Nov 1, 2009

How To Write eBay Auction Descriptions That Get Bids



by: Ian Stables
The first thing you need to do is write an auction title.
This is the most important part of your auction. If your title doesn't interest anyone no-one will read your ad. 
 
You could have written the most compelling auction description ever written. But unless anyone reads it you'll get no sales. All professional ad writers agree that the title is 9x more important than the ad itself. Before you read a newspaper article, what's the first thing you read? 
 
That's right. The headlines. Only when a headline interests you will you attempt to read the actual article. 
 
The most effective way of coming up with the best title.
 
The best way is follow the 100-1 rule. First write 100 titles then pick the best one. Why? 
 
Professional writers do this because 100 seems to exhaust all possible titles. You'll find when you've finished that the best one jumps off the page at you. 
 
Try it! It works. It takes time but nothing comes without effort. And the results will outweigh the work.
There is however a better way that I stumbled across. This method is used by one of the most successful writers on the web. He simple asks a special question that just gets headlines flooding from your fingers. I must say, it works like magic. He always gets his headline in less than 5 minutes. And what's more, always gets amazing results. Everytime! 
 
Sorry I'm not going to reveal that question here, because I've included it in my best-selling ebook about ad writing. And it would result in less sales, because that would be one of the main reasons people are buying it. Amongst others. 
 
How to write the auction description.
Your description is the part that needs to get the person to place a bid. So you better make sure it's persuasive. Just about everyone reads the first paragraph. If this doesn't grab em, then they'll quickly leave and look for other auctions. 
 
The best first paragraph is always the one that grabs the imagination. When they read it they should see themselves with your item. A bit like the car salesman who gets you to sit in the vehicle. 
 
Hopefully you've done a good job of that so now they begin reading the rest of your ad.
People want to see the benefits of owning your item. So you need to show all the benefits of having your offering. You also need to present the benefits in a certain way. The best way I've found for presentation is shown in my book. It always gets the best response whenever I do this in my auctions. 
 
If possible you should always use a photo. When people see what your offering they're much more happy to buy. 
 
So to summarise...
Get the auction title right. This is the most important part by far.
Use a powerful opening paragraph.
Present all the benefits of your item.
If possible use photos. 
 
About the author:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ian Stables shows eBay sellers the best ways to get extra bids to their auctions in his ebook "The 37 Effective eBay Ad Writing Secrets. http://ebayadsecrets.tripod.com/
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How to save money on the Adwords network



by: Steve Cash
How to save money on the Adwords network
Over the years I have had many accounts with Adwords, spending a small fortune with the Adwords service. So naturally I have picked up many cost saving tricks. I am aware that most people feel Adwords costs too much and delivers little results, this is completely untrue. Adwords is a service that is here to help us, so I have written this article to help web developers make the most out of the service. 
 
1) Set your currency,
First and foremost, select the currency of which you locally trade in. You may think its wise to start your Adwords account in USD, but if you do not live in the USA you may get a shock when you find how much you have been charged.
 
2) Use negative keywords,
You are using the Adwords service to generate website traffic, so obviously you want the right traffic to generate revenue. Start by using negative keywords for people whom you do not want to click on your advert, the best place to start is the keyword “free”. As I doubt you want to waste money on traffic that will not generate revenue.
 
3) Make a strict daily budget
Make sure you have set out a daily budget, Adwords generally advise a way out of proportion budget. After all most new Adwords customers have no idea how effective the advertising will be. Do not start off with a bang, your pocket will feel it.
 
Just as important as the budget, be careful with the CPC rate. I advise you to start with a low number, each click soon adds up very quickly. I actually found that by lowering my CPC rate by 50% I doubled my visitor count…
 
4) Check those clicks!
One of the most talked about problem with Adwords is, click fraud. There are two main types of click fraud: the first is when any one starts clicking away at your advertisements trying to waste your money. It is very hard to stop this kind of fraud, if you are a victim stop your ads and file a report to Google ASAP. 
 
The second main issue is now that google allows Web Developers to earn money off their websites by placing ads (Adsense) .some Web Developers try to cheat the system by clicking on their ads as much as possible. The best way to stop this kind of fraud is check your page log, Adwords allow you to block out websites that you do not want your advert to be placed on.
 
Adwords does not have many protections against Click fraud, although they do disable Adsense accounts who cheat. Google are very hesitant to refund the victims, if at all. Reports tell many organisations are actually suing Google to get their money back, so be careful.
 
In this article I have illustrated some of the most beneficial ways to save money when advertising with Adwords. My main advice to you is, do not go crazy with your spending. You may not see the results you are after, it does take a while to get to know Adwords. I have had many successful ad campaigns using the Adwords network. However I do advise to look around, with the ever growing popularity of MSN search you may actually find it much more affordable. 
 
About the author:
Steve is the owner and operator for Private Mail Services. http://www.private-services.com We endeavour to keep your personal life totally safe and private. http://www.private-services.com 
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