Before You Dig In... If you've been with us this far, you've already seen some of what will be mentioned in this blog and subsequent video. If not, go take a look on our YouTube page and you'll find all those nuggets of wisdom there. In any case, this week we'll be going over all [...]
Before we dig into the meat of this topic, it is important to define a few terms. Amazon, and particularly their terms, can be extremely confusing. Most definitions rest somewhere between explicitly explained and vaguely speculated. I’ll do my best to keep the facts straight and the logic intact. What Is Indexing? Indexing is when [...]
Saturated Much? No matter what you sell, you will have competition. It's pretty much just part of the deal. Even if you're working in an obscure niche with only a few sellers, your competition will indeed grow as time goes on. The real key is understanding your competition and your market so you can maximize [...]
The Hunt For Five Stars When it comes to Amazon, reviews are one of the most important parts of your listing. You can have the very best copy, photography, and overall marketing, but if your reviews are low, you are in for a bumpy ride. When dealing with promotions, the whole idea is to get [...]
What's in a word? When it comes to keywords, quite a bit. Any online seller will tell you picking the right keywords to rank and sell for can be a make or break aspect of your listing. The question still lingers though: which keywords to choose? Basically, pay attention to your RELEVANCY. Is it relevant? [...]
An optimization question we still get pretty regularly is "what should I put in the 'Subject Matter' keywords section?" And honestly, up until recently, I wasn't 100% sure how to answer that question. So, I finally conducted an experiment. In this video you can see exactly how many characters you can put in subject matter [...]
Amazon sellers regularly find themselves seeking information, data, experiences and study done on the most effective methods for running and growing a brand using the marketplace as a platform. There is no shortage of that information, but due to Amazon’s black-box style of running things, we often find a lot of conjecture and speculation intermingled [...]
Lately the hot topic of conversation has been Facebook ads and how to utilize them to grow your online brand. The reason is because the Facebook ad platform has repeatedly proven to offer a greater ROI when compared to its greatest rival, Google Adwords. Prevailing wisdom suggests that newer sellers not burden themselves with learning [...]
It is always a topic of discussion; what exactly makes Amazon’s ranking algorithm tick. Speculation runs rampant. Everyone has theories, some founded in evidence and observation, some on wild conjecture. In the end, a small group of algorithm engineers at Amazon are the only ones that are fully in the know. For the rest of [...]
While perusing an Amazon seller Facebook group, I came across a member posting about her patent nightmare and asking for advice. Her situation was this: she was selling a pretty generic product (a balloon) as part of a party kit. She was contacted by another seller demanding that she remove that one element from the [...]
