Vendio Free Store Offer
Vendio is offering a free online store as described in our previous article/Review on the All Business Auctions Blog:
Does anyone have a follow up on this service and the effectiveness of the free ecommerce store Vendio is offering to the public?
If you do, please chime in here on the TAJ Forum with your thoughts!
Thanks!
Scott
It is no secret... I love WordPress as a Content Management System and I am an evangelist when it comes to discussing the possibilities this CMS offers small business owners for website development . The shear magnitude and the purity of this web publishing systems capabilities and simplicity is absolutely mind boggling to me... Yet there is a hitch...
Whats the Red Herring?
The catch is that if the Content Management System has no content, it still will work better than a html hand coded site, but not a lot better.
I have been bumping into this situation with my clients (and even sometimes with myself) for some time now. The "Build it and they will come" mentality just does not wash in this world of search engines and instant information.
A website is judged, not so much on what you have done, but what have you done lately? This applies to all websites, no matter the publishing system they use, if there is no recent content, then there are no recent visits from the nifty search engine spiders or bots.
This lesson became clear to me a long time ago but more recently a situation with a family member clarified my thoughts leading to this article.
My Brother is a Fancy Yacht Air Conditioning Man!
My brother Steve is a tradesman, he has worked with his hands all of his life. He is also a specialist and he has a niche like no other to specialize in, Marine Air Conditioning on Yachts.
Steve has worked on installing and maintaining sea going marine refrigeration and air conditioning for the last 25 years. He owns his own business - Cooler Marine Air in St Peterburg, Florida and although he is a small operation his clients are loyal and varied.
Steve has been flown as far away as the Caribbean and Mexico to repair cooling systems on large yachts and he has consulted with manufacturers of the air conditioning and builders of the finest yachts to share with them his experience and his knowledge about what really works in the field.
Steve Pooler can teach both the theory and practical applications of all sorts of marine refrigeration and air conditioning installations, troubleshooting and repair.
So... the guy is good, and that's not just cause he is my brother! He has fans all over the country in this niche and he deserves to be recognized for his very specific skill set and experience...
.... Update! Please check out the new Trading Assistant Journal Forums where you can add your own commentary and opinions to topics covered here on the Journal as well as topics you would like to discuss.
You can also talk about the top eBay and eCommerce Blogs and Podcasts in the Forum - Not just the TAJ!
More information to come, but for now just remember you have to be registered to post and all comments must be within normal etiquette guidelines - Differing Opinions Welcome but...
- no Profanity Please !
With the amount of people following the Journal now, I thought it would be a good idea to test the waters and start an informal Network meeting place.
I set this up on Ning because they seem to have a lot of features not found on old style bulletin boards and forums. If the Ning thing works, great, if not and we have interest, I will start a real hosted forum on one of my servers.
As many of you know, this site (Trading Assistant Journal) is hosted on the free WordPress.com platform. This is where we started, and frankly I like it here. I think we will stay on WordPress.com as long as we are welcome. Therefore, why not try a free forum to go along with our nice WordPress.com blog?
Ning does place Google adsence on the Trading Assistant Journal Network site, this is the tradeoff for free forums, and I do not see a dime from those adsence ad's.
I hope the Network will become a place of value to my readers, where they can post interesting and respectful information and share ideas with like minded people without fear of threads being removed for mentioning the wrong company, or for disagreeing with the moderator. The only offences to cause a person or post being plucked, will be outright disrespect, foul language, or personal attacks on other members of the Network. None of us have time for these things.
There will never be any dues to join other than participating in the conversation...
Lets Talk!
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