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EP 563 7 AI Side Hustles Ranked | Make Money Online With Zero HypeA 5 factor scorecard to help you choose a starting point before your evenings disappear. Make money online doesn't have to mean waiting months for your first dollar. Tracy ranks 7 AI side hustles by the real metric busy parents care about: how fast can you earn your first credible sale? Using a five-factor rubric (startup cost, skill barrier, weekly hours, speed to first dollar, risk), this episode breaks down which opportunities actually deliver velocity—and exposes the three telltale signs most "make money" content is selling a dream, not a path. https://DarkHorseSchooling.comSponsor - https://YourSuccessDNA.comTracy ranks seven popular AI side hustles by how quickly a busy nine-to-five worker can earn a first paid dollar, using a five-factor rubric: startup cost, skill barrier, weekly hours needed, time to first credible sale, and risk. It argues most videos hype income ceilings instead of the real metric—how long until a stranger pays you—and shares three signs that “make money online” content is selling a dream. The rankings place AI micro-SaaS last due to maximum skill barrier and longest time to first sale, with YouTube automation also slow because monetization is gated by subscriber and watch-hour thresholds. Mid-pack are AI consulting and AI art/print-on-demand (distribution bottleneck). Faster options are done-for-you local social media services and AI-assisted freelance gigs, while AI content clipping (Whoop/Viro) is #1 because it leverages existing audiences and payout systems. The host advises choosing one hustle, setting a 30–60 day proof-of-concept deadline, and not switching in week two. 00:00 Hype Versus First Dollar01:42 Ranking Rubric Explained02:32 Number 7 Micro SaaS04:35 Number 6 YouTube Automation06:04 Number 5 AI Consulting07:14 Number 4 AI Art POD08:32 Number 3 Local AI Services09:57 Number 2 Freelance Gigs11:39 Number 1 Content Clipping13:33 Whiskered Wisdom15:03 Mindset And Recap AI side hustles, Make money with AI, ChatGPT side hustles, Fastest side hustle to make money, Best side hustles, ai content creation, ai side gig, make money, online business, online entrepreneurship, online opportunities, side hustles, make money online, ai side hustle, fastest path to income, ai entrepreneur proof, side hustles ranked, ai side hustle, micro business, ai automation business, online side hustles, business motivation, work from home, business mindset, entrepreneur motivation, entrepreneurship, ai content creation, side hustle ideas, entrepreneur mindset, business tips, how to make money online, make money from home https://DarkHorseEntrepreneur.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kurt spent a day at Beanstalk, an invite-only ecommerce conference at Industry City in Brooklyn, recording 15-minute conversations under a tent. Seven made it to tape. Every guest is on Shopify. Not one led with paid ads.The lineup: Matt Butcher of Adam's Polishes on why he comes. Jay Wright, who spends about a billion dollars a year on Meta, on why your media buying is "completely cooked." Maria Lopez-May, VP Marketing at Nugget, on life after the pandemic lottery. Vivek Kumar, CEO of Articore (Redbubble and TeePublic), on their new Shopify integration and a $20 million turnaround. NJ Falk of APL on $400 sneakers and the thing she noticed about Sidekick. Robbie Bent of Othership on building $15 million bathhouses and marketing through the local dentist. Ali Weiss, former CMO of Glossier, on launching NoBiggie and choosing not to turn on paid.Paul was not there. He asks what you would ask.What you'll learn:Why a curated conference beats a big one: "everyone I bump into here is worth chatting with"Jay Wright: Meta is an auction, someone is winning at that CPM, and it is not the person buying like it's 2022The biggest mistake Jay sees: founders abdicating growth to a $1,000-a-month retainerHow to label your ad creative so your own account tells you what to make nextMaria Lopez-May of Nugget: right product, right time, then the dupes, then Amazon and CTVArticore's first profit since listing and a Shopify integration that launched ten days before the interviewWhy print-on-demand sellers should not put "the kitchen sink" on their storeAPL: Magento to Shopify Plus in a week, then a flagship store opened four months before lockdownThe Sidekick detail NJ Falk noticed and Kurt never didOthership: a horse trough in a backyard, 90 people screaming in a dark sauna, and why brick and mortar takes two decadesWhy local influencers (the trainer, the stylist, the bartender) beat wide-reach channels for a neighborhood businessAli Weiss on unlearning beauty margins, "playing on hard mode" with two buyers, and why getting on a Target shelf is the easy partNoBiggie Neighbors: free product for your kid's birthday party as the whole acquisition strategyThe hard decision to not turn on paid until repeat purchase shows up across channelsHosts: Kurt Elster and Paul Reda, co-owners of Ethercycle, a Shopify-exclusive agency.SPONSORSSwym - Wishlists, Back in Stock alerts, & moregetswym.com/kurtCleverific - Smart order editing for Shopifycleverific.comZipify - Build high-converting sales funnelszipify.com/KURTLINKSBeanstalk: https://www.beanstalkevents.comAdam's Polishes: https://adamspolishes.comEcommerce Equation: https://ecommerceequation.comJay Wright on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaywrightofficial/Nugget: https://nuggetcomfort.comArticore Group: https://articore.comDashery: https://www.dashery.comAPL: https://athleticpropulsionlabs.comOthership: https://othership.usNoBiggie: https://nobiggieplease.comWORK WITH KURTApply for Shopify Helpethercycle.com/applySee Our Resultsethercycle.com/workFree Newsletterkurtelster.comThe Unofficial Shopify Podcast is hosted by Kurt Elster and explores the stories behind successful Shopify stores. Get actionable insights, practical strategies, and proven tactics from entrepreneurs who've built thriving ecommerce businesses.

I'm back with illustrator, artist and curator Tabby Booth for round two! A year after her first Nitty Gritty episode, we caught up outside the Tate Modern for a chat I'm very excited to share.Since we last caught up, Tabby has launched her Substack, Cult of Create, where she shares more of the inner workings of her practice — money, motherhood and the truths of being a working artist. We talk about why she's building more of her creative world away from the Instagram algorithm, why buyers can make the best sellers, and how to know when it's time to stop saying yes.And yes, we get into the £83K month. Tabby breaks down her biggest month to date and the mix of paintings, art fairs, print-on-demand, licensing and other income streams behind it.If you haven't listened to Tabby's episode from last season, it's just as insightful as this one.Find Tabby's:~ Instagram here~ Substack here~ Website here~ Gallery here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's The Witch Wave Season 10 premiere!! Shannon Purser (she/they) is an Emmy-nominated actor, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and director. They've played such iconic onscreen roles as Barb in Stranger Things (Netflix) and Ethel Muggs in Riverdale (CW), and they've starred in the Netflix film Sierra Burgess is a Loser. Shannon has written and directed the forthcoming short film, Sisters, and she also writes and performs music as sister seer. They've also appeared onstage in La Cages aux Folles directed by Sam Pinkleton at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2024, and they're about to make their NYC Off-Broadway stage debut alongside Marilu Henner in The Ask, written by Matthew Freeman. The Ask will be up from Oct 6 – Nov 22 at Theater 555, and tickets are available now. On this episode, Shannon discusses their evolving witchly interests and gender identity, how tarot has guided their life, and the charmed magic behind her acting roles on stage and on screen.Pam also talks about descending into underworld, and answers a listener question about conjuring a more fulfilling career.PAM'S UPCOMING EVENTS: Sept 26: Pam at The Art of Fairy Tales Symposium in NYCSept 30: Pam & Janaka Stucky's Descend Descend Underworld Rite online workshop (recording will be available after). Register now Oct 26: The Witch Wave with Pam Grossman LIVE! at Littlefield in Brooklyn!! Get tickets nowCheck out the video of this episode over on YouTube (and please like and subscribe to the channel while you're at it!)Our sponsors for this episode are Weiser Books, Mithras Candle, BetterHelp, Blessed Be Magick, Feral Eye, and Horse Parsley ProvisionsWe also have print-on-demand merch like Witch Wave shirts, sweatshirts, totes, stickers, and mugs available now here, and all sorts of other bewitching goodies available in the Witch Wave shop.And if you want more Witch Wave, please consider supporting us on Patreon to get access to detailed show notes, bonus Witch Wave Plus episodes, Pam's monthly online rituals, and more! That's patreon.com/witchwave

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text!Your customer doesn't order a “file” they order a memory, and nothing kills that moment faster than a print that looks worse than the phone screen. We sit down with Servi Pieters, CEO of Viesus, to unpack why modern photo printing faces new traps: HDR smartphone displays, print workflows, heavy social media compression, and low-light computational photography that looks fine on glass but falls apart on paper.Pieters gets specific about what an automatic image enhancement layer actually does inside high-volume labs and print providers. Pieters shares a real-world KPI wake-up call: One company saw complaint rates jump when Viesus was inadvertently disabled, then drop by 58% when it was turned back on. He also talks about the hidden conversion problem with resolution and DPI warnings, and how reliable upscaling and artifact removal can keep shoppers from abandoning an order while still keeping the photo authentic.From skin tone handling and scene-aware correction to tuning for different substrates like paper, metal, canvas, and textiles, this is a practical conversation for anyone building a photo lab workflow, a personalization program, or a print-on-demand business. Pieters also discusses new PDF features, including how Viesus can extract images, enhance them, and place them back without disturbing the rest of the file.The Dead Pixels Society Podcast is powered by ScanMyPhotos, serving the photo industry for more than 30 years.ScanMyPhotosScanMyPhotos provides professional digitization services for photos, negatives, slides, and more Energize your sales with Shareme.chat, the proven texting platform. ShareMe.Chat ShareMe.Chat platform uses chat-to-text on your website to keep your customers connected and buying!MediaclipMediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing revenue.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEPhoto Imaging CONNECTThe Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 2027, at the RIO Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, NIndependent Photo ImagersIPI is a member + trade association and a cooperative buying group in the photo + print industry.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showSign up for the Dead Pixels Society newsletter at http://bit.ly/DeadPixelsSignUp.Contact us at gary@thedeadpixelssociety.comVisit our LinkedIn group, Photo/Digital Imaging Network, and Facebook group,  The Dead Pixels Society. Leave a review on Apple and Podchaser. Are you interested in being a guest? Click here for details.Hosted and produced by Gary PageauAnnouncer: Erin Manning

It’s not like there’s just one method to rule your territory. But the one thing that is critical to all of it, is identifying your area. Identifying your territory. Focusing in on it. Making sure you become a known commodity, so people have the opportunity to choose you. David: Hi, and welcome to the podcast in today’s episode, cohost Jay McFarland, and I will be discussing the idea of ruling your territory. Welcome back, Jay. Jay: Yeah. Thank you, David. This is a really interesting topic. I’ve been excited to get to this topic, ruling your territory, being the master of your general… David: your domain Jay: …area. Yeah, of your domain. David: That was a Seinfeld episode, I think. Jay: Yeah, that’s right. However you want to say it. So many of the things that we talk about, I don’t know if they’re top of mind for business owners or for salespeople. They have so many other things going on. For them to be thinking about market share or things like that and how that can affect their business, especially over the long haul. David: Yeah. That’s why I think it’s great to discuss. Because when we are in the thick of it, we tend to forget about the fact that, whoever we are, if we’re a business owner or a salesperson, we are operating in a particular territory. And recognizing that we could be spread out, we could have a few customers. Let’s say we have two customers in one huge city, and we’ve got two customers in another huge city somewhere else. If we’re sort of spread out, but nobody else in either of those cities even know who we are, at that point we’re really not ruling our territory. And this idea sort of traces along with the idea of dominating your market, which is something that we talk about quite often. You know, what is your market? What is your territory? How do you define it? Is it defined primarily geographically that you sell primarily in your small geographic area? In your area of town? Your city? Your state? Is it nationwide? Is it with particular industries? How do you define it? Because that’s going to determine whether you are just inhabiting a territory or ruling it, dominating it. Jay: I like that question. Are you just inhabiting? Are you just there? Or are you ruling it? And I think one of the things that can be done, and I don’t see this in a lot of small businesses, is just making a list of all of your potential clients. And that should give you an idea of where you stand. And then if you know a list of who they’re using. And so, you know, your client and you know who your competitors are. I would think that that’s probably a good place to start. David: It’s a great place to start. And also thinking in terms of the other people who are like your clients who operate in a similar area, either in a similar geographic area or a similar demographic, however, you’re defining your territory. Also, when I use words like ruling and dominating, I don’t want them to sound as intimidating as some people interpret them to be. What I mean is that you’re essentially staking your claim. You’re saying, okay, look, this is an area where I want to do well. I want to excel. I want to be known. I want people to know me and I want to know other people in this particular market. They’re not all going to do business with me. I recognize that, but I want to make sure that all of the people who could potentially use my products and services at least know that I exist so that they could consider me if it makes sense for us to work together. Jay: Yeah. I think that’s really important. I think a lot of times people think about, well, I go in and I get the sale and if I don’t get the sale, well, then I’m done with that customer. But if you make it more of I’m going to go in and get a relationship, instead of a sale. If you get the sale, that’s great. But if you don’t, what happens when the customer they’re using falls down? David: Right. Jay: When the customer they’re using makes a mistake or goes out of business. If you already have that relationship, well now you are going to be the first call, right? So that relationship, I think, is so important. David: Yeah, I agree. And I think for most salespeople, the idea of relationship, it’s always a great talking point. Not always as well practiced as it should be. But it’s absolutely true. If we’re establishing relationships, that’s going to be great. And as many relationships as possible and as makes sense in a particular area. So let’s say somebody’s focused on selling to a niche industry, a niche industry, however you want to pronounce it. And you’re selling to the tech industry. You want to make sure that you’re interacting with as many tech people as possible within the market or territory that you’ve identified so that they have the opportunity to potentially talk about you. Oh, do you know Jay? Oh yeah. I know Jay! Right? Because if that happens, then you can start to develop a little bit of buzz. You can start to get more referrals. And when you become better known in a market, it just becomes a whole lot easier to dominate, you know, to actually score in that territory because they talk to somebody else, “oh yeah, I know them. I use them.” And when that happens enough, when they have enough of those conversations, they’re going to be a lot more likely to use you than if nobody else has any idea who you are. Jay: Yeah, in that first blush cold call. Is this a reason to like go to Chamber of Commerce meetings, and get involved in those types of organizations? David: It could be… Jay: …to help build those relationships. David: It could be. I think they definitely require investigation. Because some of them are great and some of them are terrible. And I know a lot of people who have gone to Chamber of Commerce functions and you go back week after week and it’s the same people and everybody’s trying to sell and nobody’s trying to buy. But I think that also goes to the strategy. Because if it’s the same people coming each week, then you want to at least build relationships with them and find out who in their organizations could actually potentially buy from you. As opposed to “yeah, I don’t do that.” And we’re just going to stand around and eat food and drink drinks and not get anything accomplished business-wise. That can happen. So I think it’s a good idea to say, okay, how far can I take those relationships? If they can refer me to the people in their organization who either could use help regarding what I do. Or if they could introduce me to somebody else that they know who could potentially use that sort of help, then you can get some sort of viral effects going. Jay: Yeah, I like that. I know you’ve also talked in the past about sending something to everybody who may be a potential customer. If you’re in the merchandising or print-on-demand business, sending them something with their logo or something like that, just so they’ve seen your name a couple of times. That can be a good start as well. Correct? David: It can, and when you’re doing something like that, some people say, “well, I don’t want to spend the money to do that.” But when you realize that your time is worth at least as much as anything that you might be sending to someone, it can really change your perspective. Some people are like, “well, I don’t want to spend 10 bucks and send somebody a promotional gift.” And you say, “Okay, well, are you going to spend three months of your life trying to figure out if this person is a good prospect for you?” What’s that worth? It’s worth a whole lot more than 10 bucks, probably. And so, if you can utilize something like that to get their attention, to get them engaged in conversation sooner, and to get them qualified in or out faster, it becomes worth a high multiple of whatever it is you would pay to send that out in the first place. Jay: Well, and also maybe you don’t send it to every potential customer. David: Right. Jay: Maybe you send out 10 a month, you know, five a month, whatever you can budget and just have that as part of your plan. So you don’t have to write this huge check that you can’t afford right up front. David: The other thing that something like that does, is it forces you to think about who it is that you’re reaching. Because you’re not going to want to do that with just anyone. And that’s actually a good thing. Because it forces you to think, okay, this is a large company. This is a person who probably makes the buying decisions here. This is somebody who’s worth a $10 investment to even have a conversation and get them qualified in or out. So I think it does a lot of good things in that regard. Jay: Yeah, I, love that idea. What else can I do as a business owner to focus on mastering the market? David: Well, I think if you really look at where you are currently spending your time, again, is it geographic? Is it within a particular industry? Are you spread out all over or do you have a nice, tightly concentrated group of clients in a particular area? If you do then to be able to spread out from there is easier. You can spread out closer to home, essentially, closer to where you’re already dominating. If you automatically jump to a new area, a new pond, you know, you want to be a big fish in a small pond or whatever. If you’re jumping from pond to pond, you’re not going to get the traction you’re probably looking for. So if you are established in a particular area, get as much business there as possible and then work to slowly spread out as close to that area as possible. If you are known in a number of different areas and you don’t have your business sort of consolidated, then explore which of those seems like the best opportunity for you. If you’re operating in a number of different industries, for example. So if you’re dealing with manufacturing companies and you’re dealing with non-profits. Okay, which one seems more receptive to my message? And then how can I work on cultivating and developing new clients within that particular one? And if you find out one’s working better than another, focus on that one and focus less on the one that’s not. So I think a lot of it is just about building from where you are and growing things from where you are. And once again, it’s the idea if you’re taking dots all over the place and I’m here and I’m here and I’m here, it’s going to be a lot harder than if you’re really building a core anywhere. So if you are in a number of places now, you can start building a core of business around the areas that you have. Again, whether it’s an industry or a geographic area, that’s going to allow you to start to dominate your area or mark your territory a lot better. Jay: Mmm. I think, again, this is such an important conversation, because like when I go on Google AdWords, the first option it gives me is do I want to advertise to the whole United States? And I’m like, well, yeah, that’s cool. I’d like the whole United States to use my product. But can you master that market? Can you get it to where a good portion of that market can know your name and who you are? The odds are probably not. But if you zero it down to your zip code or your general area, if that’s your type of product, then start there. Master that market and then expand. That’s one of the beauties of at least the online marketing tools that we have. We can be so specific. Maybe your market is not geographic. Maybe it’s age. Maybe… David: Right. Jay: …it’s profession. Maybe it’s something else. And these tools allow us to zero in on that. It’s so amazing. David: Yeah. And when you think about the idea of marketing to everyone, let’s say you start out a campaign. It could be Facebook, could be Google ads. Let’s say you’ve done some wide targeting where you’ve targeted the whole country or something like that. You can actually get a lot of good data from that as well. You could look at what are the leads that I got? Which leads were most valuable to me? And what do they have in common? And you may notice that they are, Hey, the bulk of these came from certain states. So then I might want to focus on those states. So it can work both ways. You can start in a particular area and spread out from there. You can test a lot of different areas and then hone in on the ones that are most responsive to you. Either of them will work. So it’s not like, well, there’s one way to do all this stuff. But the one thing that is critical to all of it, is identifying your area—identifying your territory. Focusing in on it and making sure that you become a known commodity in that area. So that people have the opportunity to choose you. Jay: Yeah. And take advantage of the analytics that come along with that type of digital advertising. You can learn some tremendous, tremendous things about who came to your site. What type of person actually closed the sale? The tools that we have at our fingertips are amazing, but I think people feel intimidated sometimes by them. So if you are, find somebody who can help you to interpret that data. Because if you can really identify your ideal customer, wow, can that help you in that sales funnel. David: Right. And if you’ve been in business for any length of time, you know the types of customers that you like. You know enough about them to be able to probably target a lookalike audience, as they refer to it in social media marketing terms, and test it out. See what works for you. But just make sure that you’re focused on one particular area, one particular market. You want to be the big fish in the small pond. And then, as you continue to grow, your pond gets bigger. And then you’re a big fish in a bigger pond. It just works. Jay: I love that mentality. Because everybody who starts a business wants to be a global, you know, dominating… David: Phenomenon! Jay: That’s right! From day one, you know, go on Shark Tank, or whatever, and be this unbelievable deal. But it’s just not very likely. You probably won’t be able to care for your customers the way that you need to. And it may overwhelm you. I mean, you may get so much business that you can’t handle it. And then that turns into a bunch of bad reviews and you’re wiped out, even though you had a great product. So kind of this slow, methodical process I think, David, is really important to talk about. David: yeah, I had a situation years ago. We did some postcard deck advertising. This was probably back in the nineties. Where there was this company that would send out a packet of physical postcards that would have different businesses in them. And they talked to me about this for a really long time. And I finally said, okay, I’m going to do this. And it was not inexpensive. It cost a lot of money. And they said, it’s going out to, I don’t know, it’s like a hundred, some thousand marketing directors and companies across the country. And I thought, okay, well, this should be good. And it was. They sent out the mailing and we got like 800 leads in a matter of a couple of weeks. We didn’t have the staff for it. We didn’t have the ability to keep up with it. We got some business out of it. It way more than paid for itself. But there are probably 750 people who didn’t hear from us because we just couldn’t keep up with it. So I think there’s a definite advantage to focusing on your small pond, growing that as much as possible so that you can establish some relationships that will allow you to grow further. Jay: I love it. Such great feedback. What a great story. How do people find out more? David: Okay, well, if you’re already an Inner Circle member log into the site, we’ll be discussing this topic all this week. If you’re not just, go to TopSecrets.com/ic for Inner Circle, that’s TopSecrets.com/ic and join the conversation. You can join for a month. You can join for a lifetime. If it makes sense for you, stick with it. If not say, Hey, this doesn’t work for me. But if you’re really serious about growing your business proactively, if you’re serious about identifying the markets that you want to reach and dominate and create an impression with, then I think this should be a no brainer for you. Jay: Yeah, I absolutely love it. David, thank you so much for your time. David: Thank you, Jay. Are You Ready to Start Ruling Your Territory? If so, check out the five primary ways we help promotional product distributors grow: Just Getting Started? If you (or someone on your team) is just getting started in promotional products sales, learn how we can help. Need Clients Now? If you're already grounded in the essentials of promotional product sales and just need to get clients now, click here. Want EQP/Preferential Pricing? Are you an established industry veteran doing a significant volume of sales? If so, click here to get End Quantity Pricing from many of the top supplier lines in the promo industry. 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Jed's journey with Stakes Manufacturing has been a wild ride, and he's busier than ever. Now 4 episodes into his new podcast Raising The Stakes and fresh off the release of his book INKclusivity, it's safe to say he isn't slowing down anytime soon.Topics of discussion include: travel, podcasting, building and selling a print-on-demand business in the music industry, brokering licensing deals, getting into on-demand apparel, the absolute insanity of 2020, bad investments, scaling to survive, embracing the chaos, INKclusivity, the positive impact of hiring employees with disabilities, incorporating new technologies, and dissecting Forrest Gump on a deeper level.

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Doug gets a lot of emails. A lot of them are scams trying to get him to pay to appear on other podcasts or hand over access to his social media. Recently, though, he found himself on a different kind of list: the one print-on-demand publishers use to spam podcasts with interview requests for their authors. So, for one week, Doug decided to say yes to every single one. Armed with whatever audiobooks he could listen to, the promotional blurbs, and—most importantly—the covers, Doug sat down with author after author and did his best to give each of them the thoughtful literary interview they deserved. This is Book By Its Cover. Video version will be made free over on Patreon. Consider subscribing for more video content. For free shipping on your order & 365-day returns go to https://www.Quince.com/STANHOPE  Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/STANHOPE & use code STANHOPE to get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! Thanks to our author guests: Matthew Cossolotto — Harness Your PromisePower: Change Your Life, Transform the World Ken Lloyd, Ph.D. — Performance Appraisals & Phrases For Dummies Nick Greenberg — Buried Treasure Daniel Cubillo — The Creative Mastermind Mind: From Roadrunner to Showrunner. How to Make It in Showbusiness and Content Creation Joel Steele — Life Switch: How to Experience the Power of Living ON by Discovering Your Potential, Passion, and Purpose J.P. McMurphy — Free Doug D. Earl Johnston — Choosing Emotions: Thinking With Your Head and Acting With Your Heart James Chesterton — Ashes of the Republic

Daniel is basically a print scientist. He's got a lab, he's constantly testing decoration methods on Stanley/Stella apparel, and he gets to make cool shit along the way. But more importantly, he's an advocate for printers, helping bridge the gap between the people making the garments and the decorators actually putting ink on them. Let's frickin get into this one already!Topics of discussion include: New drivers, Dylan's MASSIVE TV show opportunity, early printing days, testing print methods, big corporations getting into printing, getting folded by a press, joining Stanley/Stella, creating a garment from start to finish, 100% cotton heathers, imposter syndrome, helping decorators troubleshoot, the disconnect between manufacturers and decorators, why not all organic cotton is created equal, dischargeable garment dyes, the vibe shift between screen printing and print on demand, being present, and Kaiju.

I break down the Etsy AI disclosure mistake that can put your listings at risk and what sellers using AI artwork, print on demand, and digital downloads should review. Learn how to add an AI disclosure to your Etsy listing description, update older listings, and check your AI generator settings.  

In this episode, Lyndsay and Shannon discuss the realities of running a flower farm business. They cover weather challenges, including El Niño forecasts and strategies like high tunnels and soil steaming. Event planning for Dahlia Fest is explored, including flower wall construction and managing customer demand. The conversation touches on merchandising using print-on-demand services, bouquet wrapping techniques, and whether to specialize or diversify flower offerings. They emphasize that success requires consistent hard work, with no shortcuts. Upcoming podcast content on public relations and business tools like HoneyBook is also previewed, offering listeners practical guidance for growing their flower farming businesses..Be in the know for DirtCon 2027 and learn more by listening to this episode- EP 299: Inside DirtCon 2027If you want to dive in deeper with us each month, join our membership group - The Dirt on Flowers Insiders! So if you love the podcast and want to dig deeper with us, head over to www.thedirtonflowers.com/membership to join now.Did you love today's episode?Take a screenshot and share it in your IG stories. Don't forget to tag @dirtonflowers!Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!Head to www.thedirtonflowers.com to sign up for our newsletter and become a Dirt on Flowers insider!Want to learn more about your hosts? Follow us on Instagram!Lyndsay @wildroot_flowercoShannon @bloomhillfarm

Bloody hell it's a big one listeners. There's a lot to go through. We are only scratching the surface. Mr. Insider alongside John Ferguson and Liam Mendes have unearthed new details about who may or may not have been harbouring Dezi Freeman after he murdered two police that were executing a search warrant in relation to alleged child sex offences. A few pseudolegal sovcits are going to be even more paranoid than usual. March for Australia was a raging success. Don't believe your lying eyes, it was massive. Just ask Nepo Nazi Hugo Lennon and the Neo-Nazi Newspaper 'the noticer' - it was massive bro just trust me. Bird flu is reaching new heights of stupidity with penguin death panels meeting to plot the murder of little gay penguins across our great land. Follow the money! It's a conspiracy! They can't say no! TVL approaches Michaelia Cash at the Secret Harbour by-election (where TVL was a candidate) and puts herself forward as Governor-General. We play the clip. It's kinda funny but mostly sad. AND Chris sends us a lead on SignalSandra - an antivax scammer who is promising to submit vaccination certificates to medicare for a price. But it looks like it's just a scam. But hey, if you want a testimonial to the success of the proposition just ask Sandra - she reckons it worked really well.And Zippy Babet, who is an idiot, launches a print on demand merch line where a $100 gift card is an absolute bargain at $141.69 - staunch pricing from a staunch patriot. Enjoy!

Flosstradamus and Underbelly talk about the rapidly changing world of music production, AI, and new tools for Ableton Live. They break down AI-assisted workflows, Ableton extensions, stem separation, BeatSpark, workflow automation, and how producers can use new technology to work faster while staying creative.Curt Cameruci, aka Flosstradamus, is a DJ and producer who helped pioneer EDM trap by combining Southern hip-hop with high-energy dance music. With more than 20 years in music, over 500 million streams, major festival appearances, collaborations with Post Malone, Lil Jon, and Diplo, and his work with Rubin, an AI and music technology company, Curt continues to explore the intersection of music, technology, and creativity.Tim Linetsky, aka Underbelly, is an Ableton Certified Trainer and the creator of the You Suck at Producing YouTube channel, which has more than 400K subscribers. Tim shares his approach to music production and education while building BeatSpark, an interactive learning platform designed to help producers learn directly inside Ableton. The conversation also covers their collaboration “Home,” stem separation, AI music tools, and ways producers can experiment with technology to develop new workflows.Follow Flosstradamus:https://www.instagram.com/flosstradamushttps://flosstradamus.ai/Follow Underbelly:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCapo4XcpVOlTLkbKIDL0WlAhttps://www.instagram.com/underbellybeatshttps://www.instagram.com/beatsparkapp/Sponsored by DistroKid:This episode is supported by DistroKid, which lets you upload once, get your tracks on all major platforms, and keep 100% of your streaming earnings. Their new DistroKid Direct feature also turns your artwork into print‑on‑demand merch like t‑shirts, mugs, and totes with no inventory to manage. Learn more below:⁠⁠⁠https://tr.ee/distrokid-ableton Grab limited-edition Producer Merch & save 10% with the code "podcast":https://www.abletonpodcast.com/merchJoin the newsletter to get free downloads, early episode access, and upcoming events.https://www.abletonpodcast.com/newsletter

Jake Moshel built Apexsendco from cold Instagram DMs and print-on-demand into a profitable, niche e-commerce brand at 14 before selling it through ⁠⁠⁠Acquire.com⁠⁠⁠ at 16.Instead of chasing a massive audience, Jake focused entirely on mountain bikers, creating custom phone cases for specific bike models. With operations running on autopilot, he built a simple, sellable business that closed in just two weeks once the right buyer showed up.In this episode, Jake shares how he found product-market fit with zero ad budget, why he chose to exit to build in B2B SaaS, and what founders can learn from preparing a data room for a quick close.You'll hear:How niche validation via Instagram DMs created early cash flowWhy running an automated print-on-demand store made the exit simpleWhat happened during the two-week due diligence and escrow process3 Lessons from Apexsendco:Micro-Niches Lower Acquisition Costs: Speaking directly to a passionate subculture beats broad marketing when starting from scratch.Clean Data Rooms Speed Deals: Having metrics, assets, and business descriptions organized beforehand made closing effortless.Patience Leads to Better Buyers: Waiting for a buyer aligned with the niche meant an immediate offer and zero deal friction.For founders, this episode shows that a business doesn't need to be venture-scale to create real liquidity when lean systems and clear focus are in place.Follow the Guest:⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠ (Twitter)⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠Novix AI⁠ ⁠

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Thinking about adding physical products to your business? Before you order inventory or open a Shopify store, there are three questions you need to answer honestly, and most people skip straight past the first one.In this episode Kimberly shares the news that she's adding an online gift boutique to She's Just Getting Started, and walks you through the exact decision process she used to get there.She's been in the product world since 2003, when she launched her first online boutique and ran two stores until 2019. So this is not theory. She gets into the part nobody warns you about, and how she's structuring this new boutique so she barely touches a box.The boutique opens September 14 for early birds and September 16 for everyone else. Gifts for the woman who's starting or building something, and for everyone cheering her on.-------------------------------------⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Episode SummaryIn this episode, Pete and Tyler compare a decade of print publisher stories, starting with a recent closure that came down to debt from an old acquisition, not readers.They walk through three publishers who each handled the print decision differently: Brew Your Own and Winemaker, Track & Field News, and My Villager. Then they get into the fix that matters most once print goes away, the registration wall, and why your print archive belongs on the web as real HTML, not a flipbook.What You'll LearnOne or two local newspapers close in the US every week. The closure Pete and Tyler discuss this episode came down to debt from an old acquisition, not a lack of readers.Public notices (probate filings, court orders, anything states mandate be published) are why a lot of small papers still print. Qualifying takes twelve straight months of print publication, and the rules differ by state.The New York Times' circulation is about 4% print today. That 4% is loyal and pays well for it, which is a big part of why the print edition still makes sense.Print isn't winning new subscribers anywhere Pete and Tyler have seen. It retains an aging base while digital is where the growth happens.Design-driven, lean-back magazines (fishing, boating, hobbyist niches) can make print the actual product. Transactional, lean-in news content generally can't.Brew Your Own and Winemaker went cold turkey on print and rebuilt their readership within a year.Track & Field News dropped print for nine months, lost half its older readers who wouldn't log in, then relaunched print-on-demand at close to five times the original price.My Villager flipped its free weekly in Saint Paul to paid print and paid digital and grew from there.The registration wall converts 2x to 7x more email signups than a standard newsletter opt-in (3.2 to 6.7% versus 0.9%, across nine publishers on the same tool).Get your print archive onto the web as real HTML articles, not flipbooks. Modern Drummer doubled its site traffic in a year just by publishing one new issue and one archive issue online each month.Resources MentionedLeaky Paywall: publisher's AI survival guide, referenced for the registration wall and email growth numbersPublisher's AI Survival Guide: the free 65-page guide Pete mentions on the show, pops up on the Leaky Paywall homepageReissue: turns print PDF archives into web-ready WordPress postsReal 3D Flipbook: the WordPress plugin Pete and Tyler recommend for digital flipbook editions

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The PRINTING United Expo Power Hour turns its focus to apparel, promotional products, and branded merchandise, with a conversation about convergence, community, education, supply chain challenges, new revenue opportunities, and how printers can expand the products and services they offer customers. Deborah Corn and co-host Ashley Roberts are joined by Cassie Green to discuss the apparel decorating community, opportunities for printers moving into apparel, and the hands-on education, technology, techniques, and applications attendees can experience in the Apparel Zone at PRINTING United Expo. Andy Cohen shares how the ASI Pavilion at PRINTING United Expo brings print and promotional products together, giving printers an opportunity to connect with promotional product suppliers, explore branded merchandise, and learn how they can expand existing customer relationships by offering more of the products their customers are already buying. Denise Gustavson highlights PRINTING United Expo education focused on apparel and promotional products, including direct-to-film printing, print-on-demand, margins, industry research, emerging promotional product categories, and opportunities for printers looking to generate additional revenue. Joshua Carruth, EVP, Expositions at PRINTING United Alliance, closes out the Power Hour with a look at convergence across print, apparel, promo, packaging, wide format, and other segments, and why the connections made at PRINTING United Expo can create new opportunities for attendees. Guests and Resources PRINTING United Expo https://www.printingunited.com/ Ashley Roberts, Content Director, Printing Impressions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-roberts-a9148465/ Printing Impressions: https://www.piworld.com/ Cassie Green, Content Director, Apparelist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassiegreen/ Apparelist: https://www.apparelist.com/ Andy Cohen, Senior Vice President of Events, Media and Marketing Services, Advertising Specialty Institute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-cohen-6b48a740/ Advertising Specialty Institute: https://asicentral.com/ Denise Gustavson, Vice President of Editorial & Content Strategy, PRINTING United Alliance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisemgustavson PRINTING United Alliance: https://www.printing.org/ Joshua Carruth, EVP, Expositions, PRINTING United Alliance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuacarruth PRINTING United Alliance: https://www.printing.org/ Deborah Corn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/ Print Media Centr: https://printmediacentr.com/ Explore The Printerverse: https://linktr.ee/PrintMediaCentr EXPO LONG AND PROSPER!

The PRINTING United Expo Power Hour turns its focus to wide format printing, with a conversation about technology, applications, education, print-on-demand, branded merchandise, and how printers can identify opportunities that make sense for their businesses. Deborah Corn and co-host Ashley Roberts are joined by Dan Marx to discuss the evolution and expansion of wide format printing, the technologies and applications creating opportunities for print providers, and why the product you want to produce should help determine the equipment you invest in. Denise Gustavson shares how PRINTING United Expo education is developed, how attendees can identify sessions that address their specific business challenges, and why asking the right questions can help printers get more value from educational sessions and conversations on the show floor. Rusty Pepper brings his print-on-demand perspective to the conversation, discussing opportunities across print, promo, apparel, imaging, and branded merchandise, along with the importance of experiences and activations that create value for customers. Joshua Carruth, EVP, Expositions at PRINTING United Alliance, closes out the Power Hour with a preview of the wide format presence at PRINTING United Expo and how the show floor is designed to make it easier to connect, explore, and discover opportunities for your business. Guests and Resources PRINTING United Expo https://www.printingunited.com/ Ashley Roberts, Content Director, Printing Impressions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-roberts-a9148465/ Printing Impressions: https://www.piworld.com/ Dan Marx, Content Director, Wide-Format Impressions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-marx-99ab042/ Wide-Format Impressions: https://www.wideformatimpressions.com/ Denise Gustavson, Vice President of Editorial & Content Strategy, PRINTING United Alliance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisemgustavson PRINTING United Alliance: https://www.printing.org/ Rusty Pepper, Head of Global Markets & Partnerships, Taylor Corporation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rustypepper Taylor Corporation: https://www.taylor.com/ Joshua Carruth, EVP, Expositions, PRINTING United Alliance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuacarruth PRINTING United Alliance: https://www.printing.org/ Deborah Corn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/ Print Media Centr: https://printmediacentr.com/ Explore The Printerverse: https://linktr.ee/PrintMediaCentr EXPO LONG AND PROSPER!

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Catheryn had a prayer journal idea she literally sketched out on paper before she ever touched a design program. Here's how she went from that sketch to a successful Kickstarter — and what she learned about faith, fear, and following through. Today I am sitting down with Catheryn, founder of Heartfelt Pages and Print School alumni. In this episode of the Dream Printing Podcast, Catheryn shares the story behind A Letter to God — a lined vegan leather prayer journal built around the simple format of Dear God to In Jesus' Name, Amen — and how eight years of personal journaling became a published product. You'll hear why Catheryn chose a Kickstarter to fund her first print run (and the faith conviction behind that decision), what the difference between print on demand and working with a quality manufacturer actually felt like in her hands, and the mindset shifts she had to work through around pricing, marketing, and putting herself out there. Her reminder that faith is an action verb is one you'll want to write down. Shop A Letter to God at heartfeltpages.com About me: I am Polly Payne, the CEO and founder of Horacio Printing. I have sold more than 60,000 Dream Planners around the world along with bible studies and journals. I now help other dreamers do the same, which is why I created Print School. Have a question? Drop it below — I read every comment. YOUR NEXT STEPS: ✨ Take My 5-Day Print Challenge: https://www.dreamprinting.co/challenge

Inventory may appear as an asset on the balance sheet, but when products sit unsold, they can quietly drain the cash a business needs to operate and grow.In this episode of It's The Bottom Line That Matters, Jennifer R. Glass and Patricia Reszetylo examine the financial and operational consequences of carrying too much inventory, purchasing too little, or misjudging what customers will actually buy.They discuss how excess inventory traps working capital, while stockouts can lead to missed sales and frustrated customers. Through examples involving restaurants, retail products, handmade jewelry, books, dropshipping, and print-on-demand, Jennifer and Patricia explore how business owners can make more informed purchasing and demand-planning decisions.The conversation also covers:How reservations, seasonality, weather, and customer behavior can help forecast demandWhy inventory decisions should be based on market demand rather than personal preferenceHow pricing can influence perceived value and purchasing behaviorOptions for moving products that are not selling as expectedThe financial risk created when anticipated revenue never arrivesWhether you operate a restaurant, retail store, online business, or product-based company, this episode will help you think more carefully about how much cash is tied up in inventory, how long it remains there, and whether that inventory is truly supporting your bottom line.

‼️ Join the 5-Day Print Your Thing Challenge, September 14-18 at https://www.dreamprinting.co/print — use code YOUTUBE10 to get $30 off your VIP ticket (only $7). Pssss: I said it incorrectly in the video, you are actually getting $30 OFF! :) WOO HOO! Today I am teaching you the five most common mistakes new planner makers make. In this episode of the Dream Printing Podcast, Polly walks through each mistake she sees again and again from new creators entering the luxury paper product space — including ones she made herself when starting Horatio Printing in 2014.   You'll learn why skipping your audience definition kills the product before it launches, why print on demand is a trap for anyone trying to build a profitable brand, how to price your product using the right cost of goods formula, what separates intentional design from cheap design, and why August is already too late to launch a 2027 dated planner. Whether you're just starting out or you've already hit one of these walls, this episode gives you the clarity to course-correct before it costs you. About me: I am Polly Payne, the CEO and founder of Horacio Printing. I have sold more than 60,000 Dream Planners around the world along with bible studies and journals. I now help other dreamers do the same, which is why I created Print School. Have a question? Drop it below — I read every comment. YOUR NEXT STEPS: ✨ Take My 5-Day Print Challenge: https://www.dreamprinting.co/challenge

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The last time Justin Bausch was on the show, in May 2024, he was leading CRM at Ryderwear and AI meant product recommendations. He's back as a founder, this time with his partner Felisha Mina, and everything has changed. In a year he's grown Style My Wall to seven figures, and he's built his own AI platform to run the whole thing.Style My Wall started as a Facebook Marketplace side hustle selling art while Justin still had his day job. He turned it into a print-on-demand ecommerce business, kept everything in-house, poured the agency savings into profitable ad spend, and went from one employee (his nephew) to 22 in two years. Then he built the tool that runs it: an AI platform, made with Claude Code, that manages his Meta and Google ads on autopilot, scans inventory, runs customer service through Gorgias, and updates shipping windows across Shopify and Klaviyo when dispatch blows out.We get into how he built it, why he thinks most small businesses don't need a paid media agency, the Mattel deal that came from founder-led content, and how he and Felisha Mina now help other small businesses do the same through their agency InHaus Digital.In this episode:Keep it in-house and reinvest the savings into profitable ad spend, which is what took Style My Wall to seven figures in year oneSmall businesses spending under a few grand a day on ads often don't need a paid media agency, they need to understand their own marginsBuild AI into the whole process chain, not just one-off tasks, but roll it out in stages and never straight to autopilotConnect with Justin Bausch and Felisha Mina Explore Style My Wall and InHaus DigitalSubscribe to the Add To Cart newsletter  SMS us to Suggest a Guest Connect with Nathan Bush Join the Add To Cart Community 

It's time to look at your business and ensure you are offering what people want to pay for - and how they want to receive it.  Today we're talking about ways you can offer your products and services to stay relevant in 2026 and 2027 to increase your sales.

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Jamie spent over 20 years in corporate America, including a stint as a Nike executive, before a barbecue accident changed everything. Hosting friends and family in Park City after a near-perfect day outdoors, he tripped and sent a tray of drinks flying over everyone. That clumsy moment sparked two ideas at once: a better, genuinely leak-proof product, and a brand built around the outdoor-lifestyle-and-moments-of-pause philosophy he and his wife Michelle wanted to live by. He funded SMMT Outdoor entirely himself, went all in from day one, and spent nearly two years and 50 prototypes getting the product right. In this episode, Jamie is refreshingly honest about the unglamorous middle of the journey - the weeks with one or two orders, the pivot away from the category he launched in, the agency burns, and what it actually feels like to go from leading teams of teams at a billion-dollar company to being a solo operator with one contractor. What you'll learn in this interview: The barbecue accident that sparked the whole brand - and why Jamie built SMMT around an emotional "active days and moments of pause" philosophy, not just a product spec Why he launched in bags first, then pivoted to drinkware after 18 months and 50 prototypes - and how that detour taught him the business he actually needed to learn The reality of the early days: weeks with one or two orders, days of "crickets," and the humbling gap between corporate experience and blank-page entrepreneurship Why he chose to bootstrap with only family capital - keeping the cap table simple, feeling the pain of his own money, and buying himself the freedom to make long-term decisions The "rocking chair test" he uses for big life and business decisions - fast-forwarding to age 80 and asking what he'd regret not doing Why he deliberately built for a sustainable family business rather than a unicorn - and his case for why a $10-20M brand is a huge win nobody talks about enough The Thanksgiving dinner spent refreshing Shopify to see if the drinkware launch would work - and why 25 sales on day one felt enormous The exact equation he obsessed over instead of chasing revenue: customer lifetime value over CAC - and why he attacked the numerator first through bundles, pairs, and a 980-unit limited edition program How a $15 personalisation upsell, print-on-demand art drops, and a rethought checkout experience quietly built margin and average order value The hard-won mindset lessons: entrepreneurship isn't linear, most businesses fail from lack of conviction or poor cashflow rather than bad ideas, and "cortisol management" is a real barometer of startup life If you're a corporate operator wondering whether your experience actually translates to building something of your own - or you're bootstrapping slowly and quietly, doubling year over year without the meteoric rise - this episode is for you. Jamie's story is a grounded reminder that deep patience, obsessing the right numbers, and genuinely loving the problem you're solving matter far more than a fast start. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend with the code FOUNDR50. Just head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started. WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/operators⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH BY JAMIE PARKER Instagram →⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/smmtoutdoor/ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-parker-77b2639/ Website →⁠ ⁠https://smmtoutdoor.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast⁠

Adam Russell of Story Of The Year joins the Ableton Podcast to talk about songwriting and production and what has kept the band together. Adam breaks down thAbleton Live touring setup, including Able Set, MIDI routing, redundant playback rigs, live troubleshooting, and how they manage their massive catalog on the road.Adam Russell is the bassist and co-founding member of Story Of The Year, the St. Louis rock band that helped define the 2000s post-hardcore and alt-rock scene. The band's landmark 2003 album Page Avenue went Gold and featured "Until The Day I Die" and "Anthem of Our Dying Day." Story Of The Year released their seventh studio album, A.R.S.O.N., in February 2026, and continue touring with their Camp Screamo co-headlining tour with Silverstein. Adam also hosts the Star Wars podcast Thank The Maker with William Ryan Key, Nick Ghanbarian, and Mike Forester.Follow Adam:Russell:https://www.instagram.com/adamtheskull/https://www.instagram.com/storyoftheyear/https://x.com/StoryoftheYearhttps://www.facebook.com/storyoftheyearSponsored by DistroKid:This episode is supported by DistroKid, which lets you upload once, get your tracks on all major platforms, and keep 100% of your streaming earnings. Their new DistroKid Direct feature also turns your artwork into print‑on‑demand merch like t‑shirts, mugs, and totes with no inventory to manage. Learn more below:⁠⁠https://tr.ee/distrokid-ableton Ableton Merch - Save 10% with the code "podcast":https://www.abletonpodcast.com/merchJoin the newsletter to get free downloads, early episode access, and upcoming events.https://www.abletonpodcast.com/newsletter

Matty Dalrymple talks with Kris Austin about WHAT DRAFT2DIGITAL'S NEW FEES MEAN FOR INDIE AUTHORS, including how the new $20 activation fee and $12 annual maintenance fee are designed to break the business model of scammers and bad actors; why AI-generated spam pushed Draft2Digital and retailers to act; why Amazon distribution is now invite-only; how print-on-demand change tokens and the 90-day rule work; why the maintenance fee is waived for authors earning over $100 a year; and the new Bookshop.org partnership that lets indie bookstores sell indie ebooks. Interview video at https://tinyurl.com/TIA349YT Show notes at https://theindyauthor.substack.com/ (subscribers get exclusive content and benefits) If you find the information in this episode useful, please consider supporting The Indy Author! https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple https://www.patreon.com/theindyauthor https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattydalrymple https://theindyauthor.substack.com/ Kris Austin is the co-founder and CEO of Draft2Digital, one of the world's largest digital publishing and distribution platforms for self-published authors and independent publishers. Since its founding in 2012, Draft2Digital has grown to support over 300,000 authors from around the globe who have collectively released over 1 million titles. Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. More at mattydalrymple.com. Matty also writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage, and shares what she's learned on THE INDY AUTHOR PODCAST. She writes nonfiction books for authors; her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest magazine; and she is a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. More at theindyauthor.com. She also guides professionals in building their presence through a sideline or second act through her platform From Expertise to Authority. More at theindyauthor.com/authority.

How did an Amazon seller help scale a brand from $1M to over $10M a month? Learn the Shopify, Meta, Amazon PPC, creative, and product launch strategies behind the explosive growth worldwide.   ► Watch The Podcasts On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Helium10SeriousSellersPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ► 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   What does it take to go from building a steady Amazon business to helping scale a brand past $10 million in a single month? In this episode, Bradley Sutton travels to Tallinn, Estonia to catch up with Ranno Tasane, the entrepreneur behind Jungle Powders and a partner in Spot Minders. Ranno shares how his journey started with print-on-demand before moving into Amazon FBA, where Jungle Powders eventually grew into a multimillion-dollar brand despite expensive sourcing and increasing competition. But the biggest story is Spot Minders. The Apple Find My-certified tracking brand began on Shopify before Ranno joined the team to lead the Amazon side of the business. One of the biggest factors behind its explosive growth has been speed and creative volume. The team produces around 150 unique creatives every week, then tests multiple hooks and angles for each one—resulting in roughly 600 to 700 ad uploads per week. That relentless testing helped the company go from its first $1 million month to its first $10+ million month roughly a year later. Ranno also breaks down how Shopify, Meta, and Amazon work together instead of competing against each other. Globally, Shopify accounts for the majority of Spot Minders' sales, while the demand generated through Meta advertising creates spillover traffic and branded searches on Amazon. Their Amazon strategy includes aggressively defending branded keywords, bidding heavily on major terms such as wallet trackers, and sometimes accepting break-even or even unprofitable PPC when winning the placement benefits the larger business. New products are also launched on Shopify first and typically tested for two to three months before inventory is sent to Amazon. Perhaps the biggest lesson from Ranno's journey isn't a specific PPC tactic or advertising hack—it's the mindset behind the growth. He credits much of Spot Minders' success to working with partners who think just as big, or bigger, than he does. After reaching $1 million a month, the team's response wasn't to celebrate the finish line; it was to start talking about $10 million, then $30 million or $40 million. For Amazon sellers who have spent years mastering the marketplace, this episode is a reminder that the next level of growth may come from looking beyond Amazon, testing faster, surrounding yourself with ambitious people, and refusing to put an artificial ceiling on what's possible. In episode 761 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley and Ranno discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 02:05 - Ranno's E-Commerce Journey Begins 05:10 - Growing Jungle Powders On Amazon 07:17 - Competing With Unique Local Products 11:20 - How Spot Minders Got Started 13:50 - Reaching A $10M Revenue Month 16:12 - Producing Hundreds Of Weekly Ad Creatives 17:45 - Shopify Versus Amazon Sales Breakdown 18:32 - Balancing Amazon And Shopify Profitability 22:46 - Aggressively Dominating Amazon PPC Keywords 25:18 - Launching On Shopify Before Amazon 30:01 - Why Your Business Partners Matter 31:45 - Thinking Beyond The Amazon Ecosystem

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In this episode, the panel analyzes a profitable 30-year-old book bindery, debating whether its valuable equipment, repeat customers, and niche market outweigh the long-term risks facing the printing industry.Business Listing – https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/profitable-book-bindery-fully-staffed-with-strong-repeat-business/2519816/Welcome to Acquisitions Anonymous – the #1 podcast for small business M&A. Every week, we break down businesses for sale and talk about buying, operating, and growing them.Looking to build a professional website in minutes? Try Wix: https://wix.pxf.io/c/6898629/3115214/25616?trafcat=templateHubSpot is the backbone for how businesses scale without chaos. Try them out here: https://go.try-hubspot.com/OeG9VrSubscribe for more episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquisitionsAnonymousPodcast?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.acquanon.com/newsletter

#1016 What if the secret to spotting the next big Etsy trend — before your competitors even notice it — was sitting inside a chat window the whole time? In part 2 of this two-part episode, Christina Umerez returns to go even deeper into her AI-powered print-on-demand playbook, revealing how she uses Claude to spot rising trends (yes, the "goose" and "raccoon" crazes are real), generate dozens of fresh design prompts from Etsy bestseller research, and turn those into finished designs through Kittl's AI image tools. She also breaks down how she uses Claude as a strategist and coach — auditing her Facebook ad campaigns, building out email marketing calendars in her own brand voice, and even helping her figure out what to delegate to her VA next. Christina gets candid about the reality of copycats in the print-on-demand space, shares how AI has roughly doubled her output while cutting her workday down to just two to three hours, and explains why she's using her newfound time freedom to launch a second Shopify store this year! What we discuss with Christina: + Using Etsy bestseller research to spot trends + Generating AI image prompts with Claude + Turning prompts into designs via Kittl + Trend example: geese and raccoons + Weekly AI-generated trend reports + Applying broad trends to niche products + Dealing with copycats on Etsy/Shopify + Using Claude to write email campaigns + Auditing Facebook ads with Claude + Doubling output, cutting workday to 2-3 hours Thank you, Christina! Check out Part 1 of this episode. Check out CUOnline at ⁠CUOnline.ca⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠YouTube⁠. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#1015 Ever wonder what it takes to run a $2 million+ Etsy and Shopify empire while working just two to three hours a day? In part 1 of this two-part episode, Christina Umerez of CUOnline joins us to break down how she built a location-independent print-on-demand business — and how she's using Claude AI to automate the tedious parts that used to eat up her entire day. Christina walks through her journey from hand-drawn pet portraits on Etsy back in 2020 to scaling two separate seven-figure storefronts, and dives deep into how she's using Claude's MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations to handle customer service drafts straight from her Gmail and auto-generate SEO — titles, descriptions, tags, and more — for every new product she lists. She shares real numbers on the time she's saved (cutting her VA's customer service hours nearly in half), what it costs to get started, and practical tips for anyone looking to buy back their time with AI! What we discuss with Christina: + Building a $2M+ Etsy store via print-on-demand + Scaling a second Shopify store to $2M+ + How print-on-demand works (Printify, no inventory) + Testing niches with 10 designs each + Working just 2-3 hours a day + Using Claude MCPs for Gmail customer service drafts + Auto-generating SEO for Shopify listings + Claude subscription costs ($20 vs Max plan) + Cutting VA customer service hours in half + Re-prompting Claude to refine its responses over time Thank you, Christina! Check out Part 2 of this episode. Check out CUOnline at CUOnline.ca. Follow Christina on YouTube. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're finally sharing a huge announcement we've been keeping under wraps, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by talking all things Print-on-Demand. We cover the biggest beginner questions, common misconceptions, product ideas, niche research, and what it really takes to build a successful POD shop on Etsy in 2026.  **"How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy" is not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy.com    STUFF I MENTIONED:  ➡️ Interested in POD Beginner Cohort with Jenny and Lizzie: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/interested-in-POD-cohort   ⭐Join us in Scaling Society for POD month: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/scaling-society Use code JENNY50 to save $50 on your first month   Jenny's Print on Demand course is joining the Scaling Society resource library on Aug 1, 2026. (It will be available on the howtosellyourstuff.com website soon as well!)   ⭐Profittree Link (lifetime access $67):  https://lifetime.profittree.io/?via=lizzie87 Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO7Ra18ZPTw&t=1s ⭐Everbee (free account): https://www.everbee.io/?via=lizzie Tutorial: https://youtu.be/MucPFkvC8sk?si=iyaD0RbMbIp3echw ⭐Jenny's POD setup video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEHy_Gkipco  ⭐My first ever episode with Jenny– POD basics (ep 25): https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/blog/passive-income-with-print-on-demand    FIND JENNY: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JennyFromTheShopp Instagram: (@itsjennyfromtheshopp): https://www.instagram.com/itsjennyfromtheshopp/ TikTok: (@jennyfromtheshopp): https://www.tiktok.com/@jennyfromtheshopp    HOW I HELP ETSY SELLERS GROW: ⭐Scaling Society: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/scaling-society ⭐"How to Blow Up Your Etsy Shop" free training: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/interested-in-blow-up-shop  ⭐Trendspotting: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/trendspotting ----------------------