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Multi-platinum music producer Anno Domini started his first business in 2002. He built one of the most successful production teams in the world and has worked with many renowned artists such as 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross and the Wu-Tang Clan. After building his first company, he started an e-commerce business selling digital products … Continued The post How Multi-Platinum Music Producer Anno Domini Makes $150,000 Per Month… appeared first on Till Boadella.

It always blows my mind to see how many people start advertising on Facebook without ever reading Facebook’s ad policy. That’s a sure-fire way to get your account disabled. I re-read Facebook’s ad policy at least a couple times every year to make sure I’m compliant with everything. And unlike other ad platforms, Facebook’s ad … Continued The post Facebook Ad Policy — How To Make Sure You Comply… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Whenever you run a promoted post or a dark post ad on Facebook, you should use clickable image posts instead of regular images. What do I mean? There’s many different ways one can run Facebook ads. First of all, there’s a ton of ad objectives to choose from. But then there’s also lots of different … Continued The post PPE Ads Facebook — A Tip For Facebook Page Post… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Willpower is like a mental muscle, you have to train it. If you see other people working like crazy, having insane self-discipline and getting stuff done while you’re procrastinating, it’s because these people have consistently trained their willpower. Nobody is born with willpower or productivity, it’s something you have to earn by consistently training that … Continued The post How To Build Willpower — Personal Productivity Secrets For Entrepreneurs… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Building a relevant email list of prospects and customers is one of the most important things you can do for your business. If you’re not building an email list, you have to start now. However, there’s a lot of different opinions regarding the best and most ethical way of collecting email addresses. So today I … Continued The post Building An Email List — Single Opt-In Versus Confirmed Double… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Facebook is an amazing platform to advertise your product or business, but things can get a bit confusing and complicated at times. If you know what you’re doing, Facebook is amazing. But if you get lost in all the terminology like CPC, pixels, click-through rates custom audience and lookalike audiences, things get messy. So in … Continued The post Facebook Lookalike Audience — Custom Audiences Versus Lookalike Audiences |… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Using free plus shipping offers on your store can be a great way to make sales and acquire customers while still making a profit. It’s the perfect “tripwire” offer and it pays for itself. With free plus shipping offers you set the price of your product to “0” and then you only charge shipping and … Continued The post Free Plus Shipping Method — Do You Need To Hide… appeared first on Till Boadella.

One of my followers recently asked me if it’s worth investing in Salehoo right from the beginning instead of using Aliexpress. So here are my thoughts: If you can’t make it work with Aliexpress you won’t make it with Salehoo. Don’t expect Salehoo to solve any of your problems and never expect spending money to … Continued The post Salehoo Dropshipping — Is It Worth Investing In A Wholesale… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Retargeting is the process of showing ads to people who have already visited certain pages of your website, have watched a video, subscribed to your newsletter or bought something in the past. There’s more forms of retargeting, but those are the most common scenarios where retargeting can be applied in your business. The most common … Continued The post Retargeting Marketing — When Should You Use Retargeting Facebook Ads?… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently had a follower who asked me if offering free shipping on your products results in more sales. So let’s talk about free shipping, when it makes sense, and how it affects your conversion rate. First of all, not every type of offer is a good fit for free shipping. For example: If you’re … Continued The post Shopify Free Shipping — Does Free Shipping Result In More… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Advertising is not the only way you can get sales for your business or online store. It’s by far the most popular way to drive traffic and sales, but influencer marketing and affiliate marketing are just as good. In fact, for people on a low budget these can be better alternatives. And if you’re not … Continued The post Affiliate Tracking Software— How To Track Affiliate Sales With Shopify… appeared first on Till Boadella.

When you’re drop shipping to Europe there’s a few things you should pay attention to. Most importantly you should streamline everything as much as possible to increase your conversions and sales. A lot of people are tempted to target Europe as an entire continent. That’s pretty easy by simply adding every country in Europe to … Continued The post Drop Shipping To Europe — Should You Target One Country… appeared first on Till Boadella.

A lot of people are stuck in life because of instant gratification. They choose actions and behaviour that creates short-term stimulation but has negative long-term effects on their finances, health and life. One of the main causes of instant gratification is the inability to understand the return on investment of one’s actions and behaviours. Everything … Continued The post Overcome Instant Gratification — Understanding Life’s Return On Investment |… appeared first on Till Boadella.

You might have heard about Facebook Canvas in the past, which is a simple mobile responsive landing page or bridge page builder. Facebook Canvas is a bit like an extension of your ad. You can send people from your ad directly to your Facebook Canvas, where you can tell your story or showcase your product … Continued The post What Is Facebook Canvas — Facebook Canvas And ClickFunnels Compared… appeared first on Till Boadella.

In some cases it can be a great strategy to use retargeting campaigns to drive abandoning visitors back to your landing page and offer. And it’s actually quite easy to do with Facebook ads. Most people set up retargeting ads the wrong way, by simply retargeting all website visitors that come to their website. That … Continued The post Facebook Retargeting Strategy — How To Set Up Facebook Retargeting… appeared first on Till Boadella.

When you order something on Aliexpress.com you will be eligible for their buyer protection. This means, you can open a dispute and get a refund within a certain period of time defined by your supplier. The buyer protection period depends on the supplier’s shipping time. Basically, every supplier guarantees a maximum delivery time for every … Continued The post Aliexpress Dropshipping — How Aliexpress Buyer Protection Works And How… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Facebook Ads Comments — How To Deal With Comments Under… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Selling Marketing Services — How To Qualify Prospects And Get… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Drop Shipping Competition — The Relation Between Competition And Saturation… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Drop Shipping On Aliexpress — Can My Card Get Blocked… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Drop Shipping Tips — How To Target One Country But… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Secrets Of Success — Why Most People Fail At Business… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Running Ads For Money — How To Track Sales And… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Drop Shipping From China — Will The Word “Aliexpress” Be… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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 The post Drop Shipping From China — What If The Customer Sees… appeared first on Till Boadella.

One of my subscribers is interested in building his own marketing service business and running ads on behalf of his clients. He was wondering if having a business website is important. Here’s the short answer: It doesn’t matter. The amount of clients I get for my own marketing services from my website is extremely small. … Continued The post Selling Marketing Services — Do You Need A Website To… appeared first on Till Boadella.

If you want to start earning commissions by recommending products on Amazon, here’s a quick start guide on how to do that really fast. First of all, you need some sort of website. When you apply for Amazon’s partner program, you’ll be asked to enter a website. Having a little online brand, no matter how … Continued The post Amazon Affiliate Marketing — How Does The Amazon Partner Program… appeared first on Till Boadella.

As your business grows over time you’ll probably want to work with freelancers or virtual assistants to help you deal with everything. My favourite place to get freelancers is Upwork.com. In fact, I’m hiring new people right now for some new positions in my company. I like to work with contractors rather than employees, since … Continued The post Working With Freelancers — How To Hire Freelancers In A… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently got a question from one of my subscribers who is selling information products in the health niche. But he also sells physical products on eBay and Amazon. So he was wondering if he should use one or multiple YouTube channels to promote his products. It really depends on the niche of all those … Continued The post YouTube Marketing Tips — How Many YouTube Channels Do You… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Whenever you price your products, I recommend you apply psychological pricing to increase your conversion rates. So what is psychological pricing? It’s when you use prices like $19.99 instead of $20 or $97 instead of $100. Unconsciously, when you look at a price with psychological pricing, it seems like a better deal. Although $19.99 is … Continued The post Psychological Pricing — What To Look Out For When Pricing… appeared first on Till Boadella.

My daily routine has changed many times over the last five years. And it will continue to change every few months because a routine is not meant to be rigid, it’s meant to fit your current life situation. However, there’s a few principles that I live by every day. I believe the best way to … Continued The post My Daily Routine — How I Structure My Day To… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Every once in a while you might receive an order on Shopify or in your payment gateway that’s flagged as risky or fraudulent. A lot of people are confused about what this means. So let’s shed some light on this topic. Credit card frauds are common on the Internet and people steal credit card information … Continued The post Shopify Fraud Protection — Understanding Risky Orders And Chargebacks |… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I get a lot of questions from people asking me if they can drop ship if they live in India or in South America and all sorts of other places. Since it’s one of the most frequent questions, let me address it. From a technical stand point, you can run a drop shipping business from … Continued The post Drop Shipping Business — Can You Start A Drop Shipping… appeared first on Till Boadella.

If you’re looking for some side hustle ideas to save up some money there’s many things you can do. Here’s three different ways to make $300 in a week without having to spend or invest any money upfront. 1) Do a couple small freelance projects Sign up for a site called Upwork.com and start bidding … Continued The post Side Hustle Ideas — How To Make Extra Money On… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently got a question from a subscriber who asked if I accept bank deposits on my stores. He was wondering if I could share my experience and talk about any downsides related to it. Here’s the short version of the story: Yes. I’ve used bank deposits on my Shopify stores for a while. However, … Continued The post Shopify Payment Methods — My Experience Accepting Bank Deposits On… appeared first on Till Boadella.

. Every country has different rules when it comes to importing products. In Germany, for example, there usually won’t be any additional import duties or taxes if your Aliexpress order value is under 22 Euros. However, if you’re planning to sell items that cost more than that, import duties and taxes will probably have to … Continued The post Drop Shipping From China — How To Deal With Import… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Every once in a while I get a question from a subscriber asking me if I think ClickFunnels is worth it. Or why I use Shopify and pay $29 a month when I could use something like WooCommerce instead. The answer is: It all comes down to the return on investment. Most things in your … Continued The post Return On Investment Explained — Why Marketing Software Shouldn’t “Cost”… appeared first on Till Boadella.

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When you’re drop shipping products from China to other countries, your products will end up with customs. Just like anything that’s imported, customs will evaluate and clear incoming shipments. There are different regulations and laws regarding customs and importing of products that vary depending on the country. The USA has different importing rules than the … Continued The post Drop Shipping From Aliexpress — How To Avoid Problems With… appeared first on Till Boadella.

If you’re planning to sell only one or two digital products then Shopify isn’t the right tool for you. What you need is a platform that allows you to build dedicated landing pages and sales pages for your products. Shopify is more like a catalogue of e-commerce products. However, when you sell only one or … Continued The post Selling Digital Products Online — How To Sell Digital Downloads… appeared first on Till Boadella.

A squeeze page is a simple website with the only purpose of collecting email addresses. There’s no navigation, no links except the privacy policy link and there’s nothing you can do on the website. You either leave your email or you leave the website. That’s why it’s called a “squeeze” page. It literally squeezes email … Continued The post Best Squeeze Page Software — My Two Favourite Tools To… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently got a question from one of my subscribers who wants to start her own clothing brand. She was planning to bulk import products from Aliexpress or Alibaba and then sell them on her own website, while having her own stock of products at home. However, she was scared that she would run out … Continued The post Start Drop Shipping— Starting A Dropshipping Business Before Having Your… appeared first on Till Boadella.

A common newbie mistake is trying to sell generic items on their drop shipping stores. The problem with generic items is that you’ll have a hard time targeting the right people with your ads on ad platforms. Generic products require generic targeting. Let’s take umbrellas for example. Umbrellas are generic items that we use on … Continued The post Drop Shipping Niche Selection — Selling Generic Products Versus Niche… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Once you start running a successful Facebook ad campaign, the negative comments will start pouring in. In fact, the amount of negative comments you get is a good indicator for how successful your ad is. People only talk about stuff they actually care about. If you’re getting lots of negative comments, it means you have … Continued The post Facebook Advertising Hack — How To Auto-Hide Negative Comments On… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently got a question from a female subscriber who asked me if I think a woman can be successful at building an online business. Honestly, I was a bit shocked by the question. But then I realized how our society is still hammering into young women that they should be preoccupied with their looks, … Continued The post Female Entrepreneurship — Encouragement And Motivation For Women In Business… appeared first on Till Boadella.

As soon as your store starts generating consistent sales, you might want to look into hiring a virtual assistant to help you manage your store. This can be especially helpful if you’re drop shipping. Fulfilling those orders every day on Aliexpress is exciting for about a week and after that it gets boring, menial and … Continued The post Shopify Virtual Assistant — How To Hire A Virtual Assistant… appeared first on Till Boadella.

If you want to launch a subscription service like a membership, club or subscription box, there’s a few things you can do to increase your conversions and get more people to sign up for your subscription. First of all, here’s the anatomy of a great subscription offer: 1) Free trial 2) A bunch of free … Continued The post Subscription Business Model — How To Launch Your Own Subscription… appeared first on Till Boadella.

I recently got a question from one of my subscribers who asked if he could Google a translation tool and then just translate his store and ads into other languages using the auto-translate feature. The short answer is: That’s a horrible idea. These auto-translate tools are very inaccurate and usually give you a bunch of … Continued The post Drop Shipping Internationally — How To Translate Your Store Into… appeared first on Till Boadella.

As you probably know, I am not a big reader. Most of my success comes from hard-core, ruthless execution and hard work. And I believe that’s all that’s needed to succeed. Most people are preoccupied with books and information, which is part of the problem. I was reluctant to release a list with book recommendations … Continued The post 8 Best Books For Entrepreneurs — Reading These Books Will… appeared first on Till Boadella.

When you’re running a drop shipping business and a customer asks you about the status of his order, you’ll need to go to Aliexpress and look up the customers order to find the tracking information. However, if you have hundreds or thousands of orders every month you can easily get lost and spend hours searching … Continued The post Shopify Drop Shipping — The Easiest Way To Sync Shopify… appeared first on Till Boadella.

Social media marketing can be extremely profitable if done correctly. So in today’s post I will share two different ways you can use Snapchat and Instagram to sell more physical products. First of all, you need to ask yourself if you already have an audience. This will determine your overall social media marketing strategy. 1) … Continued The post Shopify Marketing Tips — How To Use Snapchat And Instagram… appeared first on Till Boadella.