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🗓️ 24 March 2017
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How has your week been? Have you accomplished the goals you set for yourself? Or are you bogged down with problems in your business? Sit back and tune into this episode of The Amazing Seller. Whether everything is going great or you have experienced setbacks, this episode is for you. Scott talks about some key wisdom that has helped him focus throughout his week and accomplish his long term goals. He also tackles questions from TAS followers like YOU. As usual, Scott brings his fire and passion - you don’t want to miss it!
Do you have difficulty focusing on tasks for the long term? Are you often sidetracked by distractions less important that fill up your time? You aren’t alone! Many people struggle to focus and finish the things they set out to accomplish. One key lesson that Scott has learned and implemented in his life is this simple yet profound truth, “Stay the course.” Try it! Focus on one objective or plan and give it everything you’ve got for at least 90 days. Scott suggests taking it further and committing to 6 months, but find what works for you. Learn more on this episode of The Amazing Seller!
All the talk about UPC codes and SKUs can be very confusing. Do you need a unique one for each variation on your product listing? The simple answer is yes. You need to make sure that each different option that you provide both in size and color options need to have their own unique UPCs. If you’d like to hear more about this topic and Scott’s breakdown make sure to take the time, sit down with pen and paper and listen to this episode of The Amazing Seller. To go further with this topic and others presented on this episode, you can check out the resources section at the end of this post.
Now that Amazon has rolled out its new “Terms of Service” many people are left wondering how to get reviews for their Amazon product listing. Scott shares his view that reviews are not the be all end all. He wants listeners like you to focus on getting sales, not reviews. Scott suggests that you follow up with the individuals who buy your product and offer them great deals. Wow, them, give them discounts and really treat them special. Then ask them to head over to Amazon and let them know how you feel. That's it. No guarantees, no promises, no gimmicks. If you follow Scott’s advice, you will see the positive results. If you’d like to hear Scott expand on this strategy and more, make sure to catch this episode of The Amazing Seller.
With a lot of the changes going on with Amazon, it can feel like opportunities for sellers are diminishing. But is that feeling true? Are there still opportunities out there for endeavors like retail arbitrage? Don’t pronounce it dead just yet! Scott is convinced that there are still many opportunities for profit and growth while selling on Amazon. Don’t miss this episode of The Amazing Seller to get Scott’s opinion on the status of the marketplace and how you can still succeed in starting and building a business online.
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0:00.0 | Well hey hey what's up everyone welcome back to another episode of the |
0:06.3 | amazing seller podcast this is episode number 337 and session number |
0:11.5 | 103 of Ask Scott. |
0:13.0 | This is where I answer your questions here on the podcast |
0:16.0 | and I do it every single Friday. |
0:19.0 | And you guys have heard me say this if you guys are long time listeners, |
0:22.0 | what am I going to say? I love doing |
0:23.7 | this that's what it is and I'm sitting here today with that cup of coffee that I |
0:27.5 | always talk about because it's a little chilly here today in South Carolina. |
0:31.3 | We've had some really nice winter weather. I mean I'm talking |
0:34.0 | 75 plus but today the high is only 44 degrees. I literally had a hat on just a few |
0:41.4 | minutes ago coming from lunch with my wife and kind of chilly here. |
0:45.7 | So I said, you know what, I'm going to have a nice cup of coffee and I'm going to go and talk to |
0:49.7 | my TAS peeps, that's you. |
0:51.8 | So I can't wait to jump in today's questions that were submitted by you guys, so I probably should remind you if you're brand new and you have not listened to this type of session before or this type of show, it's something we do on Fridays called Ask Scott and |
1:04.3 | it's where you can ask me a question you can head over to the amazing seller |
1:07.2 | dot com forward slash ask and you can do that just record a short voicemail I say short |
1:12.4 | under a couple minutes and just leave your first name, where you're tuning in from and yeah I can possibly answer here on an upcoming show. We'd love to have you do that. Now a couple of things before we jump into today's |
1:25.0 | ask-got session and that is and I usually try to leave you guys with a little bit |
1:30.0 | of a thought of the week or maybe a word of the week or whatever right well the one of the big things that I'm seeing with a lot of people is not |
1:39.4 | staying the course meaning they start, they don't see results, they jump to something else, right? |
1:48.0 | Something else comes across, it's that shiny object syndrome, which you guys have probably all heard about. I'm guilty of that, I've done that in the past but I've really tried to |
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