So Wednesday 11th I am rendered out of my ‘notice’ period from Frooition and can finally be employed by someone else. The ‘death’ toll is now at 4 just before Christmas which is shocking. I have a plethora of hair orders that will pay for me to have fun over the Christmas period. I imagine the kind of job I will have to undertake in this area is web content based or on-line marketing as there are very few companies in the eBay space so it will be hard to get back on that band wagon. I am just doing a course to be an eBay education specialist so in my own way I am keeping my hand in the industry that has been my life for the last two years. I hope I can return to it.

Its a crap time of year to get another job but hopefully in the first week of Jan things will be back to normal.

The money went out friday like removing a bullet from your own flesh. Boy I am skint. I am going to have to live on £30 a week till the end of the month because of that baby. My laptop is still giving up the ghost even with all the anti virus software removed.

They god damn engineer computers to die after 2 years. It happens too often and its too accurate!

Another dell, mid range, 2gb memory….£429…..didn’t really want to buy a new computer till next Jan, but my little basics lap top has run outta juice, and just can’t cope with what I need to run now. It might also be due to the fact I have let my mum use the computer to open her emails in the last month or so and she opens all the spam emails and I have had virus’s coming out of my ears. Mcafee had a heart attack every time she used it. I am going to strip it down to the basics, so it can be used as extra storage space and mums spam filled evil emails.

Well, holiday soon in 20ish days! My favourite song at the mo is ‘Though the glass’ by stone sour. I have been having terrible trouble with my back and legs due to my lack of pelvis tilt, and the NHS is pants. Its going to take me ages to get any kind of help or advice. Sometimes I can’t even use the clutch in my car so I can’t drive.

At work we had our appraisals, this was my list of skills to prove I had done something in the past year as my company had no real structure until now.

Google Adwords Management

Google Analytics Management

SEO strategy and techniques (including search engine friendly websites)

Business Blogging and Blogging Software (external tool integration and code editing)

Integration and use of Social Networks for optimization (Community based and social shopping)

Various Internet Marketing techniques such as site mapping, affiliate schemes, link exchanges, keyword optimization and site specific advertisement.

Differentiating .com and .co.uk marketing strategies

Expanded my knowledge of ChannelAdvisor, high end eBay selling and payment gateways.

Certified eBay consultant.

DNS Management and Webmastering.

Basic knowledge of HTML, PHP, MYSQL and open source software such as mambo, joomla and oscommerce.

I have recently started to teach myself flash using the swish max software

SEO within the limitations of the CA store.

Able to conduct strategic and high pressure meetings with client company managers, employees and SEO’s.

Provide online business management advice as well as advice on business procedures, accounts management and shipping.

Improved my level of customer service and phone training techniques

I have the ability to handle hostile situations that arise from clients

I have the ability to seek help when needed.

Yahoo and Google Sitemapping

Well? Do I sound as though I could be classed as an E-commerce Consultant as I am proficient with 2 major auction management systems?

Today it seems there is a rumour that we won’t be getting any extra money to become the ‘e-commerce specialists, producing papers and becoming externally recognised for our work’ they want. Do they think if we become e-commerce specialists, externally recognised, producing papers and speaking at seminars we will stick around? Nothing to add onto our already pitiful wage (and I am on more than some)….oh but a plan will be put in place…..

This place is full of plans that never come to fruition.

Well, on Saturday night I enjoyed a milk free curry with my love. We brought some pataks korma paste and used alpro soya natural yoghurt. It was lush. We can get at least 4 curries from that paste (feeding two) for £1.19 instead of buying the expensive special sauce that would cost around £8 with shipping on the net and not last!

I am also loving the alpro soya fruit of the forest yoghurt which does not have the weird nutty after taste like the strawberry yogz do.

On the work front, its still a pain and I get spoken too like I am crap. From everyone, ( well they are all men who piss on the floor of the womens loo and leave ‘presents’ in the loo) Grr, I am fuming.