hey what's up guys in this video I want
to talk about a print on demand daily
routine for 2023 and Beyond as we head
into a new year I want everybody to
really focus on how do they make the
next year as good as possible for your
print-on-demand business and this video
uh almost Comes By Request like I had a
one-on-one call with somebody recently
and they said Ryan like when I finally
have time in the day to sit down and
push my business forward sometimes I get
lost as to where to begin you know and
they wanted advice on just like what is
my daily routine like so in this video
I'm going to share with you some of my
recommendations
um talk about like my personal daily
routine for my businesses and hopefully
you shed some light on you know what's
working for me uh so let's get to it
foreign
so the theme of this video is again
daily routine I love the word routine
it's been pivotal in me being able to
really in my life just accomplish all
the things that I've been able to
accomplish you know what I mean it's
because I think in terms of what I know
I will be doing like at certain times on
certain days and in respecting what I'm
pretty much know to be true or I can
project in the future to be true that
also helps me understand like just how
much time in a day I have available to
do things like work on my side hustles
you know everybody at this point it's
like oh look YouTuber 120 000
subscribers big business like I can't
relate to him but yo I started where you
may be like if you're still working on
nine to five like I was working two jobs
and this truly was a side Hustle but I
made it work because number one like I
because of my routine I didn't have any
like false assumptions about how my day
was going to go I pretty much like knew
how how my days would go and was able to
adjust accordingly like if I had an hour
in the day to work on my business then I
made decisions about what I would get
done during that hour with the
understanding that there wasn't two
hours there was an hour and a half it
was one hour you got what I'm saying so
I think the perspective and just coming
to the realization of like exactly what
your time constraints are and how much
time you can dedicate to your business
is very important right we haven't even
begun to talk about the print on demand
aspect yet I just wanted to zoom out for
a second
and just say hey keep it real with
yourself how much time do you have to
work on your business
that is the amount of time that you need
to be budgeting all right
also before we get into the actual
business side too I just wanted to
recommend also like create good habits
you know I mean it's it's going to be
2023 soon New Year's uh is always a
great time to kind of go back to the
drawing board reevaluate what's going on
in your life good bad
ugly
um you know have your fun but like also
come on now like we're only here for a
certain amount of time like life is much
more enjoyable when you're happy when
you're healthy right and I guess wealthy
should probably come third right
happiness health wealth they're all
probably tied together in some respects
but like let's be real for a second like
it's a lot easier to be happy and
healthy when you take care of yourself
like a little bit exercise here and
there eat real food right it's like it's
really easy to go to the grocery store
and walk through the middle aisles where
everything is like processed with
preservatives and a lot of stuff that's
not helping your long-term Health
Outlook if you eat real food and even
the real food is Tainted these days it's
ridiculous
um let's not go like I could go on that
rent for a long time but like do your
best to just eat real food get a good
night of sleep a little bit of exercise
you know what I mean and don't overwork
yourself because I've definitely been
guilty of that
but I just wanted to mention that
because that's those are things that I
think really make a huge difference you
know what I mean it helps me move 100
miles an hour every day because it's not
like wearing me down I'm like I mean I
don't know I try to keep balancing I try
to do good habits and whatnot so anyways
all right when it comes to print on
demand
pacing is a big thing right you can sit
down and say okay I'm gonna work on my
business but am I going to upload one
product today am I gonna upload five am
I gonna upload ten
we already talked about like respect how
much time you have to give
but also if it's if it's an unlimited
amount of time
then really like what should you aim to
do and this is where I've shared this
publicly like my whole journey really
started and for the most part through
even today almost six years in
has relied on Amazon merch
for pacing now those of you guys that
can't get into Amazon merch you know
yeah it sucks right but like at least
kind of maybe consider borrowing the way
that they gamify print on demand for us
that are running the businesses when you
start Amazon merch you can upload
one to two products a day it does
fluctuate with time so I don't know if
it's one or two right now but I know
that it typically bounces between the
two
um depending on what time of year it is
like you may be able to upload one
product a day sometimes you may be able
to upload two products a day
but you can't upload five no matter what
right so when I was in Amazon merch tier
10
I would spend a lot of time researching
designing
optimizing for SEO my one upload a day
because I only had that one upload right
and then eventually I got tiered up to
tier 25 next thing you know I can upload
two three four products a day so I
adjust accordingly don't spend as much
time researching don't spend as much
time designing don't spend as much time
on any of the aspects that require our
time so that I can still get my daily
uploads done I just can't justify
spending the same amount of time that I
used to because I need to get more done
right because we know empty upload slots
they pay reliably 100 of the time zero
dollars so we want to use those upload
slots then when you fill them you can go
back and reevaluate hey did I you know
make the best decision with my uploads
or should I maybe delete them and put
something better up there but first
things first fill those upload slots all
right and this doesn't just apply to
Amazon merch I'm saying though but you
can borrow this approach maybe and apply
it to your Etsy shop to your Redbubble
shop uh where else are you selling I'm
on Walmart now you know what I mean like
how many do I upload to Walmart right
and this becomes a lot easier too when
you have a base of existing designs like
I'm on Walmart now but I can just go
upload my old designs that I've already
made right I don't have to sit down and
say okay let me do research for just
Walmart it's like well if I have these
designs selling on Amazon
then they'll probably sell on Walmart
you know what I mean or if it's selling
on Etsy it'll probably sell on Walmart
you see what I'm saying uh so the longer
you've been at this um the easier it
does get but pacing you gotta figure
this out for yourself
if you're in Amazon merch though it
almost like kind of solves it for you
because again they put these limitations
on your account based on you know how
long you've been selling how successful
you've been you know the tier system I
am a big fan of because it gamifies
things and almost like tricks us into
giving us
um what am I trying to say like not bite
size but like it's like winnable
winnable goals like achievable goals you
know you're brand new okay are you
capable of uploading One Design today
yeah I can do one okay you've been at it
for a while can you do two today yeah I
can do two boom two turns into four one
day because you get teared up to tier
100. can you do four
you know what I mean and then eventually
it gets to the point where you can do
like a hundred a day I mean for me right
now if I look it's like 10 000 today
obviously I'm not trying to hit those
numbers but um I have adjusted my
strategy according accordingly so I
would just say be willing to be agile
and adjust as well as it makes sense to
but you have to do what works for you
all right in life and not just business
in life you got to make things work for
you all right time is a huge constraint
that basically everybody has I mean I'm
self-employed now right I didn't used to
be I used to work two jobs web developer
then I taught web development three
classes every semester at a local
University and I had a little bit of a
life right I still got my exercise and
all that good stuff but like
I still made it work for me you know
what I mean it might mean oh I like
playing computer games well guess what
I'm not gonna do I'm not going to play
computer games if I need to do some
other stuff that is a bigger priority to
me or I want to go see some friends or
family okay cool business on the back
burner I'm gonna make this work for me
I'm gonna go do that you know what I may
need to work twice as hard the next day
when I have a little bit of time but at
least I know that hey I'm doing this
today so tomorrow I gotta work twice as
hard right just make it work for you I
mean and keep in mind too I didn't put a
slide in for this but like in life there
are literally two types of people there
are the doers and there are people that
just everybody else right what do you
call the people that aren't doers you
just say everybody else I guess
um in order to like make money online
which is why you probably are watching
this video subscribe to my channel Etc
you gotta be a doer
if you're not doing right if you're just
consuming information all the time it's
like that's great but at some point like
you know start taking the steps to put
stuff out there on the internet for sale
occupy online real estate with things
for sale with print on demand we get the
automated fulfillment
start making money you know that's what
it's about that's the game
uh by the way click the links in the
description for my free print on demand
mini course and check out my print on
demand Facebook group I'm going to put
links to both in the description if
you're not already in there
um don't forget guys like we said budget
your time accordingly but be realistic
about how much time you have to budget
and then also you may need to figure out
like what works best for you in terms of
the print on demand process you've got
your research you've got your designing
you've got your uploading you may have
to set up ads after that right you may
want to do further keyword research for
the ads or just for your organic SEO
some people can do like each step in a
row one at a time and just go through
the whole product listing creation life
cycle all at once other people thrive by
doing just the research today and then
tomorrow just the designing and then the
next day just the uploading figure out
what works for you
literally try different things right and
in life in life by the way outside of
business try different things you know
what I mean is your I don't know I don't
want to go off tangents but like you
know what I mean try getting an extra
hour of sleep at night you know what I
mean try waking up early try switching
your diet up you know what I mean if if
you think you can benefit from those
things I tried fasting last year and I
love fasting now you know what I mean
that really works for me
um little things like that man just you
know keep improving the quality of your
life and again it comes back to that
first slide which is really about
scheduling having a schedule having a
routine like a repetitive routine
because if it's a routine you don't have
to wonder like hey am I gonna go to the
gym today no if it's part of your
routine you don't ask yourself am I
going to the gym you just go right it's
what you do it's not am I going to it's
not that mentally you already know no
that's what I do right it's a routine so
trick yourself
to do things that are positive for you
uh focus on Q4 2023 like it's still 2022
we're still in Q4 but since you know in
regards to like Amazon merch when they
tagged our listings with arrives after
Christmas in red text sales started to
uh decline you know pretty rapidly uh
not that we're not still making nice
December sales you know but like let's
let's keep an eye on 2023 now we're
gonna make money all year and if you
need motivation how about subscribing to
my channel how about following me on
Twitter on Facebook when I get my
Instagram back follow me there I'm gonna
be posting my sales updates and I
typically post daily sales updates all
right so you know if you need motivation
just follow people there's a lot of
great YouTubers as well
um that are really successful I don't
know how many people are posting you
know their sales but like hey you know
what I mean like if you need motivation
at least I'll do what I can for you to
provide it to keep that long-term
perspective
let's make some sales every day in 2023
but let's also like for me the
motivation is I want to see huge numbers
in December 2024 and I love while I'm
grinding through the process of creating
new listings all year
just looking forward to that you know
seeing how high I can get those numbers
in the fourth quarter so anyways guys
that's a little bit of like my
perspective on this thing you got to do
what works for you
um just keep pushing forward though as
long as you are creating products for
sale and of course you know they can't
suck right you gotta you gotta adhere to
the best practices when it comes to
things like design when it comes to
things like SEO you will be in good
shape you just gotta keep going through
the processes keep showing up keep
chipping away Left Foot Right Foot Left
Foot Right Foot it's a long journey all
right and if you would like to learn
from me and how I make six figure print
on demand sales every single year my
exact step-by-step process with my
updated for 2023 course which I've been
working on behind the scenes non-stop
you can find it in the description the
link is down there also a link to my
private Community where I do weekly live
streams and office hours and post lots
of resources it's 40 off if you use the
link in the description guys thanks for
watching please like And subscribe happy
New Year I'll see you guys soon
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