Vantage PointStrategic marketing concepts and business observations. Small business start-up experiences. Thursday, May 22, 2008Technorati ProfileHere I go again trying to figure out Technorati and learn about internet traffic and linking. You'd think I was dumb, or slow, but I'd call it 'distracted'. It's tough talking to myself. Is anyone out there? Carol .: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 11:32 AM| Friday, May 02, 2008I've signed up for Yahoo's Product Search Marketing and have gotten a bit confused and frustrated. First of all they have a $50 minimum to open the account. And you have to commit to the $50 before you even know how it works! Hey, Yahoo, what about being more customer friendly? I know I'd like to test your services out before I fork out my hard-earned bucks.It took 2 days and one error to get my test product uploaded to Yahoo but it looks very good. But then I started wondering how the mechanics of the listing function since, right now, most of my products are one-of-a-kind and once I get a sale, that's it, nada mas. Since I couldn't find anyway to remove my product I sent Yahoo an email from their help url. Two days later I got an answer - "the listing would remain online until you either turn the account off, or upload a new product feed replacing the previous one." Great. In a real world, not a test world, I wouldn't want to turn off my account since I may have other products listed. So off I go to see if I can upload a second product to replace the first. Oh, by the way, since I tested the ad and clicked through to my website, I used 30 cents of my $50 deposit. Their computer immediately notified me to add more funds "to keep your account active and maintain your listings live on Yahoo". .: posted by Carol Gamel - Carol@GoldenStarFruit.com 9:45 AM| |
 
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