TAS 457: ASK Scott Session #141 - Daily Business Tasks - Hijackers - Launch List and Coupon Codes

Get ready to ring in the new year with another session of Ask Scott here on The Amazing Seller podcast! This is the place where you’ll find the energy, passion, and motivation you need to go out there and continue to reach your goals and build your ecommerce business. On this episode, Scott shares his thought of the week, goes over daily tasks for sellers, how to know if your listing has been hijacked, what to do when Amazon won’t let you use promo codes, and much more! You don’t want to miss a minute of this fascinating and valuable episode! Exercise your brain, not just your body! As the new year approaches, many well-intentioned people will make New Year’s resolutions and most of them will break them. What are your plans to make changes in 2018 and stick to them? Do you want to lose weight? Change your diet? Exercise more? Spend time with friends and family? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott encourages business leaders like you to make sure that you include a goal to stretch your mind in addition to any plans you have to get your body in shape. As a business leader, this is especially important! To hear more on this topic from Scott, make sure to catch this episode! Daily tasks that will get you on the right track. What does it take to succeed as an ecommerce business leader? What daily habits and schedules empower and support a successful leader? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott opens up and shares his insights on what it takes to lead a productive daily schedule. Scott says that it’s important to come up with a set of things you can do daily that will help you maintain your current business level and things you can do to stretch and grow your business. To get ideas on what to include in both those lists, make sure to check out the resources section that Scott has put together! How do you know that your listing has been hijacked? How do you know when your Amazon product listing has been hijacked? What can you do once that unfortunate event has occurred? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott goes over what to look for, how to respond to a hijacked listing, and most importantly, how to prevent a hijacking from occurring in the first place. According to Scott, most hijacking occurs when you give the product away at a discount. To respond once a hijacking has occurred, Scott says to follow the Amazon procedure to contest the seller who is taking advantage of your listing. You can protect yourself from future hijackings by making sure you are brand registered and you have solid branding on your products with pictures of your branding in your product listing. To hear more on this topic, make sure to listen to this informative episode! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [3:30] Scott’s thought of the week; exercise your brain, not just your body! [10:00] Question #1: What action steps do you take daily to get started? [16:30] Question #2: How do you know your product listing is getting hijacked? [22:00] Question #3: I can’t use the promo code option in the Canada market, what should I do? RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE www.theamazingseller.com/ask www.theamazingseller.com/buildlist www.theamazingseller.com/resources