Merch Money

 Instead of having a guest on today, we are featuring Brianna Moller Greeene and learning from her today!  She will be talking about the Just One Dime conference in LA that she went to last week as well as discussing brand building and building an ecommerce empire.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

We are excited to talk to Tara Vorkink Flake today.  She has focused on Merch and KDP and been successful on both.  She has a background in design, advertising, and marketing which has led to her success on these platforms.  Today she will be critiquing designs that have been submitted by our audience.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 Daniel is a great designer and illustrator and has helped many people in the Merch community through his YouTube channel, Underground Roots.    --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 Our guest for today's show is Deanna Balestra, the owner of Tiny Site Social Media Marketing. She has created a wonderful company that does Pinterest and Instagram Services as well as custom mock-ups.  Deanna Balestra has a wealth of knowledge around Instagram and Pinterest marketing and we look forward to picking her brain!  She also has learned what mockups convert the best and has helped many people in the print on demand community with creating mockups for their shirts. I was very happy with the mockups she made for me!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 We have Blake Kalidas from Merch Campus on tonight and we thought it would be fun to have all of you participate in the conversation!  We will be answering your questions from the Merch Money FB group as well as questions that you post here.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 We had a great time answering all of your questions!  If you are watching the replay and have questions that you would like us to answer, please post them in the comments!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Our guest this week is Nick Eden! He has been an online seller since 2009 and has been on Merch since early 2017. He is a very active member in our community and has a podcast called the 45/54 Podcast.  He has a wealth of information in many areas, but we will be focusing on reputation management. Nick has a corporate background in social media marketing with a concentration on reputation management. This is something that we should all be thinking about as we build our brands. He has a lot of good tips and is in the process of writing a book on this topic. This is an important but often overlooked topic and we can't wait to hear Nick's expertise on the subject.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Chris Green has been on Merch By Amazon since the very beginning and has inspired countless people to build businesses on this platform.  We are looking forward to talking with Chris about what he thinks it will take to succeed on Merch in 2019.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Teresa Rose is an expert on Pinterest and how to use it effectively to grow your business.  We will be discussing tips and tricks for marketing on Pinterest and advertising Merch shirts.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 2018 has been such a fun year!  As it draws to a close, we discuss our successes and failures this year as well as what our goals are for 2019.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 Today we talk with Jay De Souza and Dionne Baker about their Etsy strategies.  Etsy is a fantastic platform for selling your print on demand products, and Jay and Dionne give their tips on how to succeed on this platform.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 We are excited to talk to Myrna Gomez today!  She is an admin of our Merch Money Spanish group and a leader in the community.  She is a tremendous help to everyone in the Spanish community and has a lot of insight into what it's like to sell on Merch when English is not your first language.  Myrna Gomez's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/myrgomez  International Merch Money FB Groups: https://linktr.ee/helen.kinson  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Today will be just us!  We will be talking about what's going on in our businesses, Q4, and maintaining a positive attitude.  We will also be answering everyone's questions in the chat and also questions from Facebook.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

We are so excited to talk to the D4D team today!  They have a wealth of knowledge about all things POD.  They have helped many people grow their business through training, image and vector packs, and ready to rock designs.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Today we are talking with Eric Rosner, an artist out of LA.  His work has been featured in several magazines and art shows and he also utilizes Merch By Amazon for his artwork.  His illustrations are fantastic and we look forward to talking to him about his journey so far and his tips for artists. Eric Rosner's website is: https://erosner.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

We are excited to talk with Flav Medeiros this week.  He is going to help us with the financial side of Merch and on how to start planning for retirement.  He also is great with brand building and using Facebook to gain followers for his brand.  He is a wealth of information on a variety of POD topics and platforms and we are looking forward to learning from him.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 Cody Hawk has done just about every kind of ecommerce business imaginable and now he's becoming a professional poker player!  We all love playing Texas Holdem so expect that to be talked about on today's show.  We will also talk about POD and how Cody Hawk has built a successful print on demand brand.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

To get a discount on Merch Wizard go to https://gumroad.com/a/631288947 and use code MerchBoss  Merch Wizard is a game changer for anyone that runs a print on demand business.  It organizes all of your sales date from Merch By Amazon as well as your bullet points and png files.  The chrome extension enables you to quickly upload to Merch or make edits.  It has saved me so much time!   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

Yong is an expert with Typography and T-Shirt Design, and we cannot wait to hear his tips!  Yong's Book, "Understanding Typography for Merch by Amazon":  https://gumroad.com/a/634958963   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support

 We are excited to talk to Dale this week!  He will be giving us a recap of the Merch by Amazon Conference in Seattle.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/merchmoney/support