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Forum: Social Media 3rd May 2017, 12:49 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 197
Posted By smartsites
Re: Gaining Facebook Page Likes With Ads?

They didn't remove them they just moved them under engagement. I would recommend you find a viral video and run ads and then everyone who likes the video you can invite them to like your page. We...
Forum: Social Media 27th March 2017, 03:01 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 354
Posted By smartsites
Re: Has anyone had great success with Facebook Ads for Local Businesses?

The best thing to do is to offer your first campaign free minus the ad spend. So you tell the business owner I will run your campaign for free and you just pay for the ads. If I show you results you...
Forum: Pay Per Click/Search Engine Marketing (PPC/SEM) 27th March 2017, 02:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 418
Posted By smartsites
Re: FB Ads not working for my audience...

You need a Facebook page to run ads but it doesn't even need content to run an ad. I would recommend $5/day test just as others have said. You need to test test test. Start with a Clicks To Website...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 10th January 2017, 08:13 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

This has not happened to me yet but I have heard of it happening. It happens usually when you are selling something that is trademarked. There are a lot of trademark items being sold on Aliexpress...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 10th December 2016, 10:15 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Look up flex targeting. You can target parents who are also firefighters.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 10th December 2016, 09:15 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

What tou could do is target the kids of occupation and say buy this for your mm or dad? Do you have a proud firefighter mom? Get her this shirt! You could also target parents who also like...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 30th October 2016, 03:14 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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RE: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Printful is good buy pretty expensive compared to Gear Bubble. Again it's all about testing. You need to analyze your data and figure out who your buyers are. Don't get stuck on your design. It may...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th October 2016, 09:45 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Yes that is correct.

I would start with mugs but if you have the budget you could also test hoodies first.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 26th October 2016, 09:48 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

So there are a lot of places you can find design ideas. Here are some ways I find ideas.

1. I'll do a search in Facebook for niche shirt. Then click photos and look for designs with a lot of...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 23rd October 2016, 12:30 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 15,589
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Re: Teespring - Use PPE or WC for Facebook Ads Campaign

Here is the problem. Everybody's ads account acts differently. Different niches behave differently as well. There is no way to know what works best unless you test it. I fell into this trap, buying...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 20th October 2016, 09:29 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

No that means Facebook will look for people who are most likely to convert. PPE is looking for people who like and share, WC is looking for people who buy. There is also clicks to website which you...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 6th October 2016, 08:35 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

There are a few ways but the main way is via Facebook ads. Create a fan page and post your shirt on it. Then run a small $2/day PPE ad to it to see if anyone engages with it. I would do something...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 6th October 2016, 05:09 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

1. Teespring is still very good and I know a lot of people that use them. I just didn't have good luck with them recently. Viralstyle and Represent are both really good platforms as well. Try them...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 6th October 2016, 05:01 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Targeting is all about the niche. Also you don't have much time to sell Halloween. I think the 18th is when most print on demand stores say is the deadline for people to get their shirts in time. So...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 3rd October 2016, 12:35 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

I don't really recommend a multi-niche store but if you are going to do this there are services that can segment out your email list. The are very pricey so I'm not sure how many sales you are doing...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 27th September 2016, 10:28 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Well I think you are talking about the 20% text rule. This is only for your ad and has nothing to do with the wording on the shirt itself. Sometimes Facebook will mistake the words in your shirt for...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 23rd September 2016, 06:18 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
RE: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

There is no best niche. It just depends on how well you know the audience and if you can put something in front of them that you know they will need or want. Make sure they are passionate and engage...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 23rd September 2016, 06:12 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
RE: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

There will always be people who need to learn and who will pay to shorten there learning curve. Tell me what makes more sense if you have the knowledge and ability to create a course one time and...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 9th September 2016, 12:42 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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RE: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

GearBubble allows this on shirts and mugs. CustomCat is coming out with it for shopfiy but they don't have it yet.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 25th August 2016, 12:35 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Yes product testing is the same whether it's a tshirt or a physical product.
PPE cost can be $5 or it can be $25 or even $50. The best rule to follow is spend no more than 25 bucks to see if you...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 24th August 2016, 10:18 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

I would test from the beginning so I can find what's working or not working faster. I would run a PPE ad as well as a Website Conversion ad. I would also test a broad audience and a targeted precise...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 23rd August 2016, 11:48 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Like I have said it's all about testing. You need to test products and find your winner. You also need to make sure you are targeting the right audience for those products that you are testing. If...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 23rd August 2016, 08:51 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Ask Me Anything. My knowledge will save you time.

Yes you can make money with gearbubble. The key is you audience and your design. You have to test till you find a winner. Sometimes you may find it quick and sometimes not.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 22nd August 2016, 11:25 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Ask Me Anything. My knowledge will save you time.

Well the traffic comes from Facebook by running ads to individual products. Once they come to your site they will see other products that you offer. That's why it's important to have a niche based...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 22nd August 2016, 11:20 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Well it comes down to time, money and knowledge. It's much easier to start on a platform like Teepsring or Gear Bubble then graduate to Shopify and build your own brand. Building a brand takes a lot...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 22nd August 2016, 11:17 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

I would recommend clickfunnels.com I'm not sure of any courses on this but I believe they have their own training. You can also google click funnels and I'm sure you can find plenty of info about it....
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 21st August 2016, 01:10 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Teespring has an affiliate program but it's limited. Gearbubble has a pretty good affiliate program too.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 20th August 2016, 07:30 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Well here is my thought on that. If you have a niche related store then all you branding will be the same from the ad to the purchase. You also have chances for people to browse your store and find...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 20th August 2016, 07:22 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Of course you can make a good income with Shopify. But again it comes with a lot of testing to find those winning products. I have known people to find a winning product very quickly and others take...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 20th August 2016, 07:16 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

I recommend you start with something you are passionate about. You will have an advantage because you will already know the lingo, etc. But if you don't want to start that way here is a list of the...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 05:54 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Yes it's possible. The key is to find some winners and then scale those winners. Test 3-5 new products per day and make sure you build your custom audience so you can do retargeting. I would stick...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 01:01 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
Posted By smartsites
Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

I'm currently using GearBubble now because they have much better pricing on Mugs but Teespring is awesome too.

Realistically here is how it goes...

So this game is all about testing. You have...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 11:40 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Ask Me Anything. My knowledge will save you time.

Welcome to the Forum :)

Well first of all you want to find out if your audience is on Facebook. You do that by going to Audience Insights. You can access audience insights once your Facebook ads...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 07:10 AM
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Views: 18,146
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Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 06:18 AM
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Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Ask Me Anything. My knowledge will save you time.

There are a few things you can do for this. First of all I recommend Shopify because you can get an app called Shopifed App which helps you bring in products from Aliexpress with the click of a...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th August 2016, 06:09 AM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Re: Spent Thousands On Courses - Ask Me Anything. My knowledge will save you time.

Are you using shopify? Do you already have a wholesaler that has a datafeed? This can get a little complex because it all depends on what platform you have and what wholesaler you are using. I have...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 18th August 2016, 11:23 PM
Replies: 191
Views: 18,146
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Spent Thousands On Courses - Teespring, GearBubble, Shopify - Ask Me Anything

Hi,

I started selling Tshirts on Teespring almost 3 years ago and did very well. Since then I have tested every platform and bought just about every course. I have learned so much but also I got...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2015, 07:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,371
Posted By smartsites
Re: My First TeeSpring Campaing

It doesn't matter how many fans you have on your page. You will be sending traffic to your shirt via Facebook ads. Your likes will grow as you advertise more. There are so many methods but what you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd June 2015, 07:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,589
Posted By smartsites
Re: Is anyone here doing TeeSpring Campaings?

The teespring game is not a get rich quick business. Although you can get lucky and have a shirt that sells well but in order to hit the big numbers you need a big budget because if you have a...
Forum: Social Media 10th December 2014, 12:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 591
Posted By smartsites
Re: Please help with my FB targeting...

Spend a lot of time on this as it's the most important. Start with google and start searching for sites, magazines, products and forums.

Open up Audience Insights and see if any of these come up...
Forum: Ad Networks (CPM/CPL, Display) 24th September 2014, 11:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 476
Posted By smartsites
Re: Need some feedback and advice on TeeSpring with Facebook

You have to spend at least $20 - $30 before you can declare it a winner or not. You must have three things to have success but even then you may not have it. You must have a winning design, a...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 1st June 2013, 09:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,285
Posted By smartsites
Re: Martin Crumlish's Emperor Social?

I have tried every fan page builder on the market and the only one that has ever been worth anything is Heyo. I am able to build pages so fast and so professional that I have been a customer of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st March 2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 2,752
Posted By smartsites
Re: Facebook NEW Fan Page changes - How to Market now?

Timeline is NOT good for branding as you are not allowed to put phone numbers, web addresses or call to actions in the cover photo. The examples you show are for personal pages but business pages are...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th October 2011, 09:02 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,335
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Forum: Offline Marketing 11th October 2011, 09:34 AM
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Views: 13,003
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Re: Wordpress Theme for Offliners - Want a Free Copy?

A couple things that would really make this or any theme rock are:

A way to change colors using a color slider. The background, header etc.

The ability to easily specify the header height
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd October 2011, 04:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 404
Posted By smartsites
Re: Applying opt in box's

Hi,

The most popular optin form is aweber.com and it's about 20/mo but there is also a free version called mailchimp.com

It's basically a way to build your database of buyers, leads etc. The...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th August 2011, 03:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 466
Posted By smartsites
Re: How far should I go with FB?

The key is to monetize your fans. Find out what their interests are and do reviews on things that are relevant to them. Also if you are good at getting fans offer that as a service to local...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th July 2011, 10:44 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,292
Posted By smartsites
Re: Facebook Fan Pages...Any Good Examples?

Here are a few:

Grail Lady Faire | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/GrailLadyFaire?v=app_208412272531040)

The Custom Vinyl Shop | Facebook...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th July 2011, 01:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,433
Posted By smartsites
Re: Weird Facebook fan page issue - like button disappearing

Yes if he's liked the page it will disappear. Have him look on the lower left for a link that will say "unlike"
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th June 2011, 03:24 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,628
Posted By smartsites
Re: Facebook Fan Page Creator Creates Hostages, No?

BizBoost:

This is not just a page builder it's got a ton of modules with new modules being added so you could easily charge a monthly fee based on the modules. You only need a few paying...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th June 2011, 07:27 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,628
Posted By smartsites
Re: Facebook Fan Page Creator Creates Hostages, No?

I agree with you guys but I bought anyway because I look at it this way. First of all the 5 minute fan page app is freaking amazing. You can put up a fan page in minutes and it's so easy to login and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2011, 11:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 886
Posted By smartsites
Re: Questions about creating Facebook Pages for others...

You can create the page for them and then you just make them an Admin and remove yourself.
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th March 2011, 03:16 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 913
Posted By smartsites
Re: FREE iFrame App for Fan pages

Here is a free one that is unbranded and has a built in hidden reveal option. It's really good and fast. Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd March 2011, 04:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,139
Posted By smartsites
Re: Facebook layouts providers?

Check out my signature. The best designs on the forum.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st December 2010, 04:42 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,180
Posted By smartsites
Re: Does Anyone Really Know Keyword Research?

Thanks Dan, That's a great strategy. Easy and to the point! :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th November 2010, 07:56 AM
Replies: 546
Views: 69,177
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Re: 150+ websites making $6-$100 per day. You Can Do This Too. My Online Business Strategy

I just wanted to say that I've paid way more for WSO's and other programs that didn't teach me as much as this forum has. What's funny is whenever someone gives out some free information everyone...
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