Hey, I'm in a similar situation bud, left my job and jumped and head first into a bunch of things. One was ecommerce and drop shipping, although I did have some experience in it previously.

Shoot me a PM let's chat.

Thanks so much--even having someone to talk to is great. Anyone else wanting to help, is great. This is a new profile ---my other one was my work one --so not a newbie here.

Looks like you are strong in the social media and converting enough to generate $1K-1.5K a month net, so I would maintain a strong focus on that. But you should also focus on SEO since SEO is some of the best converting traffic there is and 'free'. Also, you may consider buying an or two on blog sites that are related to your ecommerce store. I wouldn't spend to much on it in the beginning because you have to test to see if the traffic converts.

Also consider submitting your site to shopping engines. Those should bring in the best converting traffic of all.

Are you using buyer's information to followup with them via email or mail to offer additional products?

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Thank you everyone--yes, I am strong on FB and that following SHOULD (cross fingers) convert as I go into other social media platforms. It is very time consuming. I was excited to learn about Hootsuite or some of the other automatice posting programs---just to find out you have a dramatic decrease in people who see your posts. So its going to have to be manual most of the time.

I read up on SEO a bit last night and I will go through the site and optimize it as much as possible. I signed up for marketsamurai---not sure if this is the best program. It seems more for developing sites from the beginning and I am figuring out how to apply this an existing ecommerce site with some competition.

Yes--I have an email list I am building and collecting customer data with. My list is growing huge due to giveaways and promos where it is at about 3400 now and I think I can add 2000 emails to this a month/every month--maybe even more. I just started organizing all the email addresses---and for about 6 months I was not collecting them (ouch). What is a "good" list size? I am thinking over 50K is good.

Anton---yes I also got your email. My products are available elsewhere and at time much cheaper. I am a bit wear of adding to a shopping cart. My distributors do not offer MAP--that is just the downfall of this niche, though something I will keep in mind for the next niche I am developing.

Yes--PPC campaign is on the list too.

I think the main thing is I am under pressure to get this turning money around and fast. $1500, I need $3k to make it. I have enough in savings for about 4-5 months. I have no kids, family, distractions. I can work on this all day---I have done that before to develop another business---and I did it. I know what it takes. I can use some money to invest. But the pressure is on--I don't mind. I enjoy it--its fun seeing the orders come in. But when it's slow....it gets scary. Thanks for the advice. I don't want to go to 9-5 it never works out for me.

hi Hampton44,

I might be able to help. I own a website where we promote online stores (including drop shipping).

Did you acquire most of your following on Facebook through contests?

aside from SEO You should consider local marketing like email marketing,social media and mobile marketing to spread the news about your business but If you have budget then why not PPC ..

Hi everyone --thanks so much. I am going to go with Audarah's ideas and just get a bit more organized and slowly add SEO to this. I appreciate ALL the ideas on here ---I just bought some notebooks etc and the rest of the day will be spend simply organizing the above ideas and mapping out a great marketing plan. The site has been running 2 years, but I purchased it 8 months ago, and I am doing some much needed ravamp work. I am really trying to build a brand. I also need to continue to build other niches. Relying on one website is very very scary. I will be back on some of the other threads with more specific questions. Thanks for all your help.

I feel as perplexed as you and I'm not even making any money yet, well, let me take that back . I just got approved through Google for the $10 bucks I've made with my first Adsense page but oddly enough my Google Ads aren't even on my page anymore and I don't know what's going on. That's just the first thing on my list.....I own about 24 domains myself and I realize some were bought in haste but they can all be developed. I'm also trying to build clickbank and amazon sites as well....ahhhhh. I can see I need to start my own thread on this.....anyway good luck. Will try to send a PM just to begin friending people on here, I need all the help and support I can get. Been a Warrior Member for quite awhile but have never utilized the site the way I need to, the one thing you and I really have in common is I got rid of a job to do this, I sold my regular business to build my online businesses.....little did I know the real work involved and how you can very quickly feel the overwhelming sensation of getting pulled in a thousand different directions.

Yes---I agree. It really is a ton of work, perhaps even more work than a regular 9-5 job. I am pretty sure I worked 12 hour days last week, but just took a 3 days weekend. Create a plan and stick to it---that is the goal. Good luck to you as well. The pressure is on, and some days are simply overwhelming.

Thanks Dan---I would agree with the blurry line of offsite SEO and good marketing. I have zero SEO onsite. Main problem I am attempting to resolve---revamp of site, customers questions, running sales, etc---yet still have time to do marketing. So far one marketing goal a day is good....but its tough. Today I am still on shopping engines---and getting a bit organized. So far bringing in $200 in sales a day, minimum for a week. Some days way more.
I think I just need to sit down and study SEO every day for an hour.

I also think---in the long run, I will be a true expert at this and could possibly consult---but right now I am just a beginner studying 10-12 hours a day---the good thing is, most people dont have the time to do this, and this is more of a hobby.

Hampton44,
I admire the persistance and it soounds like you will be intermediate and soon thereafter able to consult before you know it. Wax on, wax off, Daniel-son.

I'd make it a priority to get the onsite SEO done so the site will get indexed/read by the search engines and because, as you know, people search by keywords or part number or model number... And you might pick some words or numbers that will get traffic.

Keep on getting many paths to your store so you are not search engine dependent, or dependent on any one source. (Or any one buyer for that matter.)

Dan