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Now displaying: August, 2020
Aug 31, 2020

Welcome to E330 of the EcomCrew podcast! Today I’m joined by Aaron Rubin, the founder and CEO of ShipHero.

Aaron has years of experience in ecommerce and has mastered the art of fulfillment. His business is all about making it easier for other ecommerce entrepreneurs to manage their own inventories and make fulfillment a breeze.

Business owners may not be thinking much about how to ship their products as much as what products to launch or increasing sales, but it does make a big difference when it comes to profits. A few dollars saved on thousands of shipments every month really does add up.

In this episode, we talk about

  • How Aaron started with ShipHero
  • The difference between fulfilling through Amazon and doing it on your own
  • How reconsidering your shipping methods can increase your profits
  • The importance of your product’s physical dimensions
  • Ikea’s strategy for logistics
  • Reasons why an Amazon-only seller should use a 3PL
  • Questions you should be asking 3PLs before engaging with them
  • Where 3PLs make their money
  • What small, medium, and large mean to 3PLs
  • Some helpful tips about logistics

If you want to learn more about ShipHero, you can visit fulfillment.shiphero.com or reach Aaron at aaron@shiphero.com.

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Aug 24, 2020

Hello, everyone! Welcome to E329 of the Ecomcrew Podcast, and part 2 of our content-development topic.

Dave and I delve deeper into the hows of creating great content that bring in the much-needed organic traffic for your ecommerce site.

Relying solely on paid advertisements isn’t a good tactic for any business. A collection of helpful content in your site not only brings leads in but also helps you develop a more meaningful relationship with them.

In this episode, we talk about

  • How to get started - 5:30
  • How much you should spend on content - 9:35
  • The importance of a pillar article 14:50
  • Internal linking- 15:50
  • How Mike started with Tactical - 16:20
  • What makes great content - 19:30
  • Structuring your articles to answer multiple questions - 23:37
  • How to train writers - 25: 30
  • Images in content - 26:20
  • Tools we use to write - 29:00
  • Dealing with bounce rates - 33:50
  • Stats for some of Mike’s sites - 37:40
  • Hiring internally vs. hiring freelancers - 39:50
  • Countries where you can hire freelance writers - 41:33

Check out Kristiana’s awesome article to learn more about how she manages our sites and brings in the traffic we need to increase our sales.

This episode is a great companion to an old one with Katrina McKinnon. Get to know the SEO techniques she used to drive traffic to her ecommerce site.

Join us on our EcomCrew Live Open Office Hours this August 26 at 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern.

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If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on iTunes. We’d love to hear how this podcast helps you.

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Happy selling!

Aug 17, 2020

You’re in for a treat because I finally have Dave back on the podcast with me!

Today, we talk about how your business can benefit greatly from external organic traffic that comes from having great blog content.

The ecommerce game has significantly changed over the years. That’s why in today’s episode, we share with you an effective white hat technique to keep your products and sites ranking high on any platform, resulting in higher revenues for your business.

In this episode, we talk about:

  • How blogging is  essential for ecommerce sites - 7:09
  • Why blog content is important - 11:52
  • How content generates free traffic - 12:45
  • Capturing top-of-funnel traffic through blogging - 13:26
  • Developing focus through content - 15:12
  • Diversifying revenue streams - 17:13
  • The dangers of pure affiliate marketing - 20:33
  • Amazon’s move in reducing referral fees - 22:50
  • Creating your own luck in ecommerce the white hat way - 30:00
  • Blog statistics of some of our sites - 34:00
  • Investing in great content for long-term gain - 38:30

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Aug 10, 2020

Get to know the mistakes the giants made and the best practices they recommend to sustain a successful ecommerce business.

In the course of building a business, it is fairly common for entrepreneurs to make mistakes along the way.

If you learn from them, it can still be considered a win, but you don’t always have to make the mistakes yourself to be able to learn from them. 

In this episode, our returning guest Gary Huang shares the 10 things he learned after interviewing more than a dozen 7-figure sellers.

Gary has worked with some of the industry’s leaders in building successful ecommerce brands. He is the founder and host of Seven Figure Seller Summit, an online event that helps ecommerce companies level up their businesses to that 7 Figure Checkpoint.

He's also founded 80/20 Sourcing, which assists entrepreneurs in sourcing their products from China efficiently and cost-effectively, so Gary's definitely got some experience under his belt. 

In this episode, Gary talks about:

  • How 7 figure sellers get around excuses
  • Using tools outside of Amazon to find profitable products
  • Applying the 80/20 rule to increase profits without sacrificing the important things
  • Building a superstar team
  • Building a brand the white hat way
  • Avoiding the idiot tax
  • Using metrics to know what works and what doesn’t
  • Split testing ideas
  • The importance of focusing on profits, not revenues
  • Being smart about your business to increase your selling multiple

If you want to hear more from Gary Huang or the awesome event that is the 7 Figure Seller Summit, you can visit his site here or reach him at gary@8020sourcing.com.

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Until the next one,
Stay safe and happy selling!

Aug 3, 2020

Welcome to Episode 326 of the EcomCrew Podcast! In today’s episode, we’re going Under the Hood with Nick Flint, a bodybuilder and entrepreneur who started in the ecommerce industry selling workout supplements. We’ll be taking a look at his business to discuss strategies that will take his brand to the next level. 

After seeing his subscription box idea fall flat, Nick decided to do some market research to see where he could source supplements for his own brand.

He spoke to a brand called Cocaine Fitness about their products, and he was offered to buy the brand right then and there. Needless to say, he jumped in with both feet.

After rebranding Cocaine Fitness into something more appropriate, Nick's reached a crossroads with a lot of questions in mind. 

So in today's podcast, we'll be helping Nick figure out where the next step is in his business. 

In today’s episode, we talk about:

  • Other possible sales channels that Nick should focus on
  • Hiring for more growth in the company
  • Balancing time between your personal brand growth, and your business brand
  • Agencies, and why small time businesses should stay away from them

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If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. Happy selling!

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