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TSH 18: Stop using your organic socials to sell products social media Nov 20, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins 30 seconds

People don't want to be sold to on social media. 

People primarily use social media to be entertained, and informed. This is why we have 'paid socials' and...

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TSH 17: Why your business keeps running out of money finance turnaround Nov 12, 2023

Reading time 2 mins

 

Well, the short answer is that you're spending more than you're making.

Read on though, I get a little more insightful than that...


We've all been there

It's not uncommon...

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TSH 16: How to stand out when you sell online: Creating USPs marketing product Nov 06, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins 30 seconds

A common trait that successful businesses have, is a unique selling proposition, or USP.

Ecommerce is a lot more cluttered than it was 10 years ago, and it can be...

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TSH 15: If I had $10k to Start an Online Business, It Would Be This side hustle start up Oct 30, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins 10 seconds.

I get asked all the time, what online business would I start, with a spare $10k.

Well, aside from dropshipping, which is technically $0 money up front - which I...

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TSH 15: The Pros and Cons of Wholesale wholesale Oct 23, 2023

Reading time: 2 Mins

I remember when I started my first business, wholesaling men's shoes to hundreds of stores around the world. I took out a loan, filled a suitcase with men's leather shoes I had...

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TSH 14: Here's How to Grow Cash Very, Very Quickly in Your Online Business finance ordering Oct 16, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins 30 seconds

There's a simple rule that I've created that online retailers should aspire to when it comes to ordering stock from suppliers. If successfully applied, you'll never...

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TSH 13: 100k a month with your side hustle, with no employees? Here's how. start up Oct 09, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins


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What if I told you it's possible to scale your ecommerce side hustle to 100k a month, with one full time team member - yourself?

Well, it's...

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The Side Hustle 12: How to Make $50k a Month From Your Side Hustle side hustle small business Oct 01, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins

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Welcome to edition 12 of The Side Hustle, where today, I break down a little strategy I've used to for startup sole traders to bring their ecommerce sales...

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The Side Hustle 11: Do Dropshippers Really Make Money? dropshipping Sep 24, 2023

Reading time 2 mins 30 seconds.

 

Welcome to all the new people who have signed up to my newsletter, The Side Hustle. A reminder that I only send one email each weekend, with an ecommerce tip,...

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The Side Hustle 10: How Much to Spend on Paid Media marketing paid media Sep 18, 2023

Reading time 2 mins 40 seconds.

I'm little late on this one this week, as we relaunched a little business I'm a partner in, Shosai.

You've probably wondered how much you should be spending on ads...

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The Side Hustle 09: Here's How to Lose Money This Cyber Month bfcm black friday cyber monday cyber week Sep 10, 2023

 Reading time: 2 mins 30 seconds.

Arguable the least exciting period of the calendar year is nearly upon us - Black Friday and Cyber Monday, or BFCM, or Cyber Week. It should probably be...

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The Side Hustle 08: I Break Down Geedup Co's $3m Day Day geedup hype marketing product Sep 10, 2023

Reading time: 2 mins 30 seconds.

 

I nearly choked on my pizza.

It was 6:30pm on a Friday night, or 'delivery day' as the team at Geedup call it. I was keeping an eye on my Shopify...

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