July 2006


Greetings

Welcome to the July issue of the Doba Newsletter!


CEO Talk

This month's featured blog post is called "My Bootstraps Are on Fire". This article outlines where young entrepreneures can go wrong when getting started. Most entrepreneures spend time preparing for business that never comes, but bootstrappers can tap into the existing business and keep up with the flow. For the full article, visit www.jeremyhanks.com.


eBay Live! in Las Vegas

eBay Live! has come and gone, but those of you that attended will remember:

  • The great experience we all had
  • The many exciting booths offering great tools to make buying or selling on eBay even easier
  • The great classes offered by eBay

Doba had another great show at eBay Live! this year. Almost 900 eBay Live attendees decided to test Doba's fantastic services.

eBay Live
The Doba booth at eBay Live 2006 with CEO Jeremy Hanks and Guy Kawasaki.


Drop Shipping Best Practices

Drop shipping, like most business tools, has its pros and cons. Learn how you can minimize the cons, and take full advantage of all the pros of drop shipping.

Learn to answer the following questions in this month's marketing tip:

  • Why is it sometimes better to earn a 10% profit rather than 100% profit?
  • How can you ensure a satisfied customer even if things go wrong?
  • What do you do when the hot seller you found goes cold?

Read the full article at:
http://www.doba.com/articles/archive/drop_ship_tips.html