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  1. RNoles19

    Any Digital Marketing Course Recs? Getting back into ECom after 900K business

    MARKETING FTE 
    Any recommendations for digital marketing courses specifically for E-Commerce? Or ways to (re)learn digital marketing in 2021? I grew a sports themed T-Shirt business to 30K customers / 900K in revenue primarily through Facebook ads, but that was in 2016/7 when I could get a click for 5...
  2. RNoles19

    Ask me anything about eCommerce (Ongoing)

    GOLD! 
    Any recommendations for digital marketing courses specifically for E-Commerce? Or ways to learn digital marketing in 2021? I grew a sports themed T-Shirt business to 30K customers / 900K in revenue primarily through Facebook ads, but that was in 2016/7 when I could get a click for 5 cents. The...
  3. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Dude, please......not at all the type of shirts I make. Those would be the 'shitty designs' shirts with 50k likes that i referenced earlier. Those are obviously very lazy and very illegal.
  4. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    My mistake. I misinterpreted what you were saying. I appreciate that. And I agree with you. I think being able to create products that people want is massively important. I know some people love to shit on T-Shirt businesses or whatever, but I just look at it as a product that I can...
  5. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Can't tell if you're mocking me here. A little hard to decipher sarcasm through text. But what's the advice here? I am still creating shirts/trying to get better at the graphic design aspect. But where I'm getting stuck is the marketing....... You can have the best product/shirt in the...
  6. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Ya I mean I personally never really cared how many likes my ads got. Just cared if it was selling or not. But, in my experience, if a product is generating that many likes, that means people like the product....which leads to sales. There is a EXTREMELY strong correlation between...
  7. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Possibly. Have you personally spent $100 on an ad that had 30K likes? Because that's not my experience at all. Any ad that I've ever done that had 30K+ likes generally equated to a lot of profit. Like 10K+ profit. Unless they're buying likes or something I'm not aware of, I tend to think...
  8. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Right. I didn't want to post my ads/website in here (I think that may be frowned upon). I was more trying to see if anyone has had success with social media ads for an ecommerce business. Ideally I could partner with someone that is good with the marketing.
  9. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    I've done that bit. That's kind of how i started out. The problem with that is that it just isn't sustainable/scalable. You can definitely make some money going with that direction, it's just probably not the most time-effective strategy.
  10. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Ya dude. I read the book too. I get it. Not saying this is a Fastlane business, which is why I mentioned the lack of control in my original post.........but if I can make 50K/year in additional income reviving this business, I'm not going to be upset with that.
  11. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Ya I agree to an extent. I don't use Teespring, Sunfrog, all those websites. I have my own Shopify website, own the domain, sell quality shirts, and all that. But I think the shitty reputation of people like that affects everyone else trying to sell shirts on social media. Maybe people just...
  12. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Ya I agree that the bigger companies (ie Patagonia) may not be overly concerned with the ROI, but for smaller businesses, I'd be shocked if an ad with 10k-30k likes isn't making money. It just wouldn't make sense to continue to run an ad and spend hundreds/thousands a day on ads if you weren't...
  13. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Ya I think it has to an extent, but people still buy novelty shirts. I just left a company that does 12 million a year in sports/pop culture T-Shirt revenue. But aside from that, , I also see posts on FB with 10k-30k likes on a shirt, which is tough to do, so people are still having success...
  14. RNoles19

    900K In Sales. Need Help With Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Alright so I'll keep this as short as possible. I've posted here before about it before. But I started a T-shirt website in 2015/2016 that did very well. Have done 900K in sales lifetime. Made almost 200K profit my first year primarily off Facebook/IG ads. Eventually my Facebook ads...
  15. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    Interesting idea. Did you ever pursue the cross promotion idea? Regarding the second idea....it might be tough to get a business to give someone off the street 2K to spend on advertisements. There would have to be significant trust there before handing over 2K. Jay is big on risk reversal...
  16. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    Appreciate the response. I'll try to respond to a few of your ideas. -You may be right. Maybe I shouldn't have tagged MJ. I obviously respect the hell out of him, so I was hoping to get his thoughts. I think it's an interesting idea. I'm looking for feedback and figured it couldn't hurt to...
  17. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    I don't see how it doesn't. It finds new customers for the advertiser and creates a new income stream for the host company for minimal effort. Both parties benefit.
  18. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    Ya. No one likes that. This would just be handing out a flyer to the customer or putting it in the bag. No selling whatsoever.
  19. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    Right. This would be way less intrusive. It would be more like the cashier handing out a flyer to the customer as they leave the store. Or just putting it in the bag. No sales pitch or anything. But the same general concept.... If we're using your example.... Direct TV would pay for the...
  20. RNoles19

    Feedback on Potential 10K+/Month Biz Concept

    Appreciate the feedback. I think your/Jay's example of recovering lost leads is a good idea. I think you're getting hung up on the examples a bit too much though. It doesn't have to be Starbucks. It definitely doesn't have to be LASIK. Just an example of a company that spends a bunch to...
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