Discounts as a business model are dying. It used to be companies would have these big discount sales, but that practice is going away. On today’s episode we will explain why it is dying and how we use discounts and coupons in our businesses.

Here are today’s topics:

• How discounts have helped Colorit in the past.
• What discounts does to conversions.
• The J.C. Penney effect.
• The importance of “anchoring.”
• Why Grant doesn’t do discounts.
• How to deal with hagglers.
• When to offer a discount.
• Why you should offer a feedback opportunity.

Resources Mentioned Today:

Colorit

Cuttingboard.com

Klaviyo

Join us on Facebook and leave a like for us, we will be broadcasting our podcasts live on Facebook. Our episodes are moving to Friday. We still will be releasing our episodes for the other platforms, but Facebook users will get the episode 3 days earlier! During these live episodes you the audience will be able to interact with us!

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On today’s Ecom Crew Podcast we discuss dealing with difficult customers and also why a business owner should hire employees. We talk about what to hire for, why you should hire, and when to hire. Virtual Assistants are worth the time and money, if you have the time and money.

We also discuss how to use employees in the best optimal way. It is a major step in growing your business. If you need to hire in your business or are just starting out and wanting to get an idea of a time line, this episode is for you.

Here are today’s topics:

• Dealing with issues with customer orders.
• Reasons to hire your first employees.
• Why outsourcing is different from hiring an employee.
• Why when you hire it should be for multiple tasks.
• How to keep your employees on money making tasks.
• What Mike and Grant think are the best uses for a VA or full time employee.

Resources Mentioned Today:

Colorit

Cuttingboard.com

Icewraps.com

Join us on Facebook and leave a like for us, we will be broadcasting our podcasts live on Facebook. Our episodes are moving to Friday. We still will be releasing our episodes for the other platforms, but Facebook users will get the episode 3 days earlier! During these live episodes you the audience will be able to interact with us!

If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Today we are talking about the new policy change from Amazon that impacts product reviews. Amazon announced that they will no longer accept reviews from people who have received the product for free or at a discount.  

For many people who sell on Amazon, the “pay to play” type model was widely used.  While we think it’s a good move for Amazon, we acknowledge that it will greatly impact sellers who use Amazon.

Today’s topics:

• Possible ways the new policy may or may not affect those who used incentivized reviews in the past
• How this change may impact our strategies
• Our plans and new product launch strategies going forward
• Ways we plan to get reviews under the new guidelines
• What this policy change means for white label sellers and those just getting started with Amazon
• How other policies have made doing business on Amazon more difficult
• The importance of finding other methods besides Amazon to get buyers to your website

Toward the end of October we are going to be recording our podcasts live on Facebook!  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and plan to watch us live.

Resources:

Ecom Crew Facebook

Ecom Crew Twitter

If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!