The Ecommerce Alley Podcast: Meta Ads, AI Frameworks, and Business Strategy

"The customer is always right." - Everyone Who's Never Run a Business

Trolls, fraudsters, and a-hole customers suck the life out of your and your team like a vacuum at a confetti party. If you've been in business for a minute, then you know what I'm talking about.

Customers get a choice. But so do YOU. In this episode, I'll share:

• WHY We Blacklist People
• HOW Our Blacklist System Works
• HOW We Enforce It
• And What We've Seen Since Implementing It

00:00 Intro
03:04 "The No Asshole Rule"
04:51 What Type Of Asshole Are You Dealing With?
12:11 How Does The Blacklist System Work?
15:00 Aren't You Just Holding A Grudge?
18:53 Overview Of Our Blacklist System
26:36 How Do You Continue To Enforce It?
31:04 So, Does This Actually Work?

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(This episode is a re-run that originally aired on February 28, 2022.)
Two of the most powerful and predictable marketing strategies you need are paid advertising and email marketing.

Inspired by a client of ours who generates $500k+ per month from these two marketing mediums, I break down 3 steps in this episode that will help you begin leveraging ads and email to grow your business..

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The word "scale" gets used so much that I think it's wise to take a step back and think through what it looks like in REAL life terms for most businesses who aren't the "wild success stories." 

Don't ask HOW to scale, but WHEN to scale.

Because sometimes, it's best to do the brutal, boring work that's required to set a stronger foundation for those moments when you DO want to push the pedal to to the floor and go as fast as your supply can handle.

If you're feeling beat up and in a "slow season", listen to this episode.

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What's working right NOW with Facebook Ads? We get this question a lot. But, unfortunately, the answer to that questions is always moving.

So... in this episode, I brought on Dylan (our producer & paid media buyer at The Ecommerce Alley) to dive deep into some of the most-asked questions we get, as well as share insights as to what trends we see behind the scenes in the ecommerce space.

We cover things like:

• Broad, A+ Audiences, Interests, & Lookalikes
• Campaign Structures We See Working Well (+The #1 Most Used)
• Is Retargeting Still Valuable?
• Budget Scheduling (New Feature + Our Test Results)
• CPM Trends Since 2019
• Scaling %s (How FAST Can You Scale When Adjusting Budgets?)

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(This episode is a re-run that originally aired on October 2, 2023.)
If you walked into Shark Tank, there are three pretty common questions you'd get asked. Most people know the answer to TWO of them: what are your sales? What is your profit?

But most can't answer: what's the cost to acquire a customer?

In the marketing world, the acronym for this is CAC. (Cost to Acquire a Customer)

Every successful business obsesses over this number and does so on two primary levels: "blended" and by marketing channel.

In this episode, Josh dives into what CAC is and a little exercise to determine what yours should be, based on your business model.

By knowing this information, you can pour on the marketing gasoline, so long as you're in your "Target CAC" range!

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The goal of entrepreneurship is to be able to buy back your time. That's probably part of the reason you started your business -- to create financial freedom to do what you want, but if you got that and you were a slave to your business time-wise, it probably wouldn't be enjoyable.

That's why, in this episode, Josh breaks down how to determine what's worth hiring someone for, when to do it, and the first 5 positions he believes you should fill.

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Grab a $10 ticket to the 3-Day Ecommerce Facebook Ads Bootcamp January 29-31st here: https://alleypodcast.com/friend

If it feels like your ads don't get any traction or get traction, then fatigue quickly... Then you need to change your way of testing & finding ads.

In this episode, I break down the premise of The Ad Lab Method – a way to find "Super Ads" for a few hours of work, for a few hundreds dollars in testing, over a few days.

It's a scientific way of isolating your headlines, creatives, and primary texts to find the ultimate combination that will yield high-profit ads you can scale until production/fulfillment break.

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(This episode is a re-run that originally aired on March 27, 2023.)
Learn our simple 5-Step Facebook Ads Optimization Process, tailored specifically for ecommerce businesses. Josh will walk you through each crucial step, from identifying key benchmark metrics to implementing fixes.
In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to effectively analyze and assess your current ad performance.
• The key benchmark metrics you should be tracking to optimize your Facebook Ads.
• A deep dive into our 5-step process, with detailed explanations and actionable tips for each step. 

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What the heck is so special about these $45 Stanley Cups and why is everyone going CRAZY over them? In the last few years Stanley 10X'd their revenue, and whenever we see companies experience hyper growth like that, we like to dissect how we can do the same and apply it to our business! So, like the marketing nerd Josh is, he's going to break down what happened & 5 incredible business lessons you can learn from Stanley!

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You've got big yearly goals. But how do you tangibly break them down so that you can achieve them throughout the year without feeling "last minute" with everything?

In this episode, I'll take you behind the scenes on how we run marketing in 90-day cycles to experience month-over-month growth using a 3-step approach.

This episode is definitely more visual, so I recommend watching it on Youtube, if you'd like to see things drawn out!

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► Checkout Our Software, Breezeway - Never Second-Guess Your Meta Ads Again

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