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RKSmythe

The Profile of Randy Smythe

About Me

I like to think of myself first as a dad, second a frustrated golfer and last an eBay Pioneer LOL, of course now that I've actually been paid to write articles, I can consider myself a writer.

My Interests


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Check out this new tool from Cooqy.com It's called the Seller Showcase for eBay sellers. It's Free. The Store I've posted for April is Artwork On Tile. Make sure and check out the product they have listed. If you want me to feature your store just contact me. (I don't make any money off of this) You will also be featured in My Blog Utopia and The Seller Evangelist . I will keep each store up for one month. I already have May, October, November and December spoken for so hurry.

I created this profile using the Skize.com MySpace Profile Editor which is really easy to use. You can also check out their other selection of MySpace Layouts !

RKSmythe's Content

Please check out some of my online content:
Blogs:
a href="http://ebaysquidoo.blogspot.com"The eBay Squidoo Blog - News and information for eBay Sellers on Squidoo
My Blog Utopia - musings on the world of ecommerce, social networking and probably a lot of stuff about eBay.
The Digital Napkin - Many of the great ideas of the past had their beginning on a Paper Napkin. In honor of of that simple method for putting ideas in print I have launched the Digital Napkin a New Media platform for the ideas of tomorrow.
The Seller Evangelist - Traveling from Webstore to Webstore and from Market to Market, Spreading the Good News of Online Selling.
My Associated Content : Where I publish longer articles.
My Squidoo Lenses:
Musings about Online Selling from the Seller Evangelist
How to Survive being a Single Parent - 15 Years and Counting
What I Stumbled Upon Today!

Music:

Mostly Classic Rock but I do like some of the newer groups (new to me) like Hoobastank, Nickleback, Green Day and the Chili Peppers

Movies:

Caddyshack, Monty Python and the the Holy Grail, Will Ferrell Movies (Old School, Talledega Nights, Anchorman, etc.) Some of Adam Sandler's Movies and most of Ben Stiller's Movies. I don't much care for Horror movies but like just about any other genre.

Television:

Still enjoy Seinfeld also Scrubs, NCIS and all of the Law and Order Series.

Books:

Tom Clancy and John Grisham books; other than that I spend most of my time reading online. I have a short attention span so most books take me too long to finish.

Heroes:

My Dad! Jesus Christ! Bill Gates (not the one who created Microsoft but the one who is giving away his money)Ted Davidson (A family friend)

My Blog

Where do you eBay?

Hey everybody! I just created a map of my friends on myspace who buy or sell on eBay. Go add yourself! The picture below shows all the people who already have. Click the "Add Yourself" button to put y...
Posted by RKSmythe on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

eBay Getting Out of the DVD Business!

This subject is near and dear to my heart. I made my living selling media items on eBay for several years until I saw the writing on the wall and shut down. During, eBay's Q1 Earnings conference call ...
Posted by RKSmythe on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:57:00 PST

What I Stumbled Upon Today!

I've just added a new Squidoo Lens to my growing list of Lenses and I wanted to share it with you. I've begun using StumbleUpon.com to take a daily tour around the Internet. Today I searched on the ta...
Posted by RKSmythe on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:23:00 PST

Psst! This is what I was talking about for MySpace 2.0

I've been playing around with MySpace 2.0. Oh, that's right it's not called MySpace 2.0 its called Squidoo.com Sure, right now there are fewer than 100,000 profiles on the site (Squidoo calls their pr...
Posted by RKSmythe on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:53:00 PST

What will MySpace 2.0 Look Like?

The Internet may be crossing over into Web 3.0 soon but MySpace is still version 1.0. So, what do you think MySpace 2.0 will look like?   MySpace will become an ecommerce site allowing trading ...
Posted by RKSmythe on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:34:00 PST

eBay and MySpace do the Dance.

It's a funny thing about timing. Last month I wrote a post on my blog, The Digital Napkin, about how to monetize MySpace and then yesterday I expanded on that idea with an article on Associated Conten...
Posted by RKSmythe on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:02:00 PST

Being a Single Dad on MySpace

I called my 17 year old son into my office the other day to show him my new MySpace profile and the "Its all about the Poo" video from Scrubs. I was so proud. He laughed at the video but then looked a...
Posted by RKSmythe on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:36:00 PST

Monetizing MySpace

I'm sure Rupert Murdock has laid down the law by now. "MySpace will start contributing to the bottom line immediately!" I'm sure this mandate has sent the execs at FIM scrambling for a strategy that w...
Posted by RKSmythe on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:42:00 PST

Playing with Widgets

I'm becoming very fond of the Widget! I try not to go overboard on my blogs or here in my MySpace profile but it seems I find another interesting widget every day. I am by no means a techie. I know ba...
Posted by RKSmythe on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:50:00 PST

New to MySpace

This is my first blog entry at MySpace.com It feels a little wierd having a profile on MySpace but I figured I would give it a shot. I spend most of my day blogging about eBay, ideas, ecommerce, Googl...
Posted by RKSmythe on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:09:00 PST