141 - How Cody Neer Built A $60 Million Dollar Business In 3 Years (The Full Story)

In this episode, I interview Cody Neer, a serial entrepreneur who has successfully built multiple 7-figure e-commerce businesses, his most recognizable being Bucks of America . As an official Shopify Partners member since 2013, Cody owns an agency that has built and designed dozens of successful 7-figure Shopify stores such as GlowBowl . 

His agency provides lead gen services alongside e-commerce, CRO, and design, as well as highly targeted paid Facebook and Google advertising with email strategies that drive long term customer value. Cody works directly with entrepreneurs, coaching and strategizing on a personalized level through The Ecommerce Brand Academy Course.

He comes on to share how he came from being a professional baseball player that was cut and had to recreate himself, to finding his niche and building a $60 Million dollar business around it. You’re gonna wanna listen in.

Key Points Discussed:

Cody’s super amazing back story (05:01)First taste of entrepreneurship and growing a business from 500k a year to $13 Million (12:53)Getting caught up in the illusion of the corporate job, six figures and full benefits (18:09)The importance of goal setting and figuring out that everything is about relationships (20:17)Spending $56 Million in Facebooks ads and $350 Million in trackable sales (28:01)Staying at the corporate job with Target while starting out in eCommerce (36:14)How Cody did systems and scaling successfully (42:37)The top things people mess up on that hold them back from getting where they want to be (45:35)Starting with the relationship to figure out the opening to provide value (51:00)Staying with what you’re doing as you pivot into entrepreneurship and never selling your soul for a quick buck (58:34)The universal laws of traffic that Cody follows with his eCommerce business (01:02:26)There’s nothing better than a cashflow positive asset that you can build (01:12:09)Cody’s thoughts on whether Facebook is too big and should be broken up (01:19:24)

Additional Resources:

www.CodyNeer.comwww.EcommerceBrandAcademy.comCody on FacebookCody on InstagramCody on TwitterCody on LinkedinJosh’s New Travel InstagramJosh’s Weekly Vlog Videos on YouTubeJosh’s Daily BlogThe Mindset Guide

You can find the transcripts and more at www.thinkdifferenttheory.com/141

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