Month: February 2017

Once you start advertising on Facebook you’ll start to get comments under your ads and you’ll need to think of the best strategy to deal with these comments and address people’s questions or concerns. However, as soon as you scale up your Facebook ads it’s going to be almost impossible to respond to every single … Continued

If you’re thinking of selling your own advertising services and running ads for clients, you’ll have to carefully select who you work with. Qualifying prospects is an important part of the sales process. I get people reaching out to me almost every week asking if they can pay me to run ads for their business … Continued

Competition isn’t something you should be scared of, it’s something you should look for. It’s rarely a good idea to enter a “market” where there’s no competition, since usually those aren’t markets at all. See, the best way to determine if people are buying things is to look for people selling things. Where there’s sellers, … Continued

I recently got a question from a subscriber who asked if his credit card could get blocked if he fulfills products on Aliexpress.com. The short answer is: Yes. It’s happened to me before but it was an easy problem to solve. When I launched my first drop shipping business I was fulfilling about 5-10 orders … Continued

If you’ve paid attention to my content, then you know that I recommend targeting only one country per Shopify store. You should streamline everything on your store. Everything needs to be aligned with the country you’re selling to: The language of your store, ads and customer support, the domain ending, and most importantly the targeting … Continued

It’s an undeniable reality that most people who start a business fail. I believe that’s the case for most things in life including getting in shape, learning to play an instrument and becoming an athlete. The odds are just against you in life and business. So why is that? I think we can expand this … Continued

If you’ve been studying marketing and advertising for a while, it might be worth it to build a little marketing agency as a side hustle. Why not capitalise on your new skills? Sure, you can use your knowledge to build your own business. But you can also build an additional income stream by running ads … Continued

I got a follow up question after yesterday’s post where I talked about why you shouldn’t be worried about the price on the package you drop ship from China to your customers all around the world. The question was regarding the word ‘Aliexpress’ and if it’s going to show up on the package your customers … Continued

When you drop ship products from China to consumers all around the world, the supplier will include the Aliexpress.com order value on the outside of the package because its required for customs clearance. A lot of people are very concerned about this. The big fear is: “What if the customer sees the original price on … Continued