Ecommerce
578: 5 Dirty Tactics Amazon Is Using To Screw Sellers And Raise Prices
Five dirty tactics Amazon uses to screw sellers and raise prices in 2025, from AWD price hikes to knockoff ads on your own listings.
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Ecommerce
577: An Inside Look at Our Content & Ecommerce Masterplan For 2025
Our 2025 content and ecommerce masterplan: TikTok pillar videos, brand-first products, tariff strategy, and the AI search shift.
Ecommerce
576: ChatGPT’s Biggest Threat? China’s AI Breakthrough Could Change Everything
DeepSeek vs ChatGPT: what China's free AI model means for privacy, the AI market, and your data. A plain-English guide.
SEO
575: Google Search Is Collapsing — Do This Now Or Lose All Your Traffic
Google faces two threats: AI search from ChatGPT and Perplexity, and an antitrust ruling that could gut its default-search deals. Here is what will actually happen to your traffic.
Social Media
574: A Quick TikTok Ban Update And The State Of Social Media
TikTok is back but crippled, Reels quietly buries videos over 60 seconds, and CapCut went dark alongside the ban. Here is where ecommerce sellers should actually put their content in 2025.
Productivity/Personal Development
573: Forget Resolutions—Here’s the Secret to Building Habits That Stick
Most New Year's resolutions fail by the second Friday in January because they set outcomes you cannot control. Here is the systems-and-habits playbook we use instead.
Ecommerce
572: Amazon Just Destroyed ALL FBA Sellers – Why You Should Be Worried
Starting March 10, 2025, Amazon reimburses lost FBA inventory at manufacturing cost, not retail. Here is exactly how much money sellers will lose and what to do about it.
Ecommerce
571: 2024’s Biggest Winners and Losers: Who Crushed It and Who Crashed?
The biggest ecommerce winners and losers of 2024, from Amazon FBA sellers getting squeezed to Nvidia, Walmart, YouTube, and TikTok crushing it.
Ecommerce
570: Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming: What Amazon FBA Sellers Must Do To Survive
What Trump's proposed tariffs mean for Amazon FBA sellers, why the 60% China tariff won't fully hit prices, and what to do right now to prepare.
Ecommerce
569: The #1 Way to Get More Shoppers Without Spending a Dime
How to build word-of-mouth marketing for your ecommerce store, from customer experience and gifting to social media and AI search visibility.
Ecommerce
568: Amazon’s Dirty Tactics Are Costing You 61% More On Every Purchase
How Amazon's rising fees, private-label bias, and off-Amazon price policing are inflating prices across the web, and what FBA sellers should do about it.
Ecommerce
567: Why Everyone Needs a Side Hustle in 2025 – And the Best Ones to Start Today
Toni Herrbach and I break down why a side hustle is essential in 2025, how AI is eating jobs, and the low-cost side hustles regular people are using to build real income.
Ecommerce
566: New US Crackdown Just Killed Dropshipping – What Sellers Must Know
The new US de minimis rule changes end the AliExpress and China dropshipping model. Here is exactly what changed, why the model no longer works, and what to do instead.
Social Media
565: Why Your Social Media Strategy Isn’t Working—and How to Fix It
Toni Herrbach and I break down why most social media strategies fail, which platform to pick first, and the batching and consistency system that actually grows an audience.
Blogging
564: Blogging Is Dead…Or Is It? What’s Actually Happening With Google
Standalone blogs are getting crushed by Google, but ecommerce blogs are winning. Toni Herrbach and I break down what changed, who benefits, and what to do now.
Blogging
563: Email Marketing Hacks To Drive Engagement and Sales
Email marketing for content businesses, from picking one focused lead magnet to weekly text emails and affiliate offers that actually convert.
