It has been almost a year since Jack Sheng (Eforcity) was the first to be awarded the silver “Shooting Star” for a million feedback. It had also been a year since I was able to sit down and chat with him but I was fortunate enough to spend some time with him at last week’s…

As announced on Ink at the beginning of the month, the eBay Motors / GM “Click & Buy” Promotion ends today as scheduled. According to the two companies, there are no plans to move forward with a national promotion. The promotion included more than 1.5 million visits and generated more than 15,000 leads to GM…

One of the sessions at Shop.org 2009 that I thought it probably best I attend, was the “Twitter and Social Media All-Stars” panel that ran on the first day of the conference. The panel was moderated by Denise Zimmerman, President & CSO of NetPlus Marketing and had three social media-focused representatives for commerce companies with…

From the PayPal Blog: Hi, I’m Judy Chang. On Saturday, Tropical Storm Ketsana struck the Philippines, delivering a month’s worth of rain in just twelve hours. The images seen across the media have been harrowing: A sofa hangs from electric wires. A school bus is toppled on its side. Muddy rivers overflow with people seeking…

All, Just a quick reminder that Jason Miner hosts another edition of PayPal Radio tomorrow at 5pm ET / 2pm PT. Checking out the PayPal blog post today, it looks like he has a pretty good schedule lined up… – Tod Cohen, eBay VP of Government Relations will discuss eCommerce Policy – Monroe Labouisse, PayPal’s…

Admittedly, last week marked my first Shop.org conference and I was pleasantly surprised at the number of attendees. At first I thought the expo itself seemed relatively quiet but that’s because the majority of attendees were sitting in on the regular sessions available throughout the day. Great to see. I spent a lot of my…

eBay CEO and President, John Donahoe took the stage at Shop.org this morning and the theme of his keynote focused on how consumer behavior is driving changes in technology. For close followers of eBay, John started by going over key messages and points we’ve heard in recent presentations – nothing new here. Two core businesses…

I was browsing through the magazines at the airport yesterday on my way to the Shop.org Annual Summit and I saw the above logo staring back at me from the front cover of Newsweek. It was the inaugural Newsweek Green Rankings in which they ranked the top 100 greenest companies in America. The stated goal…

eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe and eBay Marketplaces President Lorrie Norrington announced several organizational changes this morning. Here is an overview: First, John announced that Stephanie Tilenius, head of global product and North America for eBay, has decided to transition out of her current role. She’ll become an advisor to John for the…

eBay CEO, John Donahoe, is currently in New York and spent some time with CNBC‘s Maria Bartiromo earlier today. Bartiromo and Donahoe discuss the Skype sale; eBay and PayPal as core businesses for continued success and close with a discussion around PayPal’s open platform and the future of micro and mobile payments. Cheers, RBH