The Crowded-Shelf Brand

  • The Discount Trap: Why Constant Sales Are Killing Premium Brands

    In the last 2 weeks alone I’ve had three brand owners come to me, all with the same story. They’ve been told by marketing “experts” that every single EDM, every Meta ad needs a discount incentive. Every website needs a countdown timer or some other kind of FOMO bells and whistles. One of them showed […]

  • The Critical Scaling Error Premium Brands Make That Absolutely Kills Profits

    The Critical Scaling Error Premium Brands Make That Absolutely Kills Profits

    Look, I’m going to be honest with you. I’ve spent something like 25 years helping business owners scale their companies through mastering their marketing. I’ve seen brands go from kitchen table operations to seven-figure powerhouses. I’ve also seen brilliant products and passionate founders crash and burn. And after all that time, I can tell you […]

  • The Little Known Truth About Discounting That Could Save Your Ecommerce Brand

    The Little Known Truth About Discounting That Could Save Your Ecommerce Brand

    If you’re reading this in early November, I have a question for you: how are those ad costs treating you right now? Yeah, I thought so. Look, I’m not going to sugarcoat this—if you’ve been running ads in the last few weeks, you’ve probably noticed your costs have gone absolutely mental. And it’s only going […]

  • Why Generic Sales Pitches Fail (And What Actually Works for Ecommerce Brands)

    So, I need to tell you about something that happened last week that’s been living rent-free in my head ever since. I got DM’d on Indagare Beauty Instagram account by a marketing agency from the UK. And here’s the kicker – several of my clients got the exact same message. Same videos. Same promises. Same […]

  • In A Cashflow Crunch? Discounting Is Not The Solution…

    Do you remember back in the COVID boom years when eCommerce felt like an endless money machine? Customers were stuck at home and governments were handing out cash.  So customers had lots of free time and more spare money so what did they do? They shopped online. eCommerce sales skyrocketed with almost zero effort.  Paid […]

  • How To Attract More High Value Customers To Your Online Store

    Have you ever noticed that some customers will buy very quickly after clicking on an ad or discovering you on social media.  And then some customers will visit your website multiple times over several weeks, and maybe hang around on your email list for months, before they finally decide to buy during a major sale […]