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    The World is Not Alibaba

    I've started diversifying and sourcing from places like Egypt, but one thing is for sure - the Chinese are work horses. People in other countries don't have the same level of work ethic as the Chinese. You have to adjust your expectations of people working between 9 - 5 instead of from 8AM - 2AM...
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    I deleted TikTok off my iPhone. Here's why...

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Running TikTok ads to sell eCommerce products is one business use that I've been using. Only spent around $19K promoting my products on there. I think it has the potential to reach Facebook's level of effectiveness, but they still need to work on their algorithm because my ads get cheap sales...
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    Project Management for Team

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    I would look into reading the book Scrum: The Art of Getting Twice The Work Done In Half The Time - it gives a larger scope of what Jon L. is talking about above, but what he laid out for you is basically what it goes over... just more in-depth.
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    5 Step Guide To Hiring a Rockstar VA To Handle Your Business

    NOTABLE! PEOPLE 
    3 Questions To Ask Your Team Each Week That Will Keep Them Accountable. For a long time, I had an issue with keeping my direct reports accountable on their weekly/monthly/quarterly goals. A friend who had experience in managing a sales team in a venture-backed startup shared this simple...
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    5 Step Guide To Hiring a Rockstar VA To Handle Your Business

    NOTABLE! PEOPLE 
    If you want to save yourself time with hiring all those peeps, you may want to consider hiring a project manager or HR manager that can do all of that for you, on a rolling basis and monitor them to make sure they're hitting KPI's. If you focus all your time and energy into choosing the right...
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    How to detect deceitful people

    HOT! 
    Read the book "Winning Through Intimidation" by Robert Ringer. It talks about 3 types of people in the business "jungle". 1) Type "1" lets you know that they intend on screwing you over. It's obvious, they show the signs and you can see it in their eyes. They're the best kind... because you can...
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    How I Generated $21K In Profit In 1 Month For a Client Using Facebook Ads

    MARKETING 
    I don't really look at impressions to determine whether someone's going to purchase. The metrics you should look at is your CPM, Cost per click and cost per add to cart when starting on a fresh campaign / ad set. If you spend $10, get 0 add to carts shut it off. If you spend $15, get 0...
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    How I Generated $21K In Profit In 1 Month For a Client Using Facebook Ads

    MARKETING 
    Start each test with this: - Optimize for Purchase conversion (even if you have zero data). - Choose 4 brands in your niche and create 1 ad set for each brand (That means you will only have 1 interest per adset). - Launch 2 different ad copies to USA for the Facebook Feeds for these 4 interests...
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    How I Generated $21K In Profit In 1 Month For a Client Using Facebook Ads

    MARKETING 
    In the DPA editor on the "adset" level you can choose from 2 radio buttons. One is use existing data, the other is "Define a broad audience". You just choose define a broad audience and plug in the lookalike data. Make sense?
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    How I Generated $21K In Profit In 1 Month For a Client Using Facebook Ads

    MARKETING 
    No, as soon as the custom audience hits 100 "Pixel Fires", I create the Lookalikes and I launch them.
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    How I Generated $21K In Profit In 1 Month For a Client Using Facebook Ads

    MARKETING 
    Hey Fastlane fam, I've been on the forum for a few years now. Read MJ's book when I was 17 out of high school (now 21). Here's some background of my journey: - Started copywriting on Upwork when I was in university, made very insignificant returns. - Almost didn't apply for a FB ads gig...
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    Bangkok Chiang Mai or Cebu Meetup

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    I'm in Bangkok with some more friends doing Ecommerce.
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    eCommerce: one product shop vs. multiple products shop

    Pick a market, then offer several products to that market. For example, you choose the "baby" niche. There's mothers looking for helpful products to help them take care of their newborns. So... you can offer: - Baby bandana bibs (cool patterns/designs) - Maternity pillows. - Breastfeeding...
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    Is Dropshipping Dead?

    This will be the end of bad customer service from dropshippers. Facebook will be sending out this survey 2 weeks after somebody has a Purchase Pixel Fire, in order to improve the trust of the platform.
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    [ADVICE]-Selling to Government (Cities, Counties, States) ???

    At the last job I had the employers got all their contracts from the local city governments. Normally these governments use some sort of app where they post the scope of work they need completed, and each company bids for their contract. The government chooses the most competitive price. This...
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    I walk by this every day.

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    dude your signature always gets me hahaha
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    Location-independent/digital nomad lifestyle - ask me anything

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    I'll probably still be here for a while. Shoot me a mssg around that time.
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    I will help you find a product to sell on Amazon

    GOLD! 
    Take a look at www.elementalknives.com, they're a 7 figure Shopify store (check out www.xpareto.com). Take their URL and plug it into www.similarweb.com and see where they're getting traffic from. Now you can see where to advertise your product, because Facebook doesn't allow advertising of...
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    Location-independent/digital nomad lifestyle - ask me anything

    OFF-TOPIC 
    1. It depends on the person. There's cheap gyms in pretty much every city in Asia. You just have to get up and go every morning. Although, I haven't really been traveling much. I just chose a city to hunker down in and work. 2. I posted in a Chiang Mai Facebook group and a few guys told me to...
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    Calling all copywriters!

    MARKETING 
    Headline A: Local <insert town/city name> Flooring Company is Offering 50% OFF a Premium Floor Replacement Service For New Customers... Headline B: Get Your Flooring Replaced For 50% OFF... Even If You Want Premium Laminate, Hardwood Or a Fresh New Rug We can install all flooring types (vinyl...

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