Author Archives: Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES

About Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES

Aaron Traffas, CAI, AMM, CES, is an auctioneer from Sharon, Kansas. For the last 22 years he's worked for Purple Wave. Aaron served as president of the Kansas Auctioneers Association in 2017 and on the National Auctioneers Association Education Institute Board of Trustees from 2009 through 2013. He is a past instructor at CAI and co-wrote the original ATS and AMM designation courses from NAA. An active contract bid caller, he has advanced to the finals in multiple state auctioneer contests. During the summer, Aaron operates a farm in south central Kansas. Aaron is an active singer and songwriter and the Aaron Traffas Band's latest music can be found at aarontraffasband.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.

Auction Podcast Episode 16 – Interview with Dwayne Leslie – Global Auction Guide

Aaron Traffas: Hello and welcome to the 16th episode of the Auction Podcast from Auctioneer Tech. My name is Aaron Traffas and joining me today for the second in our vendor interview series is my friend Dwayne Leslie. Dwayne is … Continue reading

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Auctioneers report zero growth in 2008

Image by ArtemFinland via Flickr This press release from late February isn’t exactly exciting, but it isn’t exactly unexpected. While the auction industry, on a whole, hasn’t been hurt nearly as badly as other sectors of the economy, the tune … Continue reading

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AuctionWally calls out eBay CEO

We have to admit that we’ve been following recent events at eBay with a little bit of schadenfreude. We’ve always held the position that someone who sells on eBay isn’t an auctioneer. eBay is the auctioneer that outsources the work … Continue reading

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Woopra analytics monitors website traffic in real time

Website analytics refers to the concept of tracking, measuring and analyzing the traffic to and away from a website. Google Analytics is the dominant player in this space, thanks to their purchase of market-leader Urchin several years ago. Google actually … Continue reading

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Corporate websites

One of the users we follow on Twitter recently posted this amazing article about company website design. Some of the highlights: Social networking is about people engaging with people. Individuals do not want to build relationships with brands and corporations. … Continue reading

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