Going to fairs in China can be quite overwhelming. There are literally thousands of suppliers and sorting through them without a system will be a nightmare. The very first time I attended a fair for my eCommerce business was the Global Sources Expo in Hong Kong last year in October. I wanted to launch an […]
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Facebook Advertising is the number one driver of sales for my Shopify store (and a significant driver for Amazon). The great thing about running Facebook Ads to Shopify is that you can see the direct cost/return within the Facebook dashboard. Facebook has made a lot of changes, mostly for the better, so the data might
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I am writing this now from the Emirates Business Lounge in Dubai (coming back from San Francisco). I figure I’ll write it while this stuff is fresh in my head. There aren’t many airlines that I like but if I had to choose the one I like flying the most, Emirates would certainly be there
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We held our first mastermind meeting in Sitges (close to Barcelona) over the course of 3 days in a nice villa close to the beach. Since this was the first time I did anything like this, I thought I’d share my learnings and experiences while they’re still quite fresh. Background to the Mastermind A friend
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A question that I noticed pop up a lot when speaking with entrepreneurs is about how to stay productive or how to manage time wisely. After getting variations of the same questions, I decided to write these posts so I could refer people to it: https://ruizhidong.com/5-roadblocks-to-productivity/ https://ruizhidong.com/6-time-management-hacks/ Since then, I’ve made some changes to my
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Background I decided today that it’s time to upgrade my servers. Load times make a significant impact on SEO. If your website loads too slowly (anything above 2 seconds is not good and above 6 seconds is way too slow), the user gets impatient, clicks the back button and this tells Google that you don’t
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Introduction I just purchased the DotCom Secrets book by Russell Brunson on the book website and found the entire purchase process very impressive. As someone that spends a good deal of time studying funnels, Russell’s book funnel stood out and it’s quite clear that he had spent a good deal of time working on this.
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Learn how to pass URL variables to OptimizePress forms into Infusionsoft. You can use this kind of information to figure out what advertising channels are working well, what specific ads are converting, what the lifetime customer value for a specific keyword is, or simply to pre-fill an OptimizePress form with an existing contact’s email address
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This is the first time I’ve done an annual review (publicly). I like to keep my cards close to the chest 😉 After reading the annual reviews of Patrick Mckenzie (patio11), Nathan Barry, Dan Norris, Brennan Dunn, and some others, I thought what the heck. Might as well give it a shot. These are well
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