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Reach Out With PPC | Email Campaigns Though a lot of people say this is a dead duck, don't believe that for a minute, not yet anyway. PPC and Email lists are and always will be one of the most effective ways to drive customers to your sites or products. Organic traffic is getting harder to come by year after year, still very possible, but harder to actually get a lot quickly, and not as easy or fast to harvest email addresses. There are tons of tricks to do this with landing pages funnels etc. Email lists are still one of the most effective for campaigns bringing return customers, and being the most drilled down and targetted way to identify possible new customers. I used to try and run a few (not too successfully), years ago, much has changed, and I was just looking over a few things to check it, so I thought I would write this up. Let's take a look... Set Up First thing is to get an AdWords account. Easy peasy just sign...

Interesting...VERRRRRYYY Interesting Facts About Merch I thought I would write this piece on some anomalies I have noticed between the Two accounts we have in our home. There are some super interesting things here that I was sure were just strange occurrences, not even coincidence, just weird. Like this is spooky stuff here ;)  This is sort of a fun Urban myth thing maybe... or is it. Try to do a couple and see if it is fact or fiction, I'm sort of baffled myself. So Read on... A Strange Beast  Is MBA In the last year, as we became a two account home within that period, loosely give or take a couple months or so we started to see some strange things start to occur. At first glance, it just looks like some kind of strange thing going on. Hardly so thought-provoking as stats. Then you start to see the same things and patterns develop over time. Ghosts, Gremlins, I'm...

Two Accounts On Merch By Amazon Heres a pretty common question, though I really wonder if it's not for nefarious reasons coming from a few. Can you have two accounts, yes, you can have several accounts. Huh? What? Are You kidding? No, your wife, your kids even uncles aunts or anyone who lives under the same roof can have their own accounts. My wife also has an account, so we have two. Some families have several, Ken Riel`s (Merch Watch Dawgs) does, kids and wife I think it was like 5 accounts in all. How Can I Have Two Accounts You actually can`t, so don't, it's not worth it, and that's a major factor in many accounts being banned, then they cry, but that's another story. You can have one and whoever else in your house can have separate accounts. You need to have, of course, different names last can be the same and usually is. Set up with different bank accounts. That means the money from the accounts must be redir...

Idea Stealing I decided to write an opinion post here about copying on idea stealing in general. The idea came on because of a post on a Facebook group I am in, for FBA, that asks the question: Is it ok to steal an Idea, but phrased as " If someone tells you an idea or such, do you have the right to take it and use it for your own?  The answers vary, and you definitely know who is who by reading this post.  I guess I know some people from both sides, and I'm not in love with the dark side, the YES steal it side. Let's look at a few points here. Justification One of the things I have really come to hate are the phrases:              Its Just Business I have A Business To Run I have A Family To Feed I Have Bills To Pay You Didn't Take Action (fast enough to stop me :P) You Should Not Have Opened Your Big Fat Mouth ( Really, just read that and ...

Setting Up Testing With AMS For Merch Well, finally the account has been approved for Amazon Advertising on Merch. This is the moment of truth. I wrote an earlier article in which I stated that AMS was probably the biggest reason for people to tier up and make decent sales. My money is where my mouth is. Currently, I have started testing to see hows and whats of it all. As of Feb 7, 2019, let's see where this one goes Applying For AMS On Merch Dashboard             This was a bit confusing until I read the article that walks you through the application DOI. But seriously it wasn't so difficult. The link will be found on your Merch Dash at the bottom. Use the code that is there or I am sure the app will fail. Click the link and away you go to the Merch walkthrough, read down to the second instruction (2) and you will find the link to the Amazon Advertising page. I would left click that and open I new t...

Merch By Amazon Saturated At this point in time, yes MBA is becoming more and more saturated.  Even though the entry has become tougher, there is a daily influx of new hungry designers, or entrepreneurs entering this platform. There is no reason, other than to possibly build a base, then charge for this, don't quote me there.  With so many early players controlling most of the slots, there is very little room left for new and small players,  Tier 1000 is not big anymore, but at least you can get sales. Though not many. Let's have some fun mixed with some of my views here. Let's take a look. Past And Present Merch                            Merch started in 2015, had a shutdown in 2016 for a few months of retooling, then reopened. There were no tiers, you could upload as many as you wanted, it seemed like everything sold, no matter how...

Etsy With Sourced Product Most people don't realize that Etsy is a huge and growing platform in its own right. The thought is, " well I don't make anything so how can I sell on a handmade marketplace". The truth is there are a lot of alternatives, that can be listed as handmade, you just have to add that you have a production partner. This works the same way that it works with Printful or any other integration. Let's look at a few things that may get your creative juices moving. In The Eye Of The Beholder          Art is and always will be in the eye of the beholder. Many things can be called art, including handmade. The handmade revolution is actually pretty strong now, with folks looking for more of a quality or homespun motif.  The majority of the Etsy customer base are educated smart women that are more interested in the product, the artist, or shop owner and the store poli...

Google The Blogspot With Google killing off a lot of its older services the latest victim being Google+ folks are starting to wonder if Blogger will fall under the axe. As reported on digitalinformationworld.com this is not going to happen. With Googles youtube and its Android platforms hosting their blogs from the platform it looks as stable as it can be. Of course, things can and do change so all things being equal if you're vested in your blog always have a backup plan. This is still a pretty good platform though old and a no-frills platform.  Easy, fast with perfect uptime, it will do the job. Why Choose Blogger                  I came back to blogger after many years of absence because it served my purpose. I was looking to write articles aimed at people getting into print on demand, and giving back some free knowledge. I had a few blogs way back, the last being a digital...

Extra Monetization Secrets MBA A lot of people don't know and more don't talk about this unique way to monetize your Merch shirt sales. We have talked about using Social media, Facebook, Youtube etc. If you blog or want to get into blogging that's another cool source. On more than one front. Maybe you are starting to get the idea now. Wordpress is extremely easy to build blogs and e-com sites. With tons of free templates, and very easy to build tools and add-ons. If you're wondering why I don't use that, I will explain in the article at some point. Let's get into the monetization end of stuff, this is by the way just what I have learned till now, its a work in progress. First Step If you are not on Pinterest or Instagram or Youtube if that works for you, get there. Learn how to build your account up, and that will get traffic to your shirts.          Facebook grou...