Is Love Really the Thing for eCommerce success?

Do you really love what you’re doing?  That word is sooooooo overused and so misunderstood.  I could go into a discussion of the Greek words for love and how each one described a different type of love, but that really won’t do any good here. 

So many of us are going to work each day just for the pay check.  While there’s nothing wrong with that, we can miss out on so much of life.  For example, I really loved my job working in the arts and entertainment industry……excited every day to go to work.  There were new people to meet every day, different problems to resolve between acts, promotors, the house and the public, different hours every day, different days off every week, longer hours, longer days, shorter nights, less sleep, less time for my husband and family, less time to kick back and relax with friends….and on and on.  While I really loved the job, it took its toll on not only me and my health, but also on all of my loved ones. 

The decision was made to retire early so that I could do what I wanted.  Only what was it?????  Finally, at the age of 55, I realized I wanted to work from home, have quiet time for myself, time with my husband and children who were now grown with children of their own and sell on eBay.  After 3 more years of messing around,  I found my niche, a catchy name and really started to work.  The most recent results are in:  providing a safe marketplace for those who listen and collect vinyl record albums and 78rpm’s; becoming an eBay PowerSeller; and most importantly, understanding and experiencing that “Love is the Thing” just as Nat King Cole said. 

Ramping it up a bit,  I was a “Ramblin’ Rose,” searching for that impossible dream and not finding what I was looking for.  Like “Mona Lisa” I couldn’t seem to grasp that “Unforgettable” experience I so yearned to have.  Nat had all the answers.  It is all about love.  So many of us get caught up in that whirlwind of life and can’t see because of the dust storm.  Selah….pause and think quietly about what it is you really want to do when you grow up.  Love is the  Thing – giving, receiving and providing an experience for the buyer when you sell online.  Build that trust relationship; provide something that your market loves and stand behind it because you love what you are doing!!

Check out these Nat King Cole albums in my store, Gosinta.

 

 

We All Need an ‘Air Supply’

As we think (deep thoughts, of course – LOL) about what is most important in keeping us alive, an air supply better be real close to the top of the list.  Without a constant supply of air their is no lung action, oxygen in the blood, etc., etc. 

When the English guitarist and vocalist Graham Russell and Australian vocalist Russell Hitchcock met in May 1975, the first day of rehearsal for the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar, they isntantly became friends and formed a five-member group namedhttp Air Supply later that year.  Their 1980 album Lost in Love contained three top five US singles.  They followed it up the following year with “The One That You Love.”  The title song released as a single hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The ablum also contained two other top ten hits.  Their third album, Now and Forever, released in 1982 featured another top ten hit and two top 40 hits.  It was evident that this “Air Supply” was close to the top of everyone’s list!

Taking this a little deeper, let’s take a look at the air supply in our business.  It is vital to success.  The breathing in of new and fresh products, ideas, sources and marketing will bring about success and satisfaction.  Take that step back, breathe deeply and come back renewed and refreshed.  Clean off your desk, make a list, read a blog/newsletter and take some action.  Your business will thank you!

For all your vinyl record and electronic needs, gosinta my store, you’ll never visit ‘nother store again!