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By Mohnish On January 31, 201013 COMMENTs
We all know, eBay is the best way to get rid of the stuff you don’t need and make some extra cash. But did you know that there are people making millions using eBay? I do not guarantee that you could make millions right away from eBay, but I am just saying that it is possible to make a decent amount off eBay.
When you start on eBay, it would be better if you start selling things that you don’t need. This way you would also gain some experience and get rid off the things you don’t need anymore. Once you have a good hand over the platform and you are confident enough, you could start off with selling some products.
A friend of mine and I had planned to start an online ‘Geek Store’ (Geekstore.in) and sell products online. However it didn’t work out due to lack of time from both ends. The plan was simple, to list products on eBay as well as on the website and then ship them to the users. We also researched the market and got a list of amazing products for unbelievable prices! I wouldn’t talk more about this start up as this is yet on hold. We might start it sometime in the future if possible. (We’re still looking for people to contribute to this project, contact me through the contact page, Mumbai only)
Making Money on eBay is so much easier than in real life. List the products and get buyers to contact you directly. For example, the hottest product in the Indian gadget market right now is a ‘Spy Pen’. The small gadget can store up to 16 GB of video recording (aprox 5 hours) in good quality. Can you guess the price? $300? No. $250? No. $150? No! The price I found out in the local market was Rs 1,000 (about $22) for a 16 GB model (without any bargain, I believe the shop keeper would come down to Rs 750 if I bargained). When I checked on eBay, the price for a 8 GB model was Rs 1500 ($33). I mean, wow! this is amazing…A 8 GB one costs $33 on eBay, how much could you sell the 16 GB one for? No lesser than $40? Now, even if you’re getting the 16 GB one for Rs 750 ($16) and selling it for $40 (Rs 1978), you are still making a profit of Rs 1228 ($24) per sale. That’s sweet.
If you can find a good way that works for you on eBay, then go for it! The harder you work at it the more money you make.
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By Mohnish On December 29, 2009
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I have never blogged about Facebook Marketing before, however, after some research and reading, here is what I have for you. Facebook currently has over 350+ million users and over 70% are active on the popular social network. Facebook connects users from all over the world under one single domain, which is why it becomes a great platform for marketeers. I am sitting here in India, but I can still connect to users in the US or in Europe via Facebook.
How can Facebook help marketeers?
Facebook provides a great platform to market your product for free — Fan pages. A fan page is a page created by a user (usually the marketeer) to promote his product. The marketeer then uses this page to connect to more people all over the world and displays his product/services to interested users. Normal users like you and me become a fan of the product/service if we’re interested in it. But to make your page visible to normal users the marketeer has to use another Facebook platform known as — Facebook Advertising.
Why use Facebook Ads?
Facebook ads is a great way to reach your target audience. Your target audience might be college students, singles, men, people between the age of 25-35 etc. Facebook ads make it easier for you to get more customers/fans towards your services/products. Setting up an advertiser account with Facebook is easy, just sign up for a regular Facebook account and then visit their advertising page. Facebook’s advertising program converts way better than any other advertising program because it allows you to select the age, gender, occupation etc of the target audience.
What’s next?
Many marketeers try to gain more fans (by black hat/spam or legit advertising methods), but it always doesn’t guarantee you better results. A good marketeer would always try to keep users engaged by holding contests, asking questions or posting stuff which interests users (quotes, offers, images, videos, news etc). User interaction is always needed on a fan page or it won’t convert well. Having a large number of fans doesn’t guarantee sales or conversion. The best is to allow your fan page to grow on it’s own while you keep posting content on your fan page on regular basis.
Tip: Run your campaigns on international holidays, for example Christmas. Facebook was the most visited website on 25th December 2009. Conversion is higher on holidays (according to my research).
By Mohnish On December 2, 2009
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It’s been an amazing week. Over 40 subscribers added in the past 7 days, which is great since Google Wave invites have become very common these days. I have decided to give away 10 Wave invites instead of 7 due to the great response from the contest. The winners are *drum rolls*
- evilkorn3000@******.com
- devarajbidare@*****.com
- blackerail@*****.com
- rajeelkp@*****.com
- shirazkhaleel@*****.com
- daniel.balderas@*****.com
- battu.sandeep@*****.com
- puneeth3428@*****.com
- rocky888888@*****.com
- cyrilbenedict@*****.com
Congratulations to the winners! Enjoy being on Google Wave and you can add me to your wave too – sensonize [at] gmail.com. It will take up to 3 days for you to get your wave invite, invites have been sent from my end. I still have about 5 invites left, use the contact me page and email me to get one 
Do add some more info about you and your website. It’s always great to know more people on the internet.
Cheers!
By Mohnish On November 23, 2009
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I’m up with another mini contest which will last for a week. The contest is simple, all you need to do is enter your email address in the below “Subscribe Box” and hit enter! Make sure you confirm it by clicking the confirmation link you get in your inbox. Do leave a comment below if you’re in the contest, this would double your chances of winning an invite 
Prizes:
My current subscriber count stands at 724 subscribers.
750+ subscribers = 3 7 Google Wave invites
800+ subscribers = 5 10 Google Invites
1000+ subscribers = 7 15 Google Wave Invites
(Edit: This contest has got an amazing response! hence, I have doubled the amount Google Wave Invites. Do share this post with your friends )
Current Subscriber Count: 
Invite as many friends to increase the amount of Wave Invites to be given away! Contest ends next Monday (30th November 2009) 23:59 IST.
Do stumble/digg/tweet this post. It’s simple and only takes a click. Cheers!
By Mohnish On November 22, 2009
23 COMMENTs
Youtube — The most popular video hosting service on the internet. Many people have already taken benefit of it’s popularity and have shown their talents to the world. Many businesses who use Youtube to increase their market reach. Many talented individuals have made their names in the Music industry by just posting a video on Youtube. Here are 6 ways to make money from Youtube:
1. Video Units. This is the easiest way to make money online with Youtube. All you need to do is login to your Adsense account and link it with your Youtube account. Then customize the videos and
2. Run affiliate ads on YouTube videos. You can place links on your videos or put them in the description. I’m sure you have seen those floating links on videos.
3. Provide regular quality video content. Perhaps, you can become a ‘premium’ publisher and Google will split ad revenues with you.
4. Start a video blog or site that features various YouTube content. These blogs and sites can be anything from cute animal videos to craft tutorials. Then, run relevant ads and affiliate programmes on your blog or site.
5. Accept direct ads on your YouTube content. If you upload your own videos on a regular basis and you have a decent following, you might want to accept ads on your videos.
6. Enrich your sales using YouTube videos. If you sell an item on an online shop and you are able to compliment your listings with YouTube videos, then it will be useful. Also, you can link to your sales page on your YouTube. This might help bring video viewers to visit your sales page.
So, do you use YouTube at all in your online business? Can you think of other ways to use YouTube videos to help you to make money online?
By Mohnish On November 7, 2009
9 COMMENTs
This is an exclusive Twitter Contest by @Samsung_Mobiles. You’re chance to win 2 Samsung Corby phones just by sending out a single ‘tweet’. This really isn’t a ‘Make Money Online’ trick, but you can always try your luck (Oh btw, I won a Samsung Star Touch phone last August from Samsung Mobiles via Twitter). You need to be a member of TWITTER.COM and must tweet a simple message out.
2 SIMPLE STEPS TO ENTER THE CONTEST:
1) Login to http://www.twitter.com or register if you still aren’t a member
2) VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK TO TWEET: http://sensonize.com/corby — HIT UPDATE!
You’re done…!! You just entered to win a Samsung Corby!
MORE GOODIES:
~ EVERY MEMBER of #SamsungWhiteCorby gets the following:
*Lockerz.com invite — you can win iPods and Macbooks here everyday!
*3 Months of free web hosting from Limespace.net
& more freebies!!!
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND HELP IN PROMOTING TEAM #SAMSUNGCORBYWHITE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING! THE MORE YOU INVITE THE MORE ARE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING!!
We are currently 93 strong in #SamsungCorbyWhite (updated every 24 hours) — Look who’s with us! http://twitter.com/sensonize/samsung-corby-white
Ends: 13th Nov 09, Mid Night IST
P.S For Lockerz invite, please tweet @sensonize on Twitter with your email address. For free web hosting, please email sales[AT]limespace.net
Do Stumble/Digg this post…we need a lot of them to win this contest! Cheers!
