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- Cashflow 2.0 – The Concerns of Success and Speed of Scaling with Amazon – ALL55Q4 was incredible, but what now. Today we talk cashflow 2.0 – the concerns of success, scaling and risk management needed in a physical products business. This is for Amazon sellers pushing hard, doing well and of course wanting more. It’s time.It’s Amazon Time* How fourth quarter transformed the busiiness* Why I’m focused on scaling* The reason I buy at least 1000 units* What do I do when I make money* The reason I’m scared of scaling* When to stop buying on projections* How to avoid overreaching* The cashflow concerns of success* How reinvesting makes the business bigger, faster* The speed to scale* Why masterminds are critically important to growth* Leave a review 🙂* The FREE Amazon FB MastermindLarge Inventory Orders ~5k+ units* Better unit costs* Better margins* Cheaper sea shipping* TOO much money in inventory* Terrible for cashflowSmaller Inventory Orders 1-5k units* Less risk per product* More stressful* More profit potential* Faster turnaround times* Faster scaling – building a product line* Potential projection problems* The effect of cross-promotion* How to juggle the business betterPs. I’m putting together several high level, paid Amazon masterminds, sellers at certain level of success wanting to achieve more. If you’re interested, please apply today with your avg rev, selling experience and category and I will see if we can place you in one of our 5 member masterminds.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!Q4 was incredible, but what now. Today we talk cashflow 2.0 – the concerns of success, scaling and risk management needed in a physical products business. This is for Amazon sellers pushing hard, doing well and of course wanting more. It’s time.It’s Amazon Time* How fourth quarter transformed the busiiness* Why I’m focused on scaling* The reason I buy at least 1000 units* What do I do when I make money* The reason I’m scared of scaling* When to stop buying on projections* How to avoid overreaching* The cashflow concerns of success* How reinvesting makes the business bigger, faster* The speed to scale* Why masterminds are critically important to growth* Leave a review 🙂* The FREE Amazon FB MastermindLarge Inventory Orders ~5k+ units* Better unit costs* Better margins* Cheaper sea shipping* TOO much money in inventory* Terrible for cashflowSmaller Inventory Orders 1-5k units* Less risk per product* More stressful* More profit potential* Faster turnaround times* Faster scaling – building a product line* Potential projection problems* The effect of cross-promotion* How to juggle the business betterPs. I’m putting together several high level, paid Amazon masterminds, sellers at certain level of success wanting to achieve more. If you’re interested, please apply today with your avg rev, selling experience and category and I will see if we can place you in one of our 5 member masterminds.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!15 min
- Winning The Amazon Game – We’re Halfway There – ALL54Why hello there, it’s update time. Product launches, promotions, competition and Amazon strategy going forward. You don’t know until you know, so go do it yo! Good luck and let’s build a business.Amazon Excitement* Product 5 Update!* Mistakes with FNSKUs to avoid* Big competition vs easy sales?* What to know about big niches* Why Amazon can explosively grow* The reason big business is terrifying and cool* How to decide on Amazon going forward* 10 sales a day? Yes or no…* The reason I wouldn’t start with super competitive* How copy and pictures drive sales* Scott’s Private Label Classroom* How to learn from mistakes* Why dirty is dangerous and profitable* The medium means to Amazon launches* Why I love working with clients!* What recurring can do for success – subscribe and save* The value of repeat customers and multiple sales* The power of pictures in Amazon* How to decrease fees and boost margins big time!* Shipment mistakes that slow salesWant more? Subscribe TODAY!Why hello there, it’s update time. Product launches, promotions, competition and Amazon strategy going forward. You don’t know until you know, so go do it yo! Good luck and let’s build a business.Amazon Excitement* Product 5 Update!* Mistakes with FNSKUs to avoid* Big competition vs easy sales?* What to know about big niches* Why Amazon can explosively grow* The reason big business is terrifying and cool* How to decide on Amazon going forward* 10 sales a day? Yes or no…* The reason I wouldn’t start with super competitive* How copy and pictures drive sales* Scott’s Private Label Classroom* How to learn from mistakes* Why dirty is dangerous and profitable* The medium means to Amazon launches* Why I love working with clients!* What recurring can do for success – subscribe and save* The value of repeat customers and multiple sales* The power of pictures in Amazon* How to decrease fees and boost margins big time!* Shipment mistakes that slow salesWant more? Subscribe TODAY!18 min
- What Amazon Sellers NEED To Know About Variation Hijackings and How to Survive – ALL53Again? The new hijacking controversy and how I’m fighting back. How to save your business and your sales and even boost your conversion rates to boot. It’s all here, it’s all awesome so let’s get started.The Variation Hijacking* Why business is all about ups and down* How I killed hijackers on my listing* What are variations and what you need to know* Why Amazon doesn’t care about sellers* The way hijackers made a variation of my product* The reason big business is terrifying and cool* How Amazon automation makes infringement an issue* The reason you should call Amazon ASAP* What variations do to your sales* What to do if you get hijacked* Do something IMMEDIATELY* Cease and Decist* Fill out this form…if it works!* Contact Amazon* Go Crazy* How I’m working to build my listing sales* Why rankings drop from hijacking* The effect of dropping PPC on sales for free* Why Bangkok built my sales understanding* What you NEED to know about hijacking and sales* The reason to keep your head when it happensAwesome Copywriting Books* Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz* Advertising Secrets of the Written Word by Joe SugarmanNext Level Allstar MastermindSuccess leads to success. Surround yourself with talent and enormously grow the business today. Apply only if you’re selling $50k+ a month.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!Again? The new hijacking controversy and how I’m fighting back. How to save your business and your sales and even boost your conversion rates to boot. It’s all here, it’s all awesome so let’s get started.The Variation Hijacking* Why business is all about ups and down* How I killed hijackers on my listing* What are variations and what you need to know* Why Amazon doesn’t care about sellers* The way hijackers made a variation of my product* The reason big business is terrifying and cool* How Amazon automation makes infringement an issue* The reason you should call Amazon ASAP* What variations do to your sales* What to do if you get hijacked* Do something IMMEDIATELY* Cease and Decist* Fill out this form…if it works!* Contact Amazon* Go Crazy* How I’m working to build my listing sales* Why rankings drop from hijacking* The effect of dropping PPC on sales for free* Why Bangkok built my sales understanding* What you NEED to know about hijacking and sales* The reason to keep your head when it happensAwesome Copywriting Books15 min
- The FBA ALLSTARS Amazon Update – ALL52Product 5 is LIVE. The business is booming, working to scale and here’s the strategies and tactics I’m using for two new product launches, coaching clients I’m helping grow and Amazon PPC hacks pushing profitability through the roof.Amazon Update* What’s new with the business* Product 5 is LIVE* But it wasn’t going live – here’s what you do!* How I’m pushing hard into a competitive space* The effects of reviews on rankings and sales* Why I’m using AMZTracker for the review club launch* The dynamics of building a business with a family* How to boost efficiency with Amazon* Why my home’s now a FBA assembly line* The FNSKU mistake – double check* Helping a pretty premium company crush it on Amazon!* What I’m preparing for for product 6* How to get selling sooner* Why lead time needs to be nailed* The PPC strategy I’m using to boost sales and save cash* How to take advantage of Amazon Ads negative keywords* Seriously, join the Facebook mastermind!Want more? Subscribe TODAY!Product 5 is LIVE. The business is booming, working to scale and here’s the strategies and tactics I’m using for two new product launches, coaching clients I’m helping grow and Amazon PPC hacks pushing profitability through the roof.Amazon Update* What’s new with the business* Product 5 is LIVE* But it wasn’t going live – here’s what you do!* How I’m pushing hard into a competitive space* The effects of reviews on rankings and sales* Why I’m using AMZTracker for the review club launch* The dynamics of building a business with a family* How to boost efficiency with Amazon* Why my home’s now a FBA assembly line* The FNSKU mistake – double check* Helping a pretty premium company crush it on Amazon!* What I’m preparing for for product 6* How to get selling sooner* Why lead time needs to be nailed* The PPC strategy I’m using to boost sales and save cash* How to take advantage of Amazon Ads negative keywords* Seriously, join the Facebook mastermind!Want more? Subscribe TODAY!14 min
- Black Friday Blows Up Amazon Sales – ALL51Wowza! Black Friday big time anyone? That’s the power of Amazon, 250% of my average all the sudden thrust Amazon success on my brand. Bet you had similar situations? So, how do you prepare for Q4 holiday madness? Let’s get jolly!Black Friday On Amazon* Why Thanksgiving and holidays are ups and downs* The rollercoaster of entrepreneurship* How I raised prices and more than doubled sales* The preparation for Q4 sales* Why traffic is everything on Amazon* The passive profit is pretty cool with Amazon* How to position your products for Christmas* What Chinese New Years means for sellers* The PPC strategies for the holidays* How holiday sales will help you sell* Why new product launches are pretty tough over Q4* How to use more money to rank faster* Why you NEED to push it* The reason it’s all about family and freedomAmazon Allstars $50k+ MastermindI’m putting together a mastermind of next level success. Find out more here.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!Wowza! Black Friday big time anyone? That’s the power of Amazon, 250% of my average all the sudden thrust Amazon success on my brand. Bet you had similar situations? So, how do you prepare for Q4 holiday madness? Let’s get jolly!Black Friday On Amazon* Why Thanksgiving and holidays are ups and downs* The rollercoaster of entrepreneurship* How I raised prices and more than doubled sales* The preparation for Q4 sales* Why traffic is everything on Amazon* The passive profit is pretty cool with Amazon* How to position your products for Christmas* What Chinese New Years means for sellers* The PPC strategies for the holidays* How holiday sales will help you sell* Why new product launches are pretty tough over Q4* How to use more money to rank faster* Why you NEED to push it* The reason it’s all about family and freedomAmazon Allstars $50k+ MastermindI’m putting together a mastermind of next level success. Find out more here.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!15 min
- How I Doubled Amazon Ad Spend While Halving ACOS – ALL50Save money, spend money, make money – this is Amazon advertising 3.0. Today we cover more-depth PPC ads strategies than ever and how I double spend while drastically reducing ACOS. There’s a secret no one is talking much about! Plus now Bid+…mhm. Recorded this before Amazon did that so we shall see.Amazon PPC 3.0* How I doubled by PPC spend and reduced ACOS* Why Amazon PPC has changed so much* What to know about broad, exact and phrase match* Why Q4 blasts PPC spend* The reason conversion rates jump in fourth quarter* The power of negative keywords* How I am maximizing broad match PPC* Reasons to have targeted advertising* The reason I wouldn’t start with super competitive* How to do decrease ACOS* The reason broad match won’t help your ranks as much* How to rank for long tail keywords* Why 80/20 applies to keywords* The reason exact is my worst ACOS to bully way to top* How to start using phrase match* Use the search term reports to increase ads* The value of top ads, even when you launch* The Amazon FB MastermindPs. I’m putting together several high level, paid Amazon masterminds, sellers at certain level of success wanting to achieve more. If you’re interested, please apply today with your avg rev, selling experience and category and I will see if we can place you in one of our 5 member masterminds.Split TestingIMPORTANT: To split test effectively and get best conversion rates possible, I recommend AMZ Split. Software is very simple system for testing and optimizing copy. This is a must for copywriters and Amazon sellers. Use Coupon Code: FBAALLSTARS to get 20% OFF your first month.Want more? Subscribe TODAY!Save money, spend money, make money – this is Amazon advertising 3.0. Today we cover more-depth PPC ads strategies than ever and how I double spend while drastically reducing ACOS. There’s a secret no one is talking much about! Plus now Bid+…mhm. Recorded this before Amazon did that so we shall see.Amazon PPC 3.0* How I doubled by PPC spend and reduced ACOS* Why Amazon PPC has changed so much* What to know about broad, exact and phrase match* Why Q4 blasts PPC spend* The reason conversion rates jump in fourth quarter* The power of negative keywords* How I am maximizing broad match PPC* Reasons to have targeted advertising* The reason I wouldn’t start with super competitive* How to do decrease ACOS* The reason broad match won’t help your ranks as much* How to rank for long tail keywords* Why 80/20 applies to keywords* The reason exact is my worst ACOS to bully way to top* How to start using phrase match* Use the search term reports to increase ads* The value of top ads, even when you launch* The Amazon FB MastermindPs. I’m putting together several high level, paid Amazon masterminds, sellers at certain level of success wanting to achieve more. If you’re interested, please apply today with your avg rev, selling experience and category and I will see if we can place you in one of our 5 member masterminds.Split TestingIMPORTANT: To split test effectively and get best conversion rates possible, I recommend AMZ Split. Software is very simple system for testing and optimizing copy. This is a must for copywriters and Amazon sellers.16 min
- My 60 Hour Screw Up And Solution Thanks to Direct Response Marketing – ALL49OOPS. I screwed up – big time. Here’s the story of the 60 hour horror story I avoided with a couple quick hacks and direct response marketing sales tactic…we’ll see how it goes and how it can help you in your own FBA business success.Today on Amazon* How to overcome enormous Amazon problems* The importance of QA testing* Why you NEED to communicate better with suppliers* The reason I print FNSKU labels on the packaging* Why I’m hacking product problems* The reason to DOUBLE CHECK everything* How to print your own labels* Why function CAN trump sexiness* The direct marketing approach to book sales* How to mail order sales is saving me 40-60 hours of awful* Why I’m selling ugly as sexy savings* How I’m sacrificing to sell sooner* Why you NEED a feedback follow up sequence – Feedback Genius* Ps. Get Jungle Scout 🙂Want more? Subscribe TODAY!OOPS. I screwed up – big time. Here’s the story of the 60 hour horror story I avoided with a couple quick hacks and direct response marketing sales tactic…we’ll see how it goes and how it can help you in your own FBA business success.Today on Amazon* How to overcome enormous Amazon problems* The importance of QA testing* Why you NEED to communicate better with suppliers* The reason I print FNSKU labels on the packaging* Why I’m hacking product problems* The reason to DOUBLE CHECK everything* How to print your own labels* Why function CAN trump sexiness* The direct marketing approach to book sales* How to mail order sales is saving me 40-60 hours of awful* Why I’m selling ugly as sexy savings* How I’m sacrificing to sell sooner* Why you NEED a feedback follow up sequence – Feedback Genius* Ps. Get Jungle Scout 🙂Want more? Subscribe TODAY!17 min
- Building Buzz For Amazon with Influencer Outreach and Affiliate Marketing – ALL48Today we’re interviewing influencer outreaching extraordinaire Elysia Johnson as she’s working to turn a her passion towards healthy living into a side income to supplement her music career. We also dabble into partnerships, problems and off Amazon sales so check it out!Elysia’s On Amazon Today* How to build a premium brand* The importance of mission in entrepreneurship* What it’s like teaming up as a partner and how to avoid explosions* How Amazon’s empowering individuals to become entrepreneurs* Why you should work hard and play hard* The importance of urgency in success* How to research and prepare for Amazon sales* What to expect for fourth quarter sales* The way to get influencers involved in your brand* How affiliates can uplevel FBA sales* How to get exposure for products* Why it pays to be yourself* Ways to max out social media sales* What to know about Chinese New Years!* The reason Amazon is annoying with accidental issues* Why Amazon FBA makes selling easier for everyone* The FBA ALLSTARS Facebook mastermindWant more? Subscribe TODAY!Today we’re interviewing influencer outreaching extraordinaire Elysia Johnson as she’s working to turn a her passion towards healthy living into a side income to supplement her music career. We also dabble into partnerships, problems and off Amazon sales so check it out!Elysia’s On Amazon Today* How to build a premium brand* The importance of mission in entrepreneurship* What it’s like teaming up as a partner and how to avoid explosions* How Amazon’s empowering individuals to become entrepreneurs* Why you should work hard and play hard* The importance of urgency in success* How to research and prepare for Amazon sales* What to expect for fourth quarter sales* The way to get influencers involved in your brand* How affiliates can uplevel FBA sales* How to get exposure for products* Why it pays to be yourself* Ways to max out social media sales* What to know about Chinese New Years!* The reason Amazon is annoying with accidental issues* Why Amazon FBA makes selling easier for everyone* The FBA ALLSTARS Facebook mastermindWant more? Subscribe TODAY!26 min
- The Hitchhikers Guide to Amazon Success, Even While Traveling – ALL47Amazon is the ULTIMATE passive profit business to be able to travel and see the world…at least after you get it going. There’s a couple pretty critical points worth noting on building sustainable success with Amazon while on the road so for any entrepreneurs interested in a round the world adventure building a bigger FBA business, this is most assuredly for you!Traveling with Amazon* Why the location independent movement is exploding today* The way to beat the corporate crap fest* Why Amazon is an ideal travel setup* The differences between Amazon goals* Why Fulfillment by Amazon creates a pretty passive profit stream* The Amazon cycle that sells easy* How to avoid complex issues and customer complaints* Why solopreneurship is exciting but can be overwhelming* The context principle to creating sales* How to automate product launches and customer emails – Feedback Genius* Why I love being able to track product rankings – AMZTracker* How to focus on planning in advance to speed Amazon growth* The biggest problems with traveling and why you MUST batch important tasks* Why 80/20 is awesome to life an EPIC life* The reason busyness is better cause it makes your MORE EFFICIENT* Why commitments and temptations are tough with travel* How South East Asia and South America can help FBA sellers bootstrap a business* Why it’s almost impossible to build a big business while travelingWant more? Subscribe TODAY!Amazon is the ULTIMATE passive profit business to be able to travel and see the world…at least after you get it going. There’s a couple pretty critical points worth noting on building sustainable success with Amazon while on the road so for any entrepreneurs interested in a round the world adventure building a bigger FBA business, this is most assuredly for you!Traveling with Amazon* Why the location independent movement is exploding today* The way to beat the corporate crap fest* Why Amazon is an ideal travel setup* The differences between Amazon goals* Why Fulfillment by Amazon creates a pretty passive profit stream* The Amazon cycle that sells easy* How to avoid complex issues and customer complaints* Why solopreneurship is exciting but can be overwhelming* The context principle to creating sales* How to automate product launches and customer emails – Feedback Genius* Why I love being able to track product rankings – AMZTracker* How to focus on planning in advance to speed Amazon growth* The biggest problems with traveling and why you MUST batch important tasks* Why 80/20 is awesome to life an EPIC life* The reason busyness is better cause it makes your MORE EFFICIENT* Why commitments and temptations are tough with travel* How South East Asia and South America can help FBA sellers bootstrap a business* Why it’s almost impossible to build a big business while travelingWant more? Subscribe TODAY!15 min
- [VIDEO] Private Label Product Research UnscriptedLIVE – Product research and selection time…that’s what happens when I’m bored but wanting to help Amazon sellers. So, here’s me unscripted breaking down FBA opportunities in Sports and Outdoors. Maybe it’s help, maybe it’s not. Would love to hear what you think and hope it helps with building it bigger!Tools of the Trade* Jungle Scout* JS Webapp* Camel Camel Camel* Scott’s FREE ClassMy Amazon Criteria* IS IT SELLING?* Good price point – $15-50* ~50% Margins* Low brand affinity* Can there be variations?* Not cashflow intensive* Less than 2 lbs* Sales history* Can you customize and differentiate?Product Selection Real Time* What are my criteria for successful private label products* Why I use the Jungle Scout webapp as a starting point* How to set filters and searches for competition and sales* Why the database dominates for research* The reasons reviews aren’t overly important* How higher prices hurt sales* Why I’ll avoid electronics* What you should know about Jungle Scout BSR stats* Why variations will alter revenue projections* When to jump into Alibaba buying requests* The reason lots of FBA sellers equals opportunity* How to avoid overestimating sales launch revenues* Things to Track:* Average sales* Average reviews* Average cost* FBA sellers?* Why I want to differentiate* Our interviews with Greg Mercer* Product research getting started* Build a brandLIVE – Product research and selection time…that’s what happens when I’m bored but wanting to help Amazon sellers. So, here’s me unscripted breaking down FBA opportunities in Sports and Outdoors. Maybe it’s help, maybe it’s not. Would love to hear what you think and hope it helps with building it bigger!Tools of the Trade* Jungle Scout* JS Webapp* Camel Camel Camel* Scott’s FREE ClassMy Amazon Criteria* IS IT SELLING?* Good price point – $15-50* ~50% Margins* Low brand affinity* Can there be variations?* Not cashflow intensive* Less than 2 lbs* Sales history* Can you customize and differentiate?Product Selection Real Time* What are my criteria for successful private label products* Why I use the Jungle Scout webapp as a starting point* How to set filters and searches for competition and sales* Why the database dominates for research* The reasons reviews aren’t overly important* How higher prices hurt sales* Why I’ll avoid electronics* What you should know about Jungle Scout BSR stats* Why variations will alter revenue projections* When to jump into Alibaba buying requests* The reason lots of FBA sellers equals opportunity* How to avoid overestimating sales launch revenues* Things to Track:0 min
About FBA ALLSTARS
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This is FBA Allstars with Matt Ward, ground zero for building bigger, better, private label profits and expanding existing Amazon businesses. I’m aiming for a 7 figure exit from my Amazon brand at the…
end of year one – aim high, accomplish the incredible. That is the purpose behind FBA ALLSTARS, pushing to accomplish your goals. Throughout the podcast, we’ll walk through experiences and strategies building and automating Amazon and ecommerce businesses, interview experts, case study FBA sellers and chat about the inner workings of Matt’s Amazon business to help entrepreneurs and FBA sellers build sustainable, scalable private label businesses anywhere. Matt is not expert by any means, a regular, full-time online entrepreneur taking advantage of white label, physical products and branding to build, scale and ultimately sell location independent Amazon driven businesses. (Also check out: the Amazing Seller, the AMPM Podcast and Private Label Journey). On the show sellers discuss Amazon