Issue 182: How to Scale from 6 to 7 Figures WITHOUT Hiring an Agency

| THE INTRO

Sooooo what are we up to now..?

• Stocks plummeting… 📉 but we feel a rally coming… 📈 

• Silver crashing. 🥈 Gold remains solid though! 🥇 

• Visas cancelled. 😅 

• Tesla’s on fire. 🔥 

Well, it might seem like the political equivalent of a Siberian winter, but fear not friends. There’s always tomorrow. And coffee. And alcohol. (Unless you’ve given either one of those up. In which case, there’s… water.)

Stay strong, fam! ✊ 

| TWEET OF THE WEEK

Andrew Faris: Margin = Power

Andrew Faris says most brands don’t really know their margins—and it’s costing them.

He’s big on making your P&L your secret weapon.

Quick hits:
📊 Track costs like a hawk – Know fixed vs variable
🤝 Negotiate hard – Suppliers, fulfillment, everything
🎯 Manual ad bidding – Cost caps > broad targeting
🤖 Use AI for creative – Fast, cheap, and testable

If you’re not optimizing margins, you’re not building a real brand.

Check it out here.

| YOUTUBE UNIVERSITY

How to Scale from 6 to 7 Figures WITHOUT Hiring an Agency

| TOGETHER WITH POSTSCRIPT

Marketing until now has been personalized,
but not personal.

SMS subscribers drive 8x more revenue than email, but most brands are still leaving money on the table by not responding to texts.

Postscript is here to change that!

🤔 Why do most brands struggle to text back? We’ve got the answers (and solutions)

📲 Connect with every subscriber 24/7- whether you’re a solopreneur or managing a big brand

💬 Real brands, real results! See how others are using Shopper to turn chats into cash

🎤 Join our CEO, Adam Turner, for a live Q&A

| QUICK SHOTS

@yojimmykim The best ecommerce brands are secretly media companies.

@TaylorHoliday “It’s a $19M hit to the bottom line.”

@seanchrstman "Great companies fail not because they’re poorly run, but because they get hung up on what made them great"

@mikebeckhamsm Last night I mowed my lawn and thought about tariffs.

@EggrolI When it comes to packaging, it's not just about looks—it's about psychology.

@sourfraser I made this ad with ChatGPT and fixed it with photoshop.

| HERE FOR THE MEMES

| AND IN OTHER NEWS…

| GET LINKED

Stop timing coupons with your PR events. Do this instead to keep more profit 👇

100 Days of Amazon Profit Hacks 💰 – Day 40/100  

Are you preparing for an upcoming:

• Social media campaign

• Email-list blast

• TV segment

• PR hit

Most brands default to running a coupon to convert the incoming spike in traffic. But there's a more profitable way:

👉 Strategically timed strikethrough pricing

Click for the full post

| RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE & SERVICES

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| STAT ATTACK

| THE OUTRO

Yes, it may appear bleak. Yes, it may look as if the world is ending.
But as Mr. Bennet reminds us in the BBC’s unquestionably best rendition of Pride & Prejudice:

And perhaps, just perhaps—it will.

So sit back, relax, sip your macha and enjoy 😅 the show.

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