eBay Ink Wants You!

April 11, 2012

eBay Ink is eBay’s corporate blog, written almost exclusively for the last four years by Richard Brewer-Hay (RBH). However from time to time eBay Ink has had guest posts and RBH has just put out a call for anyone with something eBay related to say… Read more

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Video guide: The state of online retail

March 6, 2012

Alice from Salehoo has produced a video “The State of Online Retail” which is well worth a watch. It’s an hour long so bookmark it ready to watch in your lunch break (OK I know no one in eCommerce gets a lunch hour, but it is worth setting aside an… Read more

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Blogging Job: Vendio want a new blogger

October 27, 2011

Could you write for a living?Can you write quality blog posts? Do you live in the US? Would you like to make money by writing about ecommerce? If the answer to all three questions is “Yes” then Vendio want to hear from you. Vendio are looking for… Read more

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eBay ranked first for social media reputation

February 16, 2011

eBay have just come first in the Top 50 Brands in Social Media league table from Yomego. eBay has always embraced social media ever since the introduction of community forums. They also have the eBay Ink Blog run by Richard Brewer-Hay as well as… Read more

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eBay Inc. launches new corporate info site

October 10, 2009

eBay has launched yet another official site aiming to bring together all the corporate information on eBay Inc. eBayInc.com combines much of the information that was previously rather hidden on the eBay.com site, such as press releases, job openings… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Blogging, eBay, eBay.com, News | 1 Comment 

The Normal Person’s Guide to WordPress Plugins

September 14, 2008

We’ve looked at how to install WordPress and how to make it pretty; today I want to look at making WP do more. Plugins are additions to the basic WordPress functionality, which allow you make it do just about anything you can imagine, from… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Blogging, Ecommerce | 2 Comments 

The Normal Person’s Guide to WordPress Themes

September 6, 2008

Last week, we looked at installing WordPress’s blogging software. If you’re playing along, you should have a WordPress install that looks something like the screenshot on the left. As well as starting writing, one of the first things you’ll probably… Read more

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The Normal Person’s Guide to Installing WordPress

August 31, 2008

because there are no dummies or complete idiots around here. :-) This post is for Lynne, and a lot of other people recently who’ve asked me how to install WordPress. I’ve assumed some basic knowledge of t’internet and web hosting here, including… Read more

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Putting Flickr photos in your blog’s feed

June 28, 2008

I took a lot of photos of eBay Live (and even more of Chicago), and now of course I have the perennial problem of just what to do with those holiday pics. Sticking them in Flickr and forgetting about them is one option; publishing great long blog… Read more

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Blog 101 : getting started

March 30, 2008

Sometimes you get asked the same question over and over again. Starting blogging has been one of those questions for me recently, so I thought over the weekends, when there isn’t much eBay news, we’d take a look at getting started on a blog of your… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Blogging, Featured | 8 Comments