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Nicholas J Ross
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2013
Here, we unlock your business and personal potential with practical strategies and insights. Drawing on two decades of experience, I’ll guide you through overcoming growth challenges, streamlining operations, and leading with confidence.
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A lifelong student, I'm figuring out how to make my experiences- successes & failures- count for good.
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Subscribe to discover actionable tips and transform your vision into reality, 'releasing the brakes'.
A lifelong student, I'm figuring out how to make my experiences- successes & failures- count for good.
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How to Make Decisions and Achieve Your Business Goals in 2025
Are you overwhelmed by the endless choices and distractions as you plan for the year ahead? This video shares a powerful framework to help you make decisions with clarity and confidence. I’ll show you how to:
✔ Reduce the noise around you to focus on what truly matters
✔ Align your goals with what YOU really want
✔ Spot the opportunities (or "levers") that will propel you forward
✔ Overcome both external and internal blocks that hold you back
By the end of this video, you’ll have the tools to stay aligned with your goals and turn them into reality-without relying on motivation hacks or quick fixes.
If you found this helpful, drop a comment or share your biggest takeaway below!
To discuss the levers to pull in your business, or how to overcome blockages that stop you- jump on one of our free weekly calls:
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✔ Reduce the noise around you to focus on what truly matters
✔ Align your goals with what YOU really want
✔ Spot the opportunities (or "levers") that will propel you forward
✔ Overcome both external and internal blocks that hold you back
By the end of this video, you’ll have the tools to stay aligned with your goals and turn them into reality-without relying on motivation hacks or quick fixes.
If you found this helpful, drop a comment or share your biggest takeaway below!
To discuss the levers to pull in your business, or how to overcome blockages that stop you- jump on one of our free weekly calls:
linktr.ee/nicholasjross
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Business Can Be Easier. But Can You Handle It? #shorts
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Maybe you don't need entrepreneur hacks, or entrepreneur motivation. Maybe business can be a lot easier for you. But maybe you don't want that, really. #shortsbusiness #shorts #ceoshort
Why Goal Setting is Sabotaging Your Business Growth (What to do instead).
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Or "How to Create a Business You Love Without Aggressive Goal Setting"! Tired of setting lofty goals that leave you frustrated and exhausted when they aren't met? You're not alone. In this video, I share why I’ve ditched traditional goal-setting. Instead of forcing boundless energy into aggressive targets, I focus on identifying and releasing inner blocks that make success flow easier. Imagine ...
Stop Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall, Make Decisions & Grow Your Business (CEOs/Entrepreneurs)
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"Where do I start? I want to grow. Quickly. I have all these ideas. I could start here. I could start there? I could do this thing...that thing... help!" We've all been in this, painful, situation. As much as I'd like to say "do this..." - you actually need to think of it yourself for it to stick. In this video, I talk about: 1) Figuring out what you 'want' 2) Figuring out what you REALLY want ...
Your Ads Are Your Business's Instrument: Stop Relying on Outsiders and Start Playing Your Own Song
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Stop chasing Facebook Ads Hacks, or interfering with your agency or freelancer. The only way to grow your brand with digital advertising is to understand how it works uniquely for your business. Stop outsourcing and trusting others with your customer acquisition - learn how to play your own tune.
Find & Fix Hidden Problems in Your Business: A Lesson from a Broken Audi
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Sometimes, the problems we see aren’t the problems we need to solve. In this video, I share a story about my car’s mysterious coolant loss and how it taught me a powerful lesson about systems thinking. The environment, distracting noises, and hidden root causes all played a role in the problem-and the same is true for businesses. If your business feels like it’s constantly putting out fires, yo...
Why Business Owners Can't Delegate
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Introducing you to the hidden enemy responsible for why you can't delegate and grow your business more sustainably. Solve this, and you can get back your time and freedom, and grow a business in a way that's actually enjoyable. Obviously there's more to this...for more do join one of our weekly calls where we discuss topics like delegation and how to do it. See details of our next call here: go...
Psychology in Business Decisions: Stock & Cashflow Issues (Entrepreneur Cashflow Tip)
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In this video I explore the common situation of a business owner building stock with no validated proof of concept or route to market. And then continuing to create an overstocked burden on themselves. It reveals that there’s some inner work to do around this, otherwise risk overburdening the business far into the future.
Why You Should Relaunch Your Business
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What I learned the hard way, so you don’t have to… Running my retail business was a constant cycle of stress, sleepless nights, and burnout. I felt trapped in endless multi-tasking, which led to bad habits and cash flow issues. When I finally shut it down, the pressure lifted, and I found clarity. Starting over with a fresh purpose and clear focus made all the difference. Sometimes, you don’t n...
Peter Thiel’s "Competition is for Losers" Business Advice: Be a Monopoly! #shortsbusiness #shorts
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For nearly two decades, I’ve shared the belief that companies that compete head-to-head with similar products or services ultimately wind up at zero. Peter Thiel advocates strongly for this in 'Zero to One'. He explains that companies should aim to avoid competition by creating monopolies in their own unique niches. You must craft a compelling offer for a specific segment of the market. Then de...
Business Owner Getting Burned by Meta Advantage Plus (Vs Interest-Based Targeting)
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On this value call, we discuss Advantage targeting on Facebook Ads and why you should not just rush in and turn it on. #facebookadstrategy #shorts #short #businesscoach
Entrepreneur Growing Past $1m/Year With More Profit and Freedom
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In this video I'm looking at everything that's difficult in running and growing a $1m-$10m business but through the perspective of someone who has made it a lot easier. Hopefully this will give you some new perspectives - how to grow your business without feeling trapped, bogged down. Get more of my business stuff here: linktr.ee/nicholasjross & access our free weekly value calls to keep you fr...
Entrepreneurs: It's Not the Destination, It's the Journey. Bad Advice?
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Entrepreneurs: It's Not the Destination, It's the Journey. Bad Advice?
Why Email List Revenue Points to Business Health
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Why Email List Revenue Points to Business Health
Consider This Before Selling Your Business
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Consider This Before Selling Your Business
How to Maximize Sales Revenue with Staged Openings and VIP Access
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How to Maximize Sales Revenue with Staged Openings and VIP Access
Navigating Your Business Through Holiday Sales: Stay True to Your Brand
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Navigating Your Business Through Holiday Sales: Stay True to Your Brand
Unlocking Business Potential: The Email Revenue Connection
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Unlocking Business Potential: The Email Revenue Connection
How to Handle BFCM Without Undercutting Your Brand
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How to Handle BFCM Without Undercutting Your Brand
How to Get Customers to Promote Your Brand
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How to Get Customers to Promote Your Brand
Cut Distraction & Procrastination by Building a Mission-Driven Business
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Cut Distraction & Procrastination by Building a Mission-Driven Business
How to Destroy Distraction at the Root & Focus
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How to Destroy Distraction at the Root & Focus
Value Stacking Your Product for More Sales
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Value Stacking Your Product for More Sales
Boring is Better: The Secret to Unlocking Business Growth
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Boring is Better: The Secret to Unlocking Business Growth
How Systems Thinking Unlocks Hidden Opportunities for Business Owners
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How Systems Thinking Unlocks Hidden Opportunities for Business Owners
Why Using ChatGPT for Writing Ads Can Be a Disadvantage
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Why Using ChatGPT for Writing Ads Can Be a Disadvantage
eCommerce Mastermind: Live Value Call #5 Recording - Open Q&A
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eCommerce Mastermind: Live Value Call #5 Recording - Open Q&A
Advantage+ Plus Shopping Campaign Problems - Beware
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Advantage Plus Shopping Campaign Problems - Beware
As a workaholic, its almost hard to conceive. :) But it is a great question.
Maybe a better way to put it is "leverage" rather than 'easier'. Where can you put all the workaholic energy where it will have maximum upside? :)
you have reassured myself for thiss
Appreciate your comment. What did you find helpful?
Sorry about the poor audio quality on this one
Great video - watch it before you leave the office and reflect on it on your commute. Works wonders.
That's a really good tip and something I try to do as well. Instead of filling time with more noise and content, take some time to reflect on what you've already consumed. Grateful that this makes your list!
Thanks for sharing, Nich! I love your message: Channeling your inner child and its fun + creativity without judgement!
This is literally where I am at right now. Not business only but life also. Everything is a mirror if you are willing to see it! Great video :)
This is a really clever anology... love it. Symptons / Problems / Solutions!
Appreciated!
Nice vid, Thanks for keeping it authentic with no Background music.
Appreciate that! 👍 And good point regards the 🎵
I concur. But if you're getting a great amount of sales from your Ad Campaigns, your data will show a frequency above 5 with a great reach. Brand Awareness campaign objective is great for retargeting to make new prospects aware of your product or service.
Thanks for the comment :) 5 freq would be too high for my liking. I'd be putting new ad sets into those same, winning audiences.
Great content 💯
Thanks, that's really appreciated 🙏
Yeah he’s right☺️
Appreciate the comment
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I'm good but thanks for the comment.
I feel trapped but also free - and that doesn't make any sense 😳😉
Brilliant Nick. This is so apt for us right now. Boring is certainly better during this period - in fact it's essential. I definitely fall into the trap of being drawn to exciting new 'opportunities' - been regularly falling into that deep deceptive hole for 20 years! It's part of an entrepreneur's creative character I suppose but definitely a characteristic that needs to be constantly kept in check. Occasionally it pays off but more often than not - it doesn't. 😜 Great video 👏👌
100% You're right about it being part of our DNA as entrepreneurs. It makes entrepreneurship THE life challenge, since you have to be so self-reflective and aware. And then you need to build the discipline and focus to lean into the creative side, but only when you need to. Otherwise it's a hindrance. Appreciate the comment! :)
you are underrated. at least on TH-cam
Awesome teaching 😊
I'm selling caregiver service in Bangladesh. Is brand awareness campaign helpful for me?
It depends what you want? If you want people to know you offer a care giving service, do brand awareness. If you want people to book calls with you or register their interest in your services, go for leads/conversions.
i already did a awareness campaign. It's reach 80k and impression 100k.what do you think that this campaign helped me?
Absolutely right. Thanks for your content.
Appreciated!
Nicholas, thank you for sharing this. In the manual campaign, are you using adset budgets or campaign budget optimization? what do you generally consider a good budget to test and how many creatives are you putting in an adset?
Always ad set budgets (ABO). CBO is for scaling and we would fill it with winning ad sets. Testing budget depends somewhat on your product price/expected AOV. We generally test in the region of $/£10-15/day though. 3-4 creatives per ad set, 1 x video 2 images, or 2 x videos.
@@releasethebrakes brilliant! Thank you for a detailed reply. I really appreciate it!
thank you for such a detailed breakdown, nicholas! came across this after seeing your advantage shopping campaign video (very helpful as well). how many creatives are you testing at a time in one ad set? and also, is there a particular budget that one should start with? and in each ad set, are you targeting single interests or a combination? thanks again for this video! (Just signed up the group on skool as well)
Testing budget depends somewhat on your product price/expected AOV. We generally test in the region of $/£10-15/day though. 3-4 creatives per ad set, 1 x video 2 images, or 2 x videos. I think of it more as 'audiences' than interests in the sense that we might create 'Audience 1' and this is made up of multiple interests, or a single one. I like to layer interests, so "gardening" + must also be interesting in "X, Y, Z" etc. Great to have you in Skool.
@@releasethebrakesjust to clarify, when you layer interests are you narrowing them down or just stacking them. or is this more of a test that one can try some stacked interests and some narrowed down audiences just to see what works. and thank you for putting together these videos. it was refreshing to see someone finally highlight how going Broad or only doing advantage plus is not the right move for a lot of new accounts.
Wow! Words from an online performance marketer that has zero understanding of omnichannel brand awareness. I was crazy enough to click, but this is a one-trick-pony approach to selling online and online only. This is bad advice for an omnichannel brand. For those brands we need less of this, and more understanding of how to constantly fill the funnel and approach it as a channel agnostic sales campaign. You aren’t a marketer, you’re an online sales advice guy. Don’t confuse the two
All brands are omnichannel. You're seeing things as singulars, and/or extremes and making judgements: "one trick", "online only", "zero understanding"... Everything is interconnected - that's my whole philosophy. If you want, re-watch the video as you may have missed the point. You're doing what you've accused me of in order to make your argument. Maybe let's turn this into a more constructive dialogue and I can make a follow-up video to this one if you feel I missed something out.
Hey Nicholas , very good video . I can do better editing in your videos which can help you to get more engagement in your videos . Pls lmk what do you think ?
Thanks for the offer but just keeping it 'raw and real' atm :)
I never intended this to be so controversial haha. It's definitely my least liked video. If you do hate what I'm saying, do please comment. I'm not picking on you- if it works for you that's fine. This is just my observation having spoken to a lot of people over the last few years.
Cheers man this really helped out 👍
No problem! 👍 Feel free to ask any follow-up questions as a result of changes.
Great video - Some excellent points on the huge benefits of live chat. We launched Tidio chat on our site a couple of years ago and they are way better than the previous service we used. So many good features.
Yup and it's getting better all the time. I appreciate the comment!
*How to Create a Winning Performance Max Campaign* (Previous Video) here th-cam.com/video/MNsIquTdcio/w-d-xo.html
Hi, thank you for the video. 😊 Could you please show us in another video or explaining it here in the comments how to split the asset group per product type or category? How can I be sure to split them in different asset group so I can create custom message and asset group for each product line for example? Can I do it after I create the acid group from the listing group? Or is there different way to do it? Thank you very much😊
Thanks for the comment. Great question! You would normally go into the listing group, then manually add a category, or individual products to the asset group. I think when you first create the asset group, it doesn't give this option. You need to go back into it > into the listing group > then pick out what you want. Does this help?
You can grab my notes for this on this Google Doc docs.google.com/document/d/1HjmFknxhuVKqsAp5RGfPjf9JQAE3YD0L0nVzRYSA7ZQ/edit?usp=sharing
i am sellling supplements in germany and there are many brands here. Performance marketing doesn't perform well. Because there are a lot of established brand which are selling the same products like we do and the customers already trust them. we're doing brand awareness campaigns to gain the trust of the customers, so the brand seems more familiar. in the same time we're doing conversion campaigns broad to target the customers with a good offer.
Great points. I think you need to get back to the first principles here. You're looking at a crowded market, and changing your ad strategy at a 'technical' level i.e. doing brand awareness, retargeting on video views maybe, etc. This isn't wrong- but you need to re-look at your market and re-think your offer. Can you re-package it and target a different section of the market? Can you even create a brand new market? Join our group if you like and we can brainstorm on this and help you out ecommerceprogroup.com/
I don't think this will work for all brands or businesses. For a music brand for example, there is 0 demand for your brand or product, so wouldn't you have to build awareness and consideration for your brand before someone would ever want to opt in or buy? I have tried going straight for conversions with music advertising and it does not work for me.
Thanks for the comment. I would look at the other side of the coin and ask, would an engagement/brand awareness campaign work for you, then? And how would you measure that? The reasons conversion didn't work could be almost anything. I would suggest going for a lower-friction conversion, like an email address. Is there a quiz funnel you could send people to? A download? eBook, etc? It's not so much that people don't need to build awareness, and see you often before buying- that's still true. It's more than you want those people that you attract to be the highest 'quality' and so going for conversions can often produce that. We sell products in a $300-1000 price range on FB and still shoot straight for purchase.
Thanks Nicholas - very useful. Makes sense.
Glad it was helpful!
You're talking about two distinct things imho. One is clutter and ways to deal with it, the other are distractions. I have a lot of tabs and windows open at the same time, but I can still be quite focused because I cut out all distractions. Notifications are blocked on almost all my phone apps, my PC is always on Do Not Disturb mode, I use an aggressive ad blocker (as everyone should) and windows are spread between workspaces according to their context, so others are invisible. Programs that regularly show popup windows etc without asking get removed. And tabs in the browser don't use my mental capacity, quite the opposite: they're used to offload stuff from my head so I can focus on something else, like a todo list or notes but for websites. It's a mix between backlog and bookmarks (more convenient than actual bookmarks), so overall over 1000 but usually not more than 10 of them are actually active at a time. I guess it's just very different workflows. I don't really get confused by all that because I have a consistent system in how I structure everything. But either way you definitely do need a system.
Good points. I don't think they're separate. Clutter can be very distracting. It depends what it is. I was talking mainly about distractions here, though. You sound like you've got it together. I think you acknowledge my point though as you said "but I can still be quite focussed" (as if to say - in spite of the tabs). I think loading up tabs to offload is tricky. Depends on your workflow, as you say. But I would add things to my todo, then do them at the scheduled time. No point them being open now.
I don't disagree with keeping things relatively clear. But why would the desktop matter? It's not like you're going to be sitting and looking at it, if you're doing something then it's always covered by other things.
You're right - it doesn't matter in terms of getting stuff done. Unless you're trying to find something visually. I guess it's similar to house/drawers being a mess. Probably a reflection of the mind. Just getting order in this one area (desktop) can start to reflect in other areas.
Yiu have a good content,keep up
That's kind of you to say- thanks!
Very good - makes a lot of sense!
Appreciated!
Hi, great video. I want to target people from my phone/email list and no one else. How should I do this? The list is already uploaded and matched.
Thanks - appreciated! This can be more easily done in Facebook- less so in Google. You can't really do this in P/Max- you can use it as an audience signal (I think) but it will always go beyond and outside of that list...so the only way to use this list you have would be on the display network, really. You can also use it in your shopping or search ads, but it would only trigger if people type in keywords of course.
What an extraordinary video presentation! - Success unfolds as an enduring and evolving adventure..
Glad you enjoyed it!
Not everyone that becomes aware of your brand will buy from you, but everyone that buys from you was already aware of your brand. So the same way you don’t want to spend money trying to get sales with a brand awareness campaign, you also don’t want to spend money making your target audience aware of your brand with a conversion campaign. And that’s how you get high performing campaigns, they work better together.
Appreciate your input here :)
Of course all brands don’t wanna lose money in campaigns that don’t bring profit. The point of brand awareness campaigns is to decrease your CAC. If you only run conversion campaigns it will cost you much more to acquire new customers.
In my experience it raises CAC as well as complexity. With the added complexity you're then not able to focus on other areas of the business like the back end or product development.
@@releasethebrakes so why would companies advertise on super bowl for example? The fundamentals of marketing also apply to the digital landscape. Maybe you looked to the short term only?
Can I edit your TH-cam Videos?
I am happy keeping them fairly scrappy for now but thanks for asking :)
Can I edit your TH-cam Videos?
I'm keeping them scrappy for now :)
I agree
Thanks for your input !
It can be actually cheaper and it can act as conversion campaign too technically
But like if I run maximum number of impression ads and certainly put a link in it and I tell them a call to action , why would that not give me results even with the brand awareness campaign and that would make it cheaper too
That would not give you results because your ads would be delivered to people when they are not ready to buy yet or not in a buying behavior. Facebook knows when their users are not willing to take specific actions, so the campaign objective is really important to get the results you want and that’s why it’s more expensive to get sales than impressions. To get high performing campaigns, you need to combine campaigns with different objectives taking into consideration customer’s journey: awareness, consideration, decision, and loyalty.
You're right but I am finding more and more that multiple campaigns don't make much sense. For ex, we often run just a conversions campaign then remarketing with a MoF ad, and a BoF ad. That's it. Doing WAY better than the previous complex structures.
@@seja-recrutado ok think now I'm talking from the perspective of a offline brand who produces FMCG goods , so earlier when there used to be television or billboards , there is no campaign objective choosing , simply go wild and make the best ads possible and show them the ads as much as possible humanly and u will sell products , why would u need a conversion campaign, u would only require a conversion campaign if u r selling a. Course of high amount
@@releasethebrakes Do you also do this if you are launching a new brand? For example, a supplement brand where there is a lot of competition, how would you create brand awareness? Would you start immediately with a conversion objective?
I subscribe here since its more realistic than other just making content.
Appreciated!
Going straight for the purchase is expensive advice if you follow it. FB will make sure of it.
Not with a great ad and good targeting (and of course a good offer/landing page!). You would find the other route longer and a lot more expensive.
I think conversion objective should be used more for expensive items because u are telling Facebook to help u find people that are most likely to but from u. Why do u need Facebook to help u find people that are most likely to buy from u when u are selling a cheap item that u can easily get someone to buy compared to an expensive item?
I think that's the point of brand awareness. To have people engage or like associated with the brand so they become aware with it. If you need sales then there are different campaign for that.
Yeah there's a place for it. My advice to people is not to use it as a core part of their sales strategy, especially when you're new.
Hi I saw your videos they are all amazing. Would you mind if I add more on your videos so that your business grow exponentially!
What would you recommend for hospitality or bars, who have a website but you can't book through it? When clients say they want 'bums on seats' to be the aim of Facebook ads. I tend to feel like brand awareness or web visits are the only option but never see good results. Very helpful video BTW
Have you tried using a landing page with a built-in lead form? Those tend to work well with actually getting real conversions
They really need a way of capturing leads otherwise they're putting you in a really difficult position. Facebook is usually used as 'performance marketing' i.e. you need something to measure performance by. You could say 'bums on seats increased 50%' and cite Facebook ads as the reason, but your client could turn around and say they just spent $1m on buying every billboard within a 20 mi radius... you'd have no way of proving it was the FB ads that did it.
Great video. I never had luck with Brand Awareness ads, even when running it alongside a conversion ad, which I though at the time made sense. When I am not profitable running FB ads, I still feel, well atleast I am getting this exposure. Say I spend 1000 a day and get 600 in sales, I amost see it as a "win" because the brand is out there, getting new customers so that means more word of mouth, etc... With Brand Awareness, I just felt like I was waisting money with no chance at all of get a sale.
Appreciate the comment Eldon; thank you! I would try to aim for profit on cash collected day 1 - but your mindset is still good - you're thinking about lifetime value etc. You just have to make sure you're incentivising people coming back to you, and reminding them- and also make sure to have some good products suitable for their next purchase :)