Alex Berg Venturing on His Own

Today Bill Harding CEO of Bonanza.com  announced that Alex Berg will be venturing out on his own to start up his own company..Alex's life long dream.

We hate to see you go Alex!  But good luck with your new business venture..

See the entire post here.

Marketplace Focus: Bonanza- Auctiva Learning Center

Auctiva posted a great article about Bonanza.com

This is the second article in a series that explores off-eBay marketplaces. In this article, we introduce Bonanza, a marketplace that aims to make buying and selling everything that isn't "ordinary" easy.


Bonanza is a place for buyers and sellers looking for anything but the ordinary. And when shoppers see the funky vintage items on the marketplace's homepage, they'll know they're in the right spot to find a variety of rare and unique products.

See the entire article here


Marketplace Focus: Bonanza- Auctiva Learning Center

Volunteers make harvest possible — Convoy of Hope

Volunteers make harvest possible — Convoy of Hope

This is my Dad! Daddy worked for days in the fields picking up debris . Dad and mom were picking up stuff and Dad found one single page of of a Bible. And the one page was the verse

Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest

: Dad said he stood in the middle of the field and said "Alright Lord I am tired and I take this at your Word"..

And that van pulled up with all the convoyofhope workers and helped him clean the fields... What a testimony!

Dad kept the page from the Bible. It is right next to his chair where he studies his Bible..

Bonanza Releases Bonanza Rewards

Alex Berg the Chief Production Officer of Bonanza.com announced last night the release of Bonanza Rewards.  Rewards are earned by tagging items and creating Hand Picked Lists. The Rewards are to offset final value fees.

Here's the full scoop

PayPal sues Google for stealing employees and trade secrets - May. 27, 2011

PayPal sues Google for stealing employees and trade secrets - May. 27, 2011


NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- PayPal is suing Google for allegedly stealing its employees and trade secrets that may have led to the launch of Google's mobile payment service.




The 28-page lawsuit, filed in a superior court in San Jose, Calif., late Thursday, accuses Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) and two former PayPal employees who now work at Google of implementing PayPal's confidential trade secrets related to mobile payment technology.

John Lawson Nominated for Small Business Influencer Award

John Lawson

Nominated for a Small Business Influencer Award in: Leaders

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John "ColderICE" Lawson is an E-commerce expert specializing in small business social marketing. John is the CEO/President of 3rd Power Outlet, Inc. and founder of the industry blog www.ColderICE.com.

Everybody wants to make a lot of money online, but most people don't know how. John Lawson is one of eBay's most productive sellers and the success of his efforts earned him the recognition as a small business representative on a nationally broadcast American Express commercial. He was dubbed "The Undisputed Guru of eBay" by the host of Fox 5's Good Day Atlanta. John has seen his enterprise grow from a home-based business, conceived at the kitchen table, to generating million of dollars in online sales.

John is an expert in E-commerce as well as social media marketing using tools like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, eBay and Amazon to take sales to the next level. Twitter ID: @colderice

Read the entire article and Vote here

BonanzaUP 2011 Play to Win Las Vegas June 2-4, 2011

June 2nd - June 4th at Harrahs in Las Vegas! Great speakers, fantastic information, celebrity lunches and More!

Register Now! Seating is Limited and They are going Fast

Register at the Bonanza Boardroom!  

7pm - till ???  Meet and Greet at the Oyster Bar @ Penazzi
 **The meet and greet will be a causual mingle as you wish affair. There will be no designated area, feel free to enjoy networking and meeting your fellow eCommerce and Bonanza colleagues. You can see their menu Here.

  Get together, have some drinks and great food. A chance to meet everyone before all the busy stuff starts. Let's try not to get as wild as those in the video, eh?

 Friday June 3

8-8:45-- Registration, Free continental breakfast, sign up sheets Celebrity Lunch w/ Speaker

8:45  -9:10   Introductions, announcement- Tweet for  a treat! hashtag #BUP2011


  

9:10 - 10 --   Judy Oglesby
Support Our Sponsors!
  

10:15 - 11-- Keynote  Phaedra Stockstill
Topic: The Real Strategy of Social Media - Begin to understand the strategy behind succesful social media for your business. How to develop a plan, understand the space, and implement.



Your Source for eCommerce information

11:15 - 12 - John Lawson - Win, Lose or Win BIG!
John Lawson is sponsored by Stamps.com  

  

12:15 - 1:30 Celebrity Lunch! Sign up for lunch with your favorite speaker and snag some one on one time.

1:30 - 2 giveaway games, announcements, thank yous etc. Tweet for a treat!

2 - 3 speaker - USPS Jennifer Keller, Business Solutions Specialist and Charleen Reeves, Shipping Solutions Specialist





 

3:15 - 4  Bill Harding CEO of Bonanza.com Topic: The State of Bonanza

4-4:20 - announcements, thank yous, give aways, schedule for next day

Saturday June 4

8:30 to 9  continental breakfast. Sign up for Celebrity lunch (Cost of breakfast and lunch is included in registration fee for both days!)

9 to 9:10-- welcome

9:10- 10:15 Google Analyticals computer lab (attendees need their laptop computers to participate)

10:30 - 11:30  Keynote  Phaedra Stockstill Customer Service: Marketing Opportunity. Explore true Customer Service and how it relates to being your biggest marketing opportunity.


1130 - 12-- Big Giveaway, Q&A's

12 to 1:30 lunch break with speaker and small groups Celebrity Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 giveaways, thanks yous, etc, meet each other

2:15 - 3   Sara Batterby of Good Citizen Brands
Topic: The Evolution of Branding and What it Means for Your Business: The evolution of branding is driven by transformative changes in technology, the economy and consumer values and preferences. Understand the exciting dynamics driving the big picture and learn how to make them relevant in the context of your own business.

3:15 - 4 Alex Berg

4- 4:30  Q&A's / Wrapup
Celebrity Lunch - Sign up to have lunch with one of the speakers at the event. Get them face to face and valuable one on one time!
Giveaways - Oh yeah! We are bringing it! Great suprises and giveaway all throughout the event.
Entire event will be MC'ed by our very own Mr. Mark Dorsey!

Evening of June 4th - The After Hours Party!
7pm - Till?? The Chocolate Lounge

 Registration fee is $80.00 non refundable and includes a continental breakfast and a lunch buffet for both days of the event!
Register Now! Seating is Limited!

Book Your Hotel Room Now!
Group is a telephone direct group and attendees will be responsible for making their own reservations by calling our reservation line at 1-800-835-5686  by your cut off date of May 12th. 

Your group will be listed as Bonanza Up!, and can be referenced by your guests using group code SHBNZ1. 
BooK Your Room at Harrahs and get our special rate!

A huge and sincere thank you to Mrs. Judy Oglesby who single handedly made this years event a reality. Stop by her Bonanza Booth and say thank you!

Bonanza Adding Tax configuration Functionality

Oh yes.. Bonanza is adding the ability for sellers to configure sales tax on their transactions. No more trying to set it up at Paypal or Google checkout.

Alex posted today about the soon coming feature..

Read it here.

Bonanza Boardroom Podcast Tonight April 7, 2011

HI all

Yes it is that time already

Another Bonanza Boardroom podcast,, Tonight 7 pm CDT

Tonight we have Cindy Shebley as a special guest! Cindy is an absolute genius when it comes to photography.. Tonight Cindy is going to be sharing how to use Picasa to save us time and money for our eCommerce listing pictures.

Author of EZ Auction photos

Join us..!

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66030&cmd=tc

Bonanza is Updating Categories and Item Traits

Bill Harding CEO of Bonanza

To keep in step with upcoming Google product changes Bonanza is re-vamping Category and Item Traits.

The housecleaning will start in the next two weeks. Sellers really do not need to do anything. Other than might want to check the Item Traits available on your category. Some of the Item Traits will change or Traits will be added.

Read all about the changes on the Bonanza Blog

eBay Raises Seller Fees Again

Auctionbytes.com released an article concerning eBay's fee hike..

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Emotions ran high at eBay's Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday evening as sellers told eBay they could not afford the higher fees the company had announced on Tuesday as part of its Spring Seller Update. eBay will begin charging sellers commission fees (FVFs) on the total transaction - including the shipping and handling portion - to "incent" sellers to offer free shipping. One participant asked if it was even legal for eBay to charge a commission fee on shipping and handling.
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See the full article here

Social Media and the Sales Strategy Phaedra Stockstill, Bonanza.com 2/11 New Life Event

Phaedra Stockstill Talks about Social media at the New Live Event 2/11

Bonanza Releases Two Totally Cool Features

Alex Berg posted on the Bonanza blog about two really cool features just released.

I am super excited about the Google Feed Status reporting feature!

The second feature is the ability to add a video to the Booth home page. The video is embedded from YouTube .. Easy as pie to do. Now the Bonanza booth owner can add a video to talk about what they do, new product, something of interest,, just about anything.

Check out my bluepennylady video.. Handy work of me and grandkids! The grandkids had a blast helping create it.

Read all about it on the Bonanza blog!

How to be a Profits Super Star with Nicole Fende

This Thursday Night Live on the Bonanza Boardroom Podcast we have a fantastic guest for you! Nicole Fende will discussing tips and tricks that will help you with your Business Finances. As a Business owner, you know that taking care of your Financial Statements is very difficult to do. Let Nicole show you some easier ways to help you with this difficult task. Please join us Thursday Night, and take advantage of this opportunity to learn from an expert. Have your questions ready!

“Nicole Fende is President of the Small Business Finance Forum, and the driving force behind Rock Your Profits 2011. Ms. Fende is a credentialed actuary with experience as a former Chief Financial Officer, Investment Banker, and successful entrepreneur. She is the host of SmallBizFinance on BlogTalkRadio, with a listenership of 6,000 and growing. Her forthcoming book, How to be a Finance Rock Star, is an easy, practical guide to mastering small business finance.”

Nicole will be talking about how to be a profits super star.

"Frustrated by profits that don’t quite measure up? Think your business should be multi-platinum while it sits in the dollar bin? Help is here. Tune in and learn the top 3 profit pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Connect with Nicole
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Business-Finance-Forum/125157404179894
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nfende

Nicole’s Websites
http://www.smallbusinessfinanceforum.com/blog/ http://www.financerockstar.com

This is going to be a fantastic show, Hope to see you all there! Talkshoe Thursday Night at 8pm EST 7pm CST Live and you can ask all of your questions in the chat room. http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66030&cmd=tc



Bonanza News - Bonanza Boardroom

Bonanza Boardroom Podcast March 3, 2011 Thursday evening

This Thursday Night Live on the Bonanza Boardroom Podcast we have a fantastic guest for you!

“Nicole Fende is President of the Small Business Finance Forum, and the driving force behind Rock Your Profits 2011. Ms. Fende is a credentialed actuary with experience as a former Chief Financial Officer, Investment Banker, and successful entrepreneur. She is the host of SmallBizFinance on BlogTalkRadio, with a listenership of 6,000 and growing. Her forthcoming book, How to be a Finance Rock Star, is an easy, practical guide to mastering small business finance.”

Nicole will be talking about how to be a profits super star
"Frustrated by profits that don’t quite measure up? Think your business should be multi-platinum while it sits in the dollar bin? Help is here. Tune in and learn the top 3 profit pitfalls and how to avoid them. "

Connect with Nicole
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Business-Finance-Forum/125157404179894
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nfende

Nicole’s Websites
http://www.smallbusinessfinanceforum.com/blog/

http://www.financerockstar.com

this is going to be a fantastic show, Hope to see you all there!
Talkshoe Thursday Night at 8pm EST 7pm CST Live and you can ask all of your questions in the chat room

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66030&cmd=tc
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=66030&cmd=tc

Phaedra Stockstill Joins Web Sellers Circle as new social media director | eCom Connections

Phaedra Stockstill Joins Web Sellers Circle as new social media director | eCom Connections


Phaedra Stockstill, CEO of SLA-eCommerce joins Cindy Shebley and Dany Byrne as their new Director of Social Media for Web Sellers Circle.

South Louisiana eCommerce Consulting

South Louisiana eCommerce Consulting


Recently during an interview on "The Savvy Seller" Podcast, I shared information on StumbleUpon as it pertained to my last two years experience in using it as a traffic generator for content. I also shared that information on an episode of the Bonanza Boardroom.
StumbleUpon easily beat out others, such as Facebook and Twitter, in my use of it for my own content and in my capacity of Social Media Manager for others.


South Louisiana eCommerce Consulting

Bonanza a finalist for Washington Technology Association's Consumer Product of the Year

bonanza blog

Hi everyone. I have some great news to share.

Bonanza has been named a finalist in the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) Awards for Consumer Product or Service of the year. This is a pretty big deal in the Pacific Northwest and something we’re really excited about!

This year marks the 16th annual Industry Achievement Awards, a ‘signature event celebrating Washington’s technology industry.’ Other finalists include Logos Bible Software and Swype. The awards will be announced on February 24, 2011.

Our press release should be out there 'in the wild' soon. We have been under embargo from the WTIA until just recently.

Congratulations to everyone in the Bonanza community. This acknowledgment is for all of you as well for making Bonanza what it is today!

Bonanza Boardroom (2)

Bonanza Boardroom (2)


Bonanza Boardroom We are giving away 2 consultations tonight on Bonanza Boardroom! One with Phaedra, and one with Judy! All you have to do is comment under this post, "How would you use this consult to move your business forward?"
Listen in to the Live Internet Radio Show tonight to see if you won!

LITTLE BONZ LUNCHEON 2011