Mina Elias is the Founder of Trivium Group, a partial in-house advertising team for Amazon that helps brands scale through optimized ads. He’s also the CEO of MMA Nutrition, a performance supplements company. While working his 9-5, Mina developed a deep knowledge of Amazon PPC advertising. He eventually began sharing his knowledge and expertise on various social media platforms, including YouTube. Since then, Mina has acquired and trained a team of experts, which ultimately grew into Trivium Group — a seven-figure brand. Mina, a sought-after thought leader, has been featured on over 100 Amazon and e-commerce podcasts, sharing Amazon PPC strategies. Additionally, he’s consulted over 400 brands and three aggregators worth $1.2 billion.

Pay-per-click and product optimization are essential tools for Amazon sellers. Both mechanisms promote brand merchandise and improve site visibility, so should merchants integrate the two to maximize optimization?

Amazon seller and PPC expert Mina Elias strongly recommends sellers start merging the two devices. Beyond complementing each other, Mina explains that vendors do their business a disservice if the two teams don’t communicate. Alternative product maximization strategies include image and price split testing. When analyzing stock images, consider reviewing competitors' case studies and commerce channel rankings using PickFu or similar research platforms. Mina stresses the importance of testing product prices because sellers’ natural intuition is to lower prices when specific inventory underperforms. However, vendors risk their profit margins by decreasing costs, which could damage the business. 

In this episode of the eComm Breakthrough Podcast with Josh Hadley, Mina Elias, Founder of Trivium Group and CEO at MMA Nutrition, discusses integrating PPC and listing optimization. Mina explains clickthrough rates and conversions, split testing, and recommends data collection software.

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Special Mention(s):

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Related Episode(s):

• “Kevin King’s Wicked-Smart Tips for Building an Audience of Raving Fans”
• “Mastermind Level Strategies From a Former Top 50 Amazon Seller With Howard Thai”
• “Seven Acquisition Strategies to Scale to Eight Figures and Beyond”
• “Chad Rubin’s Proven Strategies to Transform Your E-commerce Business With AI”