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eBay Live GALA Final Day Boston 2007

June 16th 2007
The last day of eBay Live.


Boston is a BIG BIG City!
And as a "Country Mouse" Like myself,
I did get lost

at least ONCE every day!


This Tunnel Collected a LOT of my money ::

I did spend a total of $60.00 just in parking!

BUT, it was all well worth the Magnificent Adventure!
This was my 1st year to be able to get away and "splurge"
I treated myself for this trip and I had a BLAST!


I had met Cindy on my 1st day and I soon enjoyed seeing her Smiling Face whenever I would run into her!  This last day I realized I needed a photo with her! And NOW, She even has a MySpace page, SO, stop by and BE HER FRIEND, she needs friends! ((winks))
http://www.myspace.com/cindyshebley
She has some GREAT EbAY Live Photos to share too!

I worked the Education Specialist booth from 9:00 AM till Noon.
So, Unfortunately I missed the Town Hall Meeting :-(
BUT, I did get a few people to become Education Specialists and join the program! SO, that was very rewarding!
I am a proud Education Specialist!!!

This gal I met at my "MySpace" Round Table event the day before!
And on this day, she came by the booth to JOIN the Program!
If you are reading this my friend CONTACT ME!!!



Here we have two fellow eBayers! Carl and Greg!
Carl runs a Group I belong to:
North West Florida, the Panhandle
I am a moderator for this group and we need MORE members!
SO, if you are an eBayer and FROM this area of Florida,
PLEASE join us for some local meetings and selling strategies!!!

THEN,
I finally ran into Janelle Elms!
I do podcasts with her once a month and it has been a ton of fun!
Was a pleasure to meet her face to face at last!!!!


I am Griff and eBetsy's #1 Fan!!
I even got to do a little Radio Segment on eBay Radio!
And will have some segments on YOU TUBE very soon!
If you are an eBayer and you have not checked in OR joined the eBay Radio Group,
HURRY HURRY as we are on a mission to get
20 Thousand Members by the NEXT eBay live!
http://groups.ebay.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1278


I bought an eBay Snow Globe AND had it signed by the designer:
Michael O.Smith!
SORRY FOLKS, I'm not selling it either! I am treasuring it!

While waiting in line to enter the Grand Ballroom where the Gala Was being held,
the wait went by VERY fast because eBay kept us entertained!
Clowns were roaming the lines doing card tricks, passing out Free Drinks (non-alcoholic),
Free Mentos, Ebay Tattoos and there were even Clown Photographers!
They each had instant cameras and would come up and take your photo!
It was so cool AND made the time pass by!
(Disney should learn something from this to help with the lines)
ANYHOW, I happen to be in line behind this couple,
and suddenly she said OMG, I bought an eBook from you!!!
haha, How cool was that!!!
Here I am in a photo with her and her husband!

She even called me on the phone once and I remember her having a VERY COOL
eBay Store! NOW, I need her to contact me again so I can add a link to this page!!!
**waves** to you wherever you are!


Some complained about the food BUT I thought it was great!
The Mini Boston Cream Pie was to DIE FOR! :-)
.... and, just
Walking into the Gala was AMAZING!
The eBay Staff was lined up on both sides of the walkway!
Even Meg and Griff were in the line-up!
They cheered all of us as we entered the room!
It was beyond anything I can describe!
Another day I felt VERY PROUD to be an eBay Seller!!


eBetsy and her Hubby were SO CREATIVE!
Fun and Silly! HAVING A BLAST!!!
Being a part of the Carnival Theme!



AND,
This was the night I FINALLY got my photo with Meg Whitman:



Thanks to my eBay Friend:
PartyVegtable:

Ask him to be a Friend and Take a look at his
Awesome photos from eBay Live:
http://www.myspace.com/partyvegetable

BOTTOM LINE::
I had a Blast!
It was a memorable event to add to my life!
I met so many wonderful eBay Staff members and fellow ebay sellers/buyers!
I did video tape and will be soon adding those as well!
For NOW,
I AM BROKE!!!!!!!!
But hey, as my Daddy would say
"It's Only Money and there is MORE to be made tomorrow'!
So, visit my eBay store and help out this eBay Junkie! ((smiles))



my 3rd Day in Boston EBAY LIVE 2007

WOW, my 3rd Day was another fantastic Day in eBay Land!

I even ran into a fellow MySpace Friend in the PowerSeller Lounge:
http://www.myspace.com/sportyourteam
Ask her to be your friend too!
She's such a sweety with some AWESOME Sports gear!!!



I tried hard this day to get a photo with Meg but had no luck.
I did get a few photos of her:





I stopped by eBay Radio and Griff was out to lunch so they had a Cardboard
photo of him!!!  Too funny!



I did get a Caricature drawing done of myself by this talented man:



I created a Round Table Discussion Group to talk about MySpace and
people signed up! I was the only one with a "Filled" sticker across the board!
How Cool is that?? lol





eBetsey had her PARTY HAT on ::



I found Paul Revere AND I went to Lunch with my friend
from Joliet Illinois "AuctionWonderland"


That's all the photos I have from this day!
I ended the day early to spend with my Cousins!!!

STAY TUNED FOR THE FINAL PHOTOS from
 THE GALA EVENT!!!

Day 2 of My eBay Live Adventure!!

My 2nd Day in Boston was the Opening Day of eBay Live!

It was so awesome to just walk into the building!

I started my day attending a "Group" Meeting!
Learning about the NEW format that is developing for the
eBay Community of "Groups".
Garnor Morantes was the speaker. His team manages the Group
Technology Platform.


I found this to be very informative and enjoyable!

After that was over, I had to go find eBay Radio and they
were LIVE, on the Air!


Lee & Griff were interviewing Lynn Dralle the Queen of Auctions!

I did get a photo with Chris Murch: On Site Coordinator!



I spent the day checking out the floor and all the booths!
I took a class provided by the USPS about International Shipping.
They had a set of pins and I managed to get a set!
I've decided to sell mine as a Charity Auction!
Check my Charity Auction Listings

The KEY Notes event was Awesome!

I did get a couple photos of Meg and Bill Cob.


I have some videos of this event I will get posted SOON on You Tube!
My photo of Rajiv didn't come out. He was a Brilliant speaker too from PayPal!
I liked his style!

They had some ice-cream and food out for all to enjoy!!!
I saved my appetite for the PowerSellers night out!
YES, I ate Lobster AGAIN!!!


AND .... eBay picked up the tab!
It's an honor to be an eBay PowerSeller!!!


Check back soon to read about my DAY 3!

eBay Live 2007 DAY ONE!!!!!

EBAY LIVE!!! Day 1, June 13th 2007!

I went a day early to attend an Education Specialist , All Day Training Session and Dinner
held a the Westin Hotel in Boston!
It was well worth flying in early!
I felt like a queen as the PowerU organization went all out!

They Wined and Dined us with Breakfast, Lunch and to a Beautiful Lobster Dinner!



The 1st Speaker was:





The 2nd speaker was : Andy Sernovitz!
He put on a wonderful presentation!
And eBay bought each of us a Signed copy of his latest book:
Word of Mouth Marketing!



You too can pick up a copy of his book AND ask him
to sign it : Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz

I have found this book to be very useful!

The highlight of this was to to finally MEET GRIFF from
eBay Radio!!!!





and a Special Gal from eBay Radio:
e-Betsey w/her Hubby:


THEN, I got to meet Jason Miner from PayPal Radio:





Some friends that sat at my Lunch Table!
See anyone you know???


Some friends you may know from my Dinner Table:




I had the honor to meet the eBay Queen from MySpace!
She said to me in the Parking Lot that she was My Friend
on MySpace:

I do look a bit drunk here but I honestly was not!!!





Sharon and the PowerU Team made this night and day a complete success!




This Education Specialist became a Good friend of mine!
He was already my friend on MySpace and is a member of my
Affiliate Program!
Brilliant eBay seller:
 


My 1st Day couldn't of been more perfect!!!!!
At the end of the day I was so ON Top of the World
Ready to see what tomorrow would bring!
This day made me VERY PROUD to be an:


Stay tuned for DAY TWO:-)




June's PowerSellingMom

This months Featured Power Seller is motoxrush

My name is Melynda Rush and I am a Power Selling Mom of two great kids...my husband and my 8 year old son! LOL!

I have been a member of eBay since 2004 and have been selling full-time on eBay since July 2005.

The way I got started on eBay is I had a brick and mortar Power Sports retail store and my idol who is also my best friend, "my Dad", one day told me about selling on eBay.

So I decided to give it a try and listed a few things, then became hooked!

I eventually began to make more money selling on eBay than I did opening my store everyday, so I eventually listed everything I could by opening a store on eBay using the inventory from my Brick and Mortar store and now I realize I made the best decision ever!

I have since expanded from selling not only Power Sports apparel and parts n accessories to selling virtually anything like Avon products, home decor items, jewelry, Barbie Dolls and more!

I also make custom logos, store banners, custom listing templates and sell a great wholesale list of places to buy wholesale merchandise from, so that others can get in on the eBay Selling fun!

I became a Silver level Power Seller after my first 3 months of selling on eBay and have been able to maintain my Power Selling Status ever since.

I have learned to market my eBay business everywhere I can and I am so excited that it has grown to be as successful as it has!

One day, I discovered eBay groups and later on started my own eBay teaching group, "Getting Started on eBay and Improving". I enjoyed sharing my knowledge with others about eBay so much that I eventually became an Education Specialist trained by eBay University so thatI could teach others in a live setting in my area.

I am very thankful to my Dad for letting me in on the eBay information and I feel that making eBay my full-time career has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I love what I do and I love to spread the word to others!

eBay has given me the freedom to spend more time with my family by being able to work from home and has given me a great chance to make an extra income to buy things for my family to enjoy!

I have gained a large amount of friends from eBay from all over the world & Danna is one of the awesome friends I made while being part of eBay. Her motivation and drive is just phenomenal! She truly is an inspiration to more people than she probably will ever realize!!

Thank you so much Danna for giving me the opportunity to be the featured Power Selling Mom for the month of June!

Melynda Rush
eBay id : MotoXRush
eBay Store: Rush-Moto-X
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/motoxrush
My Guide: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/motoxrush

Thanks bunches to this Awesome Powerselling Mom for being our June, Featured Power Seller!

I had the honor to meet Melynda's Father a few months ago while he was in the area.
He would get that "Sparkle" in his eye everytime we talked about her!
She has been blessed with a Loving, Inspirational Father!
And, here is her loving husband and Son!

Happy Father's Day!


Stop by my site and see who will be the NEXT Featured eBay Seller!!!

PowerSellingMom.com banner swap

See you at EBAY LIVE! Boston woooohoooo!!!!!!

Heading to Boston EARLY Tuesday AM!
Hope to meet MANY of you at EBAY LIVE!

You can find me at Booth #123
on SATURDAY, June 16th from 9:00 am till NOON!
The EDUCATION SPECIALIST BOOTH!
Who's gonna buy me Lunch???? ((winks)))

Stay tuned on my Website for PHOTOS and UpDates:
PowerSellingMom.com EBAY LIVE

PowerSellingMom.com banner swap

ms_sellaneous ROCKS!

Today I got an item I bought from this seller AND I have bought from her a few times before too,
BUT this time my heart was touched as she include a creation that her daughter made as a Thank you
to me for buying her Bear Book!
I thought it was  SO SWEET!
I put it on my eBay wall by the side of a Suncatcher she made for me a few months ago!

Check it out::::::::::::



Kids grow up so fast!
Mine are in college so TREASURE the Moments
and CHECK OUT THIS GALS EBAY STORE!

She has SOMETHING you need PLUS a very cool
T-REX AUCTION going on AND add her T-Rex to your
WATCH!  Thanks again,
Danna ..<><..............


http://stores.ebay.com/ms-sellaneous-finds

2007 BEST eBay Stores!!!!

Best eBay Stores Contest Winners!


The votes are in!


Best Shopping Experience went to::::::



Best eBay Store Marketing Went to:



Best Looking eBay Store:
MARKS MEMORIES

Best “Standard” Store Layout:
Copper Frog Studio

Congratulations to all for a job well done!

June Featured PowerSeller

wooohooo
 I have the Featured eBay PowerSeller for June posted at my Website!!

I am featuring a PowerSeller each month .. NO CHARGE for this.
Something FUN I enjoy is all!!


PowerSellingMom.com banner swap

AND, don't forget I offer FREE AUCTION ADVERTISING ON MY SITE!!!

Easily share your auctions and join in on the fun!!!!Hugzzz, Danna ..<>< ........

Awesome Opportunity for Charity





I am a proud supporter of the Disabled Online Users Association
and I have a Charity Auction Going on RIGHT NOW:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=102333&item=150128799556


Be a Part of my NEXT Ebook !!!



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