I must say that, you know, Emmanuel Mumba, we have come a long way. A long way, I know Emmanuel Mumba from a long time, we have come a long way. And when I heard that his property has been restricted, I really laughed. I was shocked, I was really shocked because that property, Emmanuel Mumba has been on that property for a long time. For a long time, he was fierce, the little man that was getting there as fierce, it was going there. Afterwards, when he was dropped as fierce, I remember sitting with him in my office and the only story that was talking about is finishing that property. Whenever I came to the office sitting in the chair, I can remember, I can still re echo his voice in my head. He was talking about that property, finishing that property. Whatever little money he got, he was throwing it to that property. The people that are around Emmanuel Mumba might think that Emmanuel Mumba is stingy. But no, Emmanuel Mumba is not stingy, that's for sure. But for a number of years he has been preoccupied in building that property. So, I don't understand how the SEC or Kachina Nibadeku ever it is, I don't understand how you would go and pounce on that property. A property that I know. A property that I know how much this man has been struggling with his wife. With the wife. At one point they were all spending days there with these Indaka boys when they were building. Emmanuel Mumba was spending time there, sitting there with the wife. With these leperas, not that he gave her heavy kiwa nani wa nani. No, it's just ordinary people mixing in Dhaka and whatever beauty. That is how that property has been brought up. So, I'm really really shocked that the Anti-Corruption Commission would come into that. And this is my problem when you talk about this fight against corruption. Because you don't talk about the corruption that somebody has done. If you tell me that Emmanuel Mumba was involved in this and that and that, maybe I can understand. But to go and pounce on a property and then try to find faults on him, I think it is unfair. I think it is unfair. And I speak strongly about this because I have been with him. I know how he has been struggling. Of course, I'm being honest to the fact that we haven't been that close. So, I don't even know the property, which one they got. But really, again, if you are seizing a property from him, I think you should be able to point at the criminality. What did Harry Calabar do when he was a minister? Which you suspect would have built that property? You can't go to a property and say, now we have gotten the property. Tell us where the money came from. This is not fighting corruption. And this is what I've been talking about all along because some people thought that this government means well in terms of fighting corruption. Some people thought that and they thought no, for us we are spared. But unfortunately, you don't have to have committed any criminality. As long as you criticize President Harka in the each name, two things are bound to happen. Those who criticize President Harka in the each name to the effect that he feels the weight, he feels the blows of democracy. Two things will happen. It's either you're going to be arrested like they have been doing with me.  I am arrested because of my talking. That's why I'm arrested. Nothing else. Gokuma Court, you won't find anything other than Chirifatari said this. Chirifatari said this when I'm just expressing my opinion, when I'm just exercising my freedom and speaking for people. Speaking for people. That's all I do. But it is on those that I'm arrested. And it is not because I've done something wrong. It is because I've criticized President Harka in the each name. It is because I've criticized his governance. It is because I have called a spade such as President Harka in the each name is a dictator. Like when I say President Harka in the each name is not fighting corruption. He's vindictive. He's a bitter man. And these are real. These are real. People who are committing crimes in this country, they are not being followed. They are not being followed. But those who are critical of President Harka in the each name, those, they are in trouble. It's either you are arrested or if you are not arrested, either deck and corruption commission or whatever joint, the illegal joint investigating team. That is an illegal whatever. It's either they follow you. It's either your bank account is seized. Your property is seized. These are the things that are happening to President Harka in the each name. This is the democracy that President Harka in the each name was talking about when he was in parliament to say he's practicing good governance. No, but Harka in the each name. You are not practicing good governance.  You have persecuted so many people in the short time that you have been in power. You have unleashed the investigative wins on a number of people. You have punished people like me whereby you even took me to Lukulu. I mean, it's like I'm a police seozi, I'm a zombie. It's like it's a syllabus. You have taken me far and near just to punish me for telling you the truth. It is not about anything. It is about me telling you the truth. And for that you have punished me. For that you have punished me. And really, yes, I've paid the price. But I can tell you that I'm not going to relent. I'm not going to relent. I'll keep talking. You can do whatever you want. Even death I am ready for it. I'll keep talking. I'll keep telling you the truth. And it is because of speaking that Emmanuel Muammar today has his property restricted. It is because of talking that Harry Carver's property has been restricted. It's nothing else. It's nothing else but because they have been offering checks and balances. And their checks and balances are very valid. What Emmanuel Muammar and Harry Carver are asking about that Clayson at state house. Those are real questions which are supposed to be answered. And I'm wondering why the cabinet is still quiet. Because I think Dr. Patrick Kangwer should be able to respond about these situations. He's a custodian of government system. But Patrick Kangwer is a custodian of government systems. And what is happening? How is this Clayson, when was this position created? The position that Clayson Hamasaka is sitting on. When was it created? Emmanuel Muammar and Harry Carver, they have got a right to ask about those shoppers. And the hiring of planes. They have got a right. Why are you going after them? That is cowardice. In my opinion, what kind of government that is cowardice. Instead of facing the reality, instead of facing these people. Engaging them on the questions that they are asking. You decide to intimidate them. But that is cowardice. And why do I call it cowardice? I call it cowardice because instead of bringing politics. Instead of confronting these people politically. You go and hire the state machinery on them. You go and offload the state machinery on them. That is cowardice. Wealth is short. He faces his opponent with what he has as a man. Not you go and hire the kapokola. You go and hire the anti-corruption commission. That is cowardice. Even what you do to me is cowardice. It's cowardice. It's cowardice. It's cowardice what you do to me to send me police officers. To arrest me to take me is cowardice. Because if you are really a man. You take me on. You said that you have said this. Now, here are the facts. This is what it is other than what you are saying. Not to bring the police officers to intimidate me. To bring police officers to punish me. That is cowardice. Face people and confront them on whatever it is. Not what you are doing. Not what you have done to Harika Rava. Not what you have done to Emmanuel Momba. Not what you have done to a number of people. Not what you are doing. It is not right. And you see, you are doing this. There is corruption in your own government. There is corruption in this government. Big time. Even at state house there, there is corruption. People are saying, no, Anton Walia, he was bribed. And that's why he was fired. But we know that some people at state house are collecting money to set up appointments just like the old stories that we used to hear. People are getting paid. People are flying around. Flying around at state house. Ministers are engaged in different things and so on and so forth. But you are not touching them. You are not touching them. However, there are certain people that you are targeting. This is a fact. Whether you like it or not, from my point of view, this is a fact. President Hakan De Hilema seems to be prone to punish people coming from the north and east. Because if you look around, the people that are facing some of these cases mostly are coming from the northern part and eastern side. I don't know somebody who is facing some of these charges coming from southern province. I don't know. I don't know. But people coming from this region, this side, President Hakan De Hilema, is very quick to act. And yes, he said it himself at the airport. He said the hegemonies, the hegemonies who have been stealing money since independence. From my point of view, I think President Hakan De Hilema just look at us coming from the northern part and eastern part as hegemonies, criminals that don't deserve anything from this country. But a lot of Hakan De Hilema, you've got it wrong. This country belongs to all of us. So you can't come, become president and start dividing us and start seeing others as less zambians. You can't. It is not right. And we won't keep quiet in fear of being accused. No, we are going to be labeled as tri-police. No, I'm here, I'm not a tri-police. I'm talking about what is happening. You have filled up all important positions of this country with people coming from one region. And you are very quick to act on people like Abena Muamba, Abena Khari Kalawa. You are people to act on people like those people in Ruwapura. You are very quick. In Ruwapura, you have filed those diseases and the deputy permanent secretary. You have been very quick to file them. But we have brought out cases, we have brought out cases before you. And we have asked you to take action on people like Silvia Masehu and this foreign affairs minister. As well as some people in state house. Jito has issues. Jito has issues. Jito, you know what I'm talking about. Jito, you know what I'm talking about. Jito, you know what I'm talking about. Your friends in state house are talking. Don't think you are clever. Don't think you are smart. People are watching what you are doing. People are watching what you are doing. And I'm told some of the things that you have done, Jito. They are before the president. But the president has not acted. But he was very quick to act on Anton Waid. Why is he not acting on Jito? There is a Karuma. I want to insist. There is a Karuma that I voted. I don't have the facts. But there is a room. Jito got 50,000 dollars from some people to set up an appointment. And it is being discussed in the state house corridors. And Jito don't pretend that you are hearing this for the first time. I'm sure Jito you have heard about this 50,000 kwacha. Which is alleged that you got from some people. This I'm telling you. It's not coming. It's not coming. It's not coming. It's not coming. It's coming from your friends in the state house. Who feel that you are going over the bar. You are going beyond the limit. You are becoming a monster in the state house. You are becoming a monster in the state house. And people are not happy. And some of them they have actually told me that the president knows about some of these things. But why hasn't the president acted? Why was he quick to act on Antoni Wadia? Why was he quick? Going further, this issue of Ruopula that you are talking about, you have actually implicated, you have been very quick to implicate the vice president. I have been researching on the Ruopula issue of the Swigilite. I have been investigating, I have been trying to find out where is the name of Mutalenalumango coming in. I haven't seen it. But within the UPND circles and government you are busy trying to bring in the vice president. I don't know unless otherwise somebody tells me but from what I have been sniffing the name of the vice president has not come in. But why are you trying to implicate the vice president? From my point of view it is by the fact that she is coming from a region where you think that all of us we are criminals. But my Wanarumango she has got her own issues. I am telling she has got her own issues and I have expressed myself here. But I think it is very unfair to be dragging her in some of these cases just because you don't want her.  In 2026 if you want that's when you can bring another person to be the running mate to a kind age here to which you are not going to do anything because in 2026 you are not going anywhere. So just relax and enjoy the ride. Wanarumango is not going anywhere and I am not defending her. She is not my friend, she is not my relative but I just don't like it when you start implicating dragging her name simply because you don't like her simply because you want to find a way of getting rid of her, maligning her. If she has done something, tell me you call me in secret and tell me your friends are calling me in secret and they are giving me information so if Wanarumango is involved tell me about it I will come here and disown her but so far according to what I have discovered Wanarumango she is not drawn into this but you are dragging her into it why? because of her tribe that is my conclusion because I am seeing criminals coming from this side they are not being touched but this side people were from this side even when they have not done something you want to drag them in it is very unfair


Welcome to another edition of Yes, We're Here. I'm Jack Curry and today I'm joined by Charlie Hayes, former Yankee. He was part of the 1996 championship team and he was a third baseman who pitchers wanted the ball to be hit to because Charlie was the kind of guy who was gonna scoop up everything at third and Charlie as we get started. First of all, thanks for joining us. Second of all, how are you and your family handling this challenging time during the pandemic? Well, we pretty much just got each other. Key Brian, the baby son that plays ball, he lives differently from where we at, but he's not coming into contact with anybody but us. Me and my wife and then the other boy Tyree, we brought him into the house and advised him to stay with us. And then I've got a baseball academy. No one can come out here. We cleaned it up really, really well. So Key Brian comes here, we hit. So he's fortunate to have a place where he can work out. But other than that, we're all doing good. We're probably getting a little tired of each other, but I guess if that's the worst thing that can come out of it so far, then we'll take that. I'm gonna ask you about Key Brian in a second. Obviously one of the top prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but I gotta start with dad. I'm not gonna start with the son. I wanna start with Pops. You have a distinction that very few major leagueers have. You caught the final out of a World Series. Obviously 1996, Game 6, Yankees Braves at Yankee Stadium. How often do you think about that moment, Charlie? Well, personally, when it happened and then you reflect back on everything that got you to that point, I thought about that quite a bit, probably the first 10 years after that. But being around the Yankees and doing a lot of PR stuff, it never goes away. I would think now after 20, whatever, 30 years or however many it is, it would count it and went away, but it kinda just stuck to me like a nickname, I guess. And I tried to interact with the fans and doing a lot of the Yankee stuff. I see a lot of people that love the Yankees and I've made friends with a lot of them. So there's not a day that goes by someone doesn't post that thing or make a comment through Messenger or something where we became friends through social media about that. So it's kinda wild. I tell people all the time, I try to keep things in perspective, but a couple of friends of mine said, man, you always sign everything.  So that's how I look at it. Yeah, well.  Now when you catch Lemke's pop-up, I think you would admit to me that was a routine pop-up. On the pitch before, you almost ended the World Series with a miraculous catch. You go flying into the Braves dugout and got your hand on that pop-up. How close did you come to making that play? And wow, that would've been quite a great end of World Series. I still don't believe to this day that I missed it. What happened was, my right hand was resting on the camera. And I guess the camera guy spun around and when he spun around, he spun me right on down in the dugout. It just kinda like grazed my glove, but I still think I should've had it. I didn't get in there far enough. That would've been great coming running out of the dugout with the ball, but I'll take what happened. A lot of people forget about that, but when everything was over with, my finger was broke. My baby finger, my right hand was broke. So I don't know if I broke it when I fell in the dugout. I think I did. So when I'm running back out there before the next pitch, I just felt a sharp pain, but I never looked down. And then you get caught up in the moment. Being on the Yankees where a dream come true. Planning Yankee Stadium was another dream come true because those fans made that place rock. I remember going out in the seventh inning of that game, I rode the bench, I tell my parents out here at my baseball academy that all the time, hey, see, just because you're not a starter, that doesn't mean that you're not gonna get an opportunity or you won't be you. So you gotta stay in the right frame of mind. And that's how I was. The history was I was going out there in the seventh inning anyway. So that was a good thing by playing with Mr. Tory. You knew your role and he was gonna use everybody. So, you know, it was a routine pop-up. And everybody's like, what was you thinking? And I was thinking I was going to Disneyland, but I wasn't at the MVP and I never would have been the MVP with that group of guys, but it was one of the defining moments in my career from a standpoint that everybody remembers me as that. Charlie, when you got to the Yankees in 96, they got Wade Box, Future Hall of Famer at third base. How did you make that adjustment to know that you were gonna have to share playing time, you're gonna have to figure that out? How did that go? When I got traded, I thought I was going to the mix because I already knew the Yankees had a box. So I was thinking, why would I be going to the Yankees? And then when I got to Anaheim, I was in the room. It had to be, I don't know, six o'clock and Joe Tory called my phone. He was like, where are you at? I said, I'm in my room.  I'm thinking I just got up, stayed up all night, just got up that morning, flew all the way from Pittsburgh across to LA. I'm not gonna play till the next day. So I get in the limo or whatever the car service, I get to the stadium, I'm running up the tunnel and the clubhouse guys meet me with a uniform. And I'm putting it on, I'm running, I get some swings and then I run out for the National Anthem and I played the game. I think I went like two from five or three from five, had a couple of good RBIs. And Joe Tory had told me that he thought I was gonna be in there every day, at least this series, because they had a whole bunch of lefties and stuff like that. But I guess the next day, Boss played, he was supposed to have been out. But all of a sudden he played and that's how it took off. But I just tried to make the most of it. Baron or Duncan was there. I had played with him in Philly. He took me on his wing and made sure I was comfortable. And then he knew I was just gonna play baseball and whatever role they gave me, I was gonna do it the best I could. It was just a great opportunity for me. I went to sleep 20 something games out and I woke up two up in first place. So I had to make some changes. I had to call my guy and tell him, I'm not gonna need the boat right now because I'm gonna be playing some meaningful baseball, which he was always meaningful every day because I was a professional. I wanted to switch gears and ask you about Key Bryan. 23 years old, he's a terrific defensive player, very good hitter, he's right on the cusp of being a major leaguer. Give us your scouting report on your own son. First of all, good kid. I think I have to cut my hair low so you don't see all the great. But I don't think he put one of them in my head. Out of three, you have one that does all the right things. And it's been him so far. He's just been that kind of kid. He never wanted attention on him. I think he's growing out of that now. And I think he's ready for the major leagues now. It's hard to tell a kid, you're not doing something exact because with hitting, there's a fine line and all that. But when you successful, it's hard to change. Last year was the first time that he scuffled a little bit. And he realized that he needed to make adjustments because I told him all the time, that's what pro ball is. You got to constantly make adjustments from back to back, pitch to pitch. You got to be like an elephant. You got to remember everything and you pertain all the stuff that gonna help you and make you a better player. Charlie, it's so cool to hear you talk about Key Bryan and the rest of your family and your love for baseball and your passion for it. I really appreciate you giving us some time today. I know we're all hoping that baseball gets back in some form. I know you want to see Key Bryan play in 2020. So like you, we're saying our prayers and I want to thank you so much for giving us some time today. Yeah, thank you, Jack, for having me.


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the top Shopify dropshipping stores and their secrets. In this video, I'm going to show you guys some great examples from successful Shopify dropshipping stores and how they're doing it, what their secrets are, what gave them the success that they're getting and what we can do on our stores to get inspired and take it in the same direction. All of that and more coming up in this video. So quick intro and let's begin. What's up everybody? Hope you're all having a wonderful day today. My name is Iran from AutoDS. I'm the content manager and I've also been dropshipping for the last several years. And as mentioned, this video is all about Shopify dropshipping stores and their examples, which means we are actually going to get inspired by some of our best and biggest competitors. See what they're doing and implement the same practices on our stores. Remember, this is not a copy and paste game, just like we're not copying the same exact product in the same exact title and the same exact product page. We are taking things and giving it a whole new marketing angle with what we are doing and getting inspired is one of the most important things to learn about some of the best practices that are working and really implement them in our stores. So without further ado, if you are new to our YouTube channel, subscribe right now and enable those notifications so you'll always stay updated on all of the latest and all of the hardest topics that we have coming out in the dropshipping industry. With that said, let's go ahead and begin with the best Shopify dropshipping stores, their examples and some of their biggest secrets. Everything that I'm telling you guys in this video is shown on our blog page. You can find a link right below our video to get straight to this blog post. But do watch this video because I will give you guys some extra value, just like we're always doing. So let's go ahead and begin with the list. What are some of the best Shopify dropshipping store examples? Starting with the first one on the list, we got a website called Stardust LEDs. Let's enter the site and see exactly what we have in store. As you can tell by the title, this is a niche store and it has to do with bright lights, something with LED lights. And as we enter the site, we can see that it has a really nice purple pink neon vibe, which does put you in the feeling of LED lights. And let's see exactly what they have in store. So once again, the colors here are really putting you into that LED vibe. Just by looking at the colors and scrolling around in the site, it makes me feel like filling up my room with purple and pink LED lights and having this cool neon effect that we're seeing here. So let's take a look at their product page. I clicked on all products. And as you see here, the thumbnails are also set really nice. It also corresponds to their brand colors, which is this pink and purple neon vibe. Let's enter one of the products. As you can see, we got different variations. We also got a lot of customer reviews, which he's probably importing from his source site. And as you can see, again, we got the whole neon vibe going on here. And every product looks very relevant to what they are trying to show and how they're trying to get us to feel. Here are those product reviews that I just talked about. But the point here is really that feeling that they're giving you, they really make you feel like this website is all about LED lights, these neon lights, and it all looks really good. So what are some of the things that they are doing here besides the websites colors? Here are some of the apps, some of the Shopify apps that this website is using. One of them is an app called smart labels. Another is abandoned cart recovery. And another app that they're using is a frequently bought together app. So these are those three apps. Let me show you what they do really quick. So the frequently bought together is usually a cross sell app. So when the customer is viewing a product, it's also showing him frequently bought together items. Let's see if we can see it on their product page. Okay, so as you just saw, I added a product to the cart. And once I added it to my cart, I'm getting this frequently bought together. Hey, maybe you should add this accessory, or maybe you should switch this product with this one. So we also got upselling and we also got cross selling going on over here. And that is done with a frequently bought together app. Another app that they're using is abandoned cart recovery. So if you add an item to your cart, and you don't sign out, and you go somewhere else, which is exactly what I'm going to do right now. So I'm going to click on x, and I'm going to close this tab. So what I just did is called abandoned cart. I added an item to my cart and I abandoned it. I left it right there behind me. And I'm not looking back. So what the abandoned cart recovery app is going to do is it's going to help get me back by sending me an SMS message if I left my phone number there, sending me an email if I left my email there, and other methods. And this is a great way to get some of those people that were interested in your product, but didn't go through with the transaction. They're also using an app called smart labels, which helps you promote your business, decorate your website with smart labels, as you can read over here. They're also implementing that on their site. So those are the three best apps Shopify apps that this website is using. And as you can see, that is why they had to be the first ones on our list. Their website looks amazing. They are using the right apps to nail the customer and get them to check out. And the website really feels authentic to their niche. So that is number one on the list. Now let's move on to the second Shopify website, which is doing a great job. And I want to remind you guys, all of these websites are dropshipping websites. They're not holding these products in stock. They are dropshipping just like you and I. So get the right inspiration and see what they are doing. So here we got another website called notebook therapy. And as you can tell, this is another niche website. So it corresponds to the journal niche to people who like to sit down and write down in their journals or in their diaries. And as you can see here, their theme has a very, very calm and therapeutic feel. And you can guess exactly why. So they're really getting you to feel what they want you to, which is calm, relaxing, writing down our feelings, expressing how we feel today, and all of that. So as you can see, these are some of the journals that they are selling. We can click on show more to see more. So they started off on the front page when you scroll down a little bit, the first thing that you'll see is the products that are trending now.  And as you can tell, again, it has a really calm feel. That's what they were going for. And on top, you can see they got all of their categories, newest additions, trending products, bullet journals, and more and more categories. But their best ones are usually the first ones. So let's see some of their newest additions. So here's their newest products. And again, this is what they are doing. They got all of these calm colors, all of this calm vibe, and it actually looks like a very professional website. If I didn't know what drop shipping is, I would definitely think that this website is completely authentic. They're holding their stock, they got a good brand going on here, and they deserve to make some nice sales and profit. Another thing worth mentioning about notebook therapy is that they also have an updated blog section. So if I scroll down all the way, and I don't know why they're hiding it all the way down here, especially if it's something that they are working on, and they are updating it. But today we're in April. So as you can see, they had an article up in April. Last ones were in the end of March. So you can see that this blog is being updated. And the reason that they're doing this is to simply show the customers that they're alive, they're still out there, they're still working, and their journals are still good. So that's another nice thing that they have going on. And that's another thing that's definitely worth talking about. So a very relaxing look and feel and a blog page that's being updated to show the audience that this website is not dead, which Shopify apps do they use? One of them is an app called in cart upsell and cross sell. We already talked about cross selling and upselling. We also have articles on cross selling and upselling. So be sure to check out our blog page and see the articles that we have there. This is a very important thing to have. And as you can see, a lot of websites are using these techniques. So in cart upsell and cross sell, this is another app that they are using to get cross sells and upsells, what we just said to upgrade the item that you are currently buying or to add an extra accessory to it. Another app that they're using is smart search and instant search. So it makes the search function on your website a whole lot easier. And another app that they're using is best currency converter. This is a free app. So it's very, very useful to simply change the currency to whatever currency you want when you're on the site. And it also has an automated currency converter, which means you don't have to choose the currency. It'll just do it according to your IP. So those are some of the apps that they use. And that is some of what they do to really make their website shine and get you into the whole therapeutic and relaxed feeling. Another website is called trendy goods. This Shopify dropshipping website is a general website. So this time we're stepping out of the niche websites and we're stepping into the general Shopify dropshipping stores. So this is a website called trendy goods, Facebook's most viral goods. They got the whole viral feel going on here. And they make it look like we can press the play button right from this page. I don't think that that's true. Let's give it a try. It'll probably take me to the product page. But hey, it did get me to click on it. And now I'm inside the product page. So as you can see here, the product page looks really good. The colors that they're using are simple, but they are catching on and they are nice. They make you see exactly what you need to see.  They're testing the market with a whole bunch of viral goods, seeing what's selling and optimizing their store as they go along. Just by looking at the categories here on the top, you can see that they are definitely a general dropshipping store. And as you can see from these products, these are 100% dropshippable products taken from suppliers like Amazon, Walmart, Aliexpress and so forth. And remember guys, there's only one way to hold a general store with so many products and still be able to take care of price monitoring, stock monitoring, automatic ordering, customer service and so forth. And that is why we have AutoDS. But that is not what I'm here to talk to you guys about. But if you are interested in scaling, you are interested in big numbers, this is what you should be thinking about. So some of the apps that they are using is Affiliate Lee Affiliate Marketing, and another app called Omnisend email marketing to send out their email marketing emails. This is a very, very good app to use for that. And Affiliate Lee Affiliate Marketing is another great way to increase the number of sales and visits that you have on your website. I will not go too much into details now, but if you surf their site enough, you will see that they are using these apps that I'm showing you guys, I'm using different tools to get this information. But one of the ways to do it is to simply go inside the website and see what apps they are using. Sometimes it'll be hard to identify the same app that they are using, especially when they have a registered version. But in most cases, you will see the name of the app, then you'll be able to go to the Shopify app store and find it yourself. That's another way to learn about your competitor's best practices. Another website is called PhoneBB. It is not a cell phone website. They're not selling cell phones, even though that's what the URL may suggest. But it is an electronics and gadgets website. So as you can see here, they got this wheel over here. This is one of the apps that they are using. So you're entering your email address, then you get to spin the wheel and you get some kind of extra discount on their website. This is a very good technique to get people's email addresses. And then slowly but surely you'll have a whole bunch of email addresses that you can send email marketing to using apps like Omnisend email marketing, which I just showed you a minute ago. So this is another very good thing to have, but don't have too many spammy things on your website. One is enough. Once I clicked on X, I should not get another pop up now telling me to do something else. That is just one way to tell your customers, leave my website. I don't want you guys here. So one is enough and it does do the trick. This is the website. As you can see here in front of me, a very, very clean look. And that is good enough to make this website work. Just take a look. Everything here is simply black and white. You don't always have to throw colors all around the place. It really depends on what niche you are using. And by the way, this is one of the products that I recommended on one of my product finding videos. So it's kind of funny that I'm seeing it here, but it's not that funny because they also found out that this is a good product and they're probably selling it really well. But again, the main point here is to see their very, very clean theme. And what's more than that, we got 22 full pages of products here. I'm in their main page, by the way. So they don't want you to go to their products page. They want to show you everything on the front page. Just move on to the next page until you find something that you like. And when we're doing it this way, there are no categories. So it's really not that friendly, but they did kind of split it up here through three categories. If you ask me, it's still not good enough because you still can't go into a specific category to find a specific product. You can use the search function, but you don't know what they have in the first place. But on the other hand, they know what's selling hot. They know what's trending and they know what to sell. This website has been around for a while. So you know that they're successful. Once again, clean theme, doing the right product research and using automation tools so that you won't have to refresh your supplier's page every day to see what products went out of stock and what didn't. It doesn't make sense to work and scale that way. Some of the Shopify apps that they're using is an app called Zendesk, another one called original wheelio spin popups. That's the wheel popup that you saw in the beginning when I entered the website and currency converter plus. I won't open that one because all of the currency converter apps are practically the same. So we got that spin the wheel that we saw over there. This is the name of that one. There's a nice selection of these spin the wheel apps on Shopify, but this is the same specific one that they were using. And they got an app called Zendesk, which helps them with their customer service. So that's the main apps that phone BB uses the most. The next successful Shopify dropshipping store that I want to show you guys is a very cute niche store called meowing tins. Just by the name meow, you can tell what niche this is, what specific niche this is for which animal. And as you can see here, it looks really good. It has this cartoonish feel. So you're kind of getting that whole cat cartoonish and any cat lover who obviously loves cats will definitely love this website. You can tell that they even used a graphic designer here to help them with their layout, which is a very smart thing to do. Especially once you test the niche and you see that it works. Well, you work up to build a community whether on Facebook pages, by the way, guys, there's a full 100% free Shopify course on auto DS.com slash courses. If you want to take a full Shopify course without paying any money and learn everything from beginning to end, how to create wonderful and engaging websites and how to run Facebook ads, how to create Facebook pages and get a nice community like a cat community for this niche. That way you can always reach out to those customers and even get some organic traffic and sales much more than the traffic that you actually have to pay for. As you can see, everything here looks really good. Even though it is a dropshipping website, it really doesn't look like it. And that is one of the secrets to success. You don't want your website to simply look like an amateur website, a store that doesn't look good, looks like someone just whipped it up really fast just to make a quick buck and they won't. So as you can see here, we got categories for humans. This can sometimes even go out of the cat niche, out of the animal niche like home decor, tote bags and so forth.  They also added masks because obviously masks were a best seller for the last 365 days. They got print on demand for your pets, trending products. Let's just click on that to see some of the products that we have going on here. And as you can see, everything here is 100% dropshippable products, which is taken from suppliers. As mentioned before, like Amazon, CJ dropshipping, AliExpress, Home Depot, Walmart, well maybe Home Depot, not for this specific niche, but don't forget that AutoDS does support over 25 suppliers. So you can definitely find what these sellers are selling, where they're sourcing it from, and how much you can profit from selling similar products. And they also have some humor added in too, like get 10% off your purrrr chest because cats love to purr. So there's some humor added in here and the whole look and feel is really for cat lovers. So if you are a cat lover and you would see this website, I think you definitely want to buy something from here. That is exactly what they were going for and that is exactly what they did. Meowingtons is definitely on our list for one of the best Shopify dropshipping stores. Some of the apps that they are using is apps like Trusted Sites Certification, which simply puts trust badges to gain customer trust and increase your sales. Like these ones that we see here, McAfee Secure, Trusted Sites Secure Login. When you see these things on the website, you feel more confident to buy from them. Then they have an app called Stamped IO. This is simply to import product reviews. There are many apps that do this, so there's nothing to showcase here. And a bold sales motivator. What this does is it simply makes a much better free shipping bar. Even when on the checkout page, for example, let's take a look at this screenshot. So as you see here, the customer is in the cart and he still sees a nice shipping bar up on top. This is one of the things that this app does. And this is one of the apps that this website is using. Meowingtons. So that is number five. Now let's move on to number six, a general store called Best Choice Products. Another Shopify dropshipping store. Let me just take you guys inside, see what we got going on here. So they did their product research. They added their products. They know what's selling. When I wrote this article, this was the front page. As you can see here, they had a code called president. I think that this is probably when Donald Trump was stepping down. And now when I'm recording the video, it turned into a Mother's Day banner. So they're always changing their banners according to what's going on. They're changing the way their website looks on the front page. So that's also another way to show your customers. Hey, we're here. We're refreshing our stores. As you can see, we're alive. We're running well. Come by from our store. Enjoy your product. And as you can see here, these are definitely products that we are getting from our dropshipping suppliers. Now one of the unique things that's worth mentioning on this website, let me just scroll down a little bit. So first they're showing you some real life photos. It's one of the first things that they're doing, right? So first you've got the Mother's Day banner, some four of their best selling products. And then they want to show you some real social proof. So people who are using their product, these are not some professionally taken pictures in some studio. So it's actually people who are trying their products. Then they have a nice professional banner, relaxation, dropshipping chairs, dropshipping hammocks, dropshipping patio umbrellas and stands and so forth. We know it's dropshipping. Most of the buyers in the site will not know. So as you see, everything looks good. Then they got more best selling products that they want you to buy. And as we scroll down a little bit more, you're seeing more products. So it does keep things interesting. You're not jumping too much from categories that have no relation whatsoever to the other. And these are best selling products. So this seller knows his way around the dropshipping world and they know exactly what to choose. Now some more social proof why customers love BCP, which is best choice products. So more social proof pictures, text, and then again, my BCP moments. So they got a hashtag going on here. They're saying, Hey guys, add a hashtag, send us the pictures. We'll put it on our website. So this is a great way to get unique customer photos and not just import them from your suppliers. So that is some of the special things that this website has got going on. And this is one of the most successful drop shipping websites that I have come across, especially in the general niche. And as you can see from these examples, it really doesn't matter if you go for a general store or for a niche store. This is one of the most asked questions before people start their Shopify dropshipping stores. So it really doesn't matter. It does matter that you have done your product research or that you are doing it and you're learning what works well. And then you'll find your answer if you want to go for a niche store or for a general store. If neither methods work, they wouldn't exist. Some of the apps that they are using is an app called filters, another app called signified for fraud protection, and another one called Yachtpo loyalty and rewards. So here's the instant search. I'm going to zip through a little bit faster to make this video not too long signified for fraud protection and Yachtpo loyalty and rewards. If you want to know what they are, what they do and how they are implemented in those websites, use the link that I have below this video to get to this blog and simply click on the Shopify apps that they are using. Next, we got a website called pet boutique.co. So this is a little bit similar to meowing tens, but this is for any pet. It doesn't have to be just cats and simply another pet drop shipping website, which is selling really well. They know what they are doing just like the others that I have showed you guys. So front page, we already got a spring sell up to 50% off and spring is happening right now. So they are refreshing their website. They are updating it. Then we got some of their best selling products. Some of these I've seen around way too much in the drop shipping industry, but hey, if they can sell it, why not? And as you can see, everything here looks pretty clean. And if we click on shop, obviously we're going to go to their products. So here they only have two pages of products. This isn't a huge niche website. They have specifically cherry pick their products. They know exactly what they are selling, what will sell and that is exactly what they are doing. Let's click on one of the products to check out their product pages. So we have another clean look. It's kind of relaxing this theme. And as you can see here, everything looks good. Their product pages look good. Now they want to get my email address. How about a discount for your first order? Hey, sounds good. So if I did want to buy something, I would leave my email address right now and they would get another email address to use on their email marketing, which is a great thing to have. So be sure to use that as one of your apps. And if we scroll down a little bit more, we'll get customer reviews. These look like they were imported from another supplier. But once again, a good pet niche website that does know what they're doing. And they did cherry pick their products. What are some of the apps that they are using? So one is called sales notification sales pop. Another is in cart upside and crosser. We've already seen this from one of the websites on top and sticky add to cart and buy bar to get people to check out more and more quickly. So this is the sticky add to cart. This is the sales notification. What it does is when you're on their website, every now and then you'll see that someone bought something on their website, you'll get this little text. I don't know if you guys have seen this before. It looks a little something like this. Someone just added flag helmet to their cart. So this is what the viewer is seeing when he's on your website. So it kind of gives him a little bit of pressure, like, oh, people are adding it to their cart and they're buying right now, they may run out of stock soon. So let's get one in our cards and check out. Now that's one of the effects that this app has. And that is another app that they are using website number eight for the best Shopify drop shipping stores to take some of their examples and their best practices is a website called Mevi mall. Mevi mall is another general Shopify drop shipping store. Let's click on it to go inside. So when I was writing this article, they had Valentine's Day on their front page, which isn't relevant anymore. So I really hope that they updated it. And of course they did. So right now it's 2021 New Year discount, even though we're in the end of April, beginning of May, but sure. So we got the 2021 sales, we can see their categories. So we got electronics and accessories, houseware and kitchen tools and gadgets and smart home. So you can use suppliers like Home Depot, Walmart, Amazon, AliExpress and many, many more to find products for these categories. Some of their best sellers, if we scroll down a little bit more on their front page. And as you can see, they're adding animation effects to their thumbnails, which is another great addition, which I don't see in every website. And that's one of the things that really made them stand out more from other websites that I have checked. So here's the category for electronics and accessories. As you can tell, they're playing around with the picture sizes a little bit. So they're best sellers, they zoom them in a little bit more, they make bigger pictures. And products that are not selling so well, I guess they're making them a little bit smaller. But that's another effect that they're trying to have here. Let's click on one of them to check out the actual product page. So here we go, we got trust badges and more trust badges down here. And they're showcasing the product really well. We got the pictures on the left, we got a description on the right. It's easy to see what the product does, which is something very important to do on our product pages, showcase exactly what the product does, show it in every angle possible and how to work with it. They have a few best selling categories. And this is another Shopify dropshipping store that knows what they are doing. What are some of the apps that they are using to help them reach their success? Reconvert, Upsilon Crosso, we talked about that and Omnicell email marketing to send your email campaigns. The more websites you'll check, the more repeating apps you'll see. And that's how you'll know which apps really stand out from the bunch, the ones that successful Shopify dropshipping stores use the most. It's probably an app that you should be checking out and try to look for more apps that are similar to that. The last Shopify dropshipping store is a website called Best Shopping US, another general Shopify dropshipping website. And as we enter, we got this big online shopping laptop right in front of our faces and look down here. So this guy just bought this product from here. So that is the app that I just showed you guys that shows you exactly. Here's another one, Gary and Frankfurt US just purchased this creative food preservation and if I would have clicked on it, it would have taken me to the product page. Now, if you guys want to be smart and you're using this app, don't make it pop up really every second like we're seeing here. It doesn't look so real when every second someone is buying something from your website, unless you're some huge website and you look like Amazon or something like that. So make it every 10 seconds, every 15 seconds, it would make more sense. So let's go to the product page and here you can get some great bestsellers that are selling well for them. As you can tell, all of these products are coming from any one of our supported suppliers that you can also find on AutoDS. This is actually the easiest task is to see what people are selling and to find similar products from our suppliers. And when we're looking at successful Shopify dropshipping stores like these guys, we can really take their ideas and take it to our own direction, create a new marketing angle, find products that are similar to those that are selling. And that is one of the best strategies that are going to work for us. Now I want to remind you guys that this website is keeping it super simple. They're using the the beautify Shopify theme, which is a free theme that you're getting when you sign up for Shopify. So they're going from minimal expenses and maximum income and profiting. Let's go inside one of the product pages to see how it looks inside. So as soon as you enter a product listing, you got a ship's from so I can choose which warehouse I want to ship it from. Of course, you got your variations. You got the product pictures on the left, the products details on the right, along with pictures. And one of the smartest things that you can do on your product page is to also add give animations like the one that I am seeing right here, which showcases what the product does without me having to click on play anywhere. It's simply showing it while I'm watching it while I'm scrolling. And that simply helps you understand what this product does. So here we go more video animation. So again, just by scrolling, I can see what this product does without even having to read any text. And if we continue scrolling, we'll get trust badges, fast shipping, and you may also like so similar items to this one, or they don't even have to be similar. But you don't want the customer to say, okay, I'm done here, close this website and move on to the next. You want to keep him inside until he finds the product that he's looking for. So again, there are no special Shopify apps that that website is using. They are using the debut Shopify theme, which is completely free. And that's pretty much it. They're keeping it simple. They've done the product research and they know how to create product pages that will convert that show those gift animations. And everything will simply work once you do enough testing, enough work, put your butt on the line. The more work you put in, I guarantee the more success that you will have. So that sums up this video for the best Shopify dropshipping stores and their examples, some of their secrets, how they're doing what they are doing, and what practices we can take from them and convert it to our own success story. And if you guys haven't heard about Upvotee, where you can vote for the latest features that you want to see on AutoDS, head over to feedback.autoDS.com, vote for what you want to see, and we will listen. Again, guys, subscribe to our YouTube channel. This is the kind of content that we're always giving out to you guys, along with product finding videos, suppliers, marketplaces, and so much more that we have going on in the dropshipping industry. And of course, use the AutoDS platform to monitor your stock, monitor your prices, get automatic ordering, and so much more that we have going on in this wonderful dropshipping platform. Don't stop the hard work. Thank you for watching. See you in the future videos.


Hey friends today, I'm hanging out at Disney Springs It is a beautiful April day and I wanted to come down and ride some rides and eat some food and just have a great Disney Springs day, so Let's go do this. I Know I said we're gonna ride some rides and you guys are probably thinking what because a lot of people don't know Disney Springs does have some rides or attractions They have some kiddie rides and they even have a high-flying thrill ride and I'm gonna show them all to you But we are also gonna be getting stuff to eat and trying some snacks. I'm just excited for the day I'm excited for every day The first ride we're gonna be riding is the Disney Springs Carousel and believe it or not a lot of people walk past this and they don't even know that it's a Disney Springs Carousel it's all themed to Disney Springs and kind of retro Disney Springs You can see there's a Pleasure Island sign up here and then a downtown Disney sign right there. Do you see it? Really really awesome, and they also have the old world of Disney logos It also plays Disney music from all of the classic movies as you go round and round I really like that fact because sometimes you don't get that really awesome Disney soundtrack Right now I can hear something It costs five dollars for two tokens, and it's one token per ride So either you come by yourself and you pay five dollars and ride twice or if you and somebody else wants to ride It's only five dollars where they're permitting And they got a little token redemption machine hair And luckily I just got a five dollar bill sitting in there, but they do take credit cards. Oh Thank you. Oh look at these classic little ones One token excellent Look at this isn't it awesome. There's the Lego dragon, and that's the marketplace. I Really really like it downtown Disney right there. That's the one I was showing you is that actually oh no Yeah, the downtown Disney marketplace, and I think I'm actually gonna ride inside like the teacup This actually spins when we go round and round. I'm not gonna go too fast I don't like a lot of spin, but it's like I'm getting two rides to the price of one carousel and the teacups This is probably my second favorite Disney carousel. Oh, I'm spinning This literally might be my second favorite Disney carousel because it's only one I know other than Prince Charming's carousel Oh, and they're actually playing Moana. Oh way.  This is really really relaxing That was so much fun, I don't know why the carousel just brings out the kid in me It's so fun I like seeing the lights and all the pretty murals carousels are really really nice And I got to ride some amazing ones. Knoble's has some of the best Carousels I've ever been on and I can't wait to go back to Knoble's just to see that they have a carousel museum there So I'm a little passionate about the carousel as you can tell But I did find out I can use my extra token to take a ride on the Rio Grande Express The good old old timer. I'm very excited. I like this too. It's a little kitty train ride And like I said in the beginning some of them are kid rides, but I'm a kid at heart And I absolutely love train rides and carousels, but later on we are gonna do something kind of really cool And we're gonna go pretty high up. I'll give you I'll give you a sneak peek Later on we're gonna be taking a hot air balloon ride And I'm so excited I haven't done this in quite a long time and I feel like today is the perfect day Look at those blue skies. We're gonna get some amazing views No adults inside the engine or the final caboose here, so we're gonna do back row We get sound effects and everything a Grand tour of Disney Springs Star Wars trading post on your left and then coming up We are gonna be a protein the once upon a toy toy store followed by the trendee So much fun, I love it. I love all the sound effects they have but you can hear Naturally the conductor speaking And it actually is really cool I just realized there's a bunch of the hidden mickeys in the rails. Oh, no the rides come into an end That was so much fun. Now. I think we're gonna grab ourselves a margarita at the margarita stand Sit down and listen to some live music some acoustic sets right here. Give really fun days so far I'm having a blast Lots of good margaritas to choose from and even though it's spring I'm kind of in the mood for a summery drink and I noticed Sam Adams brought back the summer ale So now that's on tap. So I might just grab myself a summer ale. I Feel like this is gonna be so refreshing. Oh Wow, I love it This is such a relaxing spot you have the live music you can see the He's good Was super chill and relaxing hanging out there But I don't want to stay too long because seating is really tough over there like out where they're actually doing the live Music because of social distancing. So I just had my one drink and now I'll move about and Probably get something to eat a little hungry One of the places I've never eaten at is paddle fish and I thought it would be cool to actually dine on a boat So we're gonna head on to the front of the boat and actually get something to eat and drink. Oh I'm so excited. I've never eaten here before but I hear they have amazing lobster corn dogs So I think I'm gonna try those This is so beautiful here. I always love coming to the paddle fish and getting drinks But today I think I'm gonna get something to eat. So like I said, I seen lobster corn dogs And I have to be honest. I had lobster one time a couple years ago, and I've never had it again So I really really want to try lobster. So I'll try the corn dogs But in the near future, I want to try an actual lobster lobster So if you guys know anywhere on Disney property where I can get some good lobster, let me know in the comments And I'm gonna make sure to try it there It's also really cool how you can dine outside So we are at the front of the boat like it's got a little bell there and you can see the Hot-air balloon that we're gonna be riding a little bit later But you can actually just grab a seat right here. No reservation needed and you're right here at the bar. I Decided on getting a key lime beer. This is one of my favorite beers. I've ever had at Disney Springs I don't know. There's something about it. It's got like a very nice like lime taste to it Very delicious not too hoppy at all. I wonder what the IDU on this is Much too good for children And here is a look at the menu the lobster corn dogs is $16. I'm very excited to try that So I've already put an order in for that and then if it's not big enough We'll see what like the size is maybe we'll grab something else maybe from the land Maybe a pork chop or a burger not too sure. We'll see how it goes This has to be one of the most relaxing days. I've had at Disney Springs.  And here it is look at those little babies they come on little sticks This is gonna be so interesting Like I said, I can't even remember the last time I had lobster It was a long long time ago, and I don't know if I liked it or not But I definitely increased my palate with food and now I am more Excited to try it than ever First bite very excited. Oh, yeah That is good. I really really like it and I really like lobster kind of kind of reminds me a shrimp a little bit I don't know why I haven't had lobster before in the past more but Now I'm excited to actually get like a lobster dish somewhere. This is very good though. The breading's not too like heavy It's just very light. I think it's just cornmeal actually and yeah, I would definitely get this again. This is delicious It is one lobster tail cut into five So I think it's a very like a very good price for $16. I am very happy with these They're very delicious and the sweet chili aioli That also is very delicious. So put them together and what do you got a very delicious lobster corn dog? That was so delicious, I absolutely love it there I'm definitely gonna come back here and do like a full dining review in the future because the lobster Corn dogs were big enough that I really didn't need to get an entree. I really love that key lime beer It's probably like I said one of my favorite at Disney Springs So I'm definitely coming back, but we have more things we wanted to do down here today So that's why I'm gonna get moving along Now it's time. We see Disney Springs from the air 400 feet up in the air I am so excited to do this and they actually give you like the the time and the temperature, right? Outside where you would purchase tickets. It's $20 for adults and then ages three to nine or 15 so oh yep, there it is six o'clock and the temperature is 84 degrees a beautiful 84 degree Florida day I Highly suggest if you guys plan on doing this You will ride early and give it a good hour or two hour wait because right now it's six o'clock and we probably waited I would say 30 minutes to actually get the tickets and then the line to get on the hot air balloon It's probably a good like 30 minute wait. So that actually puts us right at sunset. That's how I wanted to do it So I'm so happy maybe we'll get like some beautiful sunset views from up there But as you can see I had to wait in that whole line right there and then once you do get your tickets You have to hop in this line right here and then that line goes all the way down the dock quite a long wait Fun fact, this isn't even a hot air balloon ride. It's a helium balloon ride It actually raises you up and brings you back down, but they control it So there's no hot air actually being pumped up in there Luckily Jackie super enthused is gonna be joining me on this adventure. I brought the pixie dust Oh, did you? Oh, I was just saying you know what this it makes me want to sing usually I don't know why let's go fly a kite up to the highest height Let's go fly a kite as we actually get farther down onto the dock I just can't believe how massive that balloon is it is swaying back and forth and wow It's amazing actually Isn't it like look at bobbing back and forth. We're so so tiny to this look at it is it's bobbing back and forth I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna film this I think I just might do like a little Montage of ours to send up into the air and then hopefully once we get up there. We'll talk about it I'm very excited and like I said the sunset's gonna be beautiful But here she comes down And I think I said that backwards we're gonna ascend and then we're gonna dissent But I think you guys understood where I was going with that. I had to think about it Jackie just let it happen. I then heard her Yeah, uh-huh, but I think you looked over at me like the nature say dissent We're heading in now. Hey Joe. Thank you Thank you. Oh wow, this is amazing. Oh, it's a little rocky though Four and five right here It's so cool in here and they actually have us all differently like stationed so you get a number and that's where you got to go And we are lucky four and five but take a look at that view.  So this is all of Marie and Enzo's the Edison. They have a boat house STK This is just mind-blowing seeing all of Disney Springs like this All of the parts are actually in the sunset and it kind of has this like fog effect on it That's Tower of Terror. We're looking at right there the swan and dolphin and then right over here is space You can see it. It's just a little bit hard to see because it's literally happening with the sunset right as we speak Looks like we're heading down now Fun it definitely gets a little scary up there But I definitely would do it again 20 dollars and it's definitely worth it I loved seeing all the views and the sunset is amazing. I'd love to see a sunrise Oh, that would be a dream for me an absolute dream That was seriously so much fun I'm so happy that we did it tonight. The skies were just beautiful. Look at this Breathtaking Disney Springs has some of the greatest Sunsets I've ever seen Definitely might want to get a drink after this and just kind of enjoyed the beauty One of the places I've been really wanting to go to and try a bunch of different beers is city works because They probably have the most beers on draft here at Disney Springs And I've never actually dove into any of their flights So kind of feel like that's a good way to celebrate a successful flight to the moon or not to the moon. I mean We were pretty high up there Right here it is city works eatery and poor house. They have 90 different drafts on tap 90 That's insane. And I've never actually came out on the inside. I usually sit at the little bar here And I've always noticed those taps, but the back wall is literally lined with them We got a seat right at the bar And like I said before they have over 90 different draft beers 72 of them are different The other ones are duplicates because they have multiple drafts, but I am so excited They also have a limited beer Choice they have four different rotating beers and I think we're going to get ourselves a flight They have a couple already pre-made flights and then of course they have a build your own flight where you can just pick four But I think I might do one of the already built flights They have an all hopped up beer flight a fruit flight a wonderful world of weeds And a backyard and then of course to build your own I think I'm going to do a wonderful world of weeds Jackie might be doing a backyard either one. I think we're going to get one in one of those. I think that's a good way Yeah, that sounds good You can actually sample the beers too. So I read that there was one called Hakuna Matata And I was like, I really want to get that because that really sounds like it's no worries That's how I feel we're talking about the lighting in here Yeah, because we're we're staring at the tv's and wow What is that from like Zulander where he's like oh this is so good Yes, Hakuna Matata Oh, that's good There's our beers right there. Oh look there and he actually prints out the sheets But look at all of the taps going all the way down the bar That is awesome. Thank you The flights are six ounce pour so you get four of them So that's 24 ounces and that's the equivalent of two regular sized beers not a bad price for uh 16 dollars So it's just about eight dollars a beer and I went with the wonderful world of weeds the wonderful world of wheat beer Jackie ended up getting the backyard And I'm excited. We're gonna, you know go right in order. So I'll start off with the 312 urban weeds goose island beer I do love goose island. So this is going to be a good start All right So good Recently I have done some flights and I was drinking them rather quickly now those were Four ounce pours since these are six ounces I'm not going to drop them back in one sip and a lot of people didn't like the one sip technique So I'm going to actually just maybe break it down into two sips You want me to go three? This is the heffa wise beer and I'm excited to try it because I don't think I've ever had it before And it's a wonderful world of wheat Oh, that's good It's very weedy. Yeah, it's definitely had its weedies Next one we're going to hop to is the tangerine wheat lost coast brewing This one has a little bit of a darker color I've also noticed that they actually put them in order of darkness and I don't know if that if that's in order of Their ibu either but usually the darker the more ibu it's going to be It's going to be hard to beat the first one the 312 urban goose goose island was very very delicious Oh, but this one is great if you love the blue moon with a little bit of orange peel in it You can definitely taste the tangerine in this like you can taste it immediately As we're making our way with our flights. We got two more samples. This is a banana bread beer and a rubious beer Look at the color of this rubious stuff So majestic, isn't it? Yeah The banana bread beer is a little bit of a fruity beer and a little bit of a sour beer as well But if you like bananas, you probably will love this. It's just not really my type my cup of beer. It's not really my cup of beer After enjoying some really really good flights. I think we're gonna make our way out of city works I do like it in here. I probably could spend a little bit longer But two beers is enough for the moment. I really do like it and I also like the music in here And I guess with that we are done here tonight. What a fun adventure. We've gotten so much done We started the day in the afternoon and it's night out already. I had so much fun I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it and we'll see you next time Bye


May God bless the DAV, who we represent, and may God bless all of y'all. Thank you very much. The start of our 96th year last August began with your selection of our national officers, highlighted by the election of National Commander Dave Riley, who made history by becoming the first Coast Guard veteran and first quadruple amputee to hold DAV's highest post. A former rescue swimmer, Commander Riley has worked tirelessly throughout the transition of a new presidential administration and VA leadership to ensure our organization's top legislative priorities remain at the forefront of the American conscience. A man of action, he guided DAV's delegation down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Presidential Inauguration Parade and returned to Washington in February for our annual midwinter conference, where he led DAV and auxiliary members in meeting with lawmakers. Commander Riley has spent his tenure heavily involved in the push for smart VA health care reform, appeals modernization, improved benefits for women veterans, and the expansion of caregiver benefits. A topic near and dear to his heart has he has had to navigate the VA bureaucracy for more than two decades without critical support and benefits for his wife and caregiver, Yvonne. Mr. Chairman, we call on Congress to correct this inequity by extending assistance to all seriously disabled veterans of all ears. To aid in this effort, DAV launched the Unsung Heroes Initiative, a national campaign to bring awareness to the selfless service of our nation's veterans caregivers. DAV's report, America's Unsung Heroes, Challenges and Inequities Facing America's Veteran Caregivers, stems from a qualitative online survey that gives a deeper look at the challenges veteran caregivers face. While DAV is pushed to correct this injustice to our nation's top leaders, this report provides a clearer picture of the lives that can help guide critical public policy changes in the coming years. DAV supported the Deborah Sampson Act, a comprehensive bill focused on addressing gaps in services for our nation's women veterans, another legislative priority for our organization. With companion bills currently in the House and Senate, this measure would improve and expand VA programs and services for women veterans if enacted. DAV's report, Women Veterans, the Long Journey Home, identified many of the transition issues this bill addresses, including the need to establish a peer-to-peer counseling program for women veterans returning home from wartime deployments, funding for training women's health care providers, and enhancement of VA facilities to ensure privacy, safety, and environment of care standards for women, among other recommendations. Congress has now addressed more than a dozen of the report's 27 key recommendations since it was released three years ago. DAV's National Service Department continues to live up to the legacy of being the best in the business. Our mobile service offices visited 845 sites in 2016 and interviewed more than 15,000 claimants. Our transition service officers filed more than 24,000 claims last year and helped ensure nearly 36,000 transitioning service members were aware of their earned benefits. Between all 4,243 county, chapter, department, transition, and national service officers, DAV helped veterans and family members obtain more than $4 billion in new and retroactive benefits. The service department also continued making an impact with this disaster relief program by supplying more than 1,200 drafts and supply kits, totaling more than $463,000. This year, natural disasters once again crisscrossed the nation, devastating communities from Nebraska to Louisiana and New Hampshire to Texas, but DAV leadership, including Commander Riley and dedicated DAV members were there to step in and aid their fellow veterans on the ground. This year, our membership department continued modernizing by expanding its recruiting efforts to the digital space via military.com as well as social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The department also made it easier to recruit prospective members through the new member app, which can be added to any iPhone or Android smartphone. With the touch of a few buttons, recruiters can enlist prospective members to our ranks and make them eligible for a wide range of money saving and life-enhancing benefits. For 2016, DAV devoted $46.4 million to various voluntary service initiatives. This year, DAV's Transportation Network volunteers traveled nearly 23 million miles, providing more than 670,000 free rides and donated nearly 1.6 million hours, a value to taxpayers that is equivalent to more than $37.5 million. Additionally, the Voluntary Services Department kicked off its new Forward March campaign aimed at encouraging those who've received DAV's assistance to pay it forward by volunteering at least one hour of time to help veterans in their local communities. This initiative helped the Local Veterans Assistance Program grow significantly, going from just under 800,000 volunteer hours from fewer than 4,000 volunteers in 2015 to more than 1.2 million hours from more than 6,000 volunteers in 2016. DAV's National Employment Program is executing a busy schedule of nearly 130 all veteran career fairs across the nation this year, more than doubling the event total from last year and more than tripling in scale since the department was established three years ago. By offering military personnel, veterans and spouses the opportunity to directly engage with employers who know the value of hiring those who've served, DAV has become one of, if not the, most prolific charity in terms of connecting veterans with employers. Since this initiative began, our career fairs have drawn in nearly 70,000 job seekers with an average of 60 exhibitors per event and, most impressively, roughly 130 job offers per event. Additionally, DAV is creating an opportunity for veterans to connect with employers through virtual career fairs. DAV will facilitate 12 virtual career fairs this year, with four of the events being devoted exclusively to disabled veterans. DAV is also continuing its 10K DAV hiring challenge to ensure at least 10,000 disabled veterans attain meaningful employment by the end of 2018. The DAV Charitable Service Trust supports dozens of unique organizations that provide injured and ill veterans things like rehabilitative and emotional therapy, transition assistance, employment support, and emergency relief. In 2016, the trust issued more than $5.2 million in grants to support these kinds of programs and services. DAV again hosted the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass, Colorado. Among the participants, our 2017 DAV Freedom Award recipient, Army Veteran, Adam Greathouse, stood out as a shining example of how adaptive winter sports can make a difference in the lives and recoveries of participants. A veteran has to be ready to accept the recovery process and I wasn't ready, and then I came here and opened my eyes and made me ready. Adam plans on returning in the years to come with the same positive outlook, unbeatable spirit, and determination to succeed. In September, Commander Riley attended the National Disabled Veterans Tea Tournament in Iowa. Previously a local program, the new national event promotes rehabilitation, fellowship, and camaraderie among disabled veterans through therapeutic adaptive sporting events. DAV support this year led to a partnership with the VA. With a signed member and of understanding, moving forward, DAV is proud to partner with the VA to help coordinate and co-facilitate the tea tournament. Later that month, Commander Riley headed out to California to go scuba diving with the Monterey Bay Veterans, an organization that dedicated a custom dive boat to give disabled veterans access to the sea that they hadn't had before. The DAV 5K expanded to three new cities in 2016. In addition to races in downtown Cincinnati and Atlanta, DAV hosted our run to honor veterans in Boston, Newport News, Virginia, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, bringing more than 8,300 participants from 39 states to the nationwide series. This coming Veterans Day weekend, the 5K initiative will add San Antonio to the list. We're anticipating another phenomenal turnout for the series, giving DAV significant outreach opportunities and a chance to raise awareness about our services to veterans. DAV has continued expanding its presence in the social sphere, topping 1.4 million fans on Facebook and expanding our name and message across social media platforms like Twitter, which grew by nearly 25,000 followers in 2016, to bring the total to 80,000, and Instagram, which has topped 21,000 followers in just two years. DAV's website, DAV.org, also saw tremendous traffic with 3.2 million visitors. Also leading up the Veterans Day, DAV partnered with ABC to feature a Victory for Veterans theme week for its quiz show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, as a way to honor those who served. ABC presented DAV with a $25,000 donation during the show, while helping raise more awareness of DAV's free services on Good Morning America and through the network's digital and social media channels. DAV also teamed up with country music superstar Brantley Gilbert and Polaris to spread some cheer to three veterans and their families this holiday season. The families were under the impression that they were helping create a promo video at an off-road park in Louisiana, where Gilbert and Polaris surprised each of them with a Polaris razor of their own. I can't thank Polaris for DAV enough. It's overwhelming the generosity between both organizations. Speaking of generous donations, Handcooked Tires presented DAV with a $150,000 check at the 2017 Cincinnati Reds Military Appreciation Day. A proud partner of DAV since 2014, Handcooked Tires hosts DAV Mobile Service Office stops at six of its tire dealerships across the country to help DAV serve veterans who might otherwise go underserved. Commander Riley also got in on the action at Great American Ballpark by throwing out the first pitch. In the spirit of veterans helping veterans, Commander Riley also attended the Boulder Crest Retreat in Virginia this year. The retreat is a privately funded rural wellness center that pairs veteran mentors with veteran mentees during their recoveries from injuries sustained in service. DAV's Charitable Service Trust has supported retreats through grants since 2015. DAV also continued its partnership with Golden Corral through the restaurant's Military Appreciation Night, which provides free meals to veterans around Veterans Day. In 2016, the annual event raised over $1.4 million for DAV, bringing the total to more than $12.9 million since the event began in 2001. Additionally, approximately 3,800 children of wounded, ill and injured veterans are expected to attend Camp Corral at 22 locations in 19 states with the help of donations from DAV. Supporting us on this effort, the fight for caregivers, and more, is the DAV Auxiliary, which had a busy year under the guidance of Commander Francis Costa and National Agenda Pat Kemper. Through their unmatched, dedicated service to local community veterans, our friends and allies in the Auxiliary continued raising funds for youth scholarships, support programs, and the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, among others. DAV has continued to gain momentum throughout the last year, with a dedicated network of members, volunteers, and supporters working diligently to keep our organization invigorated with new ideas and fresh opportunities to engage. I'm proud of all we've accomplished over the past year. I am exceptionally proud of our tremendous DAV and Auxiliary community, and I look forward to another year serving side by side with you, working together to keep our promises to America's veterans and their families.