Amazing FBA Amazon and ECommerce Podcast, for Amazon Private Label Sellers, Shopify, Magento or Woocommerce business owners, and other e-commerce sellers and digital entrepreneurs.
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eCommerce Product Strategy Overview
August 27, 2020 21:56 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes.
VAT for Amazon Sellers with Simply VAT experts
August 26, 2020 17:29 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBVAT for Amazon Sellers The Basics of VAT with Simply VAT's Alex Wyatt and Louise Brossemart Taxes are unavoidable truths. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founder Fathers of the American Republic, even mentioned them in a letter just after founding what turned out to be (arguably) the world's greatest nation: "Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Not only is tax cer...
Sell on Amazon Internationally – 7 Reasons
August 25, 2020 18:38 - 22 minutes - 21 MBReasons to Investigate Selling Internationally on Amazon - The opportunity - intro Amazon stats 2019 Amazon GMV 2019 worldwide was 280.5 Billion USD All of Amazon outside USA: Was 87B USD GMV in 2019 (31% of total) Amazon International selling summit: Global Empires Summit - Hosted by Kevin Sanderson My presentation for Summit: Overview of some lessons from the British Empire - the 4 horsemen - - and the “Merchant Mindset” BASH - and Merchant Skills that you need…. Why consider Amazon se...
How to Evaluate Business Models in E-Commerce
August 20, 2020 05:05 - 50 minutes - 46 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes.
E-Commerce Business Model Overview
August 19, 2020 07:56 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes. Watch E-Commerce Business Model Overview
E-Commerce Profit Strategies
August 13, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes.
Pivoting Your E-Commerce Business
August 12, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes. Watch Pivoting Your E-Commerce BusinessPivoting Your E-Commerce Business
Amazon Stock Projections and Dealing with Uncertainty in E-commerce
August 11, 2020 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBAmazon Stock Projections Dealing with uncertain futures: projection, 80/20 & Robustness Projecting e-commerce inventory demands - that is, how much stock to buy & when to have it in a warehouse ready to fulfil to customers - is a constant question for Amazon sellers and all ecommerce sellers. However, the simple question "How much stock should I buy?" can only be answered by answering some more complex questions. In this episode, we talk about the basis for our projections; the big-picture ...
Breaking Your Amazon Ads Addiction With New Forms Of Traffic
August 05, 2020 05:31 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes.
Moving from Amazon to Shopify
August 04, 2020 05:35 - 45 minutes - 42 MBFor notes on today's episode, click here for The E-Commerce Leader show notes. Watch Moving from Amazon to Shopify
Qualities of an Amazon FBA Business for Selling with Dave Storey
July 30, 2020 08:52 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBDave Storey was a product manager who focuses on quality supply chain and project management. He had a business valued at 1M and decided to make it bigger. Amazon FBA Build to Sell focuses on building and selling amazon businesses and helps other people do the same. On this podcast, Dave Storey talks about what the Amazon business buyers are looking for and the things that you should be working on. You’ll learn about: The kind of business that buyers are looking for The elements that ...
Amazon FBA Build to Sell with Dave Storey
July 29, 2020 09:51 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBDave Storey was a product manager who focuses on quality supply chain and project management. He had a business valued at 1M and decided to make it bigger. Amazon FBA Build to Sell focuses on building and selling amazon businesses and helps other people do the same. On this podcast, Dave will share his experience and process on building his business. You’ll learn about: The importance of research The perfect time to sell Why build an Amazon business to sell? Why not take cashflow...
Process Tools for Amazon Sellers with Will Christensen from DataAutomation
July 23, 2020 05:32 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBWill Christensen is the founder and CEO of DataAutomation, a software company that focuses on integration and automation for small and large scale businesses. The reason why we need digital marketing software is to mitigate most of our work and focus more on things what needed most. These Softwares help you to target audience, generate reports and analytics, create landing pages, and perform all other types of digital marketing essentials. Will Christensen will share his recommended softwar...
Automate, Delegate and Eliminate with Will Christensen from DataAutomation
July 22, 2020 05:32 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBWill Christensen is the founder and CEO of DataAutomation, a software company that focuses on integration and automation for small and large scale businesses. Automation leads us to quick processing of large amounts of tasks and reduces turnaround time. It allows you to achieve more results with hardly any efforts. Will Christensen will be teaching about the three different processes that will help you on your automation journey. You’ll learn about: How they started their own podcast ...
The E-myth Revisited & the E-Commerce Seller with Will Christensen from DataAutomation.com
July 21, 2020 05:32 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWill Christensen is the founder and CEO of DataAutomation.com, a software company that focuses on integration and automation for small and large scale businesses. Automation is a necessity for your business, it helps you improve process control and reduce downtime and human error. Will Christensen will be sharing about E-Myth and the roles of an E-Commerce seller. You’ll learn about: How Will started his journey in Automation The 3 distinct roles that have to exist in the business ...
Using a Software to Implement the Scaling Up Principle with Eugene Terk from AlignToday
July 16, 2020 05:05 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBAlignToday is a business management software that helps people focus on getting the most important things done that will help their business grow and scale. Eugene Terk, the vice president of AlignToday will be sharing his thoughts on Using a Software to implement the Scaling Up principle. You’ll Learn About: Who is Scaling Up is for When should you use this The importance of Scaling Up methodology How would you best implement this in a small/growing business How AlightToday is d...
Scaling Up Principles Through Strategy and Execution with Eugene Terk from AlignToday
July 15, 2020 09:28 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBEugene Terk is the vice president of business development at AlignToday, a business management software that focuses on detailed daily projects workload and helps manage higher-level strategic goals of your company. Eugene will be teaching us how to scale up business through strategy and execution based on his knowledge and experience. You’ll Learn About: The methodology of AlignToday The highlights of the Scaling Up Structure The importance of knowing your foundational principles T...
Creating Email Series Around the Lead Magnet with Rob Patterson from AWeber
July 14, 2020 05:15 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBRob Patterson is CMO of AWeber. AWeber is a company focussed on making email marketing powerfully simple for small business owners so they can grow their business quickly. Email Marketing is a flexible and cost-effective way of reaching customers and retaining existing customers. It also allows us to create targeted and personalized messages which help us to build relationships with our clients. It will also improve response rates to your direct marketing campaigns. Rob Patterson will be t...
Amazon Account Management with John Cavendish of Seller Candy
July 10, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBAmazon Account Management with John Cavendish of Seller Candy You'll Learn The problem with hiring cheap staff to handle Seller Central tasks Why you don't need someone who understands your business deeply to do tactical Seller Central tasks Why you also don't need someone full-time or working exclusively for you What John's staff find on Account audits Why it's important to monitor listings Buy box suppression How to use Flat Files to back up your listings (this could save a ...
Running an Agency with John Cavendish of SellerCandy
July 09, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBRunning an agency can be an interesting adventure! It’s how you navigate the highs and the lows that can help you build a long-lasting business. John Cavendish an Amazon seller with a 7 figure FBA business and co-founder of SellerCandy with his business partner Brian Patterson will show us the best way to run an agency. You’ll learn about: How John became very good at selling $100k a month The best practices of Sales The importance of the Sales Process The significance of having a ...
The SellerCandy Services with John Cavendish
July 08, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBJohn Cavendish an Amazon seller with a 7 figure FBA business and co-founder of SellerCandy will show us what services they offer and how they can help in different types of businesses. One of the biggest downsides to life as an Amazon seller is the host of small tasks that buzz around like insects distracting you from higher-value tasks. Things like dealing with the same issue in a case on Seller Central that takes 10 emails to get a resolution; dealing with customer service; keeping track ...
Email Marketing for Amazon Funnels with Rob Patterson of AWeber
July 07, 2020 09:34 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBRob Patterson is CMO of AWeber. AWeber is a company focussed on making email marketing powerfully simple for small business owners so they can grow their business quickly. Email marketing has had a rather dowdy image for the last decade. As it started off in the ‘90s, it’s often seen as dated and belonging to the past. Spam also impacted its reputation back in the early 2000s. So is it all about social media? Is email just dead and outdated? The truth is the opposite. Email is a vital and p...
China Freight Export with Brian Miller of Easy China Warehouse
July 02, 2020 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBBrian Miller, CEO, and founder of Easy China Warehouse teaches the best practices in exporting. China is a rising market and has progressed into a country with high tech manufacturing capabilities which has lots of advantages. Brian will help us understand the benefits and point out some tips on how it works. You’ll Learn About: The benefits of storing in China How rail to Europe works. The sea freight from China to Europe What are the things to look out for How do we stay in stoc...
China Pandemic and Freight Situation with Brian Miller of Easy China Warehouse
July 01, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBBrian Miller, CEO, and founder of Easy China Warehouse shares his knowledge and expertise on China's pandemic and the freight situation. The freight industry is one of the most vital services of the modern interconnected world. The COVID-19 outbreak that started spreading from different countries across the globe is forcing governments and international authorities to take next level measures such as lockdown of cities and control the movement of people to check and minimize the rapid spr...
Build a Brand on Amazon with Jenna Lieber, Turnkey Product Management
June 30, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBBuild a Brand on Amazon with Jenna Lieber with Jenna Lieber of Turnkey Product Management You'll Learn Why it's important to have just one core target customer How to integrate your approach across listing creation, Amazon ads, etc. The under-used tools on Amazon you need to invest in Why "follow your audience" is a core strategy for building an off-Amazon audience Simple effective ways to build an email list What COVID has shown Amazon sellers & the lesson to take from it Redu...
Creating Predictable Revenue for Your Business with Aaron Ross
June 25, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBLearn the basics of creating a predictable revenue with Aaron Ross as he talks about lead generation and building your first sales team. Lead generation in creating a predictable revenue What drives growth? What causes growth to stall? This is Aaron’s main lesson from Salesforce.com which was around $25M revenue and mostly in small companies when he joined; whereas they wanted to go up towards larger companies. They hired a lot of salespeople but it wasn’t bringing in qualified leads. So...
Grow Amazon Business with Jenna Lieber
June 24, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBManage Seller Account Amazon with Jenna Lieber with Jenna Lieber of Turnkey Product Management You'll Learn The most important prelude to working on Growing your Amazon business How one strategy can transform your business (hint: it's pretty widely used offline, too) Which tools Jenna's team uses to manage tasks Her favourite Amazon tools How to manage your budget Next Steps Free resources page - Turnkeyproductmanagement.com/resource Book free break-through session call - Agency -...
Coronavirus and eCommerce with Jenna Lieber
June 23, 2020 15:15 - 12 minutes - 11 MBAmazon Account Management under Coronavirus with Jenna Lieber of Turnkey Product Management You'll Learn The "new normal" coronavirus and eCommerce, and what it means for Amazon sellers Variations by State - the "Phases" of COVID19 economic recovery How Amazon as a marketplace has fared under Coronavirus lockdown in the USA What categories have done really well Product categories that have suffered from lockdown Latest Amazon shipping situation in USA Next Steps Free resources...
How to Choose the Best Niche with Aaron Ross
June 18, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBLearn how to choose the best niche for you. Aaron Ross will be talking about nice-to-have and need-to-have for your niche. Aaron’s Background Aaron was in business to business SaaS (software platforms) but nailing a niche is universal to any business. He started at Salesforce.com and created the outbound selling function fro them and added $100M in revenue for them. After that, he ended up writing and publishing Predictable Revenue. He is now co-CEO of a business with 50 people and $7 m...
Amazon wholesale vs Private Label with Trent Dyrsmid of Flowster
June 17, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBAmazon Wholesale vs Private Label Amazon wholesale vs private label is not one of the more famous debates in ecommerce- but it deserves to be. How do Amazon wholesale and Amazon wholesale compare as business models? Many come to private label from no ecommerce background; sometimes Amazon resellers find private label another a next step really helpful to move on to from retail or online arbitrage. However, there can be hidden challenges with the Private Label model. Trent Dyrsmid is founde...
Amazon Wholesale Processes with Trent Dyrsmid of Flowster.com
June 16, 2020 19:40 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBIntroduction to Amazon Wholesale Processes What is the best process for Amazon wholesale? Amazon wholesale sourcing is a business model that many resellers find really helpful to move on to from retail or online arbitrage. It requires less money to start than private labelling and is lower risk too. But the big Achilles heel of Amazon wholesale is the fact that you need to contact so many potential wholesale partners to sell you product. Trent Dyrsmid is founder of Flowster , an SOP/proces...
Selling your Amazon Business via M & A Advisors
June 12, 2020 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBBusiness brokers vs M&A Advisors Intro: experienced M & A Advisors for digitally native enterprises by Chris Shipferling of Global Wired Advisors (GWA) What is the difference between a M& A Advisor as opposed to a business broker? They usually have a strong background in investment banking - High risk, complex world - High stress - You have to make large transactions For The Amazon world the M & A Advisor would have a deeper experience compared to a broker. Having owned and sold a business ...
Ecommerce and Coronavirus with Jason Somerville
June 11, 2020 23:01 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBeCommerce and Corona Virus Global Wired Advisors are experienced M & A Advisors for digitally native enterprise E-Commerce and Coronavirus with Jason Somerville of Global Wired Advisors Supply side effects of Coronavirus Started in China - supply chain effect A lot of ecommerce sellers and businesses had stocked up on inventory going into CNY - which mitigated supply chain issues As it spread into EU and USA it became a broader issue Demand side effects of Coronavirus As effe...
Amazon Product Tracking with Rob of egrow.io
June 10, 2020 22:52 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBAmazon Product Tracking Egrow.io is an Amazon research tool that makes it easy for sellers to identify and track new products, which is especially strong on Amazon product tracking. Amazon Product Tracking as part of research What’s your research process? Product tracking is really important to refine the searches Database Search - Search in all departments - Or Search by specific categories - Often DOESN’T narrow to smaller categories Setting the right product selection criteria - maybe us...
Imaginative Business Problem Solving with Dillon Carter
June 05, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBImagination in an Amazon business In a world of Amazon sellers (and there were 2 million active sellers worldwide in 2019), it can become an echo chamber (as Will Tjernlund says) where everyone just copies everyone. Not only does it get pretty repetitive, it's not good business sense to use the same models as everyone else. Most of all, you could be overlooking some massive wins inherent in the ecommerce/Amazon situation right now. Dillon CArter of GoAura.com and Michael knock around some of...
eCommerce processes
June 03, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBEcommerce Business Processes Dillon Carter has made good money building an Amazon wholesale business alongside finishing a college degree AND co-founding a SaaS company, Goaura.com ! He has done this thanks to the power of having clear and detailed Processes in his eCommerce business. Dillon and I discussed the power of processes, particularly as they relate to e-commerce and specifically, Amazon wholesale sourcing. The bad news is of course that some of us - myself included - are not natu...
Amazon Wholesale Sourcing with Dillon Carter of Vendrive CRM
June 02, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBAmazon Wholesale Sourcing Dillon Carter has made good money building an Amazon wholesale sourcing business alongside just finishing his college degree. He managed to do that because Dillon identified the key bottleneck in his business: managing the relationships with wholesale suppliers in a scaleable way. To deal with this, Dillon and his co-founder developed in-house CRM software, Vendrive, which they have since made available to other Sellers on Amazon who source wholesale. Today Dillon...
Amazon Sponsored Brands overview with Ritu Java
May 28, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAmazon Sponsored Brands overview Amazon Sponsored Brands overview with Ritu Java of PPC Ninja Click below to view a video presentation of this post: Amazon Sponsored Brands video version How time consuming are Amazon Sponsored Brand Ads? It is time consuming! Main not have such a quick ROI as sponsored product ads Sponsored product ads has no creative so that makes it easier too Use a lot of creative strategies to stretch the platform that’s available to us. Sponsored brand ads allow you to...
Amazon Sponsored Brand
May 28, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAmazon Sponsored Brands overview Amazon Sponsored Brands overview with Ritu Java of PPC Ninja Click below to view a video presentation of this post: Amazon Sponsored Brands video version How time consuming are Amazon Sponsored Brand Ads? It is time consuming! Main not have such a quick ROI as sponsored product ads Sponsored product ads has no creative so that makes it easier too Use a lot of creative strategies to stretch the platform that’s available to us. Sponsored brand ads allow you to...
product display ads amazon with Ritu Java
May 28, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIntro Ritu Java is CEO of PPC Ninja. Help sellers and advertisers maximise ROI on Amazon via Paid Ads - including Sponsored products, sponsored brands and sponsored display ads. Also have a software tool or full agency. What are your clients trying to achieve? Most people are happy with sponsored product ads. That’s because they are easy to set up; you don’t need to find extra images etc. Sponsored brand ads require some extra work - and sellers want to skip doing this. When people have been...
What is a Patent?
May 27, 2020 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBPatents for eCommerce with Robert Wright of Private Label Law Patents are usually a legal issue Amazon sellers run scared of rather than approaching as a tool in their own armoury. But there are some uses of patents that are both more affordable and more powerful than might first appear. However, there are some costs and downsides associated with patents that many e-commerce sellers don't think through until after they have had a patent granted. Forewarned is forearmed, as they say - listen...
Legal Help for Startups
May 26, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBLegal Help for Startups in Amazon with Robert Wright of Private Label Law Legal Help for Startups is often seen as either not needed or scary. Instead, you can have your attorney/lawyer be a partner in safely growing your business. Robert walks through his simple 4-part framework for how you can make use of a lawyer to avoid simple pitfalls - while keeping moving and not falling into legal perfectionism. He also outlines the real purpose of trademarks, and also touches on the under-used leg...
Building an Amazon Business to Sell with Dave Storey
May 22, 2020 22:46 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBBuilding an Amazon Business to Sell Build to sell - these days, the entrepreneurs with bigger vision often want to build an Amazon business to sell rather than just for cashflow is an aim many entrepreneurs have when starting. To be fair, you have to be very clear on your reason to sell. Some people enjoy the day-to-day running of the business. Others want to own the cashflow for the long term. It's not always right for everyone. Either way, though, the process of preparing your business s...
Build to Sell Amazon Business with Dave Storey
May 21, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBBuilding an Amazon Business to Sell Build to sell - these days, the entrepreneurs with bigger vision often want to build an Amazon business to sell rather than just for cashflow is an aim many entrepreneurs have when starting. To be fair, you have to be very clear on your reason to sell. Some people enjoy the day-to-day running of the business. Others want to own the cashflow for the long term. It's not always right for everyone. EIther way, though, the process of preparing your business ...
Women of Amazon – Branded By Women Conference Leaders
May 19, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBBranded By Women Conference created by Danny McMillan of Seller Sessions Today's Guests: Jana Krekic of YLT Translations Sylv Stefanowicz of Bilbette Michele Venton - Amazon Business Seller! What’s important about the conference? Michele - excitement to attend the event - great content - - Men and women - Important to hear different voices and stories - Different strategies - Find something that suits them - It’s not all about black hat ranking Jana - Everyone shares stories - See how it...
Amazon Unit Economics with Sergey Faldin of Sellerscale
May 15, 2020 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBAmazon Unit Economics Resources Mentioned today You'll Learn Why “Unit economics” are critical Why everyone looks at demand using tools but few dig into fees How a client's shoe sizes were causing them to lose money on storage! A simple tool that helps model profitability for future products The 5 critical numbers in Amazon Unit economics you must know The FBA fees you have to account for What the mindset benefit is that you get from seeing your numbers clearly What a manage...
Amazon Management Accounting with Sergey Faldin of Sellerscale
May 12, 2020 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBManagement Accounting for Amazon Sellers Resources Mentioned today You'll Learn Management accounting cf financial accounting Why accounting does not just mean “financial accounting” What management accounting is and why you need it The limitations of Quickbooks and Xero for Amazon sellers Who the reports are actually designed for Why the delay in reporting is so critical Why Amazon sellers often struggle with numbers Why Amazon being is so easy to start can be a problem Why...
Coronavirus for Amazon Sellers- Global Roundup late April/early May 2020
May 05, 2020 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBFacebook live panel global 29 April 2020 Jenna Lieber, Turnkey Product Management Konark Ogra, Rural Handmade John Cavendish, Seller Candy What is changing for Amazon Sellers under Covid19? John notifications are insane - ,monfitionring listing is arduous - amazon stopping everyone shipping in from mid march to mid arpil - france still closed - can't shop intra-couty - couldn't ship into Italy - use 3 PLs - have live listings - sales volume not down too much - Some up a lot but Jenna A lot o...
Why I’m Co-creating an Ecommerce Strategy Podcast
May 03, 2020 21:46 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBMichael talks over why he's co-hosting a podcast and why strategy, not tactics: Why tactics alone are leading to tired business models on Amazon Why co-hosting gives so much power to the listener Why you should subscribe to the new podcast! *CONTEST* I'll give away the last one - because Michael and Jason (his new co-host) are giving away a $100 bundle of cool business strategy and e-commerce books to the winner of their "subscribe to our new podcast" competition. Enter Contest now ...
Amazon Europe for US Amazon Sellers with Kevin Sanderson
April 29, 2020 19:18 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBAmazon Europe for US Amazon Sellers with Kevin Sanderson UK And Europe cf Canada - register for VAT number - And EORI number - Ship stuff in - You do need someone in the country to act as VAT agent - Use an agency eg Avask - maybe £200 a quarter VAT for American importers- to ask your tax advisor - Ask about the flat rate scheme - this simplifies - if online retailer as SIC code 7.5% - And also 1st year is simpler - with VAT you have selling price and credits - But there are more issues - Eg...