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ThemBid.com Sponsors the Drill Down

ethomas — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:04:53 +0000

ThemBid.com has become a proud sponsor of the Drill Down podcast. The Drill Down podcast takes a look at some of the most important issues of the week in tech and on the web, and how they affect us all. You can check the show out live every Friday at 8:30 PST. The hosts of the [...]

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Using Reverse Auction Sites to Profit

ethomas — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:48:29 +0000

When you conduct a “reverse auction”, you are asking sellers to compete to obtain business. For example, say that you would like to buy an iTouch; people who have an iTouch would make an offer, versus the alternative, where you would go to a traditional auction service to look for the item directly. I propose that [...]

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ThemBid to “Showoff” at Twiistup

ethomas — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:29:27 +0000

ThemBid has been selected to “showoff” our web site at the third annual Twiistup event. This news comes just in time, as we launch our white label partnership and release the first ThemBid vertical niche, BiddingBlock.com January, 2008. Stay tuned, we may have an additional surprise waiting for you at Twiistup! Twiistup connects people from technology, [...]

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Does Bidding Hurt Competition?

ethomas — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:41:33 +0000

Several business owners have told me that they refuse to bid on services because they do not want to compete against “bottom feeders”. That is, those businesses that will make the lowest bid, no matter what. Recently, I requested a logo to be vectorized at ThemBid.com and I received 17 bids, ranging from $3 to [...]

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ThemBid Software Puts Publishers Center Stage in Internet Commerce

ethomas — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:15:57 +0000

Through a partnership with Larstan Publishing, ThemBid is providing publishers with tools to help offset offline losses. Print publishers have been fighting a losing battle with ad revenues steadily migrating to the Internet. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Internet advertising sales at newspapers have declined to their second-lowest level since 2004. Shrewd publishers are changing business models to derive [...]

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Delegating Effectively

ethomas — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:03:38 +0000

For the busy professional, delegation is a key to success. But the act of delegation is just one step. You must also consider when to delegate, how to communication and when to follow up. Following is a brief guide to help you delegate effectively. When to Delegate? Every time a task arrives at your inbox, you must [...]

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What Would You Be Willing to Outsource Locally?

ethomas — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:46:36 +0000

After reading the 4-hour Workweek, I became even more interested in delegating tasks that are outside of my core competencies. The idea of requesting services and local businesses bidding on those services is at the heart of ThemBid.com. Some personal research revealed that are some who are still leery about this type of local outsourcing. [...]

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Managing Your CraigsList Posts

ethomas — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:15:30 +0000

I have had great success using CraigsList to buy and sell both products and services, as well as find employees and odd jobs. One problem I have faced is organizing all of the responses. I would usually receive a whole bunch of e-mails that I would then have to sort out and put into an [...]

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ThemBid.com Reaches Over 350,000 Unique Visitors

ethomas — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:36:25 +0000

Since April of 2007, ThemBid.com has attracted over 350,000 unique visitors. Building on this momentum, we are encouraging others to leverage the ThemBid.com concept with our White Label version, which allows our partners to privately brand the ThemBid.com concept for their community. In addition, our new ThemBid.com contractor niche, BiddingBlock.com is set for public release January [...]

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Contracting Gotchas

ethomas — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:25:47 +0000

We are launching the first version of the ThemBid Contractor edition (it is currently in private beta) in California. Here we will list a few issues that any person working with a contractor should consider, particularly in California. We also recommend that you consult your lawyer before attempting to hire a contractor and your state [...]

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