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Join us for an insightful journey with Joe Sanhanga, a remarkable e-commerce entrepreneur generating millions annually through unique and high-priced products. Listen in as Joe shares his inspiring story from his roots in Zimbabwe to his educational pursuits in the UK and the US, ultimately landing in Las Vegas. His journey began on platforms like Shopify and WordPress, selling distinctive items such as African-style swimsuits and nano tape toys, before discovering the immense potential of Amazon's FBA and FBM models. Through their conversation, Bradley and Joe emphasized the transformative power of networking at conferences like Amazon Accelerate. Explore the strategies behind Joe's successful transition to selling on Amazon, starting with assisting a soil business during the pandemic and leading to the creation of "Wonder Soil," a private-label product on Amazon. Joe's ventures into innovative products like tanning lamps, vitamin D lamps, and seasonal depression lamps highlight the importance of team collaboration and strategic Amazon sales optimization. With aspirations to surpass a $30 million run rate, Joe shares valuable insights into leveraging Amazon's platform to achieve extraordinary growth in niche markets. Discover the challenges and tactics involved in marketing high-priced products, like a $599 lamp, in a competitive landscape dominated by lower-cost alternatives. We discuss the advantages of having larger margins for experimenting with keywords and bidding strategies, alongside the creative approaches necessary to maintain product visibility amidst Amazon's policies. Joe also shares his experiences optimizing advertising strategies, managing warehouse transitions to Amazon's Warehousing and Distribution system, and utilizing tools like Helium 10's Adtomic to automate and enhance PPC strategies. This episode provides a comprehensive view of the perseverance and innovation required to thrive in e-commerce, offering inspiration and actionable advice for sellers at any level. In episode 604 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Joe discuss: 00:28 - E-Commerce Strategies and Global Perspectives 04:54 - Amazon Product Sales Success Story 05:41 - Amazon Brand Growth During COVID 11:37 - Strategies for High Price Point Products 11:50 - Product Pricing and Brand Strategy 15:23 - Optimizing Keywords for Product Sales 18:21 - Amazon Advertising Strategy Discussion 19:14 - Managing $120,000 of Ad Spend With Adtomic 23:49 - Amazon PPC Management Strategies 27:52 - Optimizing Ad Placements to Lower ACoS 30:51 - Pricing Strategy Impact on Sales 32:45 - Warehouse Cost Savings and Amazon Advertising 34:28 - Inventory Management for Amazon Sellers 38:14 - Optimizing Amazon Listings for Conversion 41:17 - Online Presence and Networking ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast ► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension ► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup  (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life) ► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft ► Watch The Podcasts On Youtube: youtube.com/@Helium10/videos Transcript Bradley Sutton: Today we talked to a $30 million a year seller who is selling, and has sold, some of the most unique products I've ever heard of, including one at a $600 price point, when everybody else is priced at only 40 bucks. How cool is that? Pretty cool, I think.   Bradley Sutton: Hello everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast by Helium 10. I'm your host, Bradley Sutton, and this is the show that's a completely BS-free, unscripted and unrehearsed, organic conversation about serious strategies for serious sellers of any level in the e-commerce world. In my travels recently, one of the things I like about going to conferences and it's what I always tell people about is that you know you can meet different people, network with people and find out about their story, and that's kind of like how I structure this whole podcast. But then I actually did that recently at Amazon Accelerate and I'm glad I did it, because I'm glad I did it. As I went to this one mixer that they organized and I was at first, I was like, oh man, I was so drained after that day and I'm like, oh man, it's gonna be a crowded place. I don't like to be in crowded places, but you know what? I'm going to hop on this little lime scooter from my hotel and go over to this restaurant where the event was and I was sitting down talking to some people at the table and then I met today's guest there, Joe. How's it going?   Joe: I'm going good. Thanks for having me on.   Bradley Sutton: Awesome, awesome. Now, you said you're in Vegas right now. Right?   Joe: Yes, we're in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Bradley Sutton: Now, that's not a typical Vegas accent you've got. So where were you born and raised?   Joe: Yeah, so I was born in Zimbabwe, raised as well in Zimbabwe, then I moved out to England where I spent a lot of my time there doing some education and stuff and then I got tired of the cold being a Zimbabwean.   Bradley Sutton: You went to the opposite, then if you went to Vegas, I cannot imagine a more opposite than cold place.   Joe: Oh yeah, 100%. I just went on to Google and I was like okay, I want to go somewhere in America, but I need to find somewhere warm. And I think the first thing that came up on the search was Death Valley, but there was nothing over there. So the second thing was Phoenix and Las Vegas. So, I eventually found myself in Las Vegas just because of the ease of doing business. Ability to meet people here is really good.   Bradley Sutton: And did you go to university uh over in UK or in the US?   Joe: yes, I did university in the UK as well as in the US, so I got an accounting degree back in uh UK um and then in the US, I did a um was a business management degree with some entrepreneurship uh additional to that   Bradley Sutton: was it like a unlv or?   Joe: I know this was in um in Phoenix in ASU, yeah.   Bradley Sutton: ASU, uh, Sun Devil right? Joe: yes, sir, okay, there, you see it.   Bradley Sutton: I always test my I don't know. I'm not going to ask you any kind of mascot because from England I don't know anything about England schools, but I know most of the US schools have mascots here. Actually, I'm wearing a. We'll talk about this later. I'm wearing a mascot from a minor league baseball team is my hat. This is called from nearby to Arizona is Albuquerque Isotopes. But the reason I use this today was because this is very similar, this logo, to our Helium 10 Adtomic logo. I know you and I were talking about Adtomic, doesn't it look like the A from Adtomic yeah,   Joe: it actually does. Now I see it when you mention it.   Bradley Sutton: So that's why I wore this on purpose. There's a method to my madness, but anyways, before we get to Adtomic, talking about Adtomic, I just want to talk about your e-commerce journey. So when you graduated from, after you know, there at ASU, did you get into e-commerce at all, or at what kind of?   Joe: So this was actually still back in England , around 2017 is when I kind of got first into my e-commerce kind of journey, which was on Shopify. Specifically, Shopify and WordPress was where I started out and I bought a random course of somebody online, learned all about basically advertising from like Facebook, from Instagram, from Google, sending it to this website and landing pages that we used to do. And then, within being in that realm, I started hearing this FBA term being thrown around.   Bradley Sutton: What were you selling on Shopify in those days?   Joe: Oh, so I remember we had to go at, we did these other swimsuits that we did African style print swimsuits, and then we also went on and started doing it was like these little tape toys, sort of like double-sided type tape. Yeah, exactly so we were doing those. It's called nano tape, um, so, yeah, that's basically how, how that started and then,   Bradley Sutton: and then that's when you, when you kind of like, learned about the amazon, uh potential.   Joe: So I heard, obviously, being in that space, I started hearing this word FBA being thrown around uh, the acronym, and you know. Then I went on Google, searched up, okay, what is FBA? And it's some sort of Amazon selling thing. Okay, and then there's FBM as well. So now I'm like, okay, there's these two terms, what is this all about? And that's basically when I started doing my research and I was like, okay, this Amazon thing seems to actually have some stuff to it. And at the time I think the platform is not the way. It's so different now, because sometimes I've got screenshots of my old dashboards and it just looks completely different. So, yeah, that's how I basically then started with Amazon.   Bradley Sutton: Did you start selling like your own account, you know, on Amazon, start selling your own products, or did you just start working for other companies that were selling on Amazon?   Joe: Yeah, so to begin with I was working with this other lady. She basically had soil and the way we actually started working together was I created a website for her, put on Shopify, to sell the soil, and then she was bagging up the soil to try and get it to consumers, because her business was mainly sending thousand-pound totes to farmers. But she said, how can I get this you know three-pound bag to people that are at home and want to grow some plants and what actually it was? This was around 20.   Bradley Sutton: Soil on Amazon, man, when you think you've heard it all.   Joe: It's called Wonder Soil. It's actually one of the rivals to Miracle-Gro and we actually I actually raised it to get the Amazon choice badge. We were on Business Insider as one of the top growing brands on amazon too, um, but basically the cool thing about it was we've tried to find a way to get the soil to consumers and everything worked well, because this was during covid, so people were at home, people had nothing to do, and you know people are growing stuff at home, people. You know we're just trying to, yeah, so the product hit at the right time uh, what year is this 2020.   Bradley Sutton: Okay. 2020 okay yeah. Oh yeah, I mean that was a good time. Yeah, during covid, people were always are really trying to make their own gardens and stuff like grow their own vegetables and stuff like that okay yeah this is a private label brand or you're reselling um others?   Joe: oh, so we actually have manufacturers in China. Uh, that we get all that product for We've actually gotten rid of our warehouse Now. We've gone full into AWD, so we're getting.   Bradley Sutton: Let's talk about that a little bit later in the show too. I haven't talked to many people who are doing that, so I'll be interested in that, ok.   Joe: Yeah, so that's, that's what that one. And then there's another lamp company, which is pretty funny, is tanning lamps and vitamin D lamps, so we run through those on Amazon as well. Those are actually the only there's a lamp that can give you vitamin D.   Bradley Sutton: It's the only lamp the same like the sun.   Joe: Yes, you spend five minutes every other day in front of it and it'll give you. And there's studies on YouTube. People use this lamp, where this lady her name is Carnival Doctor on YouTube. She did a study with a lamp for six weeks and her levels went from 20 something to 40 something vitamin D. She feels healthier than ever and it's perfect. It stopped her from having to buy, you know, vitamin D pills and, of course, all those sorts of things. So, yeah, it's the only one, and you get tan at the same time. So now, that's the difference. So, there's two lamps One gives you vitamin D and one gives you a tan, because there are some people that don't want the tanning effect. So that's what it is. So, it's-.   Bradley Sutton: Now what if you put this tanning lamp over your miracle magic soil? Are you going to create some like hybrid plant? Oh my, you sell the most interesting things. All right, there's a third account too,   Joe: yeah, so it's basically the third account is also in lighting, but this one is seasonal depression lamps where basically you look at it so that one is its own brand.   Bradley Sutton: Did you say depression? Yes, depression lamp Like as in I'm very depressed and I'm sad like that word depression.   Joe: Yeah, depression, you're sad. What does that have to do with a lamp? So, you look at this lamp for 30 minutes and you become happy. I know it sounds stupid, but minutes and you become happy. I know it sounds stupid, but that one doesn't give you vitamin D.   Bradley Sutton: That one doesn't give you vitamin D. Nor a tan. Yeah, you see. Hey, there's a product idea. You got to combine all three and then, oh my goodness, you'd have the most amazing.   Joe: That would be powerful. We've had people that have requested you know, do you have one that does both, or this, this, this? But because of FDA regulations, we've had to separate a lot of the things.   Bradley Sutton: Is these three separate companies or is it like the same group of people who's all owning all three of these?   Joe: So two of the companies is one group of people and the other one is one person.   Bradley Sutton: And then, what do you do in these?   Joe: So I run just an Amazon account. So I run just an Amazon account. So running the ads, running the listing optimization, making sure the account is obviously hitting the sales numbers, everything that just literally goes through Amazon and inventory everything.   Bradley Sutton: What's the overall projected sales for all three combined on Amazon?   Joe: So for all three combined, we're looking at 28. We're on pace to do 28 million this year on all three.   Bradley Sutton: Will that be your best, our biggest year yet.   Joe: Yeah, this would be our biggest year yet. We've seen record numbers in previous months. In previous, like this past quarter, we'd had record sales as well. I know we had our biggest. We had, I think, our first. We had two days in September where we had 100K sales days, which was the first time we've done that. We also had our highest sales days in the past two years. Nine of those days in our top 10 sales were all in September. So we've had record sales. Especially Q3 was really, really amazing. I think we were up about 800K across the board in Q3 alone. So we're on pace to do a really good year and it sets us up for our plan is to do a 2.5 million month at least once this year in total and that will set us up for a run rate for next year. We want to push over to that 30 million stage.   Bradley Sutton: If you're like me, maybe you were intimidated about learning how to do Amazon PPC, or maybe you think you just don't have the hours and hours that it takes to download and sort through all of those sponsored ads reports that Amazon produces for you. Adtomic for me allowed me to learn PPC for the first time, and now I'm managing over 150 PPC campaigns across all of my accounts in only two hours a week. Find out how Adtomic can help you level up your PPC game. Visit h10.me forward slash Adtomic for more information. That's h10.me forward slash A-D-T-O-M-I-C. I'm just curious, before we get into some more details about, like, your advertising because I know that's one of the things that is your specialty these lamps that you're doing like, were these kind of like inventions, or? Or there was an existing market of vitamin D lamps or an existing market of lamps that make you happy Like was that an existing keyword or is this something that you're you guys invented and kind of like created the demand for?   Joe: So it's actually crazy. You say that is because the first vitamin d lamp started in 1924. It was a guy by Dr. Sperti is his name. He's the guy who made it. He invented it and he started selling it throughout the US. It was a company in Kentucky, um, but he was just selling it out of his own like little warehouse and then eventually he got old um and then sold off for business and then basically that's where we put it online, um to run it through Amazon, and we first were going like, for example, the vitamin D one it's the only lamp that's there. The only competition are these vitamin D pills that you'll see on Amazon. But our price point for the lamp is like 599. And we're competing against people that can buy a bottle for four bucks, five bucks on Amazon. So it's been a pretty interesting game competing against people that can buy, you know, a bottle for four bucks, five bucks on amazon. So it's been a pretty interesting game. But it moves. It moves um on amazon. What's the price of the product?   Bradley Sutton: you said 599 599, 599, yeah, wow, uh, I want to. I'm trying to look at, look for it on amazon right now. What's the brand name called?   Joe: SpertI s-p-e-r-t-i, and then you'll see vitamin d we got to show the audience this.   Bradley Sutton: Okay, oh, my goodness gracious, here it is. Hold on, this is incredible. All right.   Joe: That's it and it's right. That's the first one that's popped up against our competition. All those are competitors on the right.   Bradley Sutton: So 500 and Sperti. So that was what the doctor's name was. Who?   Joe: made this up.   Bradley Sutton: Yeah, Dr. Sperti, that was his name yeah, there was a ready demand for this out there.   Joe: Oh, huge, because, if you think about it, vitamin D pills are basically the same target market as us. Yeah, so this is just a non-invasive way that you buy and you keep this for a very, very long time. So that's that. So something interesting. As you go through this, this listing, you're not going to see the word vitamin d anywhere on the listing and you'll notice our carousel images, our images on there. we have our box images because amazon actually took us down because our lamp has the word vitamin d on it.   Bradley Sutton: ah, yeah, yeah, I see it in the video there, so you don't have vitamin d anywhere in there, but you probably got indexed for the keyword by Amazon.   Joe: Exactly so. That's why we use UVB, which is basically the term for vitamin D. So Amazon is not allowing us to use it, even though we're FDA approved and everything. Amazon is just not letting us go for that.   Bradley Sutton: I see some of your main keywords. Yeah, vitamin D lamp.   Joe: Oh yeah, we can use them in the back. Vitamin D light.   Bradley Sutton: Vitamin D therapy lamp, vitamin D light therapy. Now, I'm just curious. I don't talk very often with people who have this high price point. What is different about having a product that's in the hundreds of dollars? Like, do you approach advertising differently, cause it's not like where I mean. You might now you know you, you might get a hundred clicks with no sale, but still you just get one, the 101st click. All of a sudden, that's $600 of revenue. So, so, like, how is it different, uh, with something like this, compared to your, your other products, which I'm assuming is like more you know, regular pricing 10, 20, 30 bucks.   Joe: So the cool thing about it is that across all the catalog that I, that I that I run, I have products starting at like five bucks, all the way to this one that has $5.99. So the landscape with this one is totally different. Like you said, you can set up an ad, you'll get 50 clicks at $1.20 CPC and, based on our margins, we're still clean on a sale. If we get one sale, we profit. So the cool thing about it is you just have to be a bit more patient. However, because we have such kind of should I say a big space for those clicks, it allows us to test a lot of keywords in this space and we really kind of exhaust any keyword that's there without having to really be careful, unlike if I was selling a smaller, less priced product, I can't just throw in all the keywords and just you know it'll go crazy if it's like a $60 product.   So with this, it gives me that comfortability to go out and bid higher and also it allows me to, like I said, like if you saw on that page where you searched, my competition were those pill bottles that are like five bucks, six bucks, seven bucks, so I can bid above all of those guys. So I ensure that every time you search the keyword I'm going to be first, because there's no way they're going to bid the same amount of dollars. I'm going to bid because their price points are different. However, they can take a loss on a sale because they have repeat products. So people finish that bottle, they come back and buy another With ours. That person buys a lamp and is done. So we obviously have to gauge it to a point whereby, okay, this is our ACOS target and at this A-cost target we're profitable. So that's now how more I manage that one. It's more ACOS targeting, but I'm basically trying to make sure I stand out for every single eyeball that's there because I have the room.   Bradley Sutton: So this is interesting because, regardless of the price point, there are similar kind of scenarios where it would be like this they're probably actual keywords of how somebody who's searching for this exact thing is probably very limited Vitamin D lamp or lamp for tanning, you know for your other product, or it's not. Like oh there's you know 5,000 way, you know 5,000 ways that are going to come up in Cerebro to search for this one thing. You're like it's kind of like that way with coffin shelf. If you're looking exactly for a coffin shelf, that's pretty much it, that's it. Coffin shelf or shelf shaped like a coffin, like there's very limited number of words. The other keywords I get sales from is more like the, you know, gothic decor or spooky things. So how are you doing your keyword research? Like using Helium 10 or amazon, for you mentioned you do a lot of testing for targets. So like, where are you coming up with these keywords to test to see if any of them stick?   Joe: So that's. It's more like said, I run Cerebro on a lot of those vitamin D bottle and pills and basically a lot of my. So, like I've said, I've exhausted the keyword vitamin D and the more you get long tail with this product, the less traffic you have. You know, for some of the products you can get long tail with a bunch of keywords and you still have traffic. Like, for example, if it's like a Ziploc bag, I can put Ziploc bag for Legos, Ziploc bag for sandwiches, Ziploc bag for this. You know the list is endless and you have traffic with this. Not many people even know this lamp exists.   So what I've actually done is sometimes I go and target competitor company names and key names. So if it's like some company that sells a bottle of vitamin D lamps or vitamin D pills, I'll actually target their brand because when I look at their keyword, it's people that are repeat purchases, so it always has traffic. And but because I can bid high on their own company name, I'm going to show up first and I have the room with my price point to show up consistently and eventually, if you're somebody that is very hooked on buying these products, for vitamin D pills, you're going to see my product and think, okay, what is this? Because it's coming up. I've seen it so many times when I come and buy this product that when you read about our process, you then be like, okay, so this is something that actually can benefit me and can work as an alternative for ingested pills and all the other disadvantages that come with that. So that's basically how I find other keywords and start going for those.   Bradley Sutton: You know, price game is something nobody ever wants to play, and you're not playing at all, you're doing the opposite. You know, like on some of these keywords I do see some like people ranking for, like vitamin D lamp, but they're, just like you know, $20 products and they're selling thousands of units. But then are you going after those people too, Like the people who are going after that or how? How, how do you still get sales when people can technically get something one 10th the price? People you just got to like, make sure that they know the value of what you, that yours is different.   Joe: Yeah, so that's where we have to communicate that through the listing, and it's because a lot of those $20 lamps that you're seeing there, those are not actually vitamin D lamps, those are seasonal depression lamps. So if you're looking at, can you see that Alaska Northern Lights big box on the right where your mouse is? Yes, that's one of the lamps that I sell. That's for seasonal depression.   Bradley Sutton: Okay, I was about to click on that, but no, I'm not going to click on the sponsored ad and charge you $3 right there. So good thing I didn't.   Joe: But then if you look at to the left, you've got that product. That's 19 bucks. Those are actually seasonal depression lamps, so they don't give off vitamin D. So somebody would purchase that and then they'll realize that doesn't give you vitamin D. So they'll probably return it and then come back to ours. But if they're looking for seasonal depression those would be those ones.   Bradley Sutton: This is just an interesting niche. This is kind of fascinating to me. So then, overall, almost $30 million. What are you spending per month? Or what are you paying Amazon for advertising per month?   Joe: So monthly. Right now we're spending total across the board with about 120K a month on advertising budget.   Bradley Sutton: Advertising. And then, what's your TACoS then? At kind of, is it different per account? Are you looking at your TACoS?   Joe: yeah, so the lamp TACoS are, like, I think, close to two percent um, and then uh, because that ACoS is really low, um. However, with uh, with the one that's got the majority of the products, our tacos right now we are sitting at a 5.38. That's what we just closed out at, okay. Okay, our ACoS is at 15 point. I think it was 15.5 is what we ended on in September. We brought that down from a 20 ACoS down to a 15. Our goal was to bring it down to 10, but obviously we've done about 50% of that target. Now, which is hard, you know, if you're spending, you know, over a hundred K. To bring down a cost by 5% is really difficult. So that's, that's where we are.   Bradley Sutton: Are you using Adtomic for all of this spend, all of this $120,000 spend?   Joe: We've launched. So with Adtomic, we've put in some rules for some SKUs and we're watching that and I actually had a call with Travis, like I said before, to try and we've got different rules for different products and we're trying to see how we can build out those rules in Adtomic.   Bradley Sutton: Like rules that you were just using manually, like downloading search term reports. What are some of the rules? Tell me how you run your PPC.   Joe: So most of my rules would come into the shipping product, one where basically first rule is identifying the product, pricing. So if it's a bag so let's say Ziploc bag, right, we've got a Ziploc bag, a four by six size. We have different variations. So we have a hundred pack, five hundred pack, thousand pack. The hundred pack could cost maybe 19 bucks, five hundred pack 50 bucks, other one 99 bucks.   So based on those, we make rules where if it's the $19 one, we want to start our bids at $0.40 or something like that. Somewhere it makes sense. But then if it's for the 1,000-pack one, we can start off our bidding at $2, $3. And that's because if somebody then buys it it's $99. So it's more of guiding based on that price threshold of the product and getting that rule in. And then, as we keep going, we want to make sure that if it's not getting any spend after two weeks it'll look back and add, you know, 10 cents to it if it's getting too many clicks. And if it gets like 10 clicks at that price, at that um, 44 cents, uh, whatever, 40 cents, um, and no sales, it'll dial it back by five cents or something like that, just to just to start, you know, bringing it back to see what we can get. So those are.   Bradley Sutton: So then, instead of basing your rules in Adtomic, like, necessarily on ACoS, you're like doing it on the, the performance, like clicks and. Are you doing impressions at all, or just mainly clicks? Mainly clicks and then sales? What about your keyword harvesting? Did you set up any keyword harvesting rules on your auto or broad campaigns? Yes, and what's your thresholds there?   Joe: So with there we do have our keyword harvesting set up and we usually just go in when it shows us. Then we'll add and accept whatever we want to Others we don't and we basically just throw them in. So we have one that right now has some rules and we've been working with the one that keeps the ACoS threshold in different margins. That's been looking good. So we've actually decided that when we've got launch ASINs because we're planning to launch another 42 products, I think it was soon is put those into the ACoS threshold, get those spending. Then, once we've gotten some traction with those, we start messing with the bids ourselves because we look at these in different silos as well in terms of market share.   So if it's like tapes, we might not be the biggest player in tapes, so we can't really go out the income on the market. But if it's like Ziploc bags, Celo bags, we have tons of market share. Our brand is known. The moment you see our packaging on our default listings, you know it's us. So we bid higher on those ones to really just take up and kill anybody that's coming in. And we're happy to take up that high bid because people repeat purchase on those ones so we can lose money on the first sale because we can look at the lifetime value of those customers and it makes sense.     Bradley Sutton:   How many targeting type, different targeting types are you doing per product? You know for me, sometimes a lot of some. I'll have three main keyword ones, at least, obviously, to start, because then I'll cap it and start new ones, but I'll have an exact, you know, like, like atomic calls, a performance campaign. I'll have a broad campaign with broad targets. I'll have an auto, but then I'll also a lot of times have an ASIN targeting campaign, product targeting campaign. I'll also do a sponsor display campaign. I might do a video, two video campaigns, like a keyword video campaign, an ASIN video campaign and then maybe, if I have, you know, three products in a certain brand, I might have a sponsor brand that's feeding a few of those. Like, are you doing all of those or just you're just keeping it to the basic keyword targeting campaigns? What do you guys do so?   Joe: So for every ASIN we basically have five different ads and it starts off with broad, which is obviously our broad keywords, and then we'll go to exact keywords where basically we don't start off by putting keywords in the exact. We let you know, get it from helium and atomic and then we put those in uh based on what it's telling us, and then we've got auto testing. So we uh, or it's called a auto cam, just normal campaign, which is obviously we let that run in the order category. Then ASIN testing, where basically we're running targeting that specific category of that product. And the cool thing about those ascent testing is it helps us identify new markets. So let's say we have a variation in poly and plastic packaging and let's say this product is sitting at number two. We might actually take that product. And then let's say we have other products that are like three, four, five, six in that category. We might take the number two product and move it to mailbags. It'll drop the BSR because of its historical performance and its ability to perform. We might actually start testing a different category just to gain more market share in a different category because we know we've kind of succeeded in that one. So that's more for ASIN testing.   Then we have ASIN targeting, where we actually we use our Cerebro to get competitors, Black Box to get competitors Then we obviously target those competitors depending on how many reviews they have. So if it's somebody that's got anything less than four stars, what they're targeting you, because most of our products are sitting within the 4.5 to 4.89 range. So anybody below four stars we're targeting you, and then we also use what's it called. Then those are basically the five that we do per ASIN and then we also use what's it called. Then those are basically the five that we do per ASIN. And then we have started testing some display campaigns. We had VCPM running, which was a waste of money really. It was just the attribution was wrong. So what we're doing now is some display campaigns to actually do some retargeting and basically that's where we've got started going. We haven't done much sponsored brands. Things have just really been working in sponsored product for us.   Bradley Sutton: Or the auto and maybe broad campaigns. Did you set any atomic rules as far as when to suggest a negative match or like a poor performing search term? Or how are you managing the spend on your auto campaigns? Because you know, sometimes if you just let Amazon do what they want, they'll just show you for all kinds of crazy stuff and they don't care about how much your spend is. So what are you doing to keep your auto campaigns under control?   Joe: Yeah, so what we basically do, obviously we have the loose you select the loose substitute compliments and all that type of stuff. We have those like basic keyword rules that we set our bids at where, and we do that based on our pricing. So, depending on the product's price, we'll add in those rules and then basically when Adtomic starts showing whatever negative is in there, we'll go in and either accept the negative and or reject it. And I remember I don't know if it was Travis who told me we don't want to is it reject the negative or something, because it will completely kind of block it out forever or something like that In Adtomic. If you were to do that on a negative, I think it was if you fully approve a negative. So we kind of just watch it and see if it's really a negative and then we test it out. But that's how we kind of do it. So we haven't really put much rules on that side. It's more depending on the price of the product.   Bradley Sutton: And then you said for like keyword harvesting, like if an auto finds something like is it just one for you? And then you, hey, I'll go ahead and move it to one of my manual campaigns. Or do you want to see like two or three orders of some new keyword before you put it to your exact campaigns, or what's your threshold there?   Joe: Yeah, usually we try and get up to about five, five orders. Um, cause, that's that we've, we've, cause we've had keywords where you might get an order or two, and then it just starts burning money after that. So, yeah, um, we let whatever's winning win and then if something shows promise and you know it comes up with like five orders, uh, that'll be cool and then we'll add it back in. And the cool thing about it is, if it was obviously like the, the lamps, five orders is a bit too many for a keyword. But if it's the Ziploc bags, we know we can easily get those five orders and it justifies because you know that the, the traffic on those is way more than the people that are looking for the lamps. So it just depends on the product as well.   Bradley Sutton:     What is what brought you from, I forgot what you said like, from 20 to 15 a cost, like? What specific strategies you think? Like, was it something different? You were doing um, or, or you just change the rules, or what. What can you attribute that lowering of ACoS to?   Joe: Okay. So basically, we started a KPI where we looked at the number of ACoS campaigns that are above 100% in our account, because I think we have about 4,000 something campaigns running. So basically, when we sorted that out, we would start off with, like, let's say, 40. Then of those 40, that's our priority for the month and basically, we'd look at what the ad type is. We'd look at what the ad type is, we'd look at where the you know impression share is going. Is it top of search, is it product key, is it product pages or is it in the categories? And then basically sometimes we would notice that, let's say, if it's product search for this specific ad, it's showing a way better ACoS but it's not getting as much spend and impressions as this one. But you know, the product page is just spending money. So what we'll do is we'll change the percentage on the impression share to show more on that specific placement that's actually performing the best.   And what we realized is a lot of our ACoS started just, you know, dropping for those campaigns where we doubled down. Yes, it might not spend as much, you might not as much traffic, but if our ACoS drops, you know, by 50% on that campaign, that's a win. So that's what we're doing. And then sometimes it's actually where you're getting a bunch of sales at like 60, 70% ACoS from top of search, but this product page placement is at 20% ACoS but it's not getting as much spend. So now we'll move our spend and our impression share more on that product page and reduce the top of search. Even though it cancels out some sales, the profitability of investing in that product placement on the product pages makes more sense. So that's how we've been kind of juggling the placements and it's been helping really well to cut ACoS.   Bradley Sutton: When you launch new products. What's your strategy? Is it strictly I mean, like do you have this big audience that you're able to promote to and then they send a lot of traffic that way, or is it 100% with PPC that you're launching products? What's your strategy? Like?   Joe: So 100% of PPC. We have been talking about, you know, starting to get an email list together, but, as you know, with Amazon you don't get that information of your customers, so it's very difficult. If we had like a website, then maybe we could leverage that side of it. But, like I said, 100% of all sales is Amazon and unfortunately, we don't have the customer data. So what we usually do is set up our PPC. Sometimes, depending on the market or the product, what we'll use are the deals, if it's promotions, and sometimes we've actually, you know how you can now put price, the strikethrough pricing. So sometimes when we launch a new product, we launch about a few bucks higher than we're actually planning to sell, and that's because we just want to get the featured offer pricing going. And then, once the featured offer has registered onto Amazon, we'll set a strikethrough price at the intended selling price that we want to and then we'll pump up our PPC. Why? Because now our product is showing amongst everybody else to have this discount of like 20% or whatever it is, and that increases our conversion rate because obviously people are seeing this discount. And then sometimes you might actually get the badge that says lowest price in 30 days and on a new launch. That helps quite a lot and basically that's what we do.   Then we start pumping PPC and then, once that ends, we actually noticed with another product where we were averaging about, I think it was 0.78 run rate so which is basically close to a sale a day on that product at 24 bucks. We raised the price to 28 bucks so that we could make a strike through at 24. And then at the end of the strike through because after 30 days when you set the strike through it stops the deal, we actually realized that our run rate went to 0.68 at 28 bucks. So we started noticing that the difference in sales were not actually bad from the price going back to four bucks. That's because we just had forgotten to change it back to that 24. So it actually helped us realize like wait, we were still selling at that 28 bucks, so now we just drop it back and when we drop it back to 24 with that strikethrough it just increases the sales and obviously the conversion rate and the ACoS, which allows us more dollars to spend on that product.   Bradley Sutton: Before you switched to AWD, did you guys have your own warehouse? Did you have multiple 3PLs, One 3PL? What were you doing?   Joe: So we had our own warehouse and basically obviously we're shipping it from China to our warehouse and then from our warehouse to Amazon, and then basically with AWD, and the fees just got out of hand. It kind of priced us out of obviously doing that route, which is why we went with AWD. And it's kind of been our first kind of-.   Bradley Sutton: The new fees you're talking about, like the inbound inventory placement fees and things like that,   Joe: all that type of stuff, yeah, it kind of really hit us hard. So we realized, and we priced everything up in Seoul, it's way more lucrative to go with AWD, and you have to have   Bradley Sutton: Is that AGL too? Or just like? Are you actually having Amazon ship from China or you're shipping it into AWD?   Joe: We're shipping it into AWD. Right now, we haven't fully gone into Amazon shipping it from China, but we're shipping it into AWD. And that's basically where we just noticed that economics-wise it just made way more sense to go with AWD. So we took that big step of obviously getting away with our warehouse and now just sending product into AWD. How big was your warehouse? It was pretty big. It was pretty big. I don't know how many square feet on the top of my head.   Bradley Sutton: Do you know how much it costs per month? About?   Joe: Yeah, it was close to about. I think it was like 25 grand.   Bradley Sutton: Oh my goodness, yeah, so we're talking probably 20,000 square feet or above. They're in Vegas. Yeah, it was pretty big. And then how many full-time employees had to run it?   Joe: So we had four people there   Bradley Sutton: and then now you had to let them go after you close the warehouse. So then it's not just $25,000 a month, but then probably another $10,000 of salary you're saving.   Joe: yeah, so there's a big saving, when you look at it, from everything. And we've kept one person I think it was that basically helps us with inventory forecasting and just helping manage kind of the inventory side of AWD. Because right now we've moved into AWD. But some issues we've had with AWD is when FBA goes out of stock there's like a two-week period we've seen that it takes for that transfer of inventory to go into FBA and that's because AWD hasn't learned our sell through rates yet. So right now, for example,   Bradley Sutton: you can't control that at all. Like you can't just force AWD to say, hey, I know I'm going to sell more, send more to FBA. Like you have to wait for them to be able to see it.   Joe: Yeah. So you can manually send more. But because we have a catalog of 900 products, it'll be very tenacious to look at FBA for all these products and then go to AWD and manually click one. So what we've done is we put the auto replenishment. But because Amazon hasn't learned our products yet, literally, we had a product that had a sell-through rate of I think it was it'll go through about 300, 400 products a month. We ran out of that product and AWD transferred 10 units to FBA and it took two weeks to get those 10 units and those sold out within a day. So it was just the worst and the worst.   Bradley Sutton: I got to start you on Helium 10 inventory management, because helium 10 inventory management is created for people who have three PLs and then and then we tell you, all right, set up a new shipment. But theoretically somebody just asked me to say the other day we don't integrate yet with AWD. I know that's on the roadmap, but like a third-party warehouse, like you know how much inventory is there, so you put the number in and then you know what you know. Helium 10 knows what your inventory is in Amazon. And then so we would just tell you the same way hey, it's time to trigger, you know. So I know you said before like hey, yeah, you might not have time to, you know, be checking 800, but that's the whole point of inventory management where you just you know you better send, you know, 500 units in from your warehouse and so, yeah, we'll get you started on that.   Joe: Yeah, that would be a lifesaver because this is how it's impacting my ads now. So you know back in the day, if you run out of stock on FBA, your listing is not showing anymore, your ads are not delivering. However, with AWD, if you've got stock, what it's done now is it changes our seller delivery date. So we realize that with this duct tape,   Bradley Sutton: and you're conversion like tanks right, because it says like oh, delivery in three weeks or something crazy like that.   Joe: So this duct tape product had delivery in two months. I'm not waiting two months to get duct tape.   Bradley Sutton: So instead of the listing going dead, it still shows available, but then two months.   Joe: So people are clicking on this sponsored ads and they're like, yeah, I'm not waiting two months to get a duct tape, I'm going to the alternative person which is their competitor. So, I'll add just hitting, hitting, hitting, hitting, no sales. And you're like what's going on? And then now when you look at it and it's fine detail, delivers in two months. You're like that's so. Now we've had to end the crazy thing about when you've got 4,000 ads, because you've got five ads SKUs, you can't go and manually turn all those off and then wait until it comes back in stock to turn it back on. So that's been a nightmare as well.   Bradley Sutton: Now Interesting, okay. So yeah, it looks like AWD, like overall pretty decent. You save all those fees, probably thousands and thousands of dollars of fees. You're saving tens of thousands of dollars in warehouse, tens of thousands of dollars in warehouse. But on the flip side, you almost have to, you know if, if you're not using Helium 10, um for inventory management, you almost have to like hire another full-time employee just to manage that, depending on how many SKUs you have, or else, or else you're going to lose, you know too much money.   It's not just the lost sales, what's advertising, like you said, very good, very good, uh, very good point. Um, if I were to ask you like, all right, hey, end of the day, not everybody can, can have a business that does 30 million a year. What set? What has set you guys, uh, apart? Obviously, you know you have some cool patent and some product. You know for one of them that that nobody else can get. That's been around since 1920, but it's anybody you know. I'm sure there's billions of or millions of businesses that were made a century ago, that that technically you could sell, but that doesn't mean you're going to be a 30 million dollar seller. So what sets you guys apart, would you say?   Joe: I think it's that consistency and never give up mentality when you start off a product, because a lot of things that I've seen with other sellers is they're quick to write off a product because they're not profitable with it within the first kind of initial launch phase. And what I've noticed is we stick out with the product and our launches are in strategies here. So we start off with a launch. So, let's say, we're doing zip bags right and we have these zip bags. They're heavy duty, so it's four mil size. When we start off with a zip bag, we're happy to lose some money on that because we know it's repeat purchases. So we now have to calculate and understand okay, this is the frequency of those sales, this is what we expect to come in, what sizes are winning, and basically having the consistency to keep pushing, even though it might not be profitable to start. Eventually, when you start getting those repeat sales, you'll see the profitability come in and that's where those products, when they start winning. You do the exact same thing with new launches and it's, like I said, that consistency to keep doing that with new launches and new launches and new launches has been a game changer. And then also just not being afraid to test Amazon. So you know, like I said with our vitamin D one, we've thrown different keywords in there, we've thrown different words in there, even at times where you get delisted because Amazon said these things don't work or this is, you can't put that writing, so it's.   It's helped us push our listing and appear in different places and we always do tracking to see if it's click-through rates, if it's the title. So, for example, some of our titles have our brand name, which is spot and industrial. That's a pretty long brand name and if you look at our uh, a product of ours on mobile devices, our brand name takes up should I? I say, 40% of the title. So a lot of our keywords and use cases don't actually show on mobile. So what we did test was removing the brand name and leading with the use cases and the product keywords and it started converting better because nobody cared what our brand name was.   But if they're seeing that zip bag for Legos, for this, for this, and it's heavy duty and it's waterproof, that's what people want to see and it increased our click-through rates, which increased our conversions as well. So stuff like that and they're minute tests. But if you do that on a catalog and with products at a volume, it can be a massive scale. And when you realize that from a potential of okay, we have 800 ASINs, 50% of them increase in conversion rates by just 10, 20% I mean in click-through rates you're bringing in even way more traffic and if you hold your conversion rates, that increases your sales without having to do any change in bids and anything like that. So those key changes allow you to save your dollars but still gain on all that traffic.   Bradley Sutton: Now, if I were to ask you your favorite Helium 10 tool, is it Cerebro, is it Adtomic? Is it Magnet? Chrome extension, what is it?   Joe: I would say I love the Chrome extension because it helps me. If I go onto a competitor, straight away I see what they're lacking If they don't have 150 characters in their titles, if they don't have enough bullets, if they don't have, you know, enough bullets, if they don't have enough images. So the moment I see a competitor that doesn't check all the boxes that the Helium tool shows, I'm targeting them. Why? Because if you look at my products I have 10, you know most optimized on your thing. Then at the same time I look at keywords and it gives me a breakdown of how much revenue is in this keyword, how much revenue is in this industry. So before we go launch a specific product like we were launching an anti-slip tape because we want to add to our tape ranges so just looking at that, you'll look at that keyword anti-slip tape. It brings in 600 million a month from all these different competitors.   Now I can run those competitors through Black Box and I love Black Box as well because it helps me really fine tune what I'm targeting and who I'm looking for. So, I can say they get X amount of revenue monthly with X amount of reviews. Like I said, if they have anything below four, Black Box shows me those people. Those are easy people I can add to my product targeting campaigns and I know, because our listings are optimized, we'll easily take some sales from those people. Campaigns and I know, because our listings are optimized, we'll easily take some sales from those people. So, I would say the listing Blackbox and also the Chrome extension will be my two favorite.   Bradley Sutton: All right. If anybody wants to find you on the interwebs out there, like on LinkedIn or somewhere like you open to saying how they can find you guys out there.   Joe: Oh yes, of course, on LinkedIn obviously it's just Joe Sanhanga, my name, and then on Instagram it's j.sanhanga, which is my last name, s-a-n-h-a-n-g-a, and that's mostly where I am on social media. But any questions or whatever I can on LinkedIn, you can just pop it in and I'll try and help where I can.   Bradley Sutton: Awesome, awesome. Well, thank you so much for coming on the show and hope to see you at an upcoming event soon then.  

In this new Rooftop Mingle, Skyler and Evan are joined by former 1st round pick Ryan Rolison of the the Albuquerque Isotopes. They talk about his journey back from multiple injuries over the past two years. Once considered the top prospect in the Rockies organization, Rolison seemed to be on the fast track to the big leagues because injuries robbed him of two years in the minors. Now healthy, Rolison has been working out the bullpen in Triple-A as he builds up again and hopefully will finally be able to come full circle and reach the big leagues with the Rockies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview excerpt from Affected by Altitude episode 123 on July 29, Skyler and Evan are joined by Albuquerque Isotopes catcher and No. 9 prospect per MLB Pipeline Drew Romo. They talk about Romo's approach and work to develop as a catcher. He also talks about his approach to switch-hitting while talking about the advice he's gotten from coaches and fellow teammates. Additionally, he shares one of the greatest shirts ever known to man, courtesy of his teammate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and better than ever! Join us for Episode 150 of the Black Lincoln Collective podcast, where we pay tribute to the legendary figures we've lost, including fitness icon Richard Simmons and groundbreaking sex therapist Dr. Ruth. We celebrate their legacies with laughter and respect, highlighting the profound impact they had on countless lives. Shocking news has surfaced about Tenacious D—are Jack Black and Kyle Gass really calling it quits? We dive deep into the rumors, reminisce about unforgettable moments, and share our hopes for a reunion. This episode also features a hilarious segment on the quirky world of minor league baseball team names, where we challenge each other in a game of "Cake or Fake." You'll be amazed at which names are real! And if that's not wild enough, we discuss Taco Bell's bizarre new venture into retirement communities in California, debating its potential success and what life might be like in such a unique setting. We wrap up with personal anecdotes and a glimpse of what's next for our podcast. So grab your headphones and settle in for a fun-filled episode that combines humor, heartfelt tributes, and surprising stories. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform, and be sure to like, review, and share this special episode with your friends! 00:00 - Welcome to Black Lincoln Collective podcast. Featuring the sultry sounds of Fred02:14 - Fred Allen is very, very truthfully alive and healthy03:08 -  Richard Simmons and Doctor Ruth passed away this week06:16 - We lost Shannon Doherty, international sex symbol, for a week09:43 - The venues canceled because they said bringing Tenacious d would bring up insurance costs11:31 - Fred: No one on this show wants anyone to get shot or killed15:13 - Okay, so obviously, like I said, this is a messed up situation25:56 - Some people say it could have been a random guy. I'm saying they think it was one30:25 - M welcome back to 150th edition of Black Podcast34:01 - Next week we're going to start a new thing that we react to38:32 - Matt splaining is a new segment where he explains things to you42:54 - Matt, why didn't he turn? Matt: Explain. Explain, Matt. Explain45:16 - Parkercan no longer eat for free at the heart attack cafe48:14 - Taco Bell is opening a retirement community in San Diego, California52:18 - Ask yourself which minor league baseball team is real or fake56:02 - Are Lansing lug nuts real or are they fake? Fred says they're fake59:07 - The Albuquerque isotopes are the real minor league team based on the Simpsons01:01:32 - The rocket city trash pandas are double A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels01:05:26 - Matt will play in a basketball game against a 70 year old man  #blcpodcast #podcastingforthepeople #funny #podcast #greenvillesc #scpodcast #yeahthatgreenville Listen at: https://blc.world/ Tweet the Show: https://twitter.com/blcworld Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blcpodcast/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blcpodcast/ Buy Fred and Allan Beer: https://www.patreon.com/blcworld

What's going on in the Rockies farm system? We spoke with the people who see our prospects the most: Josh Suchon (voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes), Jeff Dooley (voice of the Hartford Yard Goats), Kyle Day (General Manager of the Spokane Indians), and Stephen Rice (Broadcaster and communication manager of the Fresno Grizzlies). Host Suzie Hunter has the latest Colorado Rockies baseball news on the DNVR Rockies Podcast. Come to a Rockies game with us: https://thednvr.com/series/dnvr-rockies-takeover-at-coors-field/ An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: https://thednvr.com/events ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports Visit Your Front Range Toyota Stores at a location near you - Toyota is the official vehicle of DNVR. Get Coors Light delivered straight to your door with Instacart by going to https://coorslight.com/DNVR. Celebrate Responsibly. Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado. Use code DNVRROX50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at https://factormeals.com/dnvrrox50 FUBO TV: https://www.fubotv.com/dnvr - Start your free 14-day trial and receive 15% off your first month! Sign up on the Volo app using code DNVR3 to get Volo Pass for only $10/month for the first 3 months. Download the Circle K app and join the Inner Circle or visit https://www.circlek.com/inner-circle! Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Head over to https://chinookseedery.com and use code ROCKIES for 20% off your order! Best seeds ever. Exclusively for our listeners, Shady Rays is giving out their best deal of the season. Head to https://shadyrays.com and use code: DNVR for 35% off polarized sunglasses. Try for yourself the shades rated 5 stars by over 300,000 people. Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR10” for 10% off your order on all non Pre Order items. bet365: Go to https://www.bet365.com/olp/open-account?affiliate=365_02162536 or use code DNVR365 when you sign up! Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amador & Jones debuts, and Jake Snider & Connor Staine sweep player of the week honors for the NW league. Albuquerque Isotopes (1-5; 18-45) see NoJo's rehab progress with a homer. Tanner Gordon and Noah Davis excel, but other players struggle. Hartford Yard Goats (3-3; 30-26) highlight Albright and Hardy's pitching, while Ryan Ritter's performance rises. Spokane Indians (3-3; 30-23) feature Dollander, Sullivan, and Staine's pitching, and Snider's powerful hitting. Fresno Griz (4-2; 33-23) celebrate Kaminska and Wimmer's achievements. ACL Rox (15-11) and DSL Colorado & Rockies (5-5) showcase promising prospects, including Rolison, Andujar, and Pujols. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blake-street-banter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blake-street-banter/support

From American Legion Post 100, Commander Damon Davis comes in to discuss the controversial action by the local gym Jackson/Wink to fly an upside down American Flag. Plus Forest Stulting from the Albuquerque Isotopes discusses upcoming events at the Ballpark with TJ on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to Road to Blake Street! In this episode, we dive into MLB's top 100 prospects with Sterlin making moves. Rodgers and Bryant are nursing injuries, sparking speculation about potential call-ups. A-A pitching is on fire, with standout performances from Palmquist, Sullivan, Dollander, Juarez, and Emener. Meanwhile, the Albuquerque Isotopes endure a tough week on the mound, with Beck's walkoff overshadowed by defensive struggles. Sam Hilliard shines with a strong AAA series. Noah Davis bounces back with a stellar outing, while Goodman impresses at the plate. Greg Jones and Lavigne show promise, but Romo, Schunk, and Carreras face challenges. Over in Hartford, the Yardgoats impress, especially with Zac Veen's return. Benny Montgomery earns player of the week honors, though strikeouts remain a concern. Arm Barn sees standout performances, including Palmquist's dominance. Spokane Indians stir up Twitter with banter, backed by surprising pitching from Victor Juarez. Fresno Grizzlies witness Emener's debut and Madden's evolving role in relief. Despite lineup gaps, Wimmer, Perez, and Longwell shine. Join us as we navigate the highs and lows of the minor leagues on the Road to Blake Street!" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blake-street-banter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blake-street-banter/support

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Albuquerque Isotopes GM John Traub discusses the sale of the Albuquerque Isotopes and what can be expected by the new ownership on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Colorado Rockies are on the edge of 100 losses for the first time in franchise history following a sweep at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. The takeaway: opportunities for youngsters like Gavin Hollowell, Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Nolan Jones and even non-rookies like Brendan Rodgers and Justin Lawrence are plentiful and worth more than a ballgame during this season without playoff contention. What were biggest takeaways in the Windy City? Which youngsters benefitted from teachable moments? Patrick Lyons hosts the DNVR Rockies Podcast and welcomes Forest Stulting, Media Relations Manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes, to discuss the Topes successful second half and the promising prospects on the path towards Denver. Colorado Rockies set franchise-record with 99 losses – Are several more coming? Ezequiel Tovar boosts NL Rookie of the Year Award campaign on one-year anniversary of debut Kris Bryant's standing ovation and record-tying performance for Nolan Jones soured by loss to Cubs An ALLCITY Network Production PARTY WITH US: http://bit.ly/3D9aqH1 ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports SUBSCRIBE:    / dnvr_sports   BUY GOLDEN ERA: https://www.triumphbooks.com/golden-e... WIN MONEY THROUGH SPLASH SPORTS: https://splashsports.com/dnvr Visit https://www.breckenridgedistillery.co... for your chance to win Breckenridge Distillery prizes AND Broncos tickets!! Head to https://factormeals.com/dnvrrox50 and use code dnvrrox50 to get 50% off. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. AG1 is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. Just visit https://drinkAG1.com/ROCKIES and enter promo code “Rockies” Use Code: DNVR for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses at https://ShadyRays.com Check out https://pinsandaces.com and use code DNVR to receive 15% off your first order and get free shipping. Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR” for 10% off your order on all non Pre Order items. Go to https://saturdayneon.com and use code DNVR for 10% off your order today. When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Go to https://www.bet365.com/olp/open-accou... or use code DNVR365 when you sign up! Must be 21+ and physically located in CO. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help call or TEXT 1-800-GAMBLER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Sept. 22 at 6:42 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — With the collapse of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest plan to avert a federal shutdown, lawmakers have left town with no endgame in sight. The White House will tell federal agencies on Friday to prepare for a shutdown, according to an official with the Office of Management and Budget who insisted on anonymity to discuss the upcoming instructions. That's standard seven days out from a federal disruption. A core group of Republicans refused to vote with the speaker, whose job is on the line. Afterward, McCarthy acknowledged his frustration, saying, “This is a whole new concept of individuals who just want to burn the whole place down.” MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says a storm off the eastern U.S. will deliver tropical storm conditions to the coast of North Carolina. The storm was forecast to make landfall in North Carolina on Friday. The center reports the storm, currently designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen, is located located about 330 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and about 325 miles south Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It's moving north around 14 mph with top sustained winds of 50 mph. Storm surges between 3 and 5 feet are forecast for parts of North Carolina with localized rainfall up to 7 inches in some places. TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to speak before the Canadian Parliament on Friday as part of his campaign to shore up support from Western allies for Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy flew into Canada's capital late Thursday after meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden and lawmakers in Washington where he faced questions about the flow of American dollars has helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted Zelenskyy at Ottawa's airport and will also speak to Parliament on Friday. It is Zelenskyy's first visit to Canada since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque say two people have been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting outside a baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted New Mexico's governor to issue a controversial gun ban. Police say the two men were arrested Thursday over the Sept. 6 shooting after an Albuquerque Isotopes game. Froylan Villegas was killed and his cousin, Tatiana Villegas, was left partially paralyzed. On Thursday, Albuquerque's police chief said the two men had argued with people during the ball game and mistakenly opened fire on the truck carrying the boy and his family as it was leaving the parking lot because it closely resembled the truck of the intended targets. MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp careened off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others. Gov. Kathy Hochul said a front-tire failure could have contributed to the early Thursday afternoon accident on Interstate 84 in the town of Wawayanda, about 45 miles northwest of New York City. The two adults who died were 77-year-old Beatrice Ferrari of Farmingdale and 43-year-old Gina Pellettiere of Massapequa. Five of the 44 passengers on board were critically injured. according to state police. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's one of the United Nations' more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters. And there is scant insight into how it decides a question of far-reaching impact: Who gets let through the door? With an anodyne name, the U.N. Credentials Committee has long gone unnoticed; it doesn't even appear on the U.N.'s own organizational chart of its many councils, agencies and departments. But when it comes to countries riven by political divisions or coups, the nine-member body is the gatekeeper to the world's stage at the U.N. General Assembly's annual meeting. Leaders of factions within divided nations know that the committee's decision stands to withhold or bestow some much-desired legitimacy. The 49ers rough up the Giants, Milwaukee and Philadelphia get closer to postseason berths, the Rays pad their postseason resume, and other results in baseball's penultimate Thursday of the regular season. On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest plan to prevent a looming federal shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank quickly collapsed Thursday. It's a crushing defeat that makes a disruption in government services almost certain. A government closure is increasingly likely as time runs out for Congress to act. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is delivering an upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers in a whirlwind visit to Washington. Zelenskyy briefed lawmakers on the state of the war Thursday and told them Ukrainians “are winning." Zelenskyy was facing Republicans who are now questioning the flow of American dollars that for 19 months has helped keep his troops in the fight against Russian forces. Zelenskyy will also meet with President Joe Biden at the White House. It's Zelenskyy's second visit to Washington since Russia invaded and comes as Biden's request to Congress for another $24 billion for Ukraine is hanging in the balance. NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as leader of both Fox's parent company and his News Corp. media holdings. Fox says he will become chairman emeritus of both corporations. His son, Lachlan, will control both companies. The 92-year-old Australian media magnate's creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics. He built his empire from a single newspaper in Australia. He moved to England, then the United States with the invention of Fox News and the purchases of both the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. Forbes estimated the Murdoch family's net worth at roughly $19 billion in 2020. Fox News Channel has profoundly influenced television and the nation's politics since its start in 1996, making Murdoch a hero to some and pariah to others. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's state auditor says numerous social science and humanities degree programs are “indoctrination factories.” Auditor Shad White argues in a new report the state should defund several college majors and invest in subjects that match the state's workforce needs. He proposed tying public investment to workforce needs instead of providing funds without regard for the degree programs offered. In numerous statements on social media leading up to the report's publication, White said there should be no taxpayer funding for “useless degrees” in “garbage fields.” White statements and his report arrive as education, from K-12 to the university level, remains at the center of America's culture wars. NEW YORK (AP) — John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale.” Their suit was filed Tuesday in New York and is the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that AI programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. The suit was organized by the Authors Guild, and also includes David Baldacci, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen and Elin Hilderbrand among others. A handful of similar suits were recently filed in California. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Silicon Valley tech giant Cisco is buying cybersecurity firm Splunk in a $28 billion deal as it looks to keep up with potential security threats that could be brought about by the increasing use of artificial intelligence. Cisco will pay $157 per Splunk Inc. share. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty in federal court to financial crimes. Thursday's court appearance is the first time the disbarred attorney has admitted responsibility for a crime before a judge. Murdaugh is serving life in prison without parole for killing his wife and son, but he adamantly denied shooting them from the witness stand at his double murder trial. In federal court, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering. He will be sentenced at a later date. The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison, even if the double murder conviction is overturned. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty in federal court to financial crimes. Thursday's court appearance is the first time the disbarred attorney has admitted responsibility for a crime before a judge. Murdaugh is serving life in prison without parole for killing his wife and son, but he adamantly denied shooting them from the witness stand at his double murder trial. In federal court, Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering. He will be sentenced at a later date. The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison, even if the double murder conviction is overturned. A coalition of 25 governors and the Biden administration are set to announce a pledge Thursday morning to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030. Heat pumps are important because they use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool buildings. Since they often replace oil or gas furnaces that add greenhouse gases to the air, they can meaningfully address climate change. The pledge on heat pumps is a collection of state initiatives to work toward the goal of ramping down emissions to zero by 2050. PARIS (AP) — King Charles III has made an emotional stop in front of Paris' fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral on the second day of his state visit to France. He also met with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of the capital. Earlier, Charles made an address to French lawmakers at the Senate, praising France and the United Kingdom's “indispensable relationship” and its capacity to meet the world's challenges, including the war in Ukraine and climate change. Thursday's busy schedule came a day after he was greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony at Paris' Arc de Triomphe and attended a state dinner at the Palace of Versailles. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bob Ross was known for his unpretentious approach to painting on his long-running show, “The Joy of Painting,” but now the painting he completed on his first episode in 1983 is for sale for nearly $10 million. Minneapolis gallery owner Ryan Nelson calls the painting, “A Walk in the Woods,” the “rookie card” for Ross. Nelson bought the painting last year and then priced it at $9.85 million. Ross' paintings are hard to get and are expensive, but none has sold for nearly that much. Nelson says he's in no hurry to sell and would like to display the painting so that lots of people get to see Ross' work and understand his efforts to encourage regular people to paint. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. 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The Bois pregame with Josh Suchon before The Albuquerque Isotopes game.

The bois give you sports adjacent content live from The Duke Store. They also pregame with Josh Suchon the voice of The Albuquerque Isotopes.

The Bois are pregaming with Josh Suchon before the Albuquerque Isotopes game.

The Bois pregame with Josh Suchon as usual before The Albuquerque Isotopes pregame.

The Bois pregame with the voice of The Albuquerque Isotopes before he takes over the air, Josh Suchon.

The Bois talk United before Albuquerque Isotopes take over the air waves.

The Bois talk about NM United until Albuquerque Isotopes take over the air waves,

Let's do some Breakfast & Baseball! The Rockies continue the two-game set with an early game against the Houston Astros. Kris Bryant gets his first home run since coming off the IL but the Rockies still fall to the Astros behind a Kyle Freeland start. Plus, we talk to Albuquerque Isotopes broadcaster Josh Suchon about Michael Toglia raking in the minors and fan-favorite Wynton Bernard finding his way back to the Rockies organization. Host Suzie Hunter brings you the latest Colorado Rockies news and baseball headlines on the DNVR Rockies Podcast LIVE from the DNVR studios at Colfax & York! An ALLCITY Network Production WATCH YOUR FAVORITE TEAMS HERE: https://www.fubotv.com/dnvr  PARTY WITH US: http://bit.ly/3D9aqH1  ALL THINGS DNVR: https://linktr.ee/dnvrsports SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/DNVR_Sports BUY GOLDEN ERA: https://www.triumphbooks.com/golden-era-products-9781637273692.php?page_id=21 Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code DNVR for $20 off your first purchase. Manscaped: Save 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code “DNVR” at Manscaped.com.  AG1 is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. Just visit https://drinkAG1.com/ROCKIES and enter promo code “Rockies” Use Code: DNVR for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses at https://ShadyRays.com  Check out pinsandaces.com and use code DNVR to receive 15% off your first order and get free shipping. Check out FOCO merch and collectibles here https://foco.vegb.net/DNVR and use promo code “DNVR” for 10% off your order on all non Pre Order items. Go to https://saturdayneon.com and use code DNVR for 10% off your order today.  Visit https://dkng.co/DNVR to sign up for DraftKings Sportsbook using the code “DNVR” Call (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA), Gambling Problem? Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (CO/IL/IN/LA/MD/MI/NJ/OH/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA) 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select parishes)/MA/MD/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OH/OR/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. VOID IN ONT. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (KS).  When you shop through links in the description, we may earn affiliate commissions.  Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Traub of the Albuquerque Isotopes highlights the upcoming home stand with fireworks, low rider bobble heads and 50 Cent Hot Dog Night on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bois talk NFL, Michael Jordan selling team, and pregames with Josh Suchon the voice of The Albuquerque Isotopes!

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Ryan Tomari, Erik Moulton, and Ed Nunez discuss the latest news on the UNM men's basketball program including Richard Pitino, Jemarl Baker Jr, and Quinton Webb's comment at a summer press conference.Plus, some former Albuquerque Isotopes had a big splash with the Colorado Rockies.

The Bois talk The Chiefs going to The White House and caught up with Forest Stulting - Manager, Media Relations of the Albuquerque Isotopes to talk all the great events happening at The Lab this month.

In this episode, Devin is joined by fellow SDSU and Daily Aztec alum Josh Suchon, play-by-play announcer for the Albuquerque Isotopes. The two discuss his journey from calling games at Peterson Gym to the baseball diamond in Albuquerque. Suchon also breaks down the importance SDSU had in the growth of his career, plus the two discuss his experiences writing books on Barry Bonds and a hometown murder case. Josh Suchon is a play-by-play announcer for the Albuquerque Isotopes, a Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Josh's journalism career started when he graduated from San Diego State in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He spent time broadcasting games for KCR College Radio and also writing several sports stories and columns for The Daily Aztec. From there, Suchon spent time doing play-by-play for various teams/companies, including WCC Digital, University of Nevada, ESPNU, ESPN3, as well as Dodgers and Rockies spring training games. You can follow Josh on Twitter @Josh_Suchon.

Albuquerque Isotopes Infielder Coco Montes joins Ryan Tomari to discuss his minor league career and make his way through the Colorado Rockies farm system.

Former UNM baseball player,  Major Leaguer and current Albuquerque Isotopes hitting coach Jordan Pacheco joins The Pit Press to talk UNM baseball, Isotopes and the being a hitting coach.

A classically trained chef, Ryan Curry spent over a decade in stadium kitchens as an executive chef for Spectra Foods at Raley Field with the Sacramento River Cats and at Isotpes park with the Albuquerque Isotopes. In Albuquerque, Ryan created two viral sensation concession items including the Tumbleweed Burger which VenuesNow trade publication named the Best New Concessions Food Item in 2019. His Green Chile Peach Flambé was runner-up in 2018. In 2020 and 2021, Ryan joined the Rocket City Trash Pandas and oversaw the department for the team's inaugural season in their brand-new ballpark. The Minor Side of Life features candid conversations about the business and promotional aspect of Minor League Sports. Host Rob Sternberg brings nearly a decade of experience to the table and chats with a guests who've worked in a Front Office, or played or performed on the Minor League stage. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR: The Minor Side of Life is presented by Promotional Adventures. Based in California, Promotional Adventures is a full service advertising specialties company offering a wide range of promotional items to promote your company. Dustin and his team will help countless Minor League and Major League teams find a cost effective way to market and promote their organizations with custom promotional items. With the number of companies they work with the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Get a quote from today by e-mailing dustin@promotionaladventures.com.

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John Traub of the Albuquerque Isotopes details the final games of the 2022 season and what will be different next season on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob talks with John Traub GM of the Albuquerque Isotopes about the Topes and Lobos Football playing Friday Afternoon and Evening on News Radio KKOB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wynton Bernard is the feel-good story right now in baseball, a guy who spent the last 11 years playing minor league baseball, including two years of independent ball, who made his Major League Debut at age 31 on Friday, August 12, 2022 for the Colorado Rockies. The video of Bernard telling his mother Janet, via FaceTime, that he was going to the major leagues went viral with millions of views in just a few days. Over the last 16 months, I've been able to watch and describe Bernard play for the Albuquerque Isotopes, get to know him as a person, and we've had a lot of interviews for the pregame show. For this special episode of the Life Around the Seams podcast, we've compiled those interviews together, along with some highlights from games, and soundbytes from teammates Brandon Gold and Logan Cozart, Isotopes manager Warren Schaeffer, and Rockies front office executives Clint Hurdle and Chris Forbes.   

Boise State head coach Andy Avalos understands the pressure on him in just his second season after going 7-5 last year. The Broncos coach sits down with Jeff and J.J. at Mountain West media day.  How do the quarterbacks stack up in the Mountain West?  Josh Suchon, voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes, discusses some of the best stories so far from the team.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Traub, GM of the Albuquerque Isotopes details the Albuquerque Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees and a Breaking Bad Silent Auction plus parking lot etiquette on News Radio KKOBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Traub GM of the Albuquerque Isotopes details Lowriders, Mariachi night and Fireworks back at Isotopes Park, expect to see 75 cars both outside the stadium and on the field along the warning track on News Radio KKOB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rockies are reeling and reeling at home. There's a lot of blame to go around but, as they say, "if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten."  The Rockies have had that with their offense for much of the past five years and it has continued to be a problem this year. Now, will they make the philosophical and player changes to accomplish it? 8 Albuquerque Isotopes players you may not know but should 8 playoff contenders that could use outfielder Randal Grichuk 3 teams that could use José Iglesias Bryan Shaw on the competition of returning to face the Colorado Rockies The Rockies need to start “cutting bait” Terry Francona and Daniel Bard reunite, reminisce at Coors Field (Call To The Pen)     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This was recorded in 2010 when Tim Wallach managed the Albuquerque Isotopes which were then the AAA-Los Angeles Dodgers. Some of the discussion includes his first major league All-Star Game in 1984 and playing in Dennis Martinez perfect game in 1991

The voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Josh Suchon, joins us with insight on the Rockies prospects knocking on the door for a big league opportunity. Which pitchers have been a commodity and what hitter has found his power stroke sans batting gloves? Also, McCovey Cove Dave discusses the deal for Charlie Blackmon's 200th career home run along with all of the other interesting details of life outside San Francisco's Oracle Park. Ezequiel Tovar is well ahead of schedule to make his Coors Field debut sooner than later by Patrick Lyons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Mexico Bowl Director Jeff Siembieda calls in from Conference USA meetings. CUSA is the future home of New Mexico State and could be selected to play in the bowl game; what's the feel, buzz and future look like?  It's been one full week with automated balls and strikes in the PCL: voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Josh Suchon, shares what he has seen, players reactions and the whole point of the pitch clocks and strike zones.  What do you do if the game is a blowout?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best two-way player in the game, Jimmy Butler. How will Jayson Tatum respond in game two? What edge do the Heat have?  Who does Golden State throw on Luka Doncic? What matchups will standout in game one of the Western Conference Finals?  Voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Josh Suchon, joins the show ahead of a Topes day game to talk about day one of automated balls and strikes, Kris Bryant rehab assignment and the Topes trying to win.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Albuquerque Isotopes outfielder Wynton Bernard, the reigning PCL Player-of-the-Week, joined the show to talk about where his game is 10-years into his pro career, what he likes about pace of play and how family brought him to New Mexico as a kid. #MiLB  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The voice of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Josh Suchon, stops by to discuss pace of play in the minors and break down some of the top prospects for the Rockies' Triple-A affiliate. We also look at what went wrong in Philadelphia while previewing - and salivating - over the upcoming home series against the lowly Cincinnati Reds.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pitch clock, unusual ejection and Dogs in the Park promotion tonight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Add this to the fanboy artifacts! Jordan Pacheco spent an hour talking ball with us, and we can't wait to do it again. Coach, he let us call him that, discusses the lockout and spring training to start the session and what it means to be back home in Albuquerque. In his first coaching position, Jordan shares a little about his coaching philosophy and driving force and how he can help the guys get to the next level using analytics and conversations about the mental side of the game. We then lean into his career, his callup, his time with the Rox, and the ups and downs of his career. We end it with some trivia -- can Jordan name every team he played for? He also shares his thoughts bout robo umps...won't want to miss it! Use https://linktr.ee/blakestreetbanter to find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and listen to the Podcast on Apple iTunes. Follow the Banter on Twitter @blakestbanter and YouTube, be sure to subscribe. Find us on Instagram @blakestreetbanter Find us on all the platforms here: https://linktr.ee/blakestreetbanter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blake-street-banter/message

Former Lobo and current Albuquerque Isotopes first baseman D.J. Peterson joined the show to talk about his career journey and the adversity that he has overcome.  Sabastian Noel from Proview Networks talks about local athletes committing to the next level and what's ahead on the high school calendar.  Does Jerry West have a case against HBO?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#Join Jamie & Simon as they Rewind cult TV Show Better Call Saul. This week we deep dive S4 E1 Smoke and S4 E2 Breathe and explore the show's symbolism, symmetry and plot twists From Wikipedia: S4 E1 "Smoke" In a flash forward, following his collapse while working at the Omaha Cinnabon, a nervous "Gene" has a worrying encounter with a hospital clerk who needs his personal information for billing purposes. During his taxi ride to the mall to retrieve his car, Gene becomes suspicious of the driver, whose cab displays an Albuquerque Isotopes air freshener. He exits before reaching the mall and walks around the corner out of the driver's sight. In 2003, Jimmy and Kim learn of Chuck's death, and believing himself responsible, Jimmy falls into depression. Howard arranges Chuck's funeral, and later admits that he believes his decision to dismiss Chuck from HHM caused Chuck's suicide. Howard explains that Chuck's malpractice insurance rates had become exorbitant – not realizing Jimmy was to blame for reporting Chuck's instability to the insurers. Jimmy allows Howard to take the blame and quickly regains his happy-go-lucky demeanor. Mike performs actual security and safety consulting for Madrigal Electromotive and details a list of violations he uncovered on his first site visit. Following Hector's stroke, the cartel bosses direct Nacho and Arturo to take over Hector's drug operation. Gus remains suspicious of Nacho and has Victor follow him. S4 E2 "Breathe" With his law license suspended, Jimmy interviews for a job as a salesman at Neff Copiers and spots an opportunity to steal a valuable Hummel figurine. Rebecca and Kim meet with Howard to review the disposition of Chuck's estate. Kim is unaware of Jimmy's role in the events which led to Chuck's death and has an explosive confrontation with Howard in which she lambastes him for treating Jimmy poorly ever since. Lydia tells Mike that his security consulting is a paper transaction to facilitate the laundering of the money he stole from the Salamancas. Mike insists on continuing actual inspections, arguing they provide a plausible explanation in case anyone looks into the payments. Gus discreetly pays a skilled doctor to help Hector recover from his stroke and learns Nacho was responsible for it. When Arturo and Nacho come to his facility to acquire more drugs, Arturo strong arms his way into taking more than he is supposed to. He brags about his success as they leave, but Gus ambushes and kills him. Gus then informs Nacho he knows Nacho attempted to murder Hector, but the Salamancas do not, and because of this knowledge, Nacho is now under Gus's control.

Welcome to the fifteenth ever episode of Team Review, and the first ever episode for the Pacific Coast League, where we go over every minor league team and their histories. We also go over all of the prospects for these specific teams. Support and share the podcast! 145 more episodes to go! This is where you can support the Isotopes and buy their merchandise: https://isotopes.milbstore.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tyler-thalgott/message