Boost Your Profits by Doing Something Unique on EBay

Do you understand why the price of a good or service is higher at one store than it is at another even when it is a similar product? It comes down to uniqueness. How is your business unique? If you are not unique - chances are you are struggling to make some good cash.

The only way you can lift your prices is if you distinguish yourself from the competition. This means finding out why you are different and marketing this. So - have a look at your business and determine what makes you unique.

Do you provide great service? Big deal - a lot of your competitors do too. That won't make you unique. Do you have a professionally designed logo and strong branding name and colors? This is the first part of creating your uniqueness.

Then look at what your competitors do. What do you do that is different?

Are you more accurate? If so - say so.

Are you more responsive? If so - say so.

Do you provide a guaranteed time response? If so - say so.

Do you produce quality products? If so - say so.

Find out what makes you different. If you don't know - then ask your customers. They will know for sure. Ebay can be the perfect learning ground to distinguish your uniqueness. There is so much competition - you will find it hard to make a buck unless you clearly indicate what you are unique for.

The best thing about eBay is that all your competition is online so you can see then with just a few clicks.

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Christmas! Probably the one occasion in the year when, cake decorator or non cake decorator, you will have a go at creating your own cake! It could be a novelty cake or Christmas themed cupcakes, a traditional fruit cake with a frosted snow scene or something a little more adventurous!

You may choose to stay traditional or go contemporary with a more modern design.

Check out websites or browse the shops for readymade decorations, or simply buy a few cutters to do it yourself! From boards to boxes, santas to snowmen, snowflakes to stars and robins to reindeer, you are spoilt for choice!

If time is limited just buy an iced cake, add some claydough Christmas characters and finish with a decorative Christmas ribbon around the side, and hey presto! Job done!

However, if you have the time and wish to create your own design, look online or in books and magazines for inspiration, and get those creative juices going! To help you on your way, look at tins, cutters and moulds to plan your design, followed by plenty of glitter, sprinkles and sparkle!

So why not try some or all of these yourself, or with the children:-

Collect together some blocks of ready coloured sugarpaste and have a go at some simple models of santa, snowmen, snowballs, a tree or a penguin.

Buy a claydough reindeer with sleigh, santa with parcels and a log cabin, and create a story of santa delivering his parcels!

Make a snowy scene using clear glitter flakes, add a few snowflakes with an easy to use snowflake plunger cutter, followed by a sprinkling of glitter dust!

Simply ice a cake (or buy one!), spray it with a lustre colour and tie it up with a decorative Christmas ribbon as a parcel - what could be simpler!

For a small individual cake, why not bake a cake in a baked bean or sponge pudding tin and transform it into a candle. Cut out holly leaves, make a few berries and decorate the candle!

If you fancy having a go at a more intricate design:-

Look at stencils or moulds to create a design with flair!

Be dramatic! Cover your cake with dark blue for a sky, cut out stars with a star plunger cutter and colour them silver. Place on cake and on wires, and just add nativity figures.

Make a Christmas tree using a tree tin, cover in green sugarpaste, then have fun decorating it! Make tree ornaments, streamers and baubles with plenty of glitter! Or just add sweets and chocolates!!

Make your own bauble! Create the design with crimpers and straight frill cutters in colours of your choice.

Buy cupcake cases and use cutters, moulds or stencils to make an array of Christmas designs. These will be popular with the children!

Whatever you choose to make, have a very happy Christmas!

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Bring some citrus into your baking with this cake recipe that uses orange. The Mandarin Orange Cake with Chocolate Chips is a delicious cake with a wonderful Chocolate Orange Cream Cheese Icing! Yummy! Step outside the box and so something a little different the next time you bake a cake! You'll be glad you did.

MANDARIN ORANGE-CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE WITH ICING

CAKE:

3/4 cup evaporated milk

1 1/2 tbsp vinegar

3 1/4 + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

1 3/4 cups + 2 tbsp sugar

4 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 tsp butter flavoring

1 1/2 tbsp chocolate extract

2 tbsp orange extract

1 1/4 cups water

1 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans; set aside.

In a cup, combine the evaporated milk and vinegar; set aside.

Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda together; set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, blend the butter and sugar together until creamy and smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time and beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract, butter flavoring, chocolate extract, and orange extract; beat well. Beat in the milk/vinegar mixture. Alternately add the flour mixture and water, starting and ending with flour. Add the flour 3 times and the water 2 times, beating after each addition.

Fold the chocolate mini chips into the batter and divide batter evenly into the 3 baking pans. Gently tap pans on counter to level. Bake at 350 degrees approximately 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire racks before icing.

ICING:

1 block (8-oz) cream cheese, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp butter flavoring

1 1/2 tsp chocolate extract

2 tsp orange extract

1 lb sifted powdered sugar

dash of salt

1 tbsp water

1 can (8-oz) Mandarin oranges, well drained

Using an electric mixer on low speed, blend the cream cheese with the vanilla extract, butter flavoring, chocolate extract, and orange extract. Add the powdered sugar, salt, and water and beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.

To assemble: Place one layer on cake plate and spread icing over the top, place second layer over the iced layer and top with icing. Place the third layer on top and frost the top. With all three layers stacked, frost the sides of the cake. When cake is fully frosted, arrange the oranges on the top as garnish.

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