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 Is Organic Dead On MBA It's really interesting how people are jumping from one reason to another that sales are becoming harder to get on Merch By Amazon these days. Sales are definitely hard to come by, they always have been for me anyway. Are there more people in it, yes Amazon threw the gates open in the past year and a half. Is quality better? Not really in most cases, it's just a matter of the right eyes seeing the design. Is organic dead?  Let's take a look at the statement. Why Is Organic Traffic Dead? Good question. Let's look at why.                              I decided to write on this matter because today browsing one of the FB groups that used to be top notch, I came across a statement from a guy I used to a lot of respect for, up until I read the post. The post generally said "well good luck getting your shirt...

Are Websites Necessary In 2019 This is a come around question. Meaning we have been here before. There was a time when websites were the only way to do business online and there was a time when you didn't need a website. Squeeze pages were the thing. Usually directing straight to the source or website, whatever your model was. Today we have moved to a refined squeeze page. Now we call it a landing page, which grabs info and narrows down the field. Let's take a look and see. What Is A Landing Page                          Think of a landing page as a landing zone.                                                                                           ...

Sales Slow For Redbubble I have been so busy lately that I didn't notice a pretty big drop off in RB sales since Dec. 2018. Although t is pretty common in POD or any other E-com enterprise for big slowdowns to happen, it is my first with Redbubble. Though this could be attributed to many factors it does always make me wonder. Although I will not defame RB for anything here, as I have always felt they have been really fair with designers, paying on time and in full. Let's take a look: Traffic Jams                                                  The first thing I always like to look at is my traffic: Is volume the same or close Are my Key Words, Tags Stale (this does change over time) Are my designs stale Is there more competition in the niche or (platform) Are my designs and text compli...

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 ...