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Built by Business: Amazon FBA, E-Commerce, Brand Building

#296 - Student Interview with Mitchell Salas - Why making a better quality product in the beginning is better in the long term

Built by Business: Amazon FBA, E-Commerce, Brand Building

Andy Isom | Amazon FBA Seller & Agency Founder

Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

4.9816 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I talk to my coaching student Mitchell about his entrepreneurial journey and how he wishes he focused on product development from the get go. 

When Mitchell graduated from college in 2017, he knew he didn't want to be in a corporate job forever, he always had the entrepreneurial spirit. Creating a physical product that people are using has always been his dream.

 

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0:00.0

More money on marketing is not going to fix your problems.

0:04.2

You have a crappy sandwich.

0:05.8

Like you throwing more money or time right into social media content and ads and everything

0:10.8

thinking, oh, that's my big issue.

0:12.9

If you're selling a crappy sandwich, you don't want anyone else to know about your sandwich.

0:18.1

Like stop spreading the word because you're just hurting yourself by telling everyone like, hey everyone, I sell a your sandwich. Like, stop spreading the word because you're just hurting yourself

0:20.9

by telling everyone like, hey everyone, I sell a crappy sandwich. That's just hurting your brand

0:25.8

in the long run. So what's up, guys? You're listening to another episode of selling on

0:36.1

Amazon with Andy Isam.

0:43.0

Guys, we have another podcast interview for you today. I'm here with Mitchell Salas.

0:46.2

Mitchell, thank you so much for taking the time to hop on the podcast.

0:55.5

Mitchell has been a loyal Instagram follower of mine for a while now. Do you remember exactly, Mitchell, like when you stumbled upon my Instagram account? Yeah, it was actually 2020. I had moved to Miami

1:00.7

and I was just making the drive back because I spent only a year there. And on the way back,

1:05.0

I had just launched my product and I was like, I need something to listen to on this. Like,

1:09.6

because I made the drive from Miami to California. And I was like like I need something to listen to on this like because I made the drive from Miami to California and I was like I need something to listen to related to Amazon and I

1:15.4

searched up Amazon on Spotify and there you were so I was hooked I think I was hooked because the

1:20.4

episodes are short and so it was like low commitment and like you got me hooked with the first

1:24.9

and I just like kept on going and I I, yeah, I just bench it.

1:28.9

I remember, I'm trying to remember the exact time of year when I think you first messaged me.

1:34.3

But I guess that's not important.

1:36.0

I know that we've gone back and forth and had ongoing conversations, you know, kind of

1:40.2

since that time, bouncing ideas, talking about stuff.

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