Get Sweatin, T-shirts for your workout in the gym December 5, 2018 bizadmin I confirm that this is a sponsored post that adheres to FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 16 CFR Part 255 of the USA. I am now outstation and hope that dad gets his heart bypass done soon. In the meantime, I also came across Get Sweatin, T-shirts for your workout in the gym to keep you healthy by exercising. Health is wealth, and with health, you will be able to work and earn an income. For this Christmas, you might be interested in checking out HERE and use my referral code PHILIN – this will ensure my referrals to Get Sweatin are tracked and credited to my account. After that, you might also like to see Get Sweatin so you can locate the most updated list of deals for this merchant. Having an ideal BMI, an acronym for Body Mass Index is so important to reduce risks of getting diseases and critical illnesses. So, it is also essential to invest in your health by working out in the gym, preferably early in the morning when you wake up. You can never take your health for granted like my dad and think that he will live to a ripe old age. For him, the only solution is to go for a bypass as he has clogged arteries. Get Sweatin is an e-commerce website with a robust payment gateway that accepts credit card details and other information that won’t be shared with a third party. So you can shop peacefully and securely knowing that your credit card details are safe and encrypted by an https website. Do check out their Main Website for Get Sweatin and see the various products for sale or get a present for your loved ones this coming Christmas. Remember, health is wealth, and you cannot take your health for granted. Be in the pink of health always by eating moderately and exercising while stimulating your brains via lots of reading and working. In my undergrad years, I have had experience participating in a long distance 3km swim using breaststroke or ‘frog style’ in my varsity many years ago. I was also a regular gym member and used to exercise at least three times per week for about 20 minutes to an hour, even. In my late twenties, I had an optimum BMI and was in the pink of health to work and shop, splurging on the things that I love to use while destressing from all the hassles of work and busyness. Just remember, if you are looking for a cool t-shirt or t-shirts for yourself or family member and friends who don’t work out, get this nice gift from HERE and use my referral code PHILIN. Give your loved ones something useful for their health and even daily wear or casual wear with meaningful wordings to remind yourself of the basics of living like “Blood, Sweat, and Tears” as a good reminder to work hard to put food on the table for yourself and your family. There are other workings and appropriate sentences that relate to all of us here.
10 Challenges Every Store Owner Will Face (And How to Solve Them) December 4, 2018 bizadmin 10 Challenges Every Store Owner Will Face (And How to Solve Them) 1. So, You Told Your Loved Ones When I first told my friends and family I was becoming an entrepreneur. I didn’t get the level of excitement I was hoping for. Instead, conversations unfolded like this: “Why are you throwing your life away?” “Don’t you appreciate that your job gives you benefits and a steady income?” I tried to explain what I was doing in a million ways. But there was no getting through to them. All I could do was hide out at the library every day, with my phone off, to avoid conflict as much as possible. If I could go back in time, I just wouldn’t tell them until I had something to show for it. The second you tell anyone you love about wanting to be an entrepreneur – parents, friends, family, spouse, coworkers – there’s a pretty good chance someone will try to change your mind. At the end of the day, you need to ask yourself who you’re living for. Your parents, your partner, yourself, or a greater purpose. And if you focus on yourself or a greater purpose, well, at least it was your decision. And for the record, my loved ones have become more supportive of my entrepreneurial projects as I started to succeed. You just need to prove yourself before you tell anyone. 2. Store Build Exhaustion You made the common mistake of importing hundreds of products to your dropshipping store. And who wouldn’t when it only takes a couple of clicks? But you stayed committed and wrote product descriptions for them all. Trust me, I know how common this mistake is. Take a look at my current Oberlo dashboard – as you can see, I’m sitting on 92 different products. You don’t need to add all 92 products on your store that first day. But by the time you finally get around to launching your store, you’re as burnt out as toast lit on fire. So you create a Facebook ad or maybe create an Instagram post, but you don’t really put any thoughtful effort into it. You just want to get your first sale over with. But the ka-ching sound that the Shopify app makes for each sale – yeah, it never comes. How do you solve this? If you import hundreds of products into your dropshipping store out of excitement, pick 25 or fewer products to write copy for. And launch that same day. You’ll drastically reduce the burnout. Plus, your time is sacred. You’ve got that full-time job going, family to care for, and a million other responsibilities. While it’s important to commit to your new business, you don’t need to overwhelm yourself with a high workload. You can slowly build your store. Get a few early sales and keep adding products to your store as you continue to grow. 3. Fear of Failure For most, fear of failure can stop you from succeeding, even when you’re so freaking close to achieving your dreams. Heck, I’ve failed so many times I could probably end up with a Guinness World Record. But the biggest failure is not pushing forward. Don’t listen to that nasty voice in your head. She’s wrong about you anyway. You need to look at failure like a game. Like you’re trying to solve a puzzle where you need to guess all the wrong combinations before you finally figure out the right combination. If you don’t get it right the first time, no problem. But you still need to dig deeper to crack the code. There are famous failures who’ve failed so much worse than you ever could. And the reason why they ended up becoming leaders, millionaires, billionaires and got a place in the history books is that they refused to let some obstacle prevent them from achieving greatness. Treat obstacles the same way an Olympic hurdler does. Jump over them. And if you trip over one, pretend like it didn’t happen and keep jumping over the next ones. This guy knows what I’m talkin’ about: You’re allowed to feel sad when you hit a roadblock. But then you need to turn that sadness into a raging fire to push you to greater heights. Ignite that spark in you, you know you’ve got what it takes. 4. Disappointment After Your First Ad The feeling that you’re on the right track usually disappears after you create your first ad and end up with zero sales. It’s always such a bummer. Trust me when I say this, most first ads fail. Don’t lose hope because you didn’t hit jackpot on your first try. My first Facebook ad got zero sales. However, with time I ended up creating a six-figure store with the help of Facebook ads. People tend to make Facebook ads look easy with their copy and paste templates. But truth is, it all boils down to experimentation. Testing out different products, experimenting with different copy, and mixing up pictures. So if your first ad fails, don’t dive into your second one right away. Take the time to evaluate what mistakes you made. And make a mindful effort to improve on that first ad. When my first Facebook ad failed, I literally spent the next couple days reading every article on Facebook ads that I could find. My second Facebook ad converted at about 4-5 cents a click. Remember: you’re still learning. 5. You Chose the Wrong Products You found a product you liked and decided to start promoting it. But the “No sales yet” on your Shopify dashboard isn’t doing you any favors. The success of your store boils down to winning products. All you need to do is find one. And that one product will carry the weight of your store’s sales. So how do you find them and how will you know? Search-based products are products people search for, like tools or equipment. Impulse buy products are products people don’t really need – but buy anyway when they pop up in their Facebook feeds. Don’t make the mistake of selling the right product the wrong way. If you’re selling search-based products, running a Facebook ad isn’t going to skyrocket sales. You need to keep experimenting to find the right products. Create several ads for different products. Which product outperforms the rest? Use that product and scale ads on that one. Don’t try to force a losing product into becoming a winning one. If it doesn’t convert well, test a different product instead. 6. You Freeze Up You spent months daydreaming about starting your online store. And you start to make some pretty good progress on it. All of a sudden, you’re second-guessing yourself. I can do this. No, I can’t. OMG. Freaking out. Executing is harder than daydreaming. Imagining all the money you can make, all the fame you can have, and all the power in the universe takes no work. Choosing products, designing your store, and marketing takes an endless amount of energy. I mean, doesn’t Elon Musk work 80-90 hours a week? You’re not gonna get into the big leagues by doing the 40-hour work week. Most people freeze up because there’s just so much stuff to learn and do. There just aren’t enough hours in the day or resources to do them. But in the beginning, you’ve just gotta suck it up and get it done. Break it down into smaller chunks. Set a timer. Create a schedule with different tasks you need to do. Work on the easy-to-execute projects first to gain momentum. Give yourself a hard deadline. Ask your partner for some help. Hire an intern. There’s always a solution waiting to be discovered. 7. You Don’t Actually Know Where to Start So much information. Too many dropshipping courses online. How do I know what’s credible? Who can I trust? Like you, when I first started I thought I needed to sign up for all courses. Read every article on every blog. And buy every book. But you don’t. The easiest way to succeed isn’t by absorbing information but by practicing. Say you dream of being a baseball player. Do you really think you’re gonna become an all-star from reading books? Or will you get closer to your dream by simply playing baseball. Same works with e-commerce. The best ideas come from making mistakes, trying things out, and sometimes talking to other people who are a bit better than you. So no, you don’t need to sign up and finish a course before you build your first store. Deep down you know you’re just procrastinating. Sit yourself down, design your store, and focus on getting your first sale. Experiment. Try new things. Put yourself out there. You don’t need to be an overnight success to become successful. 8. You Get Sucked Into a Negativity Vortex It’s easy to second guess yourself. You question whether you have the skills to succeed. And delay your business’ launch. You let someone else’s opinion of you get in your head. And you decide to do something completely different. You can hit a home run every time you go to bat, but there’ll always be that one guy in the stands yelling “You suck!” And sometimes the person yelling that to you… is you. One small easy-to-fix problem can get escalated to feelings of hopelessness pretty easily. There’s this really great book I recently read by Marilee G. Adams, Ph.D., called Change Your Questions, Change Your Life. In it, she shares questions to ask yourself to transition from a Judger mindset into a Learner one. Judger is basically that negative, defeatist mindset, and Learner is the positive, open-minded one. So when all your problems start piling up and everything feels hopeless you can ask yourself questions like: What assumptions am I making? What’s best to do now? What am I responsible for? What can I learn? What do I want? Feel free to check out the Choice Map PDF to find more questions that’ll help you get back on the right track when the negativity vortex starts swirling. 9. You Don’t Know How to Write Product Descriptions You might be the world’s greatest marketer. But sometimes the thing holding us back isn’t our mindset – its our lack of skills. For some people, writing product descriptions can be a bit overwhelming. Maybe you’re afraid that the words you add don’t sound good. Or you’re not sure how to structure your sentences. Try not to overcomplicate it. While having a great product description is important, your product photos are going to do the heavy lifting when it comes to sales. When I write product descriptions for my store, I tend to use this template most: Compliment the customer and connect it to the product Mention the product benefit and relate it to the feature Provide a simple recommendation Let’s apply this template to an actual product on Oberlo Verified suppliers. You deserve something as purrfect as this cat towel. This soft towel will soak up water with ease. And it’s antibacterial too – making it a perfect towel for kids or babies. Feel free to snatch up these towels in different colors so children know which one is theirs. Here’s a look at what it looks like on an online store: A little trick I do, as you can see in the example, is make use of puns. Whenever I write a product description, I’ll Google a keyword like “cat puns” so I can make silly jokes to make the copy more playful and easier to read. 10. You Run Out of Money Maybe you spent $1,000 on your first Facebook ad thinking you’d get the same results as a friend. Or maybe you didn’t have a lot of money to start with. Having money to pay for food and shelter is important, so if you’re shot down to zero, you need to rework your plan. You don’t need to give up, but you need to hit that pause button. Take the time to work on some side hustles where you trade time for money. Like a freelance gig or a part-time job. This is only temporary so you can recharge your finances. And then once your finances are back on track you need to look at your store differently. In the meantime, create content – blog posts, social media posts using hashtags, and videos on YouTube. It’s time to play the slow and steady race. No, you won’t be getting sales off the bat. But you’ll grow your audience so you can grow your sales long-term. It’s budget-friendly. And it’ll also help you build a more sustainable business. Feel free to scan through the Free Traffic ebook for other ideas on how to get traffic you can monetize without spending a time. Conclusion We all experience obstacles at some point. Fortunately, all those mental barriers and roadblocks usually come from our own doing, meaning the power to change it ultimately lies within yourself. Sometimes the easiest way to get those negative thoughts out of your head is by asking a different set of questions. Other times all you need is a little more practice to bring you closer to achieving your dreams. But if it counts for anything, you really can change the world. And I hope you do! Nicole Martins Ferreira Nicole Martins Ferreira is a content marketer at Oberlo and experienced ecommerce entrepreneur. She’s been building online stores since 2013 and sharing her secrets with Oberlo users since 2016. Follow Nicole on Twitter at @NicoleMarFer.
e-Commerce SEO for Beginners by Oberlo Dropshipping Application November 30, 2018 bizadmin SEO is a huge topic for beginners. But don’t worry. Oberlo will summarize up the key points here in this video for beginners like you and me. If you want to get started in SEO, then this video will help from Oberlo. This is to help e-commerce store owners get more sales using SEO. For the uninitiated, Oberlo helps automate Your Dropshipping Store with awesome features just like Shopzie. Oberlo has Free 14-Day Trial. No Credit Card is required with up to 10% Cashback. It Automates Dropship Stores with Auto Order and Tracking plus 1-Click Migration Tool. You might wonder, ‘What is Oberlo?’ Oberlo is an application, which allows you to easily import dropshipped products into a Shopify store and ship them directly to your customers – in only a few clicks. You can import and sell items that can be found on Oberlo Supply Marketplace or at Aliexpress.com.
Entrepreneur vs Businessman: Key Differences November 24, 2018 bizadmin Entrepreneur vs Businessman: Key Differences I am more of an entrepreneur than a businessman/woman. I used to run an e-commerce site selling generic products, but unfortunately, due to time constraint, I cannot commit as much time as I would like to this business. It is like your baby that needs your attention 24/7 or round the clock. As I prefer blogging to running an e-commerce site which requires Facebook advertisements and such, I have decided to let it go, and it has become defunct. Anyway, below sums up the differences between the two keywords: Here is the comparative table to visually demonstrate the key differences between entrepreneur and businessman: Businessman Entrepreneur Runs a business Runs a business Profit-oriented Consumer-oriented Prefers to play safe Tolerates higher risk levels No new business idea New business idea Conservative Innovator Hard working Hard working Focused on profit Focused on profit and novelty
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Infographic: 7 Ways to Generate Leads November 11, 2018 bizadmin The infographic above shows or summarizes the 7 ways to generate leads. The picture is self-explanatory and rather detailed. First is to create high performing landing pages. To drive an action from your ideal customer, make sure your landing page has the following: 1. Headline – make sure it’s attention-grabbing 2. Copy – with at least 2 clear calls to action 3. Calls to Action – in prominent places 4. Contact Form – should be targeted 5. Buttons Host a purchase-driven web Host a webinar with the aim to sell your products or services while educating your audience at the same time. This is shown to be quite effective if you have the gift of the gap and selling tactics. I have been drawn to purchase from such webinars in the past, but when I view the contents, they are somehow below expectations for some of the products that I had purchased. Perhaps the content does not justify the cost. But then again, these are master sellers and pros in their respective niches. One has to start somewhere as a beginner. However, by adding value and solving their problem, your audience is more likely to receive your message more willingly. Also make sure your slides include contact details throughout. Utilise products or services Explainer Videos For the record, 1/3 of online activity is spent on watching videos. People are more likely to engage with your product or service if there is a video explaining how it works and the benefits it adds to their lives. By using video, you are making it easier for your customer to make a purchasing decision. 1. Keep it Short 2. Repurpose and Reuse 3. Make sure it has a clear call to action Create Email Nurture Campaigns There is a huge opportunity to build brand awareness for your SME which in turn will help drive leads. By carrying out nurture campaigns, you’ll be able to nudge your customer to complete the desired action. Carry Out Social Media Competitions Social media competitions offer a great opportunity to capture the data of your ideal customer. Offer them something shareable as a prize and you’ll be increasing your brand reach as well. 1. To drive leads, make sure you CAPTURE entrants’ data and target them later. 2. Make your entry mechanism simple. 3. Offer a Prize! People are more likely to share on social media, increasing your reach. Answer Customer Problems with Long-Tail Search Engine Queries Long-tail search engine queries tend to be problem-based. Offer a solution and that customer is more likely to buy from you in future. Tips include: 1. Create blog posts that respond to the long-tail query. 2. Showcase your product or service as the solution. 3. Build TRUST: always offer helpful content to your customers. Write In-depth How-to Guides Just like your other problem-solving content, it’s important to create content with depth. By building a sense of trust with your customers, you’re more likely to earn repeat business. Tips include the below: 1. Make sure your design is Eye-catching. 2. Make your Guide easy to understand. 3. Make your Guide easy to download. So there sums up the 7 Ways to Generate Leads.