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_subsections/01-select_a_niche/c03-hack_algorithms.org

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 - if you make products totally different than you'll original you won't match
 - so you want to make products ADJACENT to what works
 
-* DescriptionHey there and welcome back! This is an extremely important video to watch. This video explains how I hack algorithms of websites by choosing to pick a store niche rather than just opening up a general Print On Demand store.
+* Description

_subsections/01-select_a_niche/c04-phase_1_brainstorm.org

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   - still worth it
 
+
 ** how to brainstorm
 *** etsy
 - look for a print on demand product and observe what niches exist

_subsections/05-traffic_buyers/S05|10 - how to optimize your homepage.org

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+#+title: S05|10 - how to optimize your homepage
+#+HTML_HEAD: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../_share/media/css/ecomm.css" />
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+
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+#+attr_html: :class links
+- [[../../toc.org][TOC - ecomm clubhouse]]
+- [[https://jellyfin.ronnyabraham.com/web/index.html#/details?id=2927218456b5d2dbd79df0ebc3793f82&serverId=99488804638e465693eed17924c57b60][video]]
+
+* Notes
+
+* Description
+We’ve got one more page in our store to optimize and that is our homepage. For our homepage, we want to expand it out so that they’re at least 400 words. The tricky part with this is that the theme Pop we are using isn’t the easiest to do that with. The Pop theme looks great but it’s highly visual and the homepage setting leaves us a lot of room to add text. 
+
+You may not have thought about this, but the featured products on your homepage do indeed count towards our word count. So what we’re going to do is we are going to add 16 featured products to our homepage. And then we’re going to add a title to that and that will about 150 words to our homepage.
+
+To supplement that, we’re going to add two blocks of text. One before our featured products and one after our featured products. The first block of text will sell the items in our store. When you create a website copy, be sure to include how the products will change your customer’s life. So for the first block of text, this is what you should focus on.
+
+The second block of text will go underneath the featured products is going to be a block about how you care about your customers’ experience, shipping the items as soon as possible and things like that.
+
+We’re going to splitting the text into two different sections so that we don’t just have a one big ugly block of text on the page.
+
+After that, we’re going to be going into the Image Gallery and updating the image alt data for each image.
+
+If you’re following the steps in the E-Comm Clubhouse, as part of Step 3, we updated the homepage and added an image slider. If you haven’t been following along and want to see how to do that, I recommend you go that video and watch how to do it.
+
+So let’s get started!
+
+So in Step 3, we have created a very simple homepage like this. 
+
+#+caption: the simple homepage
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex01a-simple_homepage.jpeg
+
+There are 12 products here on the homepage but we don’t really have any text. This is not bound to work. If we want to get SEO traffic, we need to have our primary keyword so we need to have more text on here. 
+
+The first thing we need to do is to come to Products then click Collections. Click ‘Create Collection’.
+
+#+caption: create collection
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex02a-create_collection.jpeg
+
+You can name the collection Homepage or whatever you like, it doesn’t really matter. Then choose Manual. Click ‘Save’.
+
+#+caption: edit and save the collection
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex02b-edit_and_save.jpeg
+
+Once done, click Save. Then we will add 16 products. So choose the 16 products that you like the most by clicking the checkbox beside the product. And then click ‘Done’.
+
+#+caption: choose 16 products
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex03a-choose_16_products.jpeg
+
+Then you want to click Sort, then choose Manually.
+
+#+caption: sort manually
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex03b-choose_sorting.jpeg
+
+Choose and drag your most exciting products to be at the top of your list because this will show at the very top of your homepage. So sort them in whatever you think is most exciting to the least exciting. The most important of all is to have the first 4 products to be the products that are the most exciting because those are the products that the customers are most likely to see because they’re going to be in four rows of four. So at least have the first four exciting. So go through and manually sort them and make sure to click Save.
+
+Now that we have the homepage that we need, go to Online Store and click Customize.
+
+#+caption: customize online store
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex04a-customize_store.jpeg
+
+Now come to Featured Collection. Then click on Change. 
+
+#+caption: change featured collection
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex04b-change_featured.jpeg
+
+You want to have them with 4 rows and you want to have the title and the price to show always.
+
+#+caption: set rows
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex04c-set_rows.jpeg
+
+Now we want to add a title for this collection set. I’ve already written a title for this so I’ll just copy and paste it here. Click ‘Save’.
+
+#+caption: set title & save
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex04d-set_title_and_save.jpeg
+
+Go back. Next, we’re going to click on Add Section.
+
+#+caption: add section
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex05a-add_section.jpeg
+
+Choose Rich Text then click ‘Select’.
+
+#+caption: click 'rich text'
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex05b-rich_text.jpeg
+
+Once you’re done with that, you want to go back then drag the Rich Text box under the slideshow box. Click the Rich Text box again.
+
+Now, I’ve written out a copy already and I’ve checked the total word count which is 260 words. So it’s going to push us to our 400 words goal. Now, let’s copy and paste the copy in. Select ‘small’ for the text size then click ‘Save’.
+
+#+caption: add description to rich text
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex05c-add_desc.jpeg
+
+Sometimes it can really be a bit tricky to figure out how you are going to talk for 100 to 150 words worth. So this is a store that sells novelty coffee items, to talk about that is kind of tricky to make it 100 to 150 words in length. What are you going to say? One of the easiest ways to extend is to talk about the different items and stuff and mentioning the items and saying who they are for is a great way to extend it.
+
+Now, we’re going to add a Rich Text block again. We’re going to add a section where I talk about customer service. So do the same process, copy and paste the headline and text from your copy. 
+
+You don’t have to be talking about coffee mugs all the time, you can spend some time talking about customer service because it is very relevant. One interesting that you’ll notice is that I’ve added some emojis.
+
+#+caption: using emojis in description
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex05d-emojis.jpeg
+
+Emojis are something you don’t want to overuse as they can make you look unprofessional. I’m not overusing them but I am adding them to make my copy appear more personal.
+
+Once you’ve copy and paste the text, make sure the Rich Text block is placed under the featured products, if not just drag to the correct position. And there you have it, we have added our text there.
+
+#+caption: place the rich text block you made
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex05e-place_rich_text.jpeg
+
+Now, we’ve got a 400 word-count on the site which is good. But we want to add in our image alt data as well. So go to the Slideshow and click on the first image.
+
+#+caption: open alt-image data
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex06a-open_alt_image.jpeg
+
+Then click Edit. Then put your primary keyword in the Image Alt Text box. Click ‘Save’.
+
+Then click ‘Save’ again for our theme customization.
+
+#+caption: add and save the text
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex06b-add_and_save.jpeg
+
+Then do the same process with the other images in the slideshow. Just use secondary keywords. Once you’re done with this, then click Save.
+
+Now, there’s one more thing that we want to do. We’re going to back to our admin area then click on Preferences. This is the area where we are going to add our homepage title and meta description. Remember, your homepage title is important. Google does look at this to rank for the keywords. So the keyword I am targeting is coffee gifts and I’ve created the title and description already. 
+
+#+caption: edit the meta info for homepage title and desc
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_10/ex07a-homepage_title_and_desc.jpeg
+
+Once you’ve done that, don’t forget to click Save.
+
+There you have it, you have now optimized your homepage!

_subsections/05-traffic_buyers/S05|11 - how to add & optimize blog posts.org

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+#+title: S05|11 - how to add & optimize blog posts
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+
+* Notes
+
+* Description
+
+no info at this time

_subsections/05-traffic_buyers/S05|12 - how to build backlinks with instagram pages.org

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+#+title: S05|12 - how to build backlinks with instagram pages
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+
+* Notes
+
+* Description
+In this video, we’re going to talk about something important to SEO and that is backlinks. 
+
+So what is backlink? If you go to ahrefs, and type in Wholesale Ted, you’ll see what type of websites have a backlink to our website. You’ll see an article from Entreprenuer.com where I talk about what I love doing the most. Under my feature, there’s a link that when you click it, it goes to my Wholesale Ted website. That link that Entrepreneur.com posted is what you call a backlink. It’s a link that goes to an outside page.
+
+Essentially, Google treats backlinks as recommendations from other sites. Google wants to see that you are creative and have optimized your website.
+
+If we can get some strong backlinks with a strong SEO strategy, it’s possible to outrank the others.
+
+What do I mean by a strong backlink?
+
+Well, Google doesn’t look at all backlinks as equal. Nope. Think about it, I’ve got a backlink from Entreprenuer.com and I’ve got a backlink from Dropship News. Do you think getting a backlink from Entreprenuer.com is as prestigious as getting a backlink from Dropship News. The backlink from Entreprenuer.com is coming from an authoritative website thus Google values it much higher.
+
+ 
+
+Authorative backlinks are what you really want so you they are the backlink that you really need to have. If you go back to ahrefs and check on Wholesale Ted, you will see that it’s not the backlink from Entrepreneur.com that has the most clicks. It’s actually my backlink to my website Wholesale Ted.
+
+Google loves to see social media accounts that have lots of followers that have actual active fans linking back to your account, they highly value this. And the easiest way to grow real, active fan base in Instagram is through “niche meme pages”.
+
+For example, this IG account that I am following even if I’m not an accountant, it’s called big4accountant. It’s got lots of memes and jokes and I think they kinda hilarious.  It makes me feel lucky and blissful that I don’t have to deal with office job. Even I can appreciate these memes.
+
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_12/ex01a-instagram.png
+
+A link in the bio would be a very powerful backlink. So that’s going to be our secrete SEO strategy. In addition to the on page SEO we have done, your goal is to grow at least meme instagram page and link back to it in your bio.
+
+So I’m going to quickly show you now how to do this. Now, go to your Instagram account and click on the stripe lines button.
+
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_12/ex02a-start_process.png
+
+Then scroll down to Settings then click Add account. Now click Sign up.
+
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_12/ex02b-sign_up.png
+
+Then complete the sign up process. You can use your email address or phone number to sign up. After that just click on change username and then type in any username that you would like to use. If you want to change it later you can do that as well. On the add the photo section, you can skip as we’ll be adding a profile picture shortly.
+
+Once, you’ve done this, then go ahead and add 20 funny videos or images to your page. And here are some ways on how you can find these.
+
+One way is to go to reddit and type in your niche and do a search for that. For example, if you niche is dog, do a search for that and the select to look at the top posts form the last month. You can also go to Instagram and do a search of posts related to your niche and you can share them in your page.
+
+The other way is to go to Pinterest and type funny dog meme or funny dog images  and with that you’ll have lots of images pop up.
+
+You can also create your own memes. You can do that by Imageflip and create a meme super easy.
+
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_12/ex03a-imageflip_meme.png
+
+Now that you have your account set up, it’s time to grow it so that you can 10 thousand or hundred of thousands followers and maybe one day, even to 1M plus followers. To grow it, you need to be committed to updating it daily. 
+
+Luckily, it’s very easy to do. Each day, post 2 funny video or pictures to your account. You also want to make sure that for each post that you make that you include a comment of 30 different, relevant hashtags which is the most that you can use.
+
+Usually, hashtags that have 5000 posts is good for organic growth. If you pick super popular hashstags, your post is going to be dwarfed by bigger pages who are using them as well.
+
+You can find hashtag ideas on all-hashtags.com.
+
+#+attr_html: :width 800
+file:../../_share/media/img/step_05/lesson_12/ex04a-hashtags.png
+
+I also recommend that each day, you follow 50 Instagram users who are interested in similar pages to yours. This is very easy to do. Go to a pre-existing meme page in your niche, click on the most recent picture and click the likes then follow the people that have liked their photo or video. When you do this, the person you followed will get a notification that you followed them, this will encourage them to go and check out your page and if they like it they will follow you back. You can follow and then unfollow them after a week.
+
+And don’t limit yourself to one Instagram page, you can create several pages. By taking the time and effort these Instagram pages that are relevant to your store, you will also be driving organic traffic to it. As your pages grow, people will start looking at the link on your bio. And you know what, that is potential customer and potential sales.
+
+So go ahead now and get started with your first Instagram meme page.

_subsections/05-traffic_buyers/S05|13 - how to film a mobile video for youtube shorts, tiktok, reels.org

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+#+title:#+title: S05|13 - how to film a mobile video for youtube shorts, tiktok, reels
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+#+OPTIONS: H:6
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+
+* Notes
+
+* Description
+nothing here yet

_subsections/05-traffic_buyers/S05|14 - how to edit a mobile video for youtube shorts, tiktok, reels.org

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+#+title: S05|14 - how to edit a mobile video for youtube shorts, tiktok, reels
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