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How One Woman’s Story Got Over 100,000 hits on eBay's Auction

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by drunkonlife, Aug 22, 2007.

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    You don't normally see this happen by someone that claims to not know much about ad copy but this woman hit pay dirt when she wrote a story about a harrowing trip with her six kids to the supermarket which resulted in her having to sell a ripped open box of Pokemon cards on eBay.

    The result of the story netted her over 100,000 hits to her auction with 53 bids on the cards themselves.

    She also put up her blog (although it wasn't hyper-linked). 25,000 hits in a single day to her website.

    Simply unbelievable.

    The moral to the story? A good story can drive sales beyond what a typical ad that you might see.

    Here is the link to my story....
     
    drunkonlife, Aug 22, 2007 IP
  2. bscdesign.com

    bscdesign.com Active Member

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    I saw this on the home page of Digg. It was prety funny.
     
    bscdesign.com, Aug 22, 2007 IP
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    rosiee007 Notable Member

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    Just read it and thats one funny story. 25,000 hits in a single day are a lot!
     
    rosiee007, Aug 22, 2007 IP
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    designerz Banned

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    i saw that too- incredible!
     
    designerz, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    YooChoob Peon

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    Any idea what she made at the auction end, it was at £140 last check
     
    YooChoob, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    glorybeme Well-Known Member

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    I read the story and it was pretty funny.Just wondering how it gots so much hits in ebay!!
     
    SEO Admin, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    Darn, I missed that one. I shoudl have posted it to Fleabay.
     
    Blackbeard, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    I hope she learned her lesson: don't have six kids.
     
    davewashere, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    Easy...it was a story that literally every mom out there can relate to and it became viral. I really think that there is a lot that we can learn from this ad copy.
     
    drunkonlife, Aug 23, 2007 IP
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    Yep so real...Good story!!
    Know exactly what she is saying , i had five to go with it is harrowing.
     
    linkmistress, Aug 23, 2007 IP