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Amazon PPC – Common Mistakes With Amazon Sponsored Products Ads That Will Kill Your Profits

As part of running my Create A Profitable Online Store course, I routinely get questions about Amazon PPC. Steve, my ads aren’t converting very well. What should I do? Steve, my ACOS…

Content Creation

Klaviyo Vs Drip – Why I Use Different Email Providers For Ecommerce And Blogging

Recently, I wrote a comprehensive post that compared and contrasted the following 4 email services. Mailchimp – My first email provider ever AWeber – An email platform I was on for 6…

Entrepreneurship

What Successful Entrepreneurs Do Differently And Why Beginners Fail

In the past 6 years, well over 2700 students have joined my Create A Profitable Online Store course. But I want to be straight up with you. Not every one who has…

Entrepreneurship

Outsourcing Pros And Cons – How To Decide When To Hire Or DIY As A Small Business Owner

After blogging about ecommerce and helping others with their online businesses for the past several years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among new entrepreneurs in the small business community. These days, everyone…

Case Studies

Customer Service Skills: How Would You Handle These Awkward Situations?

If you’ve been selling physical products online for any length of time, chances are you’ve hit a few snafus along the way that where good customer service skills have come in handy.…

How to Build an Online Store

Unique Value Proposition Examples For Your Business To Command Premium Pricing

How much is a customer willing to pay for a product or service? You might think that the most obvious way to find out would be to simply ask the customer. After…

Conversion Optimization

Poorly Designed Websites: 9 Mistakes Ecommerce Store Owners Make (And How To Fix Them)

As part of running my online store course, I’ve seen more than my fair share of poorly designed websites. But here’s the thing. Designing a high converting website is one of the…

Building Traffic

A Simple Trick To Get 10X More Facebook Shares And Likes For Your Posts

Unless you are an incredibly talented writer or you write about mainstream topics with broad based appeal, only a small percentage of people will ever share your content. Even with my most…

Entrepreneurship

Work Life Balance For Small Business Owners

I have a love hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, Facebook allows me to keep in touch with and keep track of what my friends are up to. But on the…

Entrepreneurship

How To Be More Productive – 8 Simple Habits To Get More Done

Not too long ago, I was working 40 hrs/week as an electrical engineer, running an online store with my wife, writing posts for my blog, putting out a weekly podcast, teaching an…

Entrepreneurship

My Keynote Speech For Sellers Summit 2017 And A Peek Behind The Scenes

When I first launched the Sellers Summit last year with my partner Toni Anderson, I was terrified. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to sell tickets. I was scared that…

Case Studies

The Results Of My Influencer Marketing Experiment With Real Data From My Shop

A while back I interviewed my friend Emmanuel Eleyae, who managed to make over $65,000 in 4 months without Amazon by leveraging You Tube influencers. And over the past few years, he’s…

Content Creation

How To Prevent Spam Email Signups And Cut Your Email Marketing Costs By 30%

What if I told you that you are currently overpaying your email marketing provider by up to 30%? What if I also told you that hundreds or even thousands of email addresses…

Content Creation

Amazon Affiliate Store Vs Blogging Vs Ecommerce – A Comparison Of 3 Online Business Models

One of the biggest advantages of running an online business is that it’s inexpensive to start. For as little as $5 per month, you can launch a business that can potentially make…

Entrepreneurship

Why Good Grades Often Lead To Failed Businesses

Growing up as an Asian American with strict parents, I was expected to get good grades in whatever subject I took. There were no exceptions. And even though I haven’t taken a…

Email Marketing

Email Deliverability – A Simple Tweak To Improve Open Rates 50%

Email marketing generates a substantial portion of my revenue for both my blog and my online store. As a result, I dedicate a significant amount of time building upon these 3 pillars…

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