Hi all! Welcome to Feb 2005
Going Nuts here (trying to debugg as I actively use the new module! Having a good time. Hope that things are going well for eveyone I have met since opening the Blog. I love it. I do wish I could learn it all faster and make it all just happen.
Recent Sales at the mall!
This month I am going to see if I an add it to more locations on my mall and in all the groups. I do see that this "blog thing" is catchy and fun too! I also think that the blog could be very much better than the Yahoo Groups (we have over 50 now), which have been fun, but are not only getting spammed by individuals, and now by the Yahoo Company's own default bulk mailer system. The new user of some bulk accounts that Yahoo sells services on has been giving allowances (not sure if it's actually what they promote or not) to the senders of bulk ads and they and the emails they send result in SPAM which makes all our members mad and they leave us. This make Yahoo Groups a real bad deal at present. I did commit to seeing if Yahoo actually allows this situation (I'll get right on it). I also did commit to make sure we are going into the business end of blogging.
In the coming months (I have been given the task), we at Alexander's Auction Mall, are going to investigate doing blog from our own servers. I see a way to do it here and wonder if the present servers we use are able to take it. If they are, I may do that and test it, then get on with it. If it does, it (the blog), could become part of our members zones and sites like http://list.alexandersauction.com/ and http://clerk.alexandersauction.com/ < clerk is phpNuke and new, but cool. We want to do this from the http://www.c4bnet.com/ site which is open to handle it all.
Since the closing of the old site, click 4 bucks, a network site, we have been hurting for cash. When it closed, we lost all other income sources and related sites, which has resulted in strappin us to the tightest we have been since starting in 1996. We are looking forward to the new system being part of our offering.
In 2003 we suffered the crash. In 2004, we recoverd and built the new sites, with a new tool (the same one that caused the crash) and some real enhancements. We also invented some files and system tools that we may (want to baddly) market and sell for cash. We think we can really do well with the sales but getting it all off the ground is not as easy as it looks.
eBay auctions (ours) are doing better than we thought and now we are focused on doing more to keep alive until we get back to where we had made it prior to the crash in fall 2003.
Picture of the Day! at Alexander's Auction Mall POD
The closing of 40 web sites, included: Yahoo Stores, web sites, email sites, responders, and many things all linked together. 1000s of hours in time and 1000s of pages are effected and still on many servers. We cannot go back so we are going forward. We also have lost all the staff we had and it's back to the very basics. We (me and those left) are hanging on by threads but that is good.
In all my years online I have never had such a big challenge or such opportunity. In the past year, I have seen many things happen, I have done many new things, and I have attempted to quit. I just cannot stop. I love what I do and how I do it. I also like what's going on now in the overall industry of online publishing.
The 911 factor has killed many like us and many like me as far as being here online and making a living. I see that the stats state that 1 million people per year or more are begining online businesses which is down from almost 3000 in past years. It's all blamed on the 911 factor, which I agree with and have seen it's effects as well. During the past years I have seen those effects kick my virtual online business to bits.
The other factors that surely effect us all are the WAR, Politics, The Economy and more. I would love to see which and what all that looks like in a summary. Heck, I would like a million dollar grant to study that (for the income and the knowledge), set of facts, impacts, the factors and the effected businesses.
Thanks all and have a great day!
Blog On!
Greg
greg@aopus.com
http://greg.aopus.com/
Recent Sales at the mall!
This month I am going to see if I an add it to more locations on my mall and in all the groups. I do see that this "blog thing" is catchy and fun too! I also think that the blog could be very much better than the Yahoo Groups (we have over 50 now), which have been fun, but are not only getting spammed by individuals, and now by the Yahoo Company's own default bulk mailer system. The new user of some bulk accounts that Yahoo sells services on has been giving allowances (not sure if it's actually what they promote or not) to the senders of bulk ads and they and the emails they send result in SPAM which makes all our members mad and they leave us. This make Yahoo Groups a real bad deal at present. I did commit to seeing if Yahoo actually allows this situation (I'll get right on it). I also did commit to make sure we are going into the business end of blogging.
In the coming months (I have been given the task), we at Alexander's Auction Mall, are going to investigate doing blog from our own servers. I see a way to do it here and wonder if the present servers we use are able to take it. If they are, I may do that and test it, then get on with it. If it does, it (the blog), could become part of our members zones and sites like http://list.alexandersauction.com/ and http://clerk.alexandersauction.com/ < clerk is phpNuke and new, but cool. We want to do this from the http://www.c4bnet.com/ site which is open to handle it all.
Since the closing of the old site, click 4 bucks, a network site, we have been hurting for cash. When it closed, we lost all other income sources and related sites, which has resulted in strappin us to the tightest we have been since starting in 1996. We are looking forward to the new system being part of our offering.
In 2003 we suffered the crash. In 2004, we recoverd and built the new sites, with a new tool (the same one that caused the crash) and some real enhancements. We also invented some files and system tools that we may (want to baddly) market and sell for cash. We think we can really do well with the sales but getting it all off the ground is not as easy as it looks.
eBay auctions (ours) are doing better than we thought and now we are focused on doing more to keep alive until we get back to where we had made it prior to the crash in fall 2003.
Picture of the Day! at Alexander's Auction Mall POD
The closing of 40 web sites, included: Yahoo Stores, web sites, email sites, responders, and many things all linked together. 1000s of hours in time and 1000s of pages are effected and still on many servers. We cannot go back so we are going forward. We also have lost all the staff we had and it's back to the very basics. We (me and those left) are hanging on by threads but that is good.
In all my years online I have never had such a big challenge or such opportunity. In the past year, I have seen many things happen, I have done many new things, and I have attempted to quit. I just cannot stop. I love what I do and how I do it. I also like what's going on now in the overall industry of online publishing.
The 911 factor has killed many like us and many like me as far as being here online and making a living. I see that the stats state that 1 million people per year or more are begining online businesses which is down from almost 3000 in past years. It's all blamed on the 911 factor, which I agree with and have seen it's effects as well. During the past years I have seen those effects kick my virtual online business to bits.
The other factors that surely effect us all are the WAR, Politics, The Economy and more. I would love to see which and what all that looks like in a summary. Heck, I would like a million dollar grant to study that (for the income and the knowledge), set of facts, impacts, the factors and the effected businesses.
Thanks all and have a great day!
Blog On!
Greg
greg@aopus.com
http://greg.aopus.com/
posted by AlexandersBlogger at 2:27 PM
2 Comments:
The Recent Sale Item: We had to add this note so you know. This thing came in an estate. It's so unique and rare. It went to the high bidder in the auction online over the week (Last weeki in Jan). It's from Memphis, TN. and it's from a company out of business but that had a real great idea. It is what we called a Towel Safe and it was made in the late 1890s or early 1900s. It's Golden Oak and it's so unique that it's what we class as rare.
In all the 50 years in our business, "I have never seen anything like it." says, mom, Doris Alexander, an established expert in antiques and our history.
Since this is the family blog, you all know this, but we add it for all those who don't know. Mom has her own fans and we all love her very much. Go Mom!
Greg g;0)~
Blogged! it! to the casino for a $50.00 bet and a dinner too!
http://spaces.msn.com/members/gomarthago/blog/cns!1peAueBvI82B2RXZ2qtPZXiA!248.trak
Blog dare!
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