This Issue's TLDR...

• BIGGER IS BETTER
• Speak in the language of your customers
• How to buy Amazon shell accounts

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Question...

What's different about these two main images for Brainista's Yerba Magic tea?

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If your answer is that Image B simply has larger font/text than Image A, then you'd be correct.

Now, which of these images performed better in a PickFu poll?

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Image B -- with the larger text -- outperformed Image A by a significant margin.

And, here's the kicker...I was able to replicate this result. Over and over and over again.

Of course, I had a hypothesis that this would be the case.

Not because of some weird prescience or expert instinct. But, because...there's a large body of academic research (here's one) that has consistently found that...

BIGGER IS BETTER.

So, that's your click-through rate hack/takeaway here.

When in doubt, just make it BIGGER.

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While we're on the topic of simple, but effective, main image hacks, here's a great post from Brandon Fishman, CEO of VitaCup, on matching your digital merchandising to customer search queries.

As I've tested this myself, what I've (interestingly) found is...

• The "search term enhanced" images don't always outperform in split testing on a market research platform (e.g., PickFu, Intellivy, ProductPinion).
• They *do* however outperform on Amazon.

I have a hypothesis on why that is, but I've spare you of that for now.

Anyway, here's Brandon's post:

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I haven't tested this with Amazon images, but I'm going to. I'll share the results in a future newsletter.

Part of me hopes that this *doesn't* work because, again, it's embarrassingly simple.

Sarah 🦕 @SarahLevinger Been in marketing for (almost) 17 years...how am I just now hearing about this?? 🤯 According to science, adding arrows → to your ad will increase the time people spend on your ad...even if they don't point to anything at all! WHY THIS HAPPENS 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 10:0 AM • May 7, 2025 38 Retweets 633 Likes Read 32 replies

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🚨 NEW RESOURCE ALERT 🚨

My friends over at AIA Assets just launched a marketplace for "shell" accounts on Amazon (both Vendor and Seller).

If you don't know what this is, well, you shouldn't be buying.

If you do know what this is, well, I wouldn't really call this "Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition" because you're not buying a cash-flowing business.

But, it could end up serving you in your entrepreneurial endeavors, so, I'll include it in this section.

There are lots of reasons to be in the market for a "shell" account. I've facilitated sales of several of these in the past for buyers, who each had their own unique (strategic!) reasons.

If this would be helpful to you, you now have a resource!

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