debsgreatfinds</a><br /><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/southwitch">Southwitch</a><br /><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/">Vintage Rose Collectibles </a><br /><a href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/">Keleka</a><br /><a href="http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/">copperpenny22</a><br /><a href="http://www.iamtheprincess.com/">iamtheprincess</a><br /><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/yellowsand1964">yellowsand1964</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <hr /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/the-selling-lounge2.png" alt="The Selling Lounge" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>I'm really excited to see all of us get together and do this as a team.</p> <p>Thank You All So Very Much,<br />Bays/Debi</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-13282136170046971252009-01-01T10:31:00.000-08:002009-01-01T10:53:54.229-08:00January 2009 Selling Lounge Newsletter<table class="table" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="title" bgcolor="#4e638a"><td class="tdborder" nowrap="nowrap"><strong><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/sitelogo.png" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a></strong></td> <td class="tdborder" width="100%"> <div align="left"> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="title"> <p align="left"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Selling Lounge</span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td class="subtitle"> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sellers Helping Sellers</span></p> <p align="right"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;">January 2009</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td class="tdborder" style="font-size: 10px;" align="center" bgcolor="#4e638a" height="100%"> <p><a href="http://www.explorz.com/"><img src="http://www.explorz.com/images/125_125_explorz_banner.jpg" height="125" width="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Check out how Explorz.com can make both buying and selling easy for you!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://sl.wahmadvertisement.com/g.php?r=94"><img src="http://sl.wahmadvertisement.com/proscript_images/WAHM_Advertisement_125_125.gif" height="125" width="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WAHM Advertisement, is an Email Club (safelist) of "work at home" mothers and families.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><img src="http://sellinglounge.com/download/file.php?avatar=62_1221242472.gif" height="125" width="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here at </span><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Vintage Rose Collectibles </span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">we offer a variety of </span><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">collectibles and antiques</span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/RSD125x125SunSea.gif" height="125" width="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Manual Traffic Exchange. Promote your Products for FREE! </span></p> <p><br /><a href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410">link</a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868"><img src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/baysdesigns/Bonanzle-ad.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bonanzle is a person-to-person marketplace with the goal to make it easy to buy and sell unique items with the friendliest community around.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/kelekas2-125x125.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jewlrey & Gifts</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00sportscardsallMM125.gif" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sportscards4All is a trading cards for sell site, with 10% off for all new customers.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/support-team.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Want to be part of our Support Team? Contact Me and let me know! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.linkreferral.com/adwel.pl?oldrefid=196768"><img src="http://www.linkreferral.com/images/linkreferal/linkbutton.gif" border="0" height="32" width="114" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Network with 200,000 + of your peers. FREE!</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p><br /></p><p><br /></p> <div style="font-weight: bold;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"> <p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Google SEO Starter Guide!!</span></a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div align="left"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br /></td> <td><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td width="100%"> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" > If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to <strong><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf"><u><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</span></u></a></strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">. </span></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" >This is going to be very helpful for you and your online business! Please make sure that you copy this and save it to your computer!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td> <td class="tdborder" align="center" height="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titlemain"> <p align="center"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/newyear-greetings-369x150.gif" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="center"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> May You Have a Safe, Peaceful & Happy New Year!</span> </p> <p align="center"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p>Dear Selling Lounge Members</p> <p>I want to Welcome to The Selling Lounge all of our "New Members" and thank all of you who have made "The Lounge" what it is. The Selling Lounge is a friendly place to gather helpful information to help our online buisness grow and a place where sellers are helping sellers. We are always adding new information to help us in the online market.</p> <p>Please take some time each week and stop by and read up on the helpful information that we have for you and post any helpful tips that you may have. </p> <p>As you can tell, we have been growing and are looking for members that would love to be part of our Team to help out in various areas of the forum and to help Welcome New Members as they come to the forum. Please let me know if you are interested, we would love to have you.</p> <p>I look forward to seeing more of you stopping by the forum in the near future, we have lots of helpful information for you. And please make sure that you add all of your links to your signature so that when you post your links are indexed. We have many spiders and bots crawling the forum all the time. </p> <p><a href="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/"><strong>Click Here if you can not view this email!</strong></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/ribbons-70x60.gif" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="right">Thank You For Being A Part Of The Selling Lounge,<br /></p> <p align="right">Bays</p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405">Really Smart Deals Surf Contest</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/ribbons-70x60.gif" /></a></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 225, 221);">This will be fun!!! Let's Do It!!!</span></strong><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 225, 221);"> </span></strong> I would really love to get together a group of us to surf Really Smart Deals as a team for a full week. It would make me proud to get as many of us as we can. The more the merrier! It would a Blast to see all my online friends all surfing together as one.</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 128);">Please Stop By and Sign Up To Do This With Us!!</span> </a></strong></span></p> <p>1. Please post your name and date along with adding to the poll.<br />2. Add The "SellingLoung.com" to your RSD username for that week. </p> <p>What I would love to do is have us add "SellingLounge.com" to our ReallySmartDeals account name along with our own site name while surfing. So for me I would do something like this: SellingLounge.com - BaysDesigns </p>If we are in the top 10, we would place any of our sites in the newsletter that we want. We will just let Debbie from RSD's know which one of our sites we are surfing for. This will be fun to see how many will be surfing with "SellingLounge.com" in their usernames! Let's get together and form a group of us!<br /><br /><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405"><strong><u>Pick A Week To Surf with The Selling Lounge!</u></strong> </a> <li>January 4 - 11 </li><li>January 11 - 18 </li><li>January 18 - 25 </li><li>January 25- Feb 1 </li><li>February 1 - 8 </li><li>February 8 - 15 <p align="right"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405"><strong>Sign Up Here & Pick A Week...</strong></a> </p> <ul><strong></strong></ul> <ul><strong></strong></ul> <ul><strong></strong></ul></li></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/">The Selling Lounge Store Directory</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/ribbons-70x60.gif" /></a></p></td> <td width="100%"> <div align="left">The Selling Lounge™ Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/javascripts/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/lightbulb.gif" />Any Questions on <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_Do_I_Register.html"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"How To Register"</span></u></a> for an account you will see a link on the left hand side of the directory or you may click on How To Register above. Click Here on <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/How_To_Submit_A_Link.html"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"How To Submit A Link</span></u></a>: Instructions. </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><em><strong>Please keep in mind that you<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> "MUST"</span> register in The Selling Lounge Directory even though you have registered in The Selling Lounge Forum. </strong></em><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory/http://www_sellinglounge_com/Directory/.html"><br /></a></div> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/"><strong>Add your links here FREE...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p> <p> </p><hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/">Featured Website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><img alt="" src="http://sellinglounge.com/download/file.php?avatar=62_1221242472.gif" border="0" height="40" width="40" /> </a></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/outoftheattic2u/banners/vintrose_bylba468x60.gif" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Here at <a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/">Vintage Rose Collectibles </a>we offer a variety of <a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68">collectibles and antiques</a>. Just to list a few of what we offer are: Vintage <a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=68_20">Music Boxes</a>, all play with lovely tones to them, unique Piggy Banks, Figurines in materials of Metal. Ceramic, Wood, and Glass. We carry many different brands which include: Mikasa, Anchor Hocking, </p> <p>Precious Moments and Pfaltzgraff just to name a few. We have a large line of Art Glass, Dinnerware and so much more. Come check us out as we add products on a daily basis.<br /></p> <p>I have been collecting for over 20 years and have so much to offer, if there is something special you are looking for please contact me<!-- e --> <a href="mailto:vintagerosecollectibles@gmail.com"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">vintagerosecollectibles@gmail.com</span></u></a><!-- e --> and I will try to locate it for you.</p> <p>Stop by and check out what our good friend Barbara/Outoftheattic2u has in store for you.</p> <p align="right"><a href="http://vintagerosecollectibles.chshops.com/"><strong>Vintage Rose Collectibles...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p> <p> </p><p> </p><hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/">Google SEO Starter Guide!!</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td width="100%"> <p> If you are new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to <strong><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf');" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Download the Full 22 Page PDF of Google’s SEO Starter Guide</span></u></a></strong>. </p> <p>This is going to be very helpful for you and your online business! Please make sure that you copy this and save it to your computer!!!</p> <p align="right"><a href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/"><strong>more info...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p> <p> </p><hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="https://www.bonanzle.com/users/new?referred_by_user_id=18868">Bonanzle</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td width="100%"> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/swell_stuff"><span style="font-size:100%;">Swell Stuff on Bonanzle</span></a><span style="font-size:100%;">:</span> I am starting to get sales here and people are finding my items through Google. I am very satisfied with this new site and find there is a lot of potential here.</p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/attheboutique"><span style="font-size:100%;">At The Boutique on Bonanzle:</span></a></span><br />Currently for sale: 298 items<br />Sold: 231 items - My stats, plain and simple <img alt="" src="http://www.bonanzle.com/images/emoticons/smile_1.png" /> Joined August 15th.<br />Am very intrigued by this new “auction in booth chat”. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/BargainBasement"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bargain Basement on Bonanzle: </span></a> If anyone needs help setting up <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/BargainBasement/items/Custom_Categories_Tutorial_How_to_Set_Up">custom categories </a>or submitting their booth <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/BargainBasement/items/Freebie_Google_Submit_Booth_Listings_Tutorial">data feed to Google</a>, they can click on <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/BargainBasement?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=37603&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Freebies&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">freebies</a> in my booth to see them.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eclectic Spirit on Bonanzle:</span></a> Art (miniature <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45779&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=ACEO&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">art/ACEO's</a>, <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45456&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=China&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">china painting</a>, decorative painting on <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45459&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Wood&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">wood</a> and <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45458&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Glass&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">glass</a>) to Jewelry in styles from <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45425&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Cottage+Style&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">cottage</a> to <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45427&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Primitive&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">primitive</a>, <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/eclecticspirit?item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_id%5D=45426&item_sort_options%5Bcustom_category_term%5D=Victorian&item_sort_options%5Bper_page%5D=48">victorian</a> to retro to abstract. </p> <p class="question" id="whatIsBonanzle"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">What is Bonanzle? </span></strong>Bonanzle is an online marketplace for buying and selling items <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/what_makes_it_fast?title=What+makes+selling+on+Bonanzle+so+fast%3F"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">faster</span></u></a> while having <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/whats_different?title=What%27s+different+about+Bonanzle%3F"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">more fun</span></u></a>. Our specialty is helping you buy and sell items that <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/everything_but_the_ordinary?title=Everything+but+the+Ordinary"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">aren't shiny, new, and mass-produced</span></u></a>. The principle of <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/simple?title=Relentless+Simplicity"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">relentless simplicity</span></u></a> drives our easy-to-use <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/what_else_different?title=What%27s+different+about+Bonanzle%2C+Pt.+2"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">yet powerful</span></u></a> user experience. </p> <p class="question" id="cost"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">What does it cost to use Bonanzle? </span></strong>Don't you hate how it usually takes like five pages of clicking around marketplace sites to get a straight answer on this question? Here's the scoop: Buying on Bonanzle is free. Selling on Bonanzle is almost free. It is completely free to post items for sale. If you set up your booth before the end of August, it will be completely free to sell your items for the next six months. If you set up your booth in September or later, <a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/pricing?title=here+is+what+you%27ll+pay+when+you+sell+items"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">here is what you'll pay when you sell items</span></u></a> (Hint: it's not much).</p> <p>This site currently as of today has 16,894 users and 639,524 listings.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p><hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">Introduction Corner</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/th_27937olh3ohvrr8-1.gif" border="0" hspace="0" /></a></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p>Stop by the Introduction Corner and read your welome thread and leave a welcome for other members. Let's make everyone feel at home at The Selling Lounge. As the moderator for Introduction Corner, you will find Vinewood and Keleka there doing a great job at welcoming everyone. </p> <p>And don't forget that we have lots of helpful information for you in The Lounge!</p> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><strong>Stop By And Say Hi!...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <center></center> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright©<a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">SellingLounge.com</a></strong><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"> </a>- email contact: <a href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-78272482313894450072008-12-01T14:02:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:05:42.832-08:00December Selling Lounge Newsletter<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="100%" valign="top"><align=center> </align=center><table class="table" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr class="title" bgcolor="#4e638a"> <td class="tdborder" nowrap="nowrap"><strong><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/sitelogo.png" align="bottom" border="0" hspace="0" /></a></strong></td> <td class="tdborder" width="100%"> <div align="left"> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="title"> <p align="left"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Selling Lounge</span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td class="subtitle"> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sellers Helping Sellers</span></p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:85%;" >December 2008</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td class="tdborder" style="font-size: 10px;" align="center" bgcolor="#4e638a" height="100%"> <p><a href="http://www.explorz.com/"><img src="http://www.explorz.com/images/125_125_explorz_banner.jpg" border="0" height="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Check out how Explorz.com can make both buying and selling easy for you!</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></p> <p><a href="http://sl.wahmadvertisement.com/g.php?r=94"><img src="http://sl.wahmadvertisement.com/proscript_images/WAHM_Advertisement_125_125.gif" border="0" height="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WAHM Advertisement, is an Email Club (safelist) of "work at home" mothers and families.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/cgi-bin/Shop/RamonasCraftandBookNook"><img src="http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee99/TheGreenFamily2006/RamonasCraftandBookNook125x125.jpg" border="0" height="125" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ramona's Craft and Book Nook In my store you'll find many handcrafted items by me. Come on in and browse around! 10% OFF EVERYTHING NOW - 12/15 !<br /></span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410"><img src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg139/baysdesigns/banners/RSD-Birthday2.jpg" border="0" height="300" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Happy Birthday to Reallysmartdeals. We will be 3 on 12/12/08. WE are going to give a prize a day away to one lucky member each day for 29 days. You have to be active the day before in order to win the prize. </span><br /><a href="http://www.reallysmartdeals.com/?r=58410"><br /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/bonanzle.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bonanzle is a person-to-person marketplace with the goal to make it easy to buy and sell unique items with the friendliest community around.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.yourhighbid.com/"><img src="http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/amboauctions/yhb125x125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oneline Auction Site. FREE Stores & FREE Listings. Changing the auction world one bid at a time.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.kelekaskollections.com/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/kelekas2-125x125.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jewlrey & Gifts</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00sportscardsallMM125.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sportscards4All is a trading cards for sell site, with 10% off for all new customers.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/support-team.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Want to be part of our Support Team? Contact Me and let me know! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.linkreferral.com/adwel.pl?oldrefid=196768"><img src="http://www.linkreferral.com/images/linkreferal/linkbutton.gif" border="0" height="32" width="114" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Network with 200,000 + of your peers. FREE!</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span><img alt="The Selling Lounge" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/Santa_1.gif" border="0" /> </p> </td> <td class="tdborder" align="center" height="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titlemain"> <p><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/HLTopLight_127x70.gif" border="0" /><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/HLTopLight_127x70.gif" border="0" /><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/HLTopLight_127x70.gif" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Merry Christmas!</span> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p>Dear Selling Lounge Members</p> <p>I want to Welcome to The Selling Lounge all of our "New Members" and thank all of you who have made "The Lounge" what it is. The Selling Lounge is a friendly place to gather helpful information to help our online buisness grow and a place where sellers are helping sellers. </p> <p>As you can tell, we have been growing and are looking for members that would love to be part of our Team to help out in various areas of the forum and to help Welcome New Members as they come in. Please let me know if you are interested, we would love to have you.</p> <p>May you all have a safe and wonderful Holiday Season this year with your families and loved ones.</p> <p><a href="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/"><strong>Click Here if you can not view this email!</strong></a></p> <p align="center"><img style="width: 160px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/th_xmas.gif" border="0" /></p> <p align="right">Happy Sales! - Bays</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405">Really Smart Deals Surf Contest</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/christmas-bow.jpg" /></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p><strong>This will be fun!!! Let's Do It!!!</strong> I would really love to get together a group of us to surf Really Smart Deals as a team for a full week. It would make me proud to get as many of us as we can. The more the merrier! It would a Blast to see all my online friends all surfing together as one. </p> <p>1. Please post your name and date along with adding to the poll.<br />2. Add The "SellingLounge.com" to your RSD username for that week. </p> <p>What I would love to do is have us add "SellingLounge.com" to our ReallySmartDeals account name along with our own site name while surfing. So for me I would do something like this: SellingLounge.com - BaysDesigns </p>If we are in the top 10, we would place any of our sites in the newsletter that we want. We will just let Debbie from RSD's know which one of our sites we are surfing for. This will be fun to see how many will be surfing with "SellingLounge.com" in their usernames! Let's get together and form a group of us!<br /><br /><strong><u>Pick A Week To Surf with The Selling Lounge!</u></strong><br /><li>December 28 - January 4 </li><li>January 4 - 11 </li><li>January 11 - 18 </li><li>January 18 - 25 </li><li>January 25- Feb 1 </li><li>February 1 - 8 </li><li>February 8 - 15<br /><p align="right"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=405"><strong>Sign Up Here & Pick A Week...</strong></a></p></li></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/">The Selling Lounge Store Directory</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/christmas-bow.jpg" /></p></td> <td width="100%"> <div align="left">The Selling Lounge™ Link Directory is a 100% SEO friendly Link Directory. Submit your web site free to our fast growing link directory.</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> <img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/javascripts/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/lightbulb.gif" />Any Questions on <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=256"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"How To Register"</span></u></a> for an account you will see a link on the left hand side of the directory or you may click on How To Register above. Click Here on <a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=408"><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">"How To Submit A Link</span></u></a>: Instructions. </div> <div align="left"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory/http://www_sellinglounge_com/Directory/.html"><br /></a></div> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/Directory/"><strong>Add your links here FREE...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=67">StumbleUpon</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoursite.com%2Farticle.php%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle"><img alt="" src="http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/32x32_su_3d.gif" border="0" /> </a></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p>"StumbleUpon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" </p> <p>Right now what I do is to access the sellers homepages on different sites, pick an item or two at random and then click on the "I like it" thingy and write a rating. I figure it's exposure. From what I understand, the people that are out there on the 'net, searching, are picked up due to key words. Somehow, Stumble manages to come into play and it makes people able to find items that have been rated by others. Sort of like a Consumers Report for the on-line buying world.</p> <p>You can read more from one of our members Myra here: <a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=125">Read More Here</a></p> <p> </p> <p align="right"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89"><strong>Add Your Links Here & Stumble...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/cgi-bin/Auction">Overnight Auctions - Chance To Win A MP3 Player</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/christmas-bow.jpg" /></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p>Sign up today at <a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/cgi-bin/Auction">overnightauctions.com </a>or <a href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/">overnightauctions.net </a>and list at least one item on either site. You will be placed in a drawing for a new mp3 player!!! </p> <p> PLEASE post in our forum at <a href="http://www.overnightvoice.com/">www.overnightvoice.com</a> that you are a new member in that section to enter. Thank you from overnight auctions!! </p> <p><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ends December 25th - Christmas Day!!</span></strong></p> <p><strong></strong> </p> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/cgi-bin/Auction"><strong>more info...</strong></a></p></td> </tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=329">Lesson #1 - Title, Meta Name Description, & Meta Keywords!!</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="80%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td width="100%"> <p>There are many reasons why buyers are not finding us, but I will start off with the Basics. </p> <p>Make sure you have your TITLE, META NAME DESCRIPTION, & META KEYWORDS on your site. This goes after: and </p> <p><strong><u>ALWAYS USE CORRECT SPELLING!!!!! - ALWAYS USE CORRECT SPELLING!!!!!</u></strong> </p> <p><strong>1. TITLE</strong> * From time to time you need to be fortunate to get a lot of traffic from search engines. You can greatly influence how much traffic you get from Google and the other search engines. Your Title should be clear using descriptive keywords of your site and something that your customers are trying to find on search. </p> <p><strong>2. META NAME DESCRIPTION</strong> * Make sure that you use DESCRIPTIVE keywords in describing your site and your products! Google likes no more than 250 characters in your meta name description area. </p> <p><strong>3. META KEYWORDS</strong> * Make sure that you are using keywords that your potential buyer is going to type into search to look for your items. Google likes no more than 250 characters in your meta keywords area. A Secret: Do a search on your items and type in things you think that your customers would type in to find you. Take a look at the top sites that pop up on search. Do a "VIEW PAGE SOURCE"! Look at all of their Title's, Meta Descriptions, & Meta Keywords. Then go to their sites and look at the titles and descriptions of the product. </p> <p>You can usually find out why your items aren't showing up in search on the first page and theirs are. Now keep in mind this is just one reason. </p> <p> </p> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=329"><strong>more info...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="titleparagraph"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">Introduction Corner</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"><br /></td> <td><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <p><img alt="" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Tags/christmasglitter3.gif" border="0" hspace="0" /></p></td> <td width="100%"> <p>Stop by the Introduction Corner and read your welome thread and leave a welcome for other members. Let's make everyone feel at home at The Selling Lounge. As the moderator for Introduction Corner, you will find Vinewood and Keleka there doing a great job at welcoming everyone. </p> <p>And don't forget that we have lots of helpful information for you in The Lounge!</p> <p> </p> <p align="right"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><strong>Stop By And Say Hi!...</strong></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <center></center></td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(51, 51, 51) rgb(51, 51, 51); border-width: medium 1px 1px; padding: 3px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <p align="center"><strong>Copyright©<a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">SellingLounge.com</a></strong><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"> </a>- email contact: <a href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-79649226237913110022008-11-03T09:21:00.000-08:002008-11-03T09:23:32.427-08:00November Selling Lounge Newsletter<table class="brder" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="570"><tbody><tr class="brder" align="center" bgcolor="#687da3" valign="center"><td class="text4" colspan="4"><div align="center"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/index.php"><img title="" style="width: 478px; height: 100px;" alt="" src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/styles/X-Vision/imageset/selling_lounge.png" border="0" height="100" width="550" /></a></div></div></td></tr> <tr bg style="color:#9aa9c4;"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" align="center" bg valign="center" style="color:#f1f1f1;"><span class="text41"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span><p align="center"><span class="text41"></span></p><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span><p align="center"> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></p><p align="center"> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=192" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Mic%20Gifs/checkitout.gif" border="0" /></a> </span></span> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span><h4><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;">Store Directory</span></span></h4> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span><p><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;">The Selling Lounge has a Store Directory. Come on in and add your business to the list.</span></span></p> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span><p><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><a href="http://sellinglounge.com/Directory/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Google%20Image%20Search/selling_lounge_directory_logo.png" border="0" height="64" width="357" /></a></span></span></p></span></td> <td colspan="2" align="center" bg valign="center" style="color:#f1f1f1;"> <p align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#687da3;">November 1st, 2008</span></p> <p align="right"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#687da3;">2nd Edition</span></p></td></tr> <tr bg style="color:#90c86f;"> <td colspan="2" align="left" bg valign="top" style="color:#f1f1f1;"> <p align="left"><span class="style30"><span style="color:#687da3;"><strong><span class="text3">In this issue:</span></strong></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span class="style30"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span class="text3"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <li> <div align="left"><span style="color:#687da3;"><l><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Welcome by Bays</span> </span></l></span></div> <span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span></li><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><li> <div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Giving Thanks</span> </div> </li><li> <div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Featured Advertising Spot</span> </div> </li><li> <div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Featured Website</span> </div> </li><li> <div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Featured Auction Site</span> </div> </li><li> <div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm Looking For Something</span></div></li></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></td></tr> <tr bg style="color:#90c86f;"> </tr><tr bgcolor="#cfdcb8"> <td class="brder" colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor="#9aa9c4" valign="top"> <p><span class="text41"></span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color:#006699;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"><span class="text41"><span style="color:#006699;"> </span><p align="center"><span><span style="color:#006699;">Welcome to </span></span></p> <span style="color:#006699;"> </span><p align="center"><span><span style="color:#006699;">The Selling Lounge<name=2></name=2></span></span></p> <span style="color:#006699;"> </span><p align="center"><span><span style="color:#006699;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hi, I'm Debi the proud owner of the Selling Lounge. We are a friendly forum where sellers help sellers to help our/your online E-Commerce Business grow by having a place of resources and support along with help in promoting ourselves and each other.<br /><br />I have been selling on line since 2003 in which I started out with eBay where I was doing very well as a Power Seller until all the fee hikes and changes. I then opened up my first Website almost 2 years ago and have been a member of a few very nice informative E-Commerce Forums and have learned so much about this new world of online selling that I wanted to have all my information in one place to help me succeed and by doing that, helping others at the same time.<br /><br />I want to welcome each and everyone of you and please make yourself at home in the forum and add your links to the various places we have for you to help get you and your products out there and noticed. We have a Blog which I would love for each of you to take the time and send me your site description with a banner and the url to your site so that I can post it on The Selling Lounge Blog.<br /><br />I would also love to Thank our Forum Moderators for all their time and help as well! We have EagleScoutMom2 and out-of-the-attic-2u as our site wide Moderators and vinewood is our Moderator for our Introduction Corner and our Chat Central.<br /><br /><br />If you should happen to have a question or problem please feel free to contact me any time at </span><a href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com"><span style="font-size:85%;">admin@sellinglounge.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><br />Thank You so much for being a part of The Selling Lounge,<br />Bays/Debi</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></td> <td class="brder" colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor="#f1f1f1" valign="top"><span class="style30"><span> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Featured Advertising Spot </span></span></p> <p align="center"><strong>WAHM</strong></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/"><span style="color:#0000cc;">WAHM Advertisement</span></a>, is an Email Club (safelist) of "work at home" mothers and families. Geared towards individuals with similar interests, who are looking to buy or sell quality products and services. </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Our Service provides businesses a venue to promote weekly specials from their online stores and educate consumers about their product line. </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">As a buyer be among the first to hear about a sale or promotional offer from other members' online stores being announced through your <a href="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/"><span style="color:#0000cc;">WAHM Advertisement</span> </a>membership. </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Offers promoted are from work at home individuals and families. <a href="http://sl.wahmadvertisement.com/list.php"><span style="color:#0000cc;">Login</span></a> and send emails to other members that are waiting to hear from you.</span> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span class="text41"><span><span style="color:#006699;"><a href="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 434px; height: 82px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Google%20Image%20Search/WAHM.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="410" /></a></span></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color:#006699;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/Bar.png" border="0" height="4" width="321" /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color:#006699;">WAHM In The Selling Lounge Forum</span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"> <p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=81">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=81</a></span></strong></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></td></tr> <tr align="center" bg valign="center" style="color:#ffffff;"> <td colspan="4"> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Giving Thanks</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">ThanksGiving is just around the corner, and think of all the soldiers that will not be home for another holiday. So many of them would be happy to hear from you over. And the holiday season is the worst time for them, being away from their family and friends. You can find a soldier that would like to have correspondence with someone from the United States at<strong> </strong></span><a class="postlink" href="http://anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/</span></a>. <span style="font-size:85%;">Just a freindly letter, or card would be great to send them, show them you appreciate the sacrifies they make for your freedom.</span></span></span></p> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Stop in the forum and post.</span></span></span></p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"> <h4><a class="c-h-link" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=252&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a"><span style="font-size:85%;">Our United States Soldiers</span></a></h4> <p><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /></p></span></span></td></tr> <tr bg style="color:#90c86f;"> <td colspan="2" align="left" bg valign="top" style="color:#f1f1f1;"><span style="color:#006699;"><span class="text41"> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Featured Website</span></strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span></span></span></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">A little bit about myself My name is Teresa , Keleka is my Hawaiian name although I am not Hawaiian I love Hawaii and I like the name. I am a Office Manager for my now husband who is a OB/GYN . I am around female patients, nurses all day long. As time went by and getting to know the patients I realized one thing they love Jewelry. They would come in with beautiful rings, necklaces, bracelets etc. So I decided to open my own Jewelry Business and I name it Keleka's Kollections, I started with just Sterling Silver being that Silver and White Gold were in style. It was great between friends , family , patients I now had a captive audience. As I would go to the distributors my eyes started wandering over to the Costume Jewelry so I decided to bring some pieces in and they actually did well but one day I saw a unusual bracelet truthfully not one of my most beautiful pieces but yet there was something about it so I purchased a few dozen. Within a week I was sold out and getting calls regarding this bracelet , the bracelet is the Evil Eye Bracelet. So naturally I did a lot of reading about the Evil Eye and I started marketing this product and priced it right. The People in the Middle East, Turkey truly believe that the Evil Eye Wards Off Evil Spirits and In Return Brings Good Luck to YOU!!</span> <div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">I put a message with Each Bracelet in a Velvet or Organza Pouch I sell and my Customers love it. Hearing all the wonderful Stories that everyone has after purchasing and wearing this bracelet had made me realize how this Jewelry Business had become so rewarding. I feel so good when someone buys something from me and it brings happiness to them. This of course is not the only bracelet that has a meaning however it is the bracelet that gave me more passion regarding the business. I myself have many stories to tell regarding the Evil Eye,and now it became personal to me. I also know that you must have no negative energy when wearing this bracelet or it will not have the same effect. , So naturally before long Customers/Clients were asking about a website. So without further ado here is Keleka's Kollection Jewery & Gifts.....</span></div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span></span></span></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Google%20Image%20Search/bracelet.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></span></span></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span> </div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Evil Eye Bracelet</strong></span> </span></span></span></div> <div> </div></span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span><strong> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.acegourmet.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000cc;">www.acegourmet.com</span></a></div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.harleydavidsonclass.info/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000cc;">www.harleydavidsonclass.info</span></a></div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><img alt="Image" src="http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq215/acegourmet/kelekas2-468x60.jpg" height="50" width="394" /></div></strong></span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"><span> <p align="center"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/Bar.png" border="0" height="4" width="321" /><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Free Advertisment</span></strong></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Add your Website, eStore of Aucion.</span></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> </span></span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><strong>Rules for Adding Websites!</strong></span></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> </span></span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Please stop in and read these simply rules in this thread before you add your website.</span></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"> </span></span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=84"><span style="color:#0000cc;">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=84</span></a></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Add Your Website</span></strong></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">You can add your web business address, tell something about yourself, your business, and what you sell.</span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=9">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=9</a></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/Bar.png" border="0" height="4" width="321" /></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Add Your eStore</strong></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Stop in and add your eStore link. Tell the other members about yourself, your eStore, and what you sell.</span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=12"><span style="color:#0000cc;">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=12</span></a></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/Bar.png" border="0" height="4" width="321" /></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Add Your Auction</strong></span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Add your auction store to this thread. 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We are going to have are 3rd birthday in December. I started RSD because I sold on many auction sites and had a hard time finding ways to promote my items for sale. That is when I got the idea of starting a Traffic Exchange just for selling auctions, auction stores, auction sites, shopping websites, affiliate programs that are related to shopping in some way and resources for shopping. I am very stick and picky and do not let everything in rotation. <br /><br />Reallysmartdeals has over 1900 members now and we are growing all the time.<br /><br />ReallySmartDeals.com! Manual Traffic, Banner and Text Exchange.<br />We Promote Real Sellers Selling Actual Products Online<br /><br />What will ReallySmartDeals do for my business?<br /><br />Promote your business with today's most effective online advertising technology Dramatically increase your search engine visibility with ReallySmartDeals - Connect with excited customers who are ready to buy.<br /><br />There are many more benefits for members more exposure and more clicks and sales to your stores and auctions. The additional revenue for you is increased sales. You are giving your potential buyer another benefit and another reason to buy from you.<br /><br />* Get noticed in all the major search engines<br />* Reach more prospective customers<br />* Drive high-quality traffic to your website<br />* Maximize your moneymaking opportunities<br />* Target people interested in your products and services<br />* Eliminate wasted advertising spend<br />* Save yourself years of research and costly mistakes<br />* Grow your business in less time<br />* Tap into your built-in audience<br />* Put your business in front of the right people at the right time<br />* Really Products for Real People<br />* Sell, Buy, Browse<br />* Look at your own speed<br />* All sites are screened for safe surfing<br /><br />If you are new to Reallysmartdeals and Traffic Exchanges, Don't worry we have all the tools for you to get started.<br /><br />I am offing special to new members from The Selling Lounge that sign up for RSD from this article. I will give you a 2 week PRO 1 membership to try us out. After 2 weeks it will go back to a free status.<br /><br />To receive your 2 week pro 1 special after you log in and became active click on the contact us link and send me a note saying that you sign up from The Selling Lounge.<br /></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"><a href="http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/?action=view&current=lightgreyline.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 348px; height: 4px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/lightgreyline.png" border="0" height="5" width="348" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"><strong>Featured eStore</strong></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:85%;" ><strong>Bonanzle</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">At Bonanzle, we think that online shopping is stuck where online search was 10 years ago, in the age before Google. Many users today think that eBay and Craigslist are "good enough," and the "rules" for online shopping are set: items get posted through a series of selling pages, buyers browse static listings, buyers buy items and hope that sellers are trustable.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">We think there's still a lot of room for improvement over the precedent that eBay and Craigslist set 10 years ago (and that the eBay/Craigslist lookalikes have copied ever since). </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Relentlessly simple</strong>. Remember five years ago when it was easy to post and browse items on eBay? We have </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/what_makes_it_fast?title=What+Makes+Selling+Fast%3F"><span style="font-size:85%;">spent more than a year designing the easiest selling process</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, and </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/booths_setup/why_a_booth?title=What%27s+a+Bonanzle+Store%3F"><span style="font-size:85%;">re-invented the concept of a "store"</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> to revive that </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/simple?title=Simple+is+Beautiful"><span style="font-size:85%;">refreshing feeling</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> of ease eBay once gave you. </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Instant</strong>. Every seller on Bonanzle has the option of </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/whats_remote_chat?title=Using+Instant+Messenger"><span style="font-size:85%;">tying their Instant Messenger to their group of items</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, so buyers can get questions answered (or deals made) instantly. For local items, sellers can </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/booths_setup/prescheduled_pickup?title=Prescheduled+Pickup"><span style="font-size:85%;">pre-schedule pickup times</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> to take the guesswork out of which of those Xboxes you could pick up today. </span></ul> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Engaging</strong>. On Bonanzle, the journey to buy or sell your items is part of the destination. With built in </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/whats_quick_text?title=user-to-user+messaging"><span style="font-size:85%;">user-to-user messaging</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> and </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/intro_to_booth_chat?title=pervasive+chat"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000cc;">pervasive chat</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, you'll find that shopping isn't nearly as lonesome as you remember it being on Craigslist. </span></ul> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Safe</strong>. It sucks to have no idea who you're dealing with. At Bonanzle, we're committed to building a community of friendly, everyday people. Bonanzle is not (and will never be) a place for adult content or unseemly message forums. </span></ul> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Free and Almost Free</strong>. There is no reason that you should have to pay a percentage of your item sales to The Man. At Bonanzle, </span><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/general/pricing?title=listing+is+free+and+fees+are+dirt+simple"><span style="font-size:85%;">listing is free and fees are dirt simple</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">. They're also guaranteed not to raise an iota through 2010.</span> </p> <p><strong>Learn More about Bonanzle</strong></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/site_help/getting_started_section/top_10_reasons?title=Top+10+reasons+to+Bonanzle" jquery1224798875611="122"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Top 10 reasons to Bonanzle</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/search?booth_search_page%5Bsort_by%5D=bonanza"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Upcoming Bonanzas</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/create_intro_user?import_ebay_splash=true&key=4v80w50b22A122" jquery1224798875611="134"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Import eBay items</span></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/create_intro_user?import_cl_splash=true&key=4v80w50b22A122" jquery1224798875611="136"><span style="font-size:85%;">Import Craigslist items</span></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users?user_search%5Bis_local%5D=1&user_search%5Bis_local_miles%5D=20"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Meet local Bonanzlers</span></a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/users/create_intro_user?key=4v80w50b22A122" jquery1224799152725="138"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">Start selling with one click</span></a> </p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"><a href="http://www.bonanzle.com/"><img style="max-width: 600px;" alt="Bonanzle_logo_green" src="http://www.bonanzle.com/images/home/assets/bonanzle_logo_green.png?1224750709" jquery1224798369906="55" border="0" /></a></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> <tr align="center" bg valign="center" style="color:#ffffff;"> <td colspan="4"> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /></span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"></span></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><img alt="RedRoseFallCorn" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/corn-006.gif" border="0" height="179" width="118" /> <img alt="RRB" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Google%20Image%20Search/Thanksgiving.png" border="0" height="180" width="302" /> <span class="style30"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.3em;"><img alt="RedRoseFallCorn" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/corn-006.gif" border="0" height="179" width="118" /></span></span></span></span></p> <p><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Thanksgiving/line22.gif" border="0" /></p></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#90c86f"> <td colspan="2" align="left" bg valign="top" style="color:#9aa9c4;"><span style="color:#006699;"><span class="text41"><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><center><span style="color:#000000;"><big><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="text41"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Are you looking for something?</span> </strong></span></span></span> </span><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The buyer looking for an item can have one thread to add their wanted items in, however when you have a new item that they are looking for you can add that to a new thread.</span></span></p> <span style="color:#000000;"> </span><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Bays (TSL)</span></span></p><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;"> <span style="color:#000000;"> </span><h4 align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><a class="c-h-link" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=99"><span style="font-size:85%;">Buyers Arena</span></a></span></h4></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><strong>"I'm Looking For Something"</strong></span></p> <p align="center"><strong><img style="width: 286px; height: 247px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.richdecorstore.com/prod_images_blowup/368541.jpg" height="330" width="230" /><br /><br /></strong><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: normal;"><span style="color:#993333;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Fringe Bath Towel Set<br /></strong>Rich and luxurious, this set of matching towels in deep eggplant shag fringe adds an opulent touch to the guest bathroom. All are 100% cotton with polyester trim. Bath: 26" x 50". Hand: 16" x 27". Fingertip: 11" x 17".</span></span></span></p></span></span><span class="text41"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#006699;"><span class="text41"><span><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span class="text41"></span></span></span></span></span></span></big></span></center></span></span></td> <td class="text41" colspan="2" align="center" bg valign="center" style="color:#f1f1f1;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="text41"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#006699;"><span style="color:#000000;"> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span class="text41"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span class="text41"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><strong>Why Should I Join The Selling Lounge Forum?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;">The Selling Lounge is a place where sellers help sellers. Here are just a few things you can find in The Selling Lounge Forum.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><h4 align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a class="c-h-link" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=127&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a"><span style="font-size:85%;">How to write an effective Privacy Policy Page</span></a></span></span></span></span></h4> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><h4 align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="c-h-link" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=83&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a"><span style="font-size:85%;">How to write an effective About Me Page</span></a></span></span></span></span></h4> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><h4 align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="c-h-link" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=21&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a"><span style="font-size:85%;">Keyword Tool</span></a></span></span></span></span></h4> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Do you ever need to reduce the size of an image, and want a quick and painless way to resize your image? You can find the right spot to do that online in The Selling Lounge Forum. You can also get the help you need for your HTML project also.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=90"><span style="color:#0000cc;"><strong>Graphics & HTML</strong></span></a></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Stop in and join us. We are here to learn from each other.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Tell a friend about The Selling Lounge.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=192" target="_blank"><strong><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Mic%20Gifs/checkitout.gif" border="0" /></strong></a></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"> </span></span></span><p align="center"><span style="font-size:-0;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><span style="color:#687da3;"><img style="width: 348px; 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line-height: 1.3em;"> <p align="center"><span class="text6"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="color:#000e02;"><strong><span style="color:#6699cc;">Copyright 2008©The Selling Lounge</span></strong></span></span></span></p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-44480479940680205952008-10-09T15:05:00.000-07:002008-10-09T15:06:57.910-07:00Selling Lounge Memo<span class="style1"><br /></span> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1" width="660"> <tbody> <tr> <td scope="row" colspan="3" bgcolor="#6a7fa5"> <p><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="SellingLounge.com" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/sellingloungecom-468x60.gif" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sellers Helping Sellers </span></p></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" align="center" bgcolor="#f1f1f1" valign="center" width="219"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(113, 134, 171); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> October 9, 2008</span></div></td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#f1f1f1"><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" valign="top"> <div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/">Forum Home</a><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">Member Center</a><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38">Free Advertising</a><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63">Social Networking</a><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/">Selling Lounge Blog</a><br />• <a title="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/">Selling Lounge Newsletter Blog</a><br /></span><br /></span></div></td> <td width="286"> <div><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge is a friendly forum where sellers help sellers to help our/your online E-Commerce Business grow by having a place of resources and support along with help in promoting ourselves and each other. </span></div></td> <td width="133"> <div><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://sellinglounge.com/" alt="Selling Lounge -Sellers Helping Sellers" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/baysbeauty/Banners/sitelogo.png" border="0" /></a></span></div></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" colspan="3"> <div><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(113, 134, 171); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><strong>Dear Selling Lounge Members,</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am writing to you because I wish for you to make certain that you recognize all the essential areas in the forum to assist yourself and your business fully on the internet and to get noticed. The basis for me putting together this forum is to have a place of resources, helpful information and a supportive place to help you and your products get out there on search so that the buyers can find you. <br /><br />I have numerous areas in the Selling Lounge Forum for you to add your links. I have an area for you to provide a description of your sites with links and images to assist you in getting on search and wish that you would add your sites info.<br /><br />We have many <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=7" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=7" target="_blank"><strong title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=7">FREE Advertising Areas</strong></a> as well and wish you would link up with them as well. <br /><br />A few of my goals are to have all of us add our sites to the <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=42" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=42" target="_blank">Top 100 Sites</a> that are listed, and if you have one please add it; participate in <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=89" target="_blank">StumbleUpon</a> with the members by stumbling on each other's sites and if you do not have an account to get one.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" target="_blank"><strong title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25">BLOGGING!</strong></a> Blogging is so very important to your business as so is <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65" target="_blank">Squidoo!</a> Please if you do not have those accounts, I urge you to get them set up today and start Blogging and start adding important information to your Squidoo Lens.<br /><br />All of these areas you will find in the forum and all there for you to gather.<br /><br />Please post all your links to each and every area of the forum that you can find that relate to you. And if you do not have that account, please sign up for one. If you should need any help in this area, one of us would be glad to help you out.<br /><br />So let's please all work together to link our links, rate each other's Squidoo Lens, Blog and get our information out there!<br /><br />Thank You For Being Here,<br />Debi/Bays<br /><br /></span> <hr /> <span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(113, 134, 171); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Important Places To Link your Links!</strong></span><br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=5" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=5"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=5" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Sellers Arena</span></a> - Add Your Links Here To Your Website and or eStore.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=9" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=9"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=9" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Add Your Website Links Here</span></a> - Give full description with images and links to your websites.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=12" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=12"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=12" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Add Your eStore Links Here</span></a> - Give full description with images and links to your eStores.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=58&sid=618d9b0cf82eea9f14c1037110c71a1e" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=58&sid=618d9b0cf82eea9f14c1037110c71a1e"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=58&sid=618d9b0cf82eea9f14c1037110c71a1e" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Add Your Auction Site Links Here</span></a> - Give full description with images and links to your websites.<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=85" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=85"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=85" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•AmBoAuctions.com</span></a> - Give full description with images and links to your websites.<br /> Plus let us know what is going on at your site!<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=82" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=82"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=82" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•OvernightAuctions</span></a> - Give full description with images and links to your websites.<br /> Plus let us know what is going on at your site!<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=84" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=84"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=84" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•YourHighBid.com</span></a>- Give full description with images and links to your websites.<br /> Plus let us know what is going on at your site!<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Advertising</span></a> - FREE Advertising! Check Them Out!<br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•Social Networking</span></a> - Sign Up for an account and add your links <br /><br /></span></div><br /></div></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(113, 134, 171); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Helpful Forum Links</strong></span><br /></div></td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#f1f1f1"><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" valign="top"> <div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.com/">Forum Home</a><br /><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4">Member Center</a><br /><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=38">Free Advertising</a><br /><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=63">Social Networking</a><br /><br />• <a title="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/">Selling Lounge Blog</a><br /><br />• <a title="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/">Selling Lounge Newsletter Blog</a><br /></span><br /><br /></div></td> <td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: rgb(113, 134, 171); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Business Tips: </span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Selling Lounge has a Blog. I will strive to Blog as often as I can, however one of the reasons for the <strong>Blog</strong> is for you and your products! Please send to me articles as often as you like about your site and your products. Send me images and good rich descriptive keywords that buyers are searching for on the internet to find your products. I will link those keywords to your site. I will do this as often as you send them to me. <a title="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellinglounge.blogspot.com/">CHECK OUT THE BLOG!</a></span> <br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• Blogging</span></a><br /><br /><a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=6" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=6"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=6" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• SEO - Search Engine Optimization</span></a><br /><br /></td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" colspan="3" bgcolor="#6a7fa5"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Copyright © <a title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" href="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25"><span title="http://sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=25" style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SellingLounge.com</span></a> </strong><span style="font-size: x-small; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="style1"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-7665809544645061382008-10-03T09:27:00.000-07:002008-10-03T11:22:54.536-07:00October Selling Lounge Newsletter<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><blockquote><span class="text41"></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span class="text41" style="font-size:100%;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="style30"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><strong><span class="text3">In this issue:</span></strong></span></span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span class="text41" style="font-size:100%;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="style30" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><span class="text3"> <li>September Referral Contest</li></span></span></span></div><span class="text41" style="font-size:100%;"><p align="left"><span class="style30"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><span class="text3"> </span></span></span></p> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"> <li>Introducting The Selling Lounge </li> <li>Featured Advertising Spot </li> <li>Featured Website </li> <li>Featured Auction Site </li> <li>Introduction Corner</li> </span></span></blockquote><span class="text41"><p align="left"></p></span><p align="center"><a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">The Selling Lounge</span></span></a></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">Hi, I'm Debi the proud owner of the <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">Selling Lounge</a>. We are a friendly forum where sellers help sellers to help our/your online E-Commerce Business grow by having a place of resources and support along with help in promoting ourselves and each other.<br /><br />I have been selling on line since 2003 in which I started out with eBay where I was doing very well as a Power Seller until all the fee hikes and changes. I then opened up my first Website almost 2 years ago and have been a member of a few very nice informative E-Commerce Forums and have learned so much about this new world of <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">online selling</a> that I wanted to have all my information in one place to help me succeed and by doing that, helping others at the same time.<br /><br />I want to welcome each and everyone of you and please make yourself at home in the <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">forum</a> and add your links to the various places we have for you to help get you and your products out there and noticed. We have a Blog which I would love for each of you to take the time and send me your site description with a banner and the url to your site so that I can post it on The Selling Lounge Blog.<br /><br />I would love to take a moment and thank Suzanne for all her help in getting The Selling Lounge going, I could not have done it without her. Suzanne is the owner of <a href="http://www.explorz.com/">www.explorz.com</a> and <a href="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/">www.wahmadvertisement.com</a>.<br /><br />I would also love to Thank our Forum Moderators for all their time and help as well! We have EagleScoutMom2 and out-of-the-attic-2u as our site wide Moderators and vinewood is our Moderator for our Introduction Corner and our Chat Central.<br /><br />EagleScoutMom2 is our Editor for our Newsletter and has done a wonderful job in putting it together for us.<br /><br />If you should happen to have a question or problem please feel free to contact me any time at <a href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a>.<br /><br />Thank You so much for being a part of <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">The Selling Lounge</a>,<br />Bays/Debi</span></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><img style="width: 348px; height: 4px;" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/lightgreyline.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="5" width="348" /></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">Help YourSelf by Promoting <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">The Selling Lounge</a> </span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Please feel free to post our banner along with <a href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/">The Selling Lounge</a> address around the net.</span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="font-size:x-small;">You will find those banners at the bottom of this blog.<br /></span></span></p></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span><span class="text41"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><strong> <p align="center"><strong>October Referral Contest</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>October 1st - 31st</strong></p> <p align="center">You can either post your referrals in the referral contest thread or you may email them to <!-- e --><a title="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com" href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a><!-- e --> and make sure you put in your username along with your referral.</p> <p align="center">The more the merrier!</p><p align="center"><br /></p></strong></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="style30"><span> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Featured Advertising Spot </span></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="style30"><span><a href="http://www.explorz.com/"><img src="http://www.explorz.com/images/banners/explorz_sh_468_60.gif" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span></span></div><span class="style30"><span> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.explorz.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><strong>Explorz.com</strong></span></span></a></p> <p align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">If you</span> </span>haven't heard about Explorz, we invite you stop by and check us out. The Explorz Shopping Portal service was created<br />as a one-stop search portal for buyers and a central place for sellers to promote their products. The service allows sellers<br />to have more control and flexibility over the venue they use to sell online. Explorz’s goal is to help sellers invest in<br />themselves, one seller at a time. Explorz’s revenue is generated through site advertising, which means that there are no costs<br />to sellers for displaying their products on the site. In addition, there are no featured listings, so every seller’s listing<br />has an equal chance of catching the eye of a potential customer. You can also submit coupons to promote any specials/discounts<br />you are offering. Submitting your products to the Explorz Shopping Portal is FREE, fast and simple.<br /><br />visit Explorz<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/">http://www.explorz.com</a><br /><br />View over 60,000 products now on Explorz<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/deals.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/deals.html">http://www.explorz.com/deals.html</a><br /><br />Learn more about our coupons:<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html">http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html</a><br /><br />All products displayed on Explorz direct the buyer to your store to purchase, nothing is sold directly on Explorz.<br /><br />Compatible Online Selling Venues<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9" href="http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9">http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9</a><br /><br />You may have as many stores as you want, and you can manage them all with ease from just one account.<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/stores.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/stores.html">http://www.explorz.com/stores.html</a><br /><br />Below is a seller with several stores, showing how multiple stores (set up under one account) will display on Explorz:<br /><br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html">http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html</a><br /><br />One of their individual store pages<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html">http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html</a><br /><br />Be sure to try out our MySpace application, display your products on your Myspace page.<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html">http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Default;">Hope to see you on Explorz.com! Suzanne</span></span></p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><br /></p></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Featured Auction Site </span></strong></span></p><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/"><img src="http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo190/ONASupport/top-logo.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OvernightAuctions.com</span></strong></span></a></p> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My name is Crystal or Crys as my friends call me. I have been selling online since 2000, starting on eBay under ID bmomof3... which still exists but is rarely used... and then I discovered Bidville and <a href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/">OvernightAuctions.com</a>.</span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />I started out mainly as a hobby and something to do, some way to get rid of my children's excess clothing they outgrew and so forth. Over the years, my Seller ID changed from bmomof3 to bmomof4 and finally I adopted CraftsDucksNMore2 since that is the majority of items I sell (crafts, rubber ducks, etc.)</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />I grew to love online auctions so much that when the chance came up to buy out and take over ONA, I jumped at it, bringing my husband Mike (djind) on board with me.<br />Mike and I intend for OvernightAuctions to get back on track, at least, if not better than, the way it used to be when it was in its prime. We are growing at a rapid rate and I could not be happier! We plan to take this site Worldwide and give everyone a chance to join, buy, chat, and lots of other things for free!</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keep in mind, please, we have two sites, both are linked to the same business name of Overnight Auctions. One is at <!-- m --></span><a class="postlink" title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/"><span title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.overnightauctions.net</span></a><!-- m --><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, which is less than two months old, and in the PhPProbid format that many prefer, and the other is at <!-- m --></span><a class="postlink" title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/"><span title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.overnightauctions.com</span></a><!-- m --><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, which is a highly upgraded RScript format.<br />*Thru October 5th, we are having a BOGO registration, if you join on one site and pay the $3 Verification Fee on there, you may join the other site for FREE! You also receive your $3 back in Site Credits on the site you registered on!*</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I want to thank Bays for the chance to be Featured in SellingLounge's first Newsletter. It is truly an honor!</span></p><p align="center"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></p></span></span></span><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Featured Website</span></strong></span></span></span></p><p class="text1" align="center"><a href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00Animationwes1spotscarsds4all.gif" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >SportsCards4All</span></a></p> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Sportscards4all is featuring many stars and rare rookies from the 1960s to 2000, including such sought-after cards as inserts, vintage football, baseball, and basketball sets from its 2,000,000 card inventory. These cards include some of the limited issues of following: Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome, Topps Traded Tiffany, Upper Deck SP and O-PEE-CHEE</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Baseball greats include Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Nolan Ryan and Pete Rose, as well as the recent Hall of Fame electees Cal Ripken, Jr, and Tony Gwynn, plus present players and future Hall of Fame shooins Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriquez, to name but a few.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Football rookies, Hall of Famers and All Pros include Bart Starr, Jim Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Tom Brady, Emmett Smith, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and numerous inserts of rookies from all years.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Basketball cards include Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, and other selected Hall of Fame and All Pro players.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">WNBA players include Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes,Katie Douglas,Becky Hammon,Tamika Catchings, Lauren Jackson, Katie Smith, Jennifer Azzi any many others.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Featuring card from : 1997, 1998 Pinnacle, 1999 to 2002 Ultra</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">NASCAR greats include Dale Earnhart, Sr. (and Junior), Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Bush, Jeff Gordon and many others.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Autographed memorabilia is also available in several sports, as well as graded cards.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Numerous nonsports cards include: Magic "the Gathering" and Star Wars treasures.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">For the past twenty years, Wes has hoarded the best and rarest cards in the business, and he is finally ready to release his favorites.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">All items are 100% guaranteed.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">For additional information, or requests of your favorite player please email Mr. Cardboard, alias Vinewood, the brainchild behind this vast treasure chest.</span></span></span></p><p class="text1" align="center"><br /></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"><p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">September Referral Contest</span></strong></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Winner: Vinewood</span></strong></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Default;" >The first place winner will win their website or eStore in our Banner Rotation at the top of our forum here along with many other sites that Bays has which will include, Bays Blogs (She has many), Bays MySpace, WordPress, Bays Google Page, Bays Google Site, At least on of Bays WebSites, Bays Squidoo, Bays Top 100 Sites (She has two).</span></span></p> <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"> </span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:small;"><img src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Congratulations/th194379d8.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></span></span></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);">Congratulations Vinewood on winning The Selling Lounge's First Contest.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Selling Lounge NewsLetter Editor:</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <a href="mailto:eaglescoutmom2@gmail.com">EagleScoutMom2</a></span></span></p></div><p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span class="text41"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><strong></strong></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069512363979939075.post-90085614932156220332008-10-01T11:30:00.000-07:002008-10-07T11:31:28.688-07:00Selling Lounge October Newsletter<span class="style1"><br /></span> <table class="brder" style="height: 2568px;" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="916"> <tbody> <tr class="brder" align="center" bgcolor="#687da3" valign="center"> <td class="text4" colspan="4"> <div><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/index.php" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/index.php"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/index.php" style="width: 478px; height: 100px;" alt="" src="http://www.sellinglounge.com/styles/X-Vision/imageset/selling_lounge.png" border="0" height="100" width="550" /></a></div></td></tr> <tr bg="" style="color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="center" valign="center"><span class="text41"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><strong> <p align="center"><strong>October Referral Contest</strong></p> <p align="center"><strong>October 1st - 31st</strong></p> <p align="center">You can either post your referrals in the referral contest thread or you may email them to <!-- e --><a title="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com" href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a><!-- e --> and make sure you put in your username along with your referral.</p> <p align="center">The more the merrier!</p> <p align="center"><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=192" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=192" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=192" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Mic%20Gifs/checkitout.gif" border="0" /></a></p></strong></span></span></td> <td colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="center" valign="center"> <p align="right"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);font-size:x-small;" ><span class="style13"><span class="text3">October 1st, 2008</span></span></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);font-size:x-small;" ><span class="style13"><span class="text3">1st Edition</span></span></span></p></td></tr> <tr bg="" style="color: rgb(144, 200, 111);"> <td colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="left" valign="top"> <blockquote><span class="text41"> <p align="left"><span class="style30"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><strong><span class="text3">In this issue:</span></strong></span></span></p> <p align="left"><span class="style30"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"><span class="text3"><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <li>September Referral Contest </li></span></span></span></span> </p></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);"> <li><span style="font-size:x-small;">Introducing The Selling Lounge</span> </li><li><span style="font-size:x-small;">Featured Advertising Spot</span> </li><li><span style="font-size:x-small;">Featured Website</span> </li><li><span style="font-size:x-small;">Featured Auction Site</span> </li><li><span style="font-size:x-small;">Introduction Corner</span> </li></span></span></blockquote></td></tr> <tr bg="" style="color: rgb(144, 200, 111);"></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cfdcb8"> <td class="brder" colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor="#9aa9c4" valign="top"> <p> </p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">The Selling Lounge</span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">Hi, I'm Debi the proud owner of the Selling Lounge. We are a friendly forum where sellers help sellers to help our/your online E-Commerce Business grow by having a place of resources and support along with help in promoting ourselves and each other.<br /><br />I have been selling on line since 2003 in which I started out with eBay where I was doing very well as a Power Seller until all the fee hikes and changes. I then opened up my first Website almost 2 years ago and have been a member of a few very nice informative E-Commerce Forums and have learned so much about this new world of online selling that I wanted to have all my information in one place to help me succeed and by doing that, helping others at the same time.<br /><br />I want to welcome each and everyone of you and please make yourself at home in the forum and add your links to the various places we have for you to help get you and your products out there and noticed. We have a Blog which I would love for each of you to take the time and send me your site description with a banner and the url to your site so that I can post it on The Selling Lounge Blog.<br /><br />I would love to take a moment and thank Suzanne for all her help in getting The Selling Lounge going, I could not have done it without her. Suzanne is the owner of <a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/">www.explorz.com</a> and <a title="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/" href="http://www.wahmadvertisement.com/">www.wahmadvertisement.com</a>.<br /><br />I would also love to Thank our Forum Moderators for all their time and help as well! We have EagleScoutMom2 and out-of-the-attic-2u as our site wide Moderators and vinewood is our Moderator for our Introduction Corner and our Chat Central.<br /><br />EagleScoutMom2 is our Editor for our Newsletter and has done a wonderful job in putting it together for us.<br /><br />If you should happen to have a question or problem please feel free to contact me any time at <a title="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com" href="mailto:admin@sellinglounge.com">admin@sellinglounge.com</a>.<br /><br />Thank You so much for being a part of The Selling Lounge,<br />Bays/Debi</span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><img style="width: 348px; height: 4px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/lightgreyline.png" border="0" height="5" width="348" /></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">Help YourSelf by Promoting The Selling Lounge </span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Please feel free to post our banner along with The Selling Lounge address around the net.</span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);"> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Banners/sellinglounge-125x125.gif" border="0" /></a> <a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Banners/sellinglounge-225x125.gif" border="0" /></a></span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 231, 245);"><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/"><img title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Banners/sellinglounge-468x60.gif" border="0" /></a></span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(209, 231, 245);"><img style="width: 348px; height: 4px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/lightgreyline.png" border="0" height="5" width="348" /></span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=180" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=180"><span title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=180" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Members Please Check This Out!</span></a></span></p></td> <td class="brder" colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="left" valign="top"><span class="style30"><span> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Featured Advertising Spot </span></p> <p align="center"><span><strong>Explorz.com</strong></span></p> <p align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">If you</span> </span>haven't heard about Explorz, we invite you stop by and check us out. The Explorz Shopping Portal service was created<br />as a one-stop search portal for buyers and a central place for sellers to promote their products. The service allows sellers<br />to have more control and flexibility over the venue they use to sell online. Explorz’s goal is to help sellers invest in<br />themselves, one seller at a time. Explorz’s revenue is generated through site advertising, which means that there are no costs<br />to sellers for displaying their products on the site. In addition, there are no featured listings, so every seller’s listing<br />has an equal chance of catching the eye of a potential customer. You can also submit coupons to promote any specials/discounts<br />you are offering. Submitting your products to the Explorz Shopping Portal is FREE, fast and simple.<br /><br />visit Explorz<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/">http://www.explorz.com</a><br /><br />View over 60,000 products now on Explorz<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/deals.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/deals.html">http://www.explorz.com/deals.html</a><br /><br />Learn more about our coupons:<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html">http://www.explorz.com/coupon_promotional.html</a><br /><br />All products displayed on Explorz direct the buyer to your store to purchase, nothing is sold directly on Explorz.<br /><br />Compatible Online Selling Venues<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9" href="http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9">http://www.explorz.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=9</a><br /><br />You may have as many stores as you want, and you can manage them all with ease from just one account.<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/stores.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/stores.html">http://www.explorz.com/stores.html</a><br /><br />Below is a seller with several stores, showing how multiple stores (set up under one account) will display on Explorz:<br /><br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html">http://www.explorz.com/profile/renagadesrelics.html</a><br /><br />One of their individual store pages<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html">http://www.explorz.com/store/Renagades-On-Bonanzle.html</a><br /><br />Be sure to try out our MySpace application, display your products on your Myspace page.<br /><a title="http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html" href="http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html">http://www.explorz.com/myspace.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Default;">Hope to see you on Explorz.com! Suzanne</span> </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a title="http://www.explorz.com/" href="http://www.explorz.com/" target="_blank"><img title="http://www.explorz.com/" style="width: 425px; height: 63px;" alt="Shopping Made Easier" src="http://www.explorz.com/images/banners/explorz_sh_468_60.gif" border="0" height="60" width="441" /></a></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a title="http://explorz.gotop100.com/" href="http://explorz.gotop100.com/"><img title="http://explorz.gotop100.com/" style="width: 419px; height: 64px;" alt="" src="http://www.explorz.com/images/explorz_topsite_header.jpg" border="0" height="90" width="728" /></a> </span></p></span></span> <p> </p></td></tr> <tr bg="" style="color: rgb(144, 200, 111);"> <td colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"> <p align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Featured Auction Site </span></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OvernightAuctions.com</span></strong></p> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My name is Crystal or Crys as my friends call me. I have been selling online since 2000, starting on eBay under ID bmomof3... which still exists but is rarely used... and then I discovered Bidville and OvernightAuctions.com.</span></span></p><span style="color: rgb(64, 0, 128);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />I started out mainly as a hobby and something to do, some way to get rid of my children's excess clothing they outgrew and so forth. Over the years, my Seller ID changed from bmomof3 to bmomof4 and finally I adopted CraftsDucksNMore2 since that is the majority of items I sell (crafts, rubber ducks, etc.)</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />I grew to love online auctions so much that when the chance came up to buy out and take over ONA, I jumped at it, bringing my husband Mike (djind) on board with me.<br />Mike and I intend for OvernightAuctions to get back on track, at least, if not better than, the way it used to be when it was in its prime. We are growing at a rapid rate and I could not be happier! We plan to take this site Worldwide and give everyone a chance to join, buy, chat, and lots of other things for free!</span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keep in mind, please, we have two sites, both are linked to the same business name of Overnight Auctions. One is at <!-- m --></span><a class="postlink" title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/"><span title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.overnightauctions.net</span></a><!-- m --><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, which is less than two months old, and in the PhPProbid format that many prefer, and the other is at <!-- m --></span><a class="postlink" title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/"><span title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.overnightauctions.com</span></a><!-- m --><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, which is a highly upgraded RScript format.<br />*Thru October 5th, we are having a BOGO registration, if you join on one site and pay the $3 Verification Fee on there, you may join the other site for FREE! You also receive your $3 back in Site Credits on the site you registered on!*</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I want to thank Bays for the chance to be Featured in SellingLounge's first Newsletter. It is truly an honor!</span></p></span> <p> </p> <p align="center"><a title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.com/"><img title="http://www.overnightauctions.com/" style="width: 370px; height: 62px;" alt="" src="http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo190/ONASupport/top-logo.jpg" border="0" height="78" width="390" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> <a title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" href="http://www.overnightauctions.net/"><img title="http://www.overnightauctions.net/" alt="" src="http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo190/ONASupport/probidlogo.png" border="0" height="55" width="396" /></a></p> <p align="center"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/Bar.png" border="0" height="4" width="321" /></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">September Referral Contest</span></strong></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Winner: Vinewood</span></strong></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Default;" >The first place winner will win their website or eStore in our Banner Rotation at the top of our forum here along with many other sites that Bays has which will include, Bays Blogs (She has many), Bays MySpace, WordPress, Bays Google Page, Bays Google Site, At least on of Bays WebSites, Bays Squidoo, Bays Top 100 Sites (She has two).</span></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:small;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Congratulations/th194379d8.jpg" border="0" /></span></span></span></p><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);"></span> <p align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);">Congratulations Vinewood on winning The Selling Lounge's First Contest.</span></p></span></span> <p> </p></td> <td class="text41" colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(154, 169, 196);" align="center" valign="center"> <p><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size:small;">Featured Website</span></strong></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">SportsCards4All</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Sportscards4all is featuring many stars and rare rookies from the 1960s to 2000, including such sought-after cards as inserts, vintage football, baseball, and basketball sets from its 2,000,000 card inventory. These cards include some of the limited issues of following: Topps Chrome, Bowman Chrome, Topps Traded Tiffany, Upper Deck SP and O-PEE-CHEE</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Baseball greats include Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Nolan Ryan and Pete Rose, as well as the recent Hall of Fame electees Cal Ripken, Jr, and Tony Gwynn, plus present players and future Hall of Fame shooins Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriquez, to name but a few.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Football rookies, Hall of Famers and All Pros include Bart Starr, Jim Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Tom Brady, Emmett Smith, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and numerous inserts of rookies from all years.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Basketball cards include Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, and other selected Hall of Fame and All Pro players.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">WNBA players include Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes,Katie Douglas,Becky Hammon,Tamika Catchings, Lauren Jackson, Katie Smith, Jennifer Azzi any many others.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Featuring card from : 1997, 1998 Pinnacle, 1999 to 2002 Ultra</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">NASCAR greats include Dale Earnhart, Sr. (and Junior), Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Bush, Jeff Gordon and many others.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Autographed memorabilia is also available in several sports, as well as graded cards.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Numerous nonsports cards include: Magic "the Gathering" and Star Wars treasures.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">For the past twenty years, Wes has hoarded the best and rarest cards in the business, and he is finally ready to release his favorites.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">All items are 100% guaranteed.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">For additional information, or requests of your favorite player please email Mr. Cardboard, alias Vinewood, the brainchild behind this vast treasure chest.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><a class="postlink" title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" href="http://www.sportscards4all.com/"><img title="http://www.sportscards4all.com/" style="width: 402px; height: 60px;" alt="Image" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/vinewood/website%20%20banners/00Animationwes1spotscarsds4all.gif" border="0" height="60" width="362" /></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p class="text1" align="center"> </p><span><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" ><strong></strong></span> </span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" ><strong><a title="http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/?action=view&current=lightgreyline.png" href="http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/?action=view&current=lightgreyline.png" target="_blank"><img title="http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/?action=view&current=lightgreyline.png" style="width: 348px; height: 4px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s173/eaglescoutmom2/Lines/lightgreyline.png" border="0" height="5" width="348" /></a></strong></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" ><strong></strong></span> </span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" ><strong>Introduction Corner</strong></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" >Stop into Introduction Corner and read your welome thread and leave a welcome for other members. Let's make everyone feel at home at The Selling Lounge.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgb(154, 169, 196);font-size:small;" >As the moderator for Introduction Corner, you will find Vinewood there doing a great job at welcoming everyone.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;"></span> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4"><span title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4" style="font-size:small;">http://www.sellinglounge.com/viewforum.php?f=4</span></a></span></p></span></td></tr> <tr bg style="color:#90c86f;"> <td colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(154, 169, 196);" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><span class="text41"> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>If the you can't view all of this email please visit this url </strong></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong> </strong><a title="http://www.sellinglounge.com/newsletter.php?mail=2" href="http://www.sellinglounge.com/newsletter.php?mail=2">http://www.sellinglounge.com/newsletter.php?mail=2</a><br />Or <a title="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/" href="http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/">http://sellingloungenewsletter.blogspot.com/</a></span></p></span></span> <p> </p></td> <td class="text41" colspan="2" bg="" style="color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" align="center" valign="center"> <p><span style="font-size:x-small;">Selling Lounge NewsLetter Editor:</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"> <a title="mailto:eaglescoutmom2@gmail.com" href="mailto:eaglescoutmom2@gmail.com">EagleScoutMom2</a></span></p></td></tr> <tr bg="" style="color: rgb(104, 125, 163);" align="center" valign="center"> <td colspan="4"><span class="style30"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <span class="text6"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:x-small;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Copyright©The Selling Lounge</span></strong></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="style1"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0