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Will Perry is the CEO & CMO of REASON Agency, an eCommerce growth consultancy.Will is dedicated to accelerating growth for eCommerce businesses through 13 years of experience and REASON’s unique optimization strategies. Welcome to the show, Will. How did you get started?What is a media buyer?Google was #1, then FB came, and now who are the top ad platforms?Why is it that most fail when it comes to paid social ads?is the FB algorithm smart enough that you can just create a campaign and let it be?Why do brands jump around so much from agency to ag...

Brian Roisentul is the Founder & CEO of BSR Digital, a performance marketing agency where we help e-commerce brands grow through paid ads and email/SMS marketing. Quin and Brian had an amazing conversation about e-commerce and Brian has some great ways of growing e-commerce brands. Please listen to the episode until the end, so you don't miss some of the golden nuggets Brian shared with us Tools and links mentioned: Text expander   https://textexpander.com/ Brian's Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianroisentul/ Ecommerce report https://www.ecommercefuel.com/ecommerce-trends/ BSR Digital https://www.bsrdigital.com/ Fit Growth Machine https://ww...

Mark Achler Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners and Co-author of Exit Right. Mark was an early employee of Apple and Head of Innovation at Redbox  What's your business story?Was RedBox the DVD rental ATM?What is Math venture partners?So you guys are not buying brands like aggregators, you are simply funding them?Where are these investments made? The US only?The only companies you invest in are digital tech?Can you give examples of companies or services funded?So if I were looking for funding for my agency I would approach Math?Please explain the process.What a...

Today’s guest, Jay Gibb, is a former software engineer and the Founder and CEO of B2B SaaS company, CloudSponge. Together with his team, Jay has helped thousands of ecommerce store owners optimize their word-of-mouth sales since 2010. Jay is an expert at helping e-commerce stores build the right features to reduce customer acquisition costs and increase sales. Welcome to the show, Jay! You live in California, but you studied at SAIT?How did you get into software development?Do you still code?What is Cloudsponge?One easy way to boost sales in 2022?How to seamlessly allow shoppers to share wi...

Ben Leonard, best known as the founder of Beast Gear, Ben Leonard is the classic millennial entrepreneur. He built a business on a laptop, in a cupboard, in his spare time. The difference? Ben grew an international 7-figure business and successfully exited after 3 years; the business holy grail. Now Ben is doing it all over again and helping others to do the same with his ecommerce brokerage (www.ecombrokers.co.uk) Tell me about your journey to where you are nowWhat does Ecom Brokers do?Why sell your ecom business?How to build your business so it is sellable and...

Andy Hooper CEO of Global ECommerce Experts has been successfully expanding e-commerce brands into new markets for over 15 years. ⦁ Before we start, tell me what is a Petty Officer of the sea cadets⦁ Tell us about our journey⦁ Expanding your brand into Europe⦁ Has Brexit affected the expansion to Europe?⦁ is it worth selling on Amazon Europe?⦁ What is needed?⦁ Does Amazon collect taxes automatically?⦁ if I sell in Europe on Amazon and Shopify, do you recommend having Amazon fulfill my EU Shopify orders?⦁ Having inventory in 3 or 4 places becomes expensive, where should we store it?⦁ Is it cheaper to advertise in SOme Eu...

Brent Zahradnik Founder of AMZ PathfinderBrent started Amazon ads in 2015 and he already had a Google ads background. ⦁ The only guest to have been here 4 times⦁ Are you still in France?⦁ How many people do you have on your team now?⦁ What's new in the Amazon PPC world⦁ Do you use 1 ad per campaign? for relevancy⦁ Do you see better results with DSP or SP?⦁ How about DSP for external services, like yours for example?⦁ do you use Amazon Advertising Manager for anything? I created rules⦁ Do you have any clients that require the geographical ads, like Tire shops?⦁ If a new seller comes i...

Robyn Johnson Founder and CEO at Marketplace Blueprint, and owner of Best from the nest ⦁ We are together in the SEMrush / Sellzone lifetime VIP circle⦁ I see you are also a professor on the SEMrush Academy free course⦁ You are a VIP contributor for the search engine journal, how long have you been writing there?⦁ Robyn, I heard you started with $100 tell us the story⦁ We both know the days of starting with $100 are gone, do you think starting with $10K today would be as good as $100 back then?⦁ How did Marketplace Blueprint get started?⦁ I just looked at your site and I see...

Michael Epstein sold his first company in 2013 and served as CMO of multiple ecommerce brands.He's a principal at PostPilot, a platform that allows you to send personalized postcards automatically at scale, as easily as you'd create an email campaign. PostPilot is a marketing platform specializing in direct mail marketing for Shopify and ecommerce brands. It offers solutions for prospecting, retargeting, retention, and reactivation using postcards and Cardalogs™️. The service includes full-funnel capabilities tailored for various industries like CPG, apparel, home furnishings, and pet supplies. PostPilot provides resources like FAQs, Direct Mail Academy, Design Studio examples, and podcasts for additional insi...

Founder of Science Natural Supplements Cody Bramlet Cody Bramlett is a “recovering personal trainer” turned eight-figure nutritional supplement brand owner.After scraping by as a personal trainer and gym owner, Cody’s supplement empire all started with solving problems with his own His father's chronic inflammation. Cody's dad had pain because of his diet, stress, and being generally overweight. He custom formulated products such as Turmeric with BioPerine that stopped his Dad’s chronic inflammation. Cody now also teaches other driven entrepreneurs how to profitably start, scale, and sell their own nutritional supplement brands through his coaching and mastermind called, Suppleme...

Touseef Riaz, CTO at Inventooly, a tool that helps with inventory management and Forecasting (AI-based forecasting) across multiple channels including Amazon, Walmart, and Shopify. Brother of Omer Riaz, Founder of Urtasker - One of the biggest Amazon agencies Questions for Touseef Riaz ⦁ Do you work with Urtasker?⦁ How big is the Urtasker team now?⦁ So, what is this new tool Inventooly?⦁ The tool predicts my future sales so It can estimate how much inventory is needed?⦁ What is the Strategic Procurement Management?⦁ Does the tool take into consideration historical demand in certain periods, like Christmas, summer, winter, labor day…⦁ I'm assuming we will...

Frederick Vallaeys CEO at Optmyzr and One of Google’s first 500 employeesFred spent 10 years at Google building AdWords and teaching advertisers how to get the most out of it. How did you start with Google back in 2002⦁ it's safe to say you are Google certified lol⦁ What was your job at Google?⦁ How did Optmyzr start?⦁ Did you have a day you realized it was going to work?⦁ Tell me how Optmyzr works⦁ Do I create the ads in your platform and it sends them to Google or do I create them the old way and the tool optimizes it?⦁ Can I connect wi...

Ganesh Krishnan founder of AiHello AiHello uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning algorithms ⦁ How did you get started?⦁ Are you still a seller?⦁ Is AiHello actual Ai?⦁ With the number of new sellers every day, getting new customers to your platform is easy?⦁ What's an example of cost per acquisition?⦁ Very important for me is to dominate a keyword and not simply get sales from it. Can I tell my ai, at the keyword level what my intentions are?⦁ If I have multiple accounts can I connect them all to one login, or do I need 1 account per Account?⦁ How many team me...

Dr. Travis Zigler is a recovering optometrist turned ecommerce entrepreneur. He is the founder of Eye Love and an Amazon PPC specialist. Due to the success of Eye Love (over $5.4 million in 2021), others have asked if Dr. Travis would help them grow their business online, and more specifically with Amazon, which led to the creation of the Profitable Pineapple Ads Agency Questions Asked to Dr. Travis Zigler ⦁ How do I fix my chronic dry eye?⦁ How did you get started on Amazon?⦁ Why should someone list their product on Amazon?⦁ How do you differentiate your product on Amazon?⦁ What is the easies...

Chase Harmer Founder and CEO at ProfitPayAn entrepreneur since the age of 19 - learned from the school of hard knocks - raised 25 million Almost died but came back to life to make a successful company from the ashes ⦁ ProfitPay isn't your first venture, what's your story before profitPay⦁ ProfitPay is a payment processor, like Stripe or PayPal?⦁ So I can use PP on my shopify, Woocommerce…?⦁ The logo is a flying pig? Why?⦁ You have a virtual CC with cashback! How does it work?⦁ Can I use it to pay my suppliers in China, India, Portugal, then pay staff in Pakistan and P...

Anita Mar is a registered Trademark agent and the founder of Trademark Angel ⦁ How do you know if you need to protect your business name?⦁ The most interesting legal battles she has seen and how to protect yourself.⦁ Do you know how many trademarks you have done?⦁ Benefits of getting a TM in China?⦁ What if I want a brand that is already trademarked in another country?⦁ Does an EU trademark capture all European EU members? ( 27 countries)⦁ How long is it taking now to actually get the TM⦁ Amazon brand registry is only looking for TM serial numbers, so within a few days of ap...

He is an active Amazon Seller and has also coached other Amazon Sellers on how to grow their business. Isaac Kuhlman - Co-founder at Real Coaching Isaac, how did you start your eCommerce journey?Selling since 2013Do you remember the moment you realized it was going to be more than just part-time?Do you mostly Private label?What is the biggest mistake you see new sellers making?Who do you coach? starting sellers, advanced, or both?How is your coaching? Zoom calls, in person, 1vs 1?Since you are a seller, do you have clients who hold back info from you...

Lesley Hensell Co-founder of Riverbend Consulting An Amazon seller turned consultant, Lesley and her team at Riverbend solve critical problems and offer growth strategies for sellers on Amazon and other eCommerce platforms Lesley, how did you get started with eCommerce?When did you realize it was going to work, and you could finally leave the 9-5?How does one become a high-quality seller on Amazon?What's the best way to deal with the storage limitations?Black hat and dirty tricks are growing like crazy, is there a way to defend ourselves?Platform manipulation, everything we do to increase rank could...

Directly from LV Nevada founder of Branded Shareables, Edwin Dearborn Edwin is on a mission to help business professionals attract their ideal customers.To that end, Edwin has written three books on the topics of branding, social media strategies, and influencer marketing.His latest book, Referology, details proven methods to exponentially grow one’s best clientele. source: referrals. How long have you lived in Vegas?Was Vegas a strategic location or simply a personal choice?I want to talk about your Ten Core Principles of Business Growth, but first, let's talk referralsI heard you are the referral guy, how does on...

He is a commerce marketing strategist, analyst, and content marketer with more than 15 years of experience in email, mobile and social media marketing Director of Content at Omnisend - host of the podcast, Cart Insiders: Greg Zakowicz What is Omnisend? Omnisend email & SMS automation platform for eCommerce.More than 70,000 eCommerce brands use Omnisend Questions Tells us a bit about yourselfCan you explain Omnisend for those who don't know itI believe IOS 15 came out a few days ago, what are the changes and how can marketers adapt?I heard ios15 will not allow tracking open rates? So web beacons are disabled...

Nigel Thomas, the CEO of Alpha Inbound ⦁ How did you get started?⦁ What is Alpha Inbound?⦁ You were the chief growth officer and now CEO⦁ Recently we added SMS marketing to our service list - the insights & results we got are mind-blowing⦁ The upcoming Black Friday and eCommerce businesses' must-dos, to prep for it⦁ Why Lifetime Value & Economics are important to scale an eCommerce Brand. Links for Nigel Thomas and Alpha Inbound www.alphainbound.com/quizemail: nigel@alphainbound.comhttps://www.facebook.com/nigelthomas41https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelthomas41/

Rael Lowenthal Head Of Sales at Zee What is an Importer of Record and how does it apply to Amazon FBA?What is Zee and what service or services does Zee offer to Amazon sellers?Why Zee, was it just because you guys were lucky enough to get the domain?In which countries does Zee support an Importer of Record service for Amazon sellers?Who are Zee’s target clients? Is there a certain size that a seller has to be in order to use Zee?What is the difference between Zee and a Freight Forwarder?How long does customs cl...

Joe Valley is Co-Owner of Quiet Light Brokerage #1 best seller in 7 AMZ categories - The Exitpreneur Joe has 5 steps of negotiation with Aggregators What we talked about   - Every FBA business has been or is being approached by Aggregators  - what are aggregators  - how do they get money?  - In most cases, more than half of the money you ever make in a business is the day you sell it  - Chapter 13 ais FBA Roll UPS - can you explain what this is  -is an earn-out ever favorable for the seller? - hired to manage your ex-company  - Joe talks a...

CEO of Buyboxer, a top 100 Amazon seller. Founder of Smart Scout and Host of the Smartest Amazon seller podcast. Scott Needham Scott has been here before in 2019 episode 325 so you can check that one out after if you didn't already.Scott Needham is a top seller, and been selling on Amz since 99 but started FBA in 2009 ( so a lifetime ago)Welcome, Scott. When you were here in 2019 pre covid, you had  150 people working for you, how much did covid affect that number?Scott, I saw a video you did, at the warehouse at night where you did a workout in f...

Mac Schlesinger went from minimum wage warehouse worker to Amazon Tycoon within a few years.Mac’s Amazon journey began over 10 years ago. He started off buying discounted goods from the local shopping mall and selling it for profit online.He became fascinated by the world of e-commerce and began to experiment with simple strategies like selling retail arbitrage, drop-shipping, and selling his own private label products. After growing his own online business to 7+ figures he discovered the key ingredients to hacking the Amazon game.Best Seller Listers was born.Mac Schlesinger's mission is to empower Amazon sellers with the ri...

Joining us today is Ian Bower, founder, and owner of Graphic Rhythm, and other businesses that revolve around design, copywriting, and Amazon marketplace selling.When Ian isn’t working, you can find him outside hiking, camping, and spending time with his wife and children. How do you go from being a chef to founding a design company?Being a chef is one of those things that never really goes away, right?How does Graphic Rhythm work?How Graphic Designers Can Monetize Their WorkHow To Sell Identity Design to Your Agency ClientsWhat Are the Conversion Triggers of Amazon CustomersHow To Create Am...

Glenn Lundy Grew a Dealership 800% In Five Years  Glenn Lundy has 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, Glenn lead a dealership from 120 cars a month to an 800% increase in sales in five years, becoming the 2nd largest used car franchise in the country. Glenn has been spotlighted on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and is an expert in dealership culture development, and leadership training. He is a husband to 1, a father to 7, and the host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseAndGrind.  His unique style makes him one of the most coveted GMs in the business. Glenn has the un...

Tarik Berrada Co-founder and CSO at Chez M19 an AI-Powered Advertising Technology for Amazon sellers. Are you in ParisTarik you are a data scientist?When did you realize you had a passion for data?How did all this get started?I see you have at m19 people who used to work at Google and a few ex Criteo and even a Former Senior Manager at Amazon Advertising, how did the team get together?I tried some ai companies before but one didn't even have ai, just bulk If then statements all performed once every 24 hours at 4 AmWhat do you love...

Product and Factory Inspections With Mitchell Johnson at V-Trust Inspection Service Mitch, how did you get started, what's your story?how long have you been living in China?What is V trust?Can you explain how an inspection/ independent assessments work?Pre-shipment is the one you do when dealing with a traderHow big is your team?How does factory audit work and why do we buyers need it?do you inspect certificatesBuyers don't know much about compliancewhat are the most common mistakesTry to verify colors by codeGet samples sent to your inspection company In 2020 alone, the inspections and audits their 350+...

Nacham Lieser Founder of ConnectBooks 4Billion + In Amazon transactions processedHe is the go-to guy when sellers want to get real clarity in their business. How did all this get started?The nightmare of sharing products from one account with a partnerdo you also sell on Amazon, or have you ever?What is the craziest thing you've seen in business?What is connectbooks?what are the 2 large equations you've been in the past year?Can I use it for Amazon in Europe?so, if I have QuickBooks and connectbooks will all my amazon tax be taken care of?How long until...

DAVID TAO David Thomas Tao is an entrepreneur, editor, and voice actor based in New York City. He is the Co-Founder and Editor of BarBend.com, a media brand that provides multi-platform coverage of news, analysis, training, and opinion in strength training and sports. One of the largest and fastest-growing fitness sites on the web, BarBend is the Official Media Partner of USA Weightlifting and is also a partner broadcaster for the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games. David is a 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list maker for Media. A veteran of the health & fitness industry, he has nearly a decade of experience building and...

Amit Rosenthal is the CEO of an 84-year-old freight forwarding and international transportation company, ROSENTHAL How long have you been in logistics? Since 1937?When did you realize Amazon was a big opportunity for logistic services?What services do you offer, do you actually do the transport or mediate it?what if I have products that cant be exposed to extreme cold temperatures?Since most Amazon sellers are inexperienced in international shipping is DDP the best solution?Can you explain what is DDP (Door to door)I see you listed on Amazon SPN Service Providers Network) does that give you high...

Michael and Kathryn Redman are sweethearts, best friends, and the husband-and-wife team behind Half a Bubble Out (HaBO), a marketing and consulting firm. They’re also founders of HaBO Village, an 8-year hold membership website that helps leaders build Passion & Provision companies, full of profit, purpose, and legacy. For more than 17 years, they have helped business leaders across the world grow their companies, both have taught at the university level and are frequent guest speakers at events How did you 2 meet?Looking back do you still believe going into business together was a good idea?Why Half a bubble out? Wh...

Vitalii Khyzniak the Chief Growth Officer at Profit Whales - Tech-Enabled Amazon Advertising Agency.I’m obsessed with increasing profits for 7-9 figure Brands selling on Amazon beyond their expectations with the help of intelligent Amazon Advertising Technology that they developed at Profit Whales. Tell a bit about youWhat exactly is profit whales and what do you doWhy you should keep investing in PPC?How to succeed with a limited budget?How to get a bestseller badge on Amazon with the help of Advertising?How to defend the bestseller badge?What are the common PPC mistakes to avoid?analyzing images to...

Jonathan Proulx has been able to master the game of selling brand name products on amazon and is now teaching others to do exactly what he did.John didn't start out this as a successful entrepreneur, for years before that he worked in the oil and gas industry with long hours away from loves ones and friends.After working for a year under someone else's rules he decided to go all in. Where in the Oil and Gas did you work?Now you sell on Amazon, and it's mostly Wholesale, how did it start?When did you realize it was...

Anna Davidson An empowering Female Leader with years of experience in the eCommerce & Digital Marketing space.Anna is an Author of She Made It Happen, Speaker and Founder of Amazon 101 Academy and Your Freedom Podcast.Anna started selling on Amazon in 2013, and she has taught over 2000 students to build successful businesses. She has a knack for being able to rank quickly on Amazon and outsmarting the competition. Questions for Anna Davidson Anna tell me your storyDid you sell somewhere else before Amazon?How were you selling, was it dropshipping, RA, wholesale, Private label?How did you decide to start selling...

Jess Chan is the founder & CEO of Longplay, a full-service email marketing agency for e-commerce brands where they help businesses nurture, convert, and retain customers.Through their strategies, she's helped generate over $8.5M in revenue through email for their clients.Prior to Longplay, Jess was the CMO at an e-commerce company and she started Longplay to be the type of agency she wished she could have worked with. Jess how did you get into email marketingWhat services does Longplay offer, is it just an email sender like Mailchimp1. Why should ecommerce brands use email marketing?2. What are most e-commerce brands...

Blake Nubar, Holder Of The Record For Fastest Million Dollar Funnel In just a few short years, Blake has generated over $17M in sales and in the process, he helped thousands of entrepreneurs launch a successful sales funnel.Blake has worked with sharks from ABC’s tv series “Shark Tank” along with HG and AMC TV starsBlake is on a mission to help as many people as possible achieve financial freedom with an online business. Blake Nubar How did you get started?What is a sales funnel?Tell me about the time you received your 1st 2 comma awardWhat did it feel l...

Jason Klug moved to Utah and got a gig selling and developing Tablet and Ipad enclosures. That company sold and he started Klugonyx out of his 1 bedroom apartment. Full-service product development "firm" at the time. Now he has a team of designers, engineers, management in the US, and an office in China with PMs, QC managers, and customer support. Now they are not only serving customers but they are creating their own brands like Dorai Home. Jason Klug Before starting Klugonyx you were developing tablet enclosures, are those like tablet cases?So this is not PL, you are actually developing...

Brent ZahradnikAmazon Advertising expert and founder of AMZ Pathfinder3rd time on the show. I think this is the record Prime day was just a couple of weeks ago, how did it go?Do you increate CPC on special event days, or simply increase the budget?Sell through rate and inventory...IPI for outside fulfillment in the UKif you increase your CPC on a particular KW for 3 or 4 days, when you turn it back down will it negatively affect your impressions?What are the latest changes in the PPC worldNegative products on auto campaigns was pretty bigsaw somewhere that inside...