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Rich Hosek's avatar

I was of the same mind as you, that presales on Amazon counted toward that initial sales rank on launch date.

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Jody J. Sperling's avatar

Some days, I think the overlords intentionally make things vague, confusing, and complicated on purpose so that we underlings waste needless energy just trying to learn the rules of the game. They do this, I imagine, to ensure that fewer people can rise the ranks and thrive.

The real question, then, is if those who manage to rise said ranks then become one of them or remain one of us…

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Rich Hosek's avatar

Well, that's what I'm looking forward to when I'm ready to launch AMMO. Being in control of my own future.

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Jody J. Sperling's avatar

I'm excited for that day, Rich. AMMO is a great program. I can comfortably say that to you because you know me pre and post AMMO, so there's zero sales pitch in it. (Also, I'm a bit irked this morning because I'd recently jumped up to $100 daily ad-spend and was clinging to a modest profit, then I decided to test a new ad, and didn't follow the rules Steve laid out for testing because I was sure my ad was a winner…My ads throttled $147 yesterday and got me 0 sales. That one hurt!)

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Rich Hosek's avatar

Yeah. When you think you know better than the rules, you kick yourself in the butt.

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