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Dave joins Mike in this episode to talk about the Pros and Cons of building a community and content site through affiliate marketing in comparison to a product-based business.

With Ecomcrew being open, Dave and I thought it'd be a good time to reflect and compare the differences between a content site and product site.

We talk about the pros and cons of building a community, the various platform risks in digital businesses that are unavoidable and our personal experiences with getting hit with a Google Update that ultimately led to less visitors.

Here are some timestamps to help you along:

Audio Timestamps:

Introduction - 0:00
Migrating out of South California for Ecommerce - 1:30
The Good, Bad and Ugly with Running a Content Site - 6:11
Running a Digital Platform on Your Own Platform - 8:00
Platform Risks - 8:52
Amazon is EASIER to Appeal to? [shorts] - 11:00
Getting Shut Down by Google [shorts] - 12:31
Google Penalties - 14:05
Running a Content Business vs Product Business - 14:53
Amazon Only Rewards Marketing > Quality [shorts] - 15:19
Difference Between Amazon and Google - 18:34
Being Labelled as "Gurus" - 22:06
Difference Between Ecomcrew vs. Gurus - 27:58
Pros of Building a Community - 29:17
Cons of Building a Community - 31:40
The Full Customer Funnel of Ecomcrew Premium - 32:46
Networking with Ecomcrew - 35:52
New Ecomcrew Premium Features - 37:11

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E527: The Pros and Cons of Building A Community and Content Site

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