Greetings from scenic Lake Tahoe. I’m cranking out this Under the Hood episode before we head on down to Las Vegas, where the weather looks to be warmer this time of year.
I love niches and I love meeting entrepreneurs who are passionate about the things they are selling. Today’s guest is a happy mix of both. Nic Dillon is a long-time musician and owner of Old Delhi Music, a website that specializes in high-quality musical instruments from India.
While you can expect to find sitars and drums on his store, he’s famous for playing and selling harmoniums.
Sit back and listen as he shares a bit more about his business and gets advice on how to take it to the next level.
Here’s a list of handy timestamps to get right into the meat and potatoes of our conversation.
Under the Hood is a segment where we do an hour-long coaching call with one of our listeners. We take a look at their businesses, provide honest feedback, offer our best business advice, and answer whatever questions they have. In exchange for the free coaching, we will turn the call into a podcast episode so that our community can benefit as well. It’s a win-win!
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After a week of staying put, here I am back on the road and going through Reno on the way to Las Vegas. I was in Dallas for Scott Voelker’s first-ever Brand Accelerator Live event. It was a slightly different crowd than what I was normally used to. But, I still got to hang out with some old friends and even some EcomCrew Premium members.
All our big podcast fans out there would know that I try to do my part and give back to the community by investing in up-and-coming ecommerce brands. And I do it on KickFuther.com. In fact, we did an entire episode on them a few weeks back.
And on today’s podcast, I get to chat with the owner of one of those businesses I’ve helped out. John Castrano has had years of experience in the beauty and grooming industry before starting Tame the Beast, a men’s grooming line. But getting the business to where it's at now has been quite the journey.
Listen as John recounts he got started in ecommerce and give a glimpse at how the business is doing some five years later.
As always, here’s a list of timestamps so you can jump right into the good parts.
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Back in February, I introduced the EcomCrew Roadshow on this podcast. Since then, I’ve taken the RV and traveled to a handful of states to help entrepreneurs solve some real-world struggles associated with running an online business.
I gave you a peek into these one-on-one sessions in a March episode. Today, I’m happy to bring our first official episode of the EcomCrew Roadshow. I recorded this one with Cory Stout at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Cory is a familiar name, especially to our regular listeners. He’s a Premium member and has been on the podcast a few times to talk about his main brand, Woodies, and another business he just acquired this year.
You can go back and listen to those episodes through the links below.
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True to the Roadshow’s purpose, I sat down with Cory and dissected his business down to that last item on his COGs. We also discussed some ‘low hanging fruit’; opportunities that can help him grow his wooden sunglasses brand beyond the 7-figure revenue mark.
Jump to all the best bits of conversation here.
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Dave’s joining me on the podcast today as we drill down on our business numbers.
In this episode, I’ll be breaking down the trailing 30-day figures for my biggest brand, IceWraps. Meanwhile, Dave will talk about the latest statistics for his current business, Offroading Gear.
We cover Amazon sales and the big-ticket items on our COGS.
You’ll want to skip the part where I slipped on one of the boardwalks while doing the West Coast Trail (boring story) and dive right into the good parts of this today’s episode.
Here are the timestamps to guide you.
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It’s a new month and change is coming to the EcomCrew Podcast.
If you haven’t listened to last Thursday’s goals update, I talked about us reducing the number of episodes in a week from two to one. We want to provide you with the best possible content and, in order to do that, it was a decision to go for quality over quantity.
Today’s episode is something that I believe fits the bill. As entrepreneurs, we tend to fall prey to our own success. The struggle to keep up with growth often means that our cash flow takes a beating. Affording inventory can become a real problem.
This is why I’m excited to have Kickfurther CEO Sean de Clerq and VP of Business Development David Koifman on the show.
Kickfurther is a platform that brings together businesses with inventory funding needs and individuals looking to grow their money on ecommerce. The platform helps cash-strapped businesses grow by raising funds from individual buyers to pay for the business' next order. When the business sells the inventory successfully, the individual buyers get paid and earn a profit.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
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If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. Happy selling!