Ep 245: Secrets to Scaling Black Friday Part 1 With Jordan West

Holidays are around the corner, and that means the Black Friday Sale is too. The question is, should you start your sale, too? And when is the best time to do so?In this episode, Jordan West talks about when you should launch your Black Friday sale and how to arrange your holiday marketing calendar. He also gives some tips on how to prepare for these sales. Listen up, and let’s get holiday-sale ready!KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODEBlack Friday is when people spend more of their money than ever.Release new products specifically for people who are in gifting mode. Be the feature menu for your customers, let them know what they can buy as gifts.Potentially launch some of your other sales earlier.If your sales are very steady and you’re doing great without any discounting, then just keep on going. You don’t have to incentivize with discounts.One practical reason to run some of your sales earlier is fulfillment. You don’t want to be caught up in the holiday nightmare.Prepare for your holiday sale by building your lists. Email, SMS, messenger subscribers, and having a mobile app, all of these are going to help you when you launch your sale.Just because everybody is doing Black Friday Sale doesn’t mean you have to.Connect with Jordan here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-west-marketer/Today’s SponsorHelpFlow provides 24/7 live chat and customer service teams to 100+ eCommerce stores. HelpFlow's team of agents maximize conversion by recovering checkout abandons, integrating with cart recovery emails, and helping engaged website visitors overcome what's stopping them from entering the checkout process.Website: HelpFlow.comDownload HelpFlow's Free Resource - How to Predict and Save Cart Abandons with Live Chat at https://helpflow.net/mindfulWe love our podcast community and listeners so much that we have decided to offer a free eCommerce Growth Plan for your brand! To learn more and how we can help, click here:https://mindfulmarketing.co/growthplan-applyIf you've been paying attention and your brand is ready to GROW, apply now to be the one new brand we take on this month!https://mindfulmarketing.co/applyThis episode’s sponsor is Finale Inventory- the ultimate solution for accurate and efficient inventory management. Trusted by thousands of brands, Finale offers seamless integrations with over 80 sales channels and platforms. With customizable workflows and reporting features, Finale empowers you to streamline operations and scale your business with ease, preventing overselling and maximizing profitability. Whether you're juggling multiple platforms, expanding your product range or just looking for a way to reduce operational chaos, Finale has the tools you need to succeed. Step into the future of e-commerce with Finale Inventory. Learn more here: Finale Inventory

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Are you an entrepreneur or ecommerce store owner looking to scale your business? Then join ecommerce marketing experts Jordan West and Sean Lang as they reveal what’s working in online marketing today to scale your business. Twice a week they walk you through what’s working in paid ads and talk to successful ecommerce business owners that have scaled their businesses to 7 figures and beyond. Learn from gurus in paid traffic on Facebook ads, YouTube ads, Google Adwords (now Google Ads), Google Shopping, Bing Ads, Bing Shopping Ads, retargeting, Instagram Ads, LinkedIn ads, Google Analytics, landing pages and more. We talk about how to write good ad copy, create banner ads that sell, which creative works for which ad platform and more. We talk about everything that is working right now (and not working) to help you scale your business so you know exactly what your next year of online sales is going to look like. Once you nail paid advertising it is like a faucet that you can turn on and off at will. Let’s show you how to build the paid traffic faucet!