22 year old in college with a million dollar business. Ask me anything!

[Jmadd95OE]

I love that no only did you take a podcast that tens of thousands of other people have listened to and done nothing with (or failed at), you not only took action and applied the knowledge but you did it with the support and buy-in from your family.

AND you got through formal education at the same time (that must have been rough!). You'll go far with that kind of work ethic!

That's awesome. Welcome to the forum!

Appreciate it! Thanks

 

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[Sanj Modha]

I wish I knew the importance of amazon ppc. I started doing Amazon before the whole ppc craze was in full effect. PPC was the main reason why I was able to succeed in a very tough market.

No we manufacture in US.

What's your PPC strategy?

 

[Guest304]

I'm just curious what you're selling. Looking at your data metrics, the items are right around $20 and you seem to be selling a lot of it. I don't think most folks are interested in the widgets, but more or less focus on how you got where you are. Me on the other hand, I'm interested in what your father created and you have done so well at selling. Strategy is great, but sometimes the product is the key.

 

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[Guest304]

Unfortunately, I can't tell you what product we are selling. All I can tell you is that we are not competing against other Amazon FBAers, we are competing against actual brands in retail. We used Amazon as a platform to establish are brand, the endgame is retail for us.

You can ask more questions and I'll answer what I can.

Hmm,
You're selling it online already, buy you can't say what it is? I'm not trying to get any details on it. Just curious if the industry is something new, niche, innovative, or if your product is simply a better mousetrap.

 

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[KeepGoin]

How did your dad go from concept to production? Specifically how did he know the product was perfect before committing to a run and shipping it?

I have Walter's book so I know these steps but I just wanted to hear your take. Thank you for your thread!

 

[AnAverageJoe]

I wish I knew the importance of amazon ppc. I started doing Amazon before the whole ppc craze was in full effect. PPC was the main reason why I was able to succeed in a very tough market.

No we manufacture in US.

Is there a particular reason you manufacture in the U.S? I'm talking to manufacturers overseas now but I've always had an interest in getting my product made domestically.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

 

[Guest304]

Lemme guess... delete your account?

Can't private message vigilante to work it out, and honestly I don't want to stay on a forum that people flame you for asking a simple question. The title is Ask me anything. Simple as that. I think the content I've contributed thus far was pretty decent. Maybe not the best.

I'm genuinely curious in the guy's product. Creative innovative ideas fascinate me. A simple hey I don't want to disclose that info because I don't want it stolen would suffice.

 

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[Guest304]

If you get butt-hurt this easily, you won't have a prayer as an entrepreneur.

I'm doing fine thanks.

You guys seem to be the butt-hurt bunch. All uppity over a single question.

 

[YoungBroward]

have you done any paid ads on Instagram? Or did you just stick to facebook?

 

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[Jmadd95OE]

I'm thinking this thread should be #notable -- despite all that crap up the top.

Do you think the FBA program is doable if you're not American and/or living in the US?
I've wanted to try my hand at it but I'm Australian and have some hesitations due to that fact.

Haha. Is this in the right thread??? I don't know how this forum works yet!

 

[KSR]

Haha. Is this in the right thread??? I don't know how this forum works yet!

Haha yeah so basically making it notable means it's marked as a thread that you should read -- have you seen those threads that say 'Notable' or 'GOLD'? It means just that -- they're GOLD! Great content in there that you can learn from. This is one of them.

Notable is one step under GOLD (I believe? I'm pretty new here myself).

 

[Nomadic]

This is awesome man. I'm 22 years old myself, and after being in University not too long ago, I know how hard that must've been to balance all of that out. Congrats! As far as Amazon, I'm on a little bit more of a beginner level than these guys. Lol I haven't quite found what I think is the right niche/product yet. What do you think the key is to finding something that is profitable while also sustainable and quality? Like you, I don't want to just get random products and make a buck and get out. I want to establish a brand that is known for quality.

 

[undertheradar]

Welcome to the forum! Thanks for already contributing so much value. I am in the process of launching a brand and this has helped a lot!

 

[ZeroTo100]

Didn't see page 2.

Anyway, Thanks for doing this - super cool to hear about you and dad working together. I used to dig holes for my father haha. Wasn't as fun as you're having but I learned a lot. Don't care what your product is but I'm interested in your process for finding a supplier. I know that you mentioned you deal with a US manufacturer. That's smart! Did you use any sites to help in finding them?

Thanks kid

 

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[magnificent]

Best way to get ranked is a giveaway. Make sure you don't ask for reviews. There are Facebook Groups and a bunch of services (viral launch, zonblast, etc.) that do this. I personally don't use giveaways anymore because my brand is established, but its the fastest way to get it ranked if you don't want to do the whole organic and ppc thing.

I'm looking at Viral Launch and Zonblast.

Do you have a preference?

 

[magnificent]

I haven't used either of them. I can tell you from my other friends in the space, they have had success with viral launch.

So what was your initial launch like, if you didn't use either of those services?

 

[DVU]

Hi man,

Thanks for the info so far!

My question is how much did you spend on marketing online before you found the "right way" to do it.

By the right way I mean when you were comfortable with the result and were to improve from that point forward.

 

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[samuraijack]

Congrats! Im going to assume this is a consumable, within health/personal care niche. I'm recently seeing some success personally in the beauty niche (although not as much as you!). I started out with google shopping ads to my Shopify and then Amazon. Went from $3k monthly to $15k monthly now (1st month on amazon).

1)Whats your advice on building your brand through these two platforms?

2)google ads and Amazon places product in front of customers ready to buy. What was the process for you moving onto advertising methods that werent as targeted? Like instagram, email marketing, etc.. is this something worth the effort only after you master Amazon/shopify?

 

[TreyAllDay]

I know I wanted to do the same. Parents wanted me to stay. Anyways it builds character having to do both school and work!

What are some the best books you can recommend on the subject, other than of course MFL.

 

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[pds]

@Jmadd95OE Welcome to the forum and congrats on your success so far! Thanks for the value add with this thread.

 

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[Miketing]

So you mentioned audience insights earlier for facebook ads targeting, how do you normally go about defining your target audience?

Also how does your strategy look for turning cold leads into hot leads with email marketing? Any tips for acquiring leads or turning them into customers? Do you just send out direct marketing and offers or more than that?

 

[Deleted2BB3x9]

Best way to get ranked is a giveaway. Make sure you don't ask for reviews. There are Facebook Groups and a bunch of services (viral launch, zonblast, etc.) that do this. I personally don't use giveaways anymore because my brand is established, but its the fastest way to get it ranked if you don't want to do the whole organic and ppc thing.

Great thread! Just wondering, you mentioned not to ask for reviews. So how did you get reviews? If you don't mind me asking, what's your strategy?
It is now forbidden to offer a product in exchange for a review according to Amazon's TOS. But, I don't think that stops you from asking the customer to leave a review if they were satisfied with the product. Right? Correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[Arevico]

What would you're approach be to product validation? When developing a new product, would you keep people involved from the beginnen or how do you normally know that a idea is a good one?

 

[Mr. Millionaire]

Jmadd95OE I've been for the past two days looking for ways to build a landing page considering I know that this is the best way to go.
I was wondering under the situation that I can make a professional landing pages for as little cost as possible i'll do anything it takes to get it done . If I can't do that I was wondering should I pay someone to design my website? and if so who would you reccomend?

 

[qaerst]

Do people treat you differently ?
Do they even know that you're running a business and how do they react if they find out?

Congratulations on your achievement BTW !
(I know it's not important what other people think but it's an impressive thing for someone at the age of 22!
And just want to know how people at the same age react.)

 

[GMSI7D]

Ask me anything you want! I'll give you my advice... Shoot!!

ok, do you think you are an average guy and anyone can do the same

or do you think you are an isolated case and nobody here will do the same ?


what are you trying to prove ? an isolated case does not prove that anyone here can and will do the same


it only proves that one guy managed to do it . there is no value from a global point of view and for the masses

this is like the news on TV

we see bad things happening but this is not the actual reality of most people.

this is not reality for 99.99 % of people

most people don't die in hurricane disaster or in afghanistan war

the news are not the global reality

same thing with your case


.

 

[Josh Chingas]

Bro.. I’m 19. I’m trying to learn from you so bad. Lol. I want to connect with you bc I’m trying to be a solopreneur through college with digital marketing. Hopefully I can grow it enough to where it will leave me debt free. Seriously man I’d love to connect with you. You are where I want to get at this point in life and I want to give you what I know this far. Reply back brother!

 

[The Abundant Man]

What is the meaning of life?


If all forces acting on an object are balanced (i.e their sum is equal to zero), then the object will either be at rest or moving with constant velocity.
Another way of stating the law:
If the sum of all forces acting on an object is equal to zero, then the acceleration of that object is equal to 0 and therefore its velocity does not change. If it is rest it says at rest and if it is moving a constant velocity it stays at that same velocity.
Example
What force is needed so that a 100 Kg box moving on a frictionless floor on a straight line at the speed of 1 m/s keeps moving for another 100 minutes in the same direction at the same speed?

 

[Deleted48496]

AMAZING THREAD!

The amount of value here is insane.

Thank you for sharing all this!

 

[AyanBHC$]

Could yo

Best way to get ranked is a giveaway. Make sure you don't ask for reviews. There are Facebook Groups and a bunch of services (viral launch, zonblast, etc.) that do this. I personally don't use giveaways anymore because my brand is established, but its the fastest way to get it ranked if you don't want to do the whole organic and ppc thing.

Facebook Ads is a crabshoot. I wasted about 30k before I figured out what works. I would not recommend sending a Facebook ad directly to amazon. The conversion rate will be too low and will negatively affect your ranking. The best way to use Facebook for amazon, is to collect emails, run an email campaign, and then send them to the listing. You have to turn them from a cold lead into a hot lead essentially.

Sending Facebook to Shopify is the best way since you can see how they interact with your website using (Google Analytics, HotJar, etc.). It is also very tough to succeed using Facebook Ads to shopify too. You have to do a lot of A/B Testing and figure out your targeting group. I have seen a lot of people spend thousands of dollars on Facebook without any sales.

My Facebook Ads Method is:

5 Dollars a Day for 5 Days= 25 Dollars spent on one Ad
Low CTR (Under 1%)= Change Ad Copy or Picture (Pictures are a very important part of Facebook Ads)
No Conversions=( Change Landing Page)- Look at HotJar/Crazyegg or Heatmap to see where people are leaving

I recommend doing Facebook ads as well. CPC is much cheaper and high interaction!

For Targeting using Audience Insights. I can go more into this if you like

Hope that Helps!

Could you please explain me the email thing you mentioned? like How to do it.

Thanks

 

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