Facebook IPO is biggest successful “flop” ever

May 18, 2012

The much hyped Facebook IPO onto the Nasdaq is looking like a bit of a flop with shares initially rising to to $45 before dropping back towards the original $38 asking price and settling around $42 per share. Well it’s a flop for those hoping… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Social Media | 4 Comments 

Rakuten lead $100m investment in Pinterest

May 17, 2012

Rakuten are continuing their habit of swallowing up Western ecommerce properties and their latest investment is a cool $100 million in Pinterest. The investment is led by Rakuten in partnership with a number of other investors. Pinterest might be… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Social Media | 1 Comment 

36% of SME use Facebook, 60% are digital dinosaurs

May 14, 2012

Over one third of UK small businesses say that they now use Facebook to drum up new customers – more than local directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson and substantially more than print or online advertising. That’s the findings of a survey… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Social Media | 16 Comments 

Tamebay’s Guide to Social Media Commerce

May 5, 2012

We’ve had lot’s of people say that they can’t see the point of social media and how it fits in with ecommerce so here’s a helpful guide as to which social media site to use for what: Twitter I’m selling on #eBay Facebook I Like… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Events, Social Media | 1 Comment 

Before Facebook there was eBay….

April 16, 2012

Mark is a long time eBay trader, in fact I think he and I probably started trading on eBay about the same time some ten years or so ago. As well as a successful collectables business he also runs Business Photography and can shoot stunning… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, Facebook, Social Media | 12 Comments 

5 million social media views in just one day!

April 13, 2012

We’ve just stumbled across a YouTube video that received over 5 million hits in less then 24 hours. It’s a class lesson in how social media can be used to get your message across and viewed by thousands or even millions of people in a short space of… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Social Media | 5 Comments 

iContact now integrates with LinkedIn

April 12, 2012

Social Media interests me and from my observations Facebook and Twitter are more “social” and LinkedIn is more “business”. That’s why it was good to hear that iContact have expanded their service by integrating their email and social media marketing… Read more

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Pinterest social media sharing buttons on Amazon & eBay

April 12, 2012

I’m starting to hear more and more about Pinterest and the new Social Media picture sharing site appears to be catching on fast. I’ve just this evening spotted that both eBay and Amazon have added Pinterest sharing buttons on all product… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Amazon, eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com, Social Media | 10 Comments 

10 top tips to sell your old clothing online

April 4, 2012

If you’ve never sold online before and want to clear out your wardrobe ready for the Spring and Summer collections then don’t just take your clothing to the charity shop or recycling center – make some money by selling them online. The guys at… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Social Media, Web Design | 5 Comments 

Crash Course in Email and Social Media Marketing

March 29, 2012

iContact have announced three more dates on their Crash Course in Email and Social Media Marketing for SMEs UK tour. The educational roadshow will be visiting London on April 24th, Manchester on May 10th and Edinburgh on May 24th. The free… Read more

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Pinterest – the new social media phenomenon

March 26, 2012

If you’ve not heard of Pinterest you soon will. Pinterest is the up and coming visual social media site that soon all your friends will be talking about. Forget Twitter and Twitpic or Facebook for pictures, when you see an image on the web that… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Social Media | 10 Comments 

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

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Amazon, Blogging, eBay, Facebook, Marketing, Marketplaces, Selling Tips, Social Media | Comments Off 

How to get your business started on Facebook

February 1, 2012

Facebook has been bit of a mystery to me, or at least how to make money out of Facebook is. Should you be trying to sell on Facebook, use it to engage customers, or simply use it as a customer support network? Many of the online retailers I speak to… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Facebook, Selling Tips, Social Media | 12 Comments 

Be a Social Media Commerce Early Bird with Twitter and Facebook

November 13, 2011

Lace Llanora is from The Wholesale Forums, the UK’s leading B2B networking community & advice forum for wholesalers, distributors, importers, dropshippers and retailers and today shares some social media tips and tricks to build your business. You… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Facebook, Social Media | 8 Comments 

Combine Twitter and Facebook with email marketing

October 28, 2011

iContact have announced an expansion to their email marketing service. You can now directly publish, schedule, and track the success of your social media marketing efforts on Facebook and Twitter, either as standalone campaigns or integrated with… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Facebook, News, Social Media | 4 Comments 

6 tips to convert Facebook fans into sales

July 29, 2011

Helen Fang has been working in social media and e-commerce space for the past six years and is Vendio’s marketing manager. Vendio offers e-commerce software solutions including a free online store, free shopping cart software and the tools for… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Facebook, Social Media | 51 Comments 

eBay spawns new social media spam technique

July 6, 2011

You have to kind of admire spammers, they’re constantly evolving their methods and abusing new features to fill your inbox. The latest evolution is the use of eBay’s new social media sharing features to propagate their junk mail. eBay now have… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, Social Media | 1 Comment 

Google launches prizes.org

July 4, 2011

Google have just launched Prizes.org, a place where you can create contests and let people compete for a prize of your choosing. The best submission wins the prize. Essentially it’s a site offering cash payments for solutions, creative work,… Read more

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eBay “scale back” the Online Business Forum

June 30, 2011

eBay are “scaling back” the Online Business Forum, which was opened at the end of 2010 as “a place for SMEs, especially those in the online business world, to come together and share ideas and insights, and debate the issues that matter most to… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, Social Media | 6 Comments 

Harry Potter and the magic of marketing

June 27, 2011

John Hayes is the EMEA Business Development Executive for iContact, who offer email marketing and social media tools to enable small and medium sized businesses to collect data, build community and effectively engage with their clients. You can sign… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Marketing, Social Media, Web Design | 2 Comments 

Win one of 10 iPad2 from PayPal

June 1, 2011

PayPal are giving away the chance to win an iPad2 in a draw for people who like them. To be in with a chance to win all you need do is visit the PayPal UK Facebook page and click the Like button and then confirm your contact details. If you want… Read more

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Over 50% of online retailers use more than 5 channels

May 27, 2011

At the EU Catalyst conference in London, ChannelAdvisor surveyed a cross section of medium and large retailers and found that established channels are the primary focus for retailers, with new channels such as social commerce following closely… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Facebook, Marketplaces, News, Social Media | 8 Comments 

Free email marketing service from iContact

April 14, 2011

There’s on inescapable fact of selling online and that’s that there is a cost involved. There are fees to sell on marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon, or have your own website there’s hosting, software and if you’re serious about your business… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Facebook, Featured, Marketing, Social Media | 6 Comments 

Have you been added to a Facebook group without your knowledge?

February 24, 2011

This is a bit off-topic for TameBay, but here we go. Facebook has a very, very annoying new feature (or if it’s not new, I’ve never seen it before) which I’m almost loathe to blog about because I’d rather no one knew it. There’s a new kind of… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Social Media | 11 Comments 

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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