RocketPlace - Conference for eBay Sellers of All Levels

Concerned about eBay's changes, holiday season selling, your profitability, or competing in the current eBay marketplace? RocketPlace has the answers. It's a fun and informative conference that pays for itself. It is the safest bet in Vegas!

RocketPlace is a great conference for new eBay sellers and seasoned PowerSellers. RocketPlace has one track for beginners looking for the road map to an eBay business success. A second track is for PowerSellers looking for tips on how to grow with all of eBay's recent changes as well as how to use the latest techniques, strategies, and tools to improve their eBay businesses. More information is available on http://www.rocketplace.com/

RocketPlace confirmed speaker line-up for the September 10-12, 2008 event at The Rio All-Suites Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada are:

* Todd Lutwak, Senior Director of Seller Development at eBay, who will be giving the Advanced track keynote as well as a session for the Beginner track.

* Marsha Collier, best-selling author of eBay For Dummies and many other For Dummies books, will be giving the Beginner track Keynote.

* Jane Judd, Senior Manager of the Customer Service Loyalty Team at Zappos.com will deliver the closing keynote for the Advanced Track.

* Jay Berkowitz, CEO of Ten Golden Rules, is a seasoned marketing professional with over twenty years of business experience. He has managed marketing departments for Fortune 500 brands: McDonald's and Coca-Cola, and has developed traditional and direct marketing programs for AT&T, Sprint and eDiets.com. Jay was the highest-rated speaker at our Spring 2008 RocketPlace conference, and we welcome him back!

* John Lawson of 3rd Power Outlet, David Yaskulka from Blueberry Consulting, Tim Woda from buySAFE, Cindy Litchfield from Cloud Dome, Bodin Suttles from Endicia, Amy Kendall from HammerTap, Jason Guzman from JunctionQuest, Michael Lambert from Merchant Advantage, Brian Gibbs from Refund Retriever, Edward Sayers of RPM Business Group, Phyllis Wischer of SageFire, Adam Morris from Sell Center, Michael Levit from Vendio, Lisa Suttora from WhatDoISell.com, and a variety of the experts at As Was including CEO Debbie Levitt.

The full schedule of sessions can be found at http://www.rocketplace.com/agenda.shtml.

About As Was

As Was is a full-service consulting firm specializing in branding, design, sales and marketing strategies, operations management, and training for eBay and online sellers. As Was has been making the world’s marketplace your marketplace since it was founded in April 1995, and has been an eBay Certified Service Provider since August 2004. For more information, please visit http://www.aswas.com/ or call 520.204.1935.

CP Workshop: Make Tax Season a Breeze 3/19

Make Tax Season a Breeze
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, March 19th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific time.

Host: SageFire (KeepMore.net)

As an eBay Certified Consultant, Phyllis Wischer, business Success Coach from Certified Provider SageFire, speaks with sellers regularly about their bookkeeping practices. She's found that maintaining an organized business today pays off big in the future. Join Phyllis as she shares her best practices and 2008 tax tips that every eBay seller should consider this tax season and beyond.

CP Workshop: Pay Less $ to the IRS 2/20

Topic: Member Workshop: Pay less money to your tax advisor and the IRS for 2007! Part II
Host: keepmore (SageFire)
Date: Wednesday 02/20
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific time

Description: During our November and December workshops, we discussed getting your eBay business records organized and complete for preparation of your 2007 business tax return. During our January’s workshop we discussed what income items you should get organized and ready for your personal tax return. Now it is time to discuss adjustments to income, taxes and credits, and other taxes for your personal income tax return. When we have finished this workshop, you should have your complete tax records organized. By following the simple procedures we have outlined you should be able to pay less money to your tax advisor to prepare your tax return; and, hopefully, be able to keep more of your hard earned dollars in your pocket. So please join Phyllis Wischer, Business Success Coach from Certified Provider KeepMore.net (SageFire), as she finishes the discussion of the importance of getting not only your eBay business records ready but getting all your tax records organized and ready for your tax preparer .

Save $ At Tax Time Workshop 1/16 (SageFire)

Member Workshop: Pay less money to your tax advisor and the IRS for 2007!
Host: SageFire (KeepMore)
Date: Wednesday 01/16
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific time

Description: During our December workshop we discussed getting your business records ready for your tax preparer. During our next workshop, Phyllis Wischer, business Success Coach from Certified Provider KeepMore.net, will discuss the importance of getting not only your eBay business records ready but getting all your tax records organized and ready for your tax preparer. By following some simple procedures to get your records organized, you should be able to pay less money to your tax advisor to prepare your tax return; and, hopefully, be able to keep more of your hard earned dollars in your pocket.

12/19 CP Workshop: 2007 Tax Planning (SageFire)

Thinking about your 2007 income taxes? If not, you should be!
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 19th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific time.

Please join Phyllis Wischer, Lead Business Coach from the eBay Certified Provider KeepMore.net (aka SageFire), as she discusses the importance of thinking about your 2007 tax return today. She'll explain why it's necessary to start planning your 2007 tax return before December 31st, present creative tax deductions to consider, and help you keep what you've worked so hard to earn throughout 2007.