Creatives for Facebook Advertising: Video is King The aim of every Facebook advertising ad campaign is to go VIRAL Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audience Network Retargeting Patience Budget - you need 7 days tasing on most occasions. Remember that Instagram/ Facebook/ Messenger are very different placements. Try to separate ads running on Instagram News Feed, Instagram Stories, Facebook News Feed, Sponsored Messages and Messenger Home for all of our campaigns. This was you make ads that re...
Apr 25, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 22
A fundamental understanding of Facebook Advertising is that like Google AdWords and even eBay it runs on an AUCTION system called Ad Auction. For each ad impression, Facebook's ad auction system selects the best ads to run based on two criteria 1: The Ads' maximum bids and 2: The Ad performance. Ads perform against each other. Facebook only charges you the bid necessary to win the auction. The bid that eventually wins the auction may be lower than the maximum bid you've set for your ads, so we r...
Apr 24, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Episode 1: Audiences and Targeting On this episode, I about going to be talking about the pillars of a rock solid Facebook advertising Strategy. Audiences and Targeting Bidding and Budgeting in the auction Creative Before I start that I want to talk about how important it is to have a validated product. If you have a product people want, you are using Facebook to find more people at scale that want your product. Most other elements in Facebook advertising, support the above. MJ DeMarco author (M...
Apr 23, 2018•20 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Brace yourselves, we are going to publishing a 5-day series on getting started with Facebook advertising for online retailers. ★ Support this podcast ★
Apr 21, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Hello! This is Kunle Campbell of the 2X eCommerce Podcast Show...THE Podcast dedicated to Strategic Growth for Online Retailers. You, my listeners, either ask me questions on Twitter using the hashtag #2XeCommerce OR I teach you about specific MARKETING tactics geared to helping you sell more in your online store… ----------- What Kind of eCommerce Business do you run or intend to run? Creating a compelling value proposition requires a grounded understanding of your business model. Besides build...
Apr 18, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On this episode of the 2X eCommerce Podcast Show, we are going to talk about how rapid growth direct-to-consumer (D2C) eCommerce brands use Paid Social Media to scale quickly. I am joined by Steve Dinelli, the founder of direct response agency, Blackbird Garage . Over the last 3-years, Blackbird Garage has helped 6 D2C retail brands exceed $60 million in revenue in less than one year. The specialise in paid customer acquisition on Facebook, Pinterest and Google Adwords. Steve Dinelli and his tea...
Apr 11, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On this episode of the 2X eCommerce Podcast Show, I have a discussion with the founder of Teddy Stratford Zip Fit Shirts , Bryan Davis about how he was able to build a rock solid brand story for his menswear brand, whilst staying authentic to his core values. I came across a Teddy Stratford video Ad on Instagram and was blown away by about not only how clever their product was but also how succinct, and memorable the presentation of their brand story was presented. I saved the ad, and then attem...
Apr 04, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 22
On this episode I’ll be talking about key developments and news headlines in the month of March, that everyone involved in ecommerce should be aware of. Store closures: Abercrombie to close down 60 stores UK electronic’s retailers Maplin closing down Toys R Us sadly closing down and the ironic departure of Charles Lazarus at 94, Toy R Us’ founder. Facebook / Cambridge Analytica - marketing lessons for ecommerce Google’s index for SEO has gone mobile first Voice based ecommerce in full swing with...
Mar 31, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In ecommerce people buy pictures. - they buy a transformation - they buy a solution - they buy a narrative Audiovisuals i.e. video helps further sell painkiller products some vitamin products such as fashion can thrive with just visuals. but if you are trying to sell the next groundbreaking blender or a ‘new way’ to do something through your product, best to get a demo video out or a series of demo videos out that nail your value proposition. So why Instagram you will ask? well... IG has about 3...
Mar 28, 2018•21 min•Season 3Ep. 21
On today's episode, we are going to learning about a new retail-focused blockchain protocol that aims to decentralise Retail on the Ethereum Blockchain. The name of the protocol is $HOP or SHOP and a Co-Founder, John Wantz joins me to talk about how the protocol aims to decentralise retail and ecommerce. The protocol will provide Shoppers and retail brands access to the SHOP decentralized data marketplace. Shoppers will be provided with a SHOP Token enabled wallet that will be used in on $HOP en...
Mar 21, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode of the 2X eCommerce Podcast, we are going to be talking about EMAIL FUNNELS and how to STOP leaking revenue in your funnels. Here is what we cover: - The easiest way to generate revenue with email marketing - How to rapidly grow your email list - How to convert email subscribers into customers - How to get more repeat purchases - The three fundamental emails funnels that generate instant ROI: Welcome Series, Retention Series, Cart Abandonment Series - Other email funnels beyond t...
Mar 14, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Did you know that 62% of online shoppers have experienced a late or failed delivery due to bad address data and that it cost about $14/£14 per failed delivery. I spoke with Chris Boaz, Head of Marketing at PCA Predict , an address verification company whose technology power checkout pages for thousands of merchants about a recent report that they produced about the implications of failed deliveries to etailers. Here are some of their main findings: * 1 in 20 online orders never reach their desti...
Mar 07, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode of the 2X eCommerce podcast show, we are going to talking about how to accept bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in your online retail store. Mike Olthoff, CEO and Founder of Coincards.ca - a Canadian online gift card marketplace which was created solely to help clients spend their cryptocurrencies in stores which wouldn't take it directly. Coincards.ca has thousands of Canadian customers that spend bitcoin on Gift cards to help make bitcoin more usable in their day to day lives. Accep...
Feb 28, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Here is how I managed to scale out an fb ad campaign by close to 200% month-on-month without compromising on ROI. In this video, I share the 4 methods of scaling winning Facebook AdSets. Scaling Method #1: Incremental Budget 🤔 Scaling Method #2: Duplication Method 👯♀️ Scaling Method #3: Audience Scaling 📈 Scaling Method #4: Backend Scale 🥅 Watch this webinar on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/W7fthTbgok8 --- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: .STORE .STORE domains are getting mains...
Feb 21, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 5
How an outlandish costume clothing company managed to hit 8 figures in revenue by scaling attention on social media through eye popping video and video content. Shinesty creates costumes and vintage clothing for events and in the process have embedded their brand into fond memories of their customers. Shinesty was founded just three years ago and has been 2X scaling year-on-year. They are now a $10M+ 8-figure in revenue company. They utilize pattern interrupt visual and video content to evoke em...
Feb 14, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
So back in SE3 EP02, I talked about WHY I WAS WRONG ABOUT SHOPIFY. My key takeaway was: Focus Less on Tech and more on Marketing My advice was: to use a hosted ecommerce platforms such as Shopify to scale your business * Agility * Speed to market * Modularity via the app store * Integration to a large degree is a breeze * You get shedloads out of the box The LOWDOWN is that you do a lot less technical tinkering and get on with marketing and selling products At scale or mid-tier, you require flex...
Feb 07, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
This is a very candid and honest episode, I pounder on the label 'expert'. I have been referred as an 'expert' in the ecommerce space a few too many times. I might be an 'expert' to some, but over the past few months, I have learnt from true entrepreneurial ecommerce experts. The key to establishing which expert to follow is understanding where you want to go in ecommerce. If you work for an online retailer or a consultant for a number of online retailers, then most experts you will gravitate to...
Jan 31, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this episode we talk about how to build your ecommerce business in 2018, in preparation for a sale or exit sometime in the future. I am joined by Thomas Smale; the Founder of FE International , a leading website brokerage firm. Thomas specializes in advising in the M&A of SaaS, e-commerce, affiliate and content businesses. He has consulted hundreds of internet entrepreneurs on exit strategy, growth and business development. FE International offers comprehensive exit planning services as w...
Jan 22, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! It has been quite a while...exactly 56 days since my last episode! On this episode, I explain where I've been and what I've been up to. As 2018 starts off in full swing, I drop some knaw-ledge bombs on this episode, Tai Lopez style 😜. On a more serious note, I talk about books that have made a longlasting impact in my personal, professional and business life. I categorise them into: LIFE CHANGING BOOKS The ONE Thing by Gary Keller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Cou...
Jan 15, 2018•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On this webinar, I talk about ecommerce funnels using Facebook. I am running a webinar tomorrow. Sign up for it here: https://events.genndi.com/register/169105139238452231/bca4623575 --- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to acti...
Nov 20, 2017•23 min•Season 1Ep. 5
SCANDIS is the eCommerce division of Scandinavian Designs and Dania Furniture . The first Scandinavian Designs store opened its doors in San Rafael, California in 1963 to cater to the contemporary home furnishing needs brought on by the huge wave of mid-century modern homes emerging in neighbourhoods throughout the west coast. In keeping with this architectural design movement, stores soon opened across northern and southern California, and later in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesot...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Jason Boyce is one of three Co-Founders at Dazadi.com a home recreational product online retailer of basketball hoops, game tables, fitness equipment, and much more. He has over 13 years ecommerce experience and started Dazadi.com in 2002 with his 3 brothers. They have over 10,000 products on their site with 100K SKUs and sell on all major marketplaces in the U.S and Canada. Over my interview with Jason, I discovered that Dazadi's strength actually lies in marketplace selling. A significant chun...
Nov 06, 2017•55 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The mention of 'dropshipping' often denotes either poor ecommerce customer experience and lack of supply chain control or some 'guru' trying to sell online courses on how to start an ecommerce business. A search on YouTube for 'ecommerce' returns a tonne of results related to dropshipping as a means to escape the 9-5 and upsells to online courses. My take has been and still is, a business with poor customer experience is impossible to profitably scale; and so dropshipping as a viable ecommerce m...
Oct 30, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Sabina embodies the true meaning of finding freedom through entrepreneurship and the embrace of change. She alongside her family are digital nomads in the true sense of the term. She is a self-taught entrepreneur; and a Co-Founder of two husband and wife run ecommerce businesses, Veppo Cigs and Taza Designs . I invited Sabina to the show to share her unique and memorable story about the need to embrace change in order to grow both your mindset and business. Change can be difficult, hard and lone...
Oct 23, 2017•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Located in Central Illinois, Kaleigh Moore primarily crafts blog content for SaaS and eCommerce companies. She has been copywriting for the last four years under the brand Lumen . She had an Etsy store when she was 19 and ran the business for five years. She had a successful vintage jewellery company where she designed and assembled jewellery pieces. It was from that company where she learned about marketing and specifically the power of email marketing. According to her, email marketing was the...
Oct 16, 2017•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
One of the most downloaded episodes last season was Brand Authenticity, Selling Direct to Consumer and Gaining PR Traction [Physical Product Podcast EP:02] with Scott Gabrielson, founder of Oliver Cabell. A minimalist high-end bag and accessories company. On this episode, I bring Scott again to share the progress of his brand. What really initially impressed me was not only Oliver Cabell's very well designed Italian made products but the execution of the media - both mainstream and social. It wa...
Oct 09, 2017•43 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Joe is an ecommerce entrepreneur and the founder of KING.fitness - he used to be a freelance designer for global brands such as Coca-Cola, American Express and Unilever. He recently decided to apply his design skills into a physical product brand called King Fitness - a sports brand with a focus on high-quality gym accessories. I actually pre-ordered one of his products - the King Fitness gym bag via an Instagram ad. I was put on a pre-sales list and eventually received my order 6 weeks after pu...
Oct 02, 2017•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
I'm back and today's episode is a solo show. I give updates on what I was up to over the summer break and how I intend spending the next quarter. There are going to be some changes in the format of the show - I shed some more light on these changes. --- Back to Shopify...as may already know, I come from a marketing consulting background and initially thought that only serious businesses use Magento for ecommerce. God was I wrong and I take my words back. I am a converted Shopify user now and see...
Sep 24, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 2
On this episode, I am joined by Mark Patchett, Marketing Director at Trouva ( https://www.trouva.com/ ). Trouva is marketplace platform for boutique retail shops dotted across the UK and Europe. Trouve curates products, accepts payments and fulfils orders on behalf of listed partner stores. They are really in the business of logistics. The platform eliminates the work of maintaining an online store by providing a shop with the software, customer service, and delivery teams needed to keep the exp...
Sep 18, 2017•45 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Rosh is the founder of ISSARA – an ethical minimal leather good brand. ISSARA operates in the affordable luxury space. ISSARA is what I refer to as an agile eCommerce brand. They make every single bag they product to order with a zero waste supply chain. w/ Rosh Govindaraj Founder, ISSARA. ★ Support this podcast ★
Jul 27, 2017•58 min•Season 1Ep. 121
