How To Scale eCommerce Brands Even When Ad Costs Keep Rising with Alex Martino
Release Date: 03/04/2022
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info_outlineOver the past 5 years, Alex has scaled eCommerce brands into the tens of millions, his ads have been seen by billions (getting him featured in Yahoo, Forbes, Business Insider, MarketWatch and more). He developed the concept of eCommerce App funnels, and founded Scaling Group, following just four months after its inception, the business flew past seven figures in revenue marking that as his true entrance into digital entrepreneurship.
Highlights
- What Alex Martino has been up to for the past five years. - 0:14
- The topics to be covered in this episode. - 1:16
- What got Alex into the eCommerce space? - 2:12
- Helping people who are looking into setting up their own eCommerce stores. - 4:13
- Creating apps for eCommerce. - 6:11
- Having an app can be a hedge against risks. - 12:51
- Important thing to understand as a business owner who wants to grow successfully online in advertising. - 14:37
- The use of apps for influencers. - 15:58
- The next best steps to create an app. - 17:22
- Where is eCommerce going? - 19:25
- Best place to connect with Alex. - 21:58
Episode Resources - Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork
- https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul
- https://dogoodwork.io/podcast
- Connect with Alex Martino
- https://scalinggroupllc.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/aIexandermartino/
- https://www.instagram.com/alexmartino