The Aftermath:

eCommerce Merchants Atlanta

After Party

 

Welcome to HOTLANTA! What you heard is true, we know how to throw parties in this city. Take a break from the mundane and spend some time hanging out and having a few drinks with the "eCommerce Rock Stars".

This is the HOTTEST ecommerce party in this city for the eBay On Location event!!!

The Aftermath: eCommerce Merchants Atlanta After Party

Date: Friday March 19th, 2010

Time: 8:00 pm

Admission is FREE!

Register:  HERE

Location:

300 Marietta Street Northwest, Atlanta

(404) 885-1472

(2 blocks from the eBay On Location hotel)

Dress: Casual chic

 

Walking Directions:  Exit the CNN center or Omni Hotel facing Marietta Street. Turn left and walk 2.5 blocks. Stats is on the corner of Mariette and Baker.

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The Aftermath: eCommerce After Party 2010. This is the place to meet and greet after the eBay on Location events on Friday  in Atlanta. the after party is atomic and you have got to be on the VIP List! Register now and get up close and personal with the best and brightest minds in eBay, marketing, ecommerce and customer relationship management.

Featuring a private lounge VIP area for our guests, free drinks to the first 100 people in the door, prizes, giveaways at the "BEST Bar in Downtown Atlanta" a guaranteed good time.

   Join the Rock Stars of eCommerce

John Jantsch – Duct Tape Marketing

Richard Brewer-Hay – eBay Ink Blog

Brent Leary – Customer Relationship Management

Toby Bloomberg – Diva Marketing Blog

Peggy Duncan – Personal Productivity Expert

Charles Lumpkin – Ecommerce SEO Strategist

"JB" Braitwaite – Internet Technology Expert

George Trantas – CEO Designer Athletic

Marlene Gavens – The Savvy Seller

Melinda and Kat – Co-Hosts of eBay and Beyond Radio

Cindy Shelby – Web Sellers Circle

Hosted by eCommerce Merchants – Atlanta

with "Your Boy" John from ColderICE.com

plus YOU?!?

and many many more!

 

ProStores is Platinum Sponsors for The Aftermath: eCommerce Merchants – Atlanta Chapter After Party!

We’re pleased to announce that ProStores will be the platinum sponsor for “The Aftermath – eCommerce Party" here in Atlanta 2010.

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While making his treks across the country, I got a few minuets with Chris Brogan to talk about what is going on with social media, his new book "Trust Agents" and I get to explain what is ColderICE, LOL.

Also in this video my good friend and mentor Brent Leary makes a guest appearance. This was a blast and it is a must listen for anyone into this medium of social marketing, networking and media. Thank Chris for taking the time with me…Too cold, too cold!

 

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[podcast]http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-24026/TS-294122.mp3[/podcast]On today’s show I had a very special guest host. One of my mentors in social media came and co-hosted with me on the show. The result was POWER PACKED, it really was a show that I am proud to have been able to do. Brent is world renown as a leader in Social CRM and blogs over at BrentLeary.com.

He co-wrote “the” book on social media with David Bullock called Barack 2.0 Social Media Lessons for Business recognized by the Wharton School of Business.

Dude, this is a MUST listen show, just hit start and check the show notes below! If you liked it, PLEASE leave a comment below. I want to convince this dude to come back and do it again PLZ, it was fantastic!

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1:43 www.StartupNation.com Rich & Jeff Sloan
2:33 Home-Based Business 100 – John from ColderICE.com voted #1 “Savviest in Social Media””
5:38 Twitter List Plug in
6:40 www.HubSpot.com Inbound Marketing by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah
7:01 Website Grader
7:16 Twitter Grader
11:06 Oprah Winfrey
14:00 The “Social Media Expert” SMACKDOWN
16:00 Some Real Experts David Meerman Scott (DavidMeermanScott.com) and Brian Clark (www.Copyblogger.com)
17:13 Breaking down “Social Linguistics”
18:10 LMAO: Dis-pen-sa-tion:  a general state or ordering of things
20:31 Chris Brogan (www.ChrisBrogan.com)
22:50 Twitter Tool Tips: www.HootSuite.com and www.PeopleBrowsr.com
23:47 www.Twubs.com
24:27 Social Mention (www.socialmention.com)
24:45 L.A.ST. – Listening As A Stratgy
26:30 Listen to the customers on Amazon reviews and Epinions.com

On the ColderICE Facebook discussion boards I have asked the simple question; How do you use Social sites to support your business?

There really is NO right or wrong answer here, it is the open question of the week. Do you use it? Should you use it? Should you NOT use it? WHY?

Sure all of the "so-called" savviest in social media experts have a say, LMAO. But it really boils down to the business owners. Is social marketing a tool that you will use? If so how? If not, why not?

Screw the masses, what do YOU think. It is possibly one of the most important topics and it has a vast area of differentiation.

Let me here what you think, simply CLICK HERE and join the discussion.

Wow, you guys freakin’ ROCK! Damn, that is absolutely humbling to think that a idea can be implemented and catch an audience. I never would have guessed that a lone idiot like me would say something intelligent enough for anyone to listen, let alone come back again!

What started as a Wordpress.com blog about my thoughts as a business owner and eBay seller just one year later is really making some noise. We are having a conversation and the results are astonishing.

The funny thing is that I had slacked off June/July and wondered if I was going to continue doing the blog. Then I went to Australia the first week of August and came back rejuvenated. After seeing the excitement about ecommerce those sellers had, I got back into the swing. Those sellers down there rubbed off on me. What they had was spirit and spirit can be awful contagious.

I love what I do, I love ecommerce and I love learning. Its cool that I can put that spirit in a blog post or video and others will join the conversation. You folks ROCK! Thank you so much for hanging in there on our journey. This might seem like a small number to others (10,000) but I appreciate every single reader. I LOVE YOU MAN…..LMAO.

Special shout outs to those who encouraged me and supported the project last year (they did not laugh at me when I told them I was going to blog).

Jeff Braithwaite (he told me to do it and gave me much encouragement, a true friend)

Brandon Dupsky (eCommerce Merchants director was my FIRST interview, he is very supportive)

Scot Wingo (CEO of ChannelAdvisor – he took me to lunch and took me seriously. A W00T! moment)

Phil Leahy (PeSA Australia- Did not know him in the 1st chapter, but he is co-authoring chapter 2)

Scott Pooler (he took a chance and let me be a guest blogger for my first ever blog post)

Dave White (broadcasting mentor)

Well leave it to me to do something completely different and a little crazy?!? So what else is new, right? But there is so much BAD information that is communicated to eCommerce sellers via social networks, blogs, and the constant "free" webinars from vendors, used to scare us into buying their wares. I wanted to do something to make our community aware of the GOOD resources that are available to us.

There are several blogs that are on my radar to keep me informed and focused on what is real and what is hype. That focus transcends to education which ultimately leads to better strategy and sales. So I decided to do something that I have never seen anywhere before. We are going to highlight the BEST Internet eCommerce Sites of the YEAR with our own little ColderICE Awards!

The ColderICE Award is focused on spotlighting the best in the business for news, education and strategy in blogs. The only real criteria is that it has to be a blog and that blog be focused on internet commerce and/or multi channel sales business. The blogs must be dedicated to the community of eCommerce and be committed to educating that community.

ColderICE is an acronym and the I.C.E. means Internet Commerce Education and I feel these 9 below exercise this standard every day with every blog post. I personally appreciate what these people are doing to enhance and educate our community.

Why 9? I told you I wanted to do mine differently, screw the top 10, I wanted a top 9

*** 2009 ColderICE Internet Commerce Excellence WINNERS ***

#1 – Practical eCommerce — Insights for Online Merchants, Practical eCommerce was launched in July 2005 by Kerry and Joy Murdock in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. Its mission from the start has been to provide down-to-earth articles and advice to help smaller businesses succeed online. This editorial content was originally delivered primarily through a monthly, printed magazine, but it now (2009) includes website, two podcasts, two email newsletters, but no printed magazine.

#2 – Shop.org Blog — The state of Online Retailing, profitability, economy and multi-channel selling. This site will keep you in the loop of what many big box retailers are doing as well as keeping an eye out for small to medium business too.

#3 – eCommerce and Entrepreneurship Blog — The ecommerce and entrepreneurship blog is a collective of experiences, thoughts, processes and updates from people that are not only actively working in ecommerce but are also zealous about the industry.

#4 – eCommNewz — It is what its name says it is. A collection for writings, stories and education about ecommerce.

#5 – eCommerce Times — A subsidiary publication of the ECT News Network, get your business and technology mix to the fullest.

#6 – Internet Retailer –Internet Retailer is the most recognized publication in online retailing. Celebrating its 10th anniversary with its March 2009 issue, Internet Retailer Magazine is the flagship of a publishing group that includes a wide array of print and electronic publications and conferences that bear the brand name. Taken together, they deliver strategic and practical business information on e-retailing to more than 300,000 retail executives and direct marketers every month.

#7 – Amazon Strategies & eBay Strategies –  Dude only Scot Wingo can really claim the title of a strategist or an evil genius.  He is one or the other but most likely, BOTH. The dude has 2 strategies blogs that should be on your list.

#8 – TameBay — This is for the discerning eBay Auction seller. Tamebay is an eBay news blog and forum. TameBay is owned and written by Chris Dawson and Sue Bailey, two British PowerSellers…the ONLY problem with this blog is?!? The are in the UK! OMG, I wish we had a blog like this for the U.S. side, but they do keep up on our news too. TameBay is a MUST for any eBay seller no matter if you are US, Canada or Spain, this eBay news site will fill your plate with solid information.

#9 – Get Elastic– "Get Elastic is lovingly brought to you by Linda Bustos …" She says: We eat, breathe and sleep ecommerce and we’re passionate about innovation. Get Elastic is a way to blend the two and start a conversation with all online retailers and Internet marketing buffs. We want to stretch your ideas on how to sell on the Internet by covering emerging media and technology. We hope you get a bit more elastic every time you visit.

This was a short 7 minute presentation that comes from the Ecommerce Summit sponsored by The Professional eBay Sellers Association (PeSA) and the Ecommerce Merchants Trade Association.

He is an intro for the Social Media Marketing panel discussion featuring heavy hitters in social media like Brent Leary, Jay Berkowitz and the king of Pay It Forward marketing Chuck Hester. I hope you enjoy it, I was SOOOO nervous but I think I didn’t stumble too much

Here is the video and the slides (below)

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Time waits for none of us and the economy is always changing with the times. How do you keep up with the issues that small and medium ecommerce sellers have to face daily? 

Well there is an old saying that "you have not because you ask not". So we are changing the format of B. S. Walks. This is now YOUR SHOW and YOU pick the topic and YOU ask the questions!

Simply join us every week at Wednesday, 1:14 pm et for our weekly broadcast where you ask the questions. Get the latest information on what works in ecommerce from John of ColderICE on all the platforms. From Amazon to eBay and Facebook to Twitter, you ask it, you got it!

I am taking notes and gathering the research and IF I do not know the answer, I will FIND IT for you! Now, how in the world can you miss this show?