Welcome to the Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle

Camouflage might be your friend in the jungle, but not in an online marketplace. Just like each animal in the forest adapts to its own unique conditions — with wings for flight or claws and teeth as an apex predator — so, too, do businesses need to adapt to the marketplace with their own strengths and strategies.

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The Iceberg Before the Jungle

The Iceberg Before the Jungle

If you read our last post, Welcome to the Jungle, you probably put some thought into whether or not Amazon makes sense for your business. It probably does.

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Master the Pieces to Own the Game

Master the Pieces to Own the Game

We began the metaphor between chess and Amazon with a straightforward assertion: before a single move is made, both players have an equal chance of winning.

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Start With a Plan; Pivot as You Play

Start With a Plan; Pivot as You Play

The quickest way to win a game of chess is in two moves, The Fool’s Mate. But, chess wouldn’t be any fun and you wouldn’t keep playing if you lost (or won) in two moves every time.

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For the Love of the Game

For the Love of the Game

We began this series of articles with a simple premise: Amazon sales is a game much like chess. And, similar to most games, it is something that you can improve with the right studying, planning, practicing, and learning.

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You’ve probably heard the old proverb, “the proof is in the pudding.” Most people, however, don’t know that this is a shortened simplification of the original expression: the proof of the pudding is in the eating. You may get regular Amazon business reports directly...

An Amazon Sales Boost to Take Your Business to the Skies

Looking for a boost from an Amazon marketing services consultant? Who is doing what to make it happen?  This past summer, we started a series of blog posts that made the business case for selling on Amazon or, for existing sellers, for finding an Amazon sales boost....

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Moving Sales Beyond the Marketplace

Study the industry greats, learn from them, and innovate to beat them This series of articles has focused on the parallels between playing chess and selling products on Amazon. We uncovered many links between the approach to a chess match and the ways you can improve...

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Amazon is a jungle filled with hungry, fierce animals called competitors. They are a scary breed and will stop at nothing to get their prey, which is a top-ranking product listing. The higher your listing’s altitude, the higher your Amazon sales will climb.  As...

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