Michael Jackness – EcomCrew https://www.ecomcrew.com Start and Grow Your Ecommerce and Amazon Business Tue, 05 Sep 2023 04:25:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecomcrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-36x36.png Michael Jackness – EcomCrew https://www.ecomcrew.com 32 32 An eCommerce podcast for store owners, hosted by 7-figure store owners Mike Jackness and Dave Bryant. We cover everything in eCommerce from Shopify, to Amazon FBA. From email marketing, to Facebook Ads. Never before has there been a podcast with store owners who are so candid. Subscribe to the EcomCrew podcast today! Mike Jackness clean Mike Jackness jackness@mac.com jackness@mac.com (Mike Jackness) 2019 EcomCrew The EcomCrew Ecommerce Podcast Michael Jackness – EcomCrew http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/d/b/9/edb97b89fcf18835/ecomcrewpodcastmikedavepic.jpg https://www.ecomcrew.com support@ecomcrew.com San Diego, CA Twice Weekly 226445030 Episode 92: Analyzing Amazon PPC Campaigns with Brian Johnson of PPC Scope https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-92-analyzing-amazon-ppc-campaigns-with-brian-johnson-of-ppc-scope/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-92-analyzing-amazon-ppc-campaigns-with-brian-johnson-of-ppc-scope/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:00:49 +0000 /?p=10923 My guest today is Brian Johnson of the software company PPC Scope and online course Sponsored Products Academy. Brian has been selling online for a number of years now and has really found his stride on Amazon. On today’s episode, Brian talks about his selling background and explains why he dove into PPC advertising. This …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-92-analyzing-amazon-ppc-campaigns-with-brian-johnson-of-ppc-scope/feed/ 2 My guest today is Brian Johnson of the software company PPC Scope and online course Sponsored Products Academy. Brian has been selling online for a number of years now and has really found his stride on Amazon. On today’s episode, If you are an established Amazon seller or just getting started this episode will offer some golden advice to make your business grow.
Here’s what we covered in today’s episode:

How Brian and I met.
Brian’s long business journey.
How Brian learned PPC advertising.
The importance of adapting in business.
The most effective way to use PPC advertising on Amazon.
The biggest mistakes sellers make in PPC advertising.
How to use your PPC knowledge off-Amazon.
Where Amazon is heading in their PPC advertising evolution, in Brian’s opinion.

If you are wanting to get started in PPC advertising on Amazon, start with Brian’s Facebook group called Amazon PPC Troubleshooting. Then check out his software PPC Scope and sign up for his course called Sponsored Products Academy. Let Brian show you the most effective way to use this valuable tool!
Resources Mentioned Today:
Amazon
Amazon PPC Troubleshooting Facebook Group
Jump Send
PPC Scope
Sponsored Products Academy
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike, and welcome to this edition of the EcomCrew Podcast. I'm not sure exactly what episode this is going to be, because this is going to be a pre-recorded interview that I’m going to be doing with Brian Johnson. So I'll be bringing him on in just a little bit here.
And I've been doing some pre-recorded interviews because I'm going to be doing the trip to China, and some other traveling. It's always good to have these kind of handy so I anticipate this to go out sometime in October or November. But we'll see kind of where it lands, there's a couple of opportunities of doing it in September as well.
So I apologize for not having the exact episode yet, but we’ll definitely get that added to the show notes and everything. And like I said, this is going to be an interview with Brian Johnson. Brian's a friend of mine that I met at one of the speaking engagements that I've done, just like a really well known guy in the industry. If you haven't checked out his stuff yet, you can find him at sponsoredproductsacademy.com.
But the way that I knew him from even before I met him in person was through PPC Scope, which is just a great piece of software to use for analyzing your Amazon PPC campaigns. And one thing that I definitely realized before using the software and after using the software is just how much wasteful spending we had in PPC. And I'm really excited to talk to Brian today about Amazon PPC.
So if you're selling on Amazon, this is going to be a really good podcast for you. I encourage you to take notes,]]> Mike Jackness clean 41:23 10923 Episode 91: Ecommerce Growth and Profitability With Dana Jaunzemis https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-91-ecommerce-growth-and-profitability-with-dana-jaunzemis/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-91-ecommerce-growth-and-profitability-with-dana-jaunzemis/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:00:16 +0000 /?p=10911 Today’s episode is a pre-recorded episode. At the time of this podcast, Dave and I are attending Global Sources. These pre-recorded episodes are a great opportunity to interview some highly successful ecom business owners. My guest today is one of those highly successful ecommerce entrepreneurs. Dana Jaunzemis is the owner of Homehealthtesting.com. She purchased the …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-91-ecommerce-growth-and-profitability-with-dana-jaunzemis/feed/ 0 Today’s episode is a pre-recorded episode. At the time of this podcast, Dave and I are attending Global Sources. These pre-recorded episodes are a great opportunity to interview some highly successful ecom business owners. Dana Jaunzemis is the owner of Homehealthtesting.com. She purchased the business at a time when she saw the potential for profitability. That eye for good business decisions seems to be Dana’s superpower. This is her seventh business she has purchased and she has owned it for seven years. On today’s episode, Dana tells me what draws her to ecommerce and why she feels she is so well suited for it. Dana has some great insights into ecommerce business. Tune in for some solid advice from this awesome entrepreneur!
Here are some of the points of our conversation:

* Why Dana likes ecommerce so much.
* Dana’s addiction to the “growth phase” of business.
* What Dana looks for in a business opportunity.
* What caused her to shift her perspective on her business.
* Why a company should have a “comfort zone.”
* Why Mike likes to focus on growth.
* Why Dana likes the business to business model.
* Problems a large amount of overhead can cause a business.
* Dana’s top 3 skills set.
* The importance of knowing your metrics.
* How to be more efficient in your business.
* Is being “addicted” to growth a bad thing?
* The dangers of “hyper-growth.”
* Why ecommerce conferences and meetups are so important to the community.

A special thank you to Dana Jaunzemis for joining us today! She and I will both be attending EcommerceFuel Live in January. For more information on that event, check out the link below.  We will be getting back to live episodes on Facebook soon, but at the moment Dave and I are traveling a lot, so please follow our page for updates.
Resources Mentioned Today:
EcomCrew Facebook Page
EcommerceFuel Live!
Homehealthtesting.com
Global Sources
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike, and welcome to this edition of the EcomCrew Podcast. Not quite sure what episode this is going to be, this is one of our prerecorded deals. I’m going to be doing a bunch of traveling to China and Hong Kong and Philippines, and also going to be at the EcommerceFuel live event coming up here in just a couple of months.
So trying to get some podcasts on the can, so not quite sure what episode number this is going to be at. But I try to do these pre-recorded ones with interviews, so I can accommodate interviewees’ schedule, because they very rarely can do them live at Monday at 4pm when we try to do our live recording.
So this is someone that I have known for a couple of years. I met her at EcommerceFuel Live back in Nashville. She was one of the first people. I remember I was walking towards my hotel room checking in, and I was walking down the hall with someone else and they were like high fiving and hugging, and I realized later why.
Dana is just a mainstay in the industry,]]> Mike Jackness clean 36:52 10911 Episode 90: 10 Ways to Grow Profit in Any Ecommerce Business https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-90-10-ways-to-increase-profitability-in-your-ecommerce-business/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-90-10-ways-to-increase-profitability-in-your-ecommerce-business/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:00:41 +0000 /?p=10898 Today, Dave and I talk about the tricks and tips we have found running our businesses that have helped our bottom lines. There are a total of ten tips and we share some personal insight with each tip. If you are running your own ecommerce business, then today’s episode could be a helpful resource for …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-90-10-ways-to-increase-profitability-in-your-ecommerce-business/feed/ 2 Today, Dave and I talk about the tricks and tips we have found running our businesses that have helped our bottom lines. There are a total of ten tips and we share some personal insight with each tip. If you are running your own ecommerce business, Here’s what we covered during this episode:

* Why you need to keep your accounting books current.
* How to trim your product catalog to save money.
* How to cut back your advertising budget effectively.
* Why you should consolidate shipments.
* How to find the right manufacturers to save money.
* The evils of air shipping.
* How to trim back your SaaS tool budget.
* The items or prices you should always negotiate.
* Why Canada is a good source of cheaper labor right now.
* How to choose a high margin product.

Some of these topics are covered in our online course called, Build A $1,000,000 Private Label Business Importing Kickass Products From China. Check the link out below if you are interested in taking part in it. If you are planning to get into the importing business, we tried to build a course that will get you started on the right foot!
We hope this list was useful to you and we plan to be getting back to the live episodes soon. If you want to be part of our live episodes just look for our Facebook page. That’s www.facebook.com/ecomcrew and like our page. You will get notices about when we’re about to go live.
We also have two sponsors for this episode. Stamped.io, which is a great tool if you need to get some quality reviews for your Shopify store. As well as, AsiaInspection, both Dave and I use AsiaInspection when we have to inspect a shipment from China. Both of these sponsors are great partners and we’re happy to have a relationship with them.
Resources Mentioned Today:
AsiaInspection
EcomCrew Course
EcomCrew Facebook Page
Stamped.io
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike.
Dave: This is Dave.
Mike: And welcome to this edition of the EcomCrew Podcast. This is episode number 90, and it's good to have Dave back on board with us. As we've talked about before Dave is mostly working on the content on the website. So if you guys haven't been to EcomCrew.com in a while, you guys have got to go check out the content. Dave has written some pretty prolific articles that are just really awesome, and we're probably going to end up doing some podcast episodes in the future just kind of recapping some of the articles. But besides that, Dave, how’s it been going man? It's good to have you in the show.
Dave: Good, calling you from 7am in Beijing here. So yeah good on me for waking up.
Mike: Yeah, pretty crazy which is why we're not recording this one on live. And this will probably be the last non live episode in a while, because we're going to be — I'm going to actually be coming to China and joining you over there. I leave for Hong Kong on Wednesday which will be the day before this podcast comes out. So when this podcast comes out,]]> Mike Jackness clean 35:36 10898 Episode 89: The Technology Stack https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-89-the-technology-stack/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-89-the-technology-stack/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:00:04 +0000 /?p=10886 We get a lot of questions about what services and applications we use in our day to day business. Today I’m going to give our listeners a list of tools and services that really help us stay on top of our business. To begin with, we have four brands under the EcomCrew umbrella. The four …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-89-the-technology-stack/feed/ 5 We get a lot of questions about what services and applications we use in our day to day business. Today I’m going to give our listeners a list of tools and services that really help us stay on top of our business. To begin with, Here is a list of those tools:

* Shopify — Every brand we have is built on Shopify. It is the best platform we have found for running an ecommerce business. I will explain how we came to that conclusion during the episode.


* Stamped.io — We use Stamped.io to get good quality reviews. Of course, they are a sponsor of the podcast, but we use their service because it is the best value.


* Zipify Pages — If we are running a promotion or sale, Zipify is the tool we use to build the landing page.


* Shoelace — This app allows us to create retargeting ads fast and easy!


* Rewind — A tool we use to make sure we have system backups.


* Skubana — This app gathers up our orders and distributes them to the right fulfillment station. It is a big time saver. I’m a little frustrated with Skubana, to be honest, but I will get into that during the episode.


* Klaviyo — If you are a long time listener, you know I use Klaviyo a lot. It is a time-saving tool that makes email marketing a lot easier.


* ClickFunnels — ClickFunnels is a service that helps keep track of our special promotion and contest email campaigns.


* AdEspresso — An essential tool for creating great Facebook ads.


* Quickbooks Online — The service we use to keep our books.


* Gleam.io and Up-Viral — We use both for contest promotions.


* Phone.com — This app redirects customer service calls to personal or designated phone numbers, so we can settle customer issues more efficiently.


* Sellics — An Amazon based tool that is similar to Skubana.


* Splitly — A split testing app.


* Jungle Scout — A service we use to research new products and current market trends.


* RestockPro — A tool that helps track our inventory and helps us plan reorders with plenty of time to spare!


* Basecamp — The newest addition to our toolbox. Basecamp is a project management tool that allows us to keep in touch with all team members, no matter where they are based.

So there you have it, our list of tools and services that help us keep the EcomCrew machine humming.
I recently did some traveling on the east coast and I attended an EcommerceFuel meetup and met some great people. So hello, to all of you I met up with earlier!
We have also released our first course on EcomCrew.com! The course is called Build A $1,000,000 Private Label Business Importing Kickass Products From China, if you are interested in the importing business, check out the link below.
As a reminder, I will be speaking at Global Sources (discount code: 3ec50) during October 17-19 and I will be attending and speaking at EcomerceFuel Live during January 11-13. Please keep in mind that with all this travel the live Facebook shows will be postponed, but there will still be pre-recorded episodes.
In closing, we also have a second sponsor for this episode, AsiaInspection. Dave and I both use AsiaInspection for our overseas shipments. They provide a very important service for anyone needing to double check the quality of their shipments.
Resources Mentioned Today:
AdEspresso
 Mike Jackness clean 28:32 10886 Episode 88: Exiting Your Business With Joe Valley of Quiet Light Brokerage https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-88-exiting-your-business-with-joe-valley-of-quiet-light-brokerage/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-88-exiting-your-business-with-joe-valley-of-quiet-light-brokerage/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:00:43 +0000 /?p=10865 On today’s episode, Dave and I speak with Joe Valley. Joe works for Quiet Light Brokerage and is the Director of Business Services for the company. He joined their ranks back in 2012 after being one of their customers. Since joining Quiet Light he has closed 35 million dollars in transactions. One of the key …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-88-exiting-your-business-with-joe-valley-of-quiet-light-brokerage/feed/ 0 On today’s episode, Dave and I speak with Joe Valley. Joe works for Quiet Light Brokerage and is the Director of Business Services for the company. He joined their ranks back in 2012 after being one of their customers. One of the key things to keep in mind in business is nothing lasts forever. Eventually, you will have to sell your business. Joe is here today to tell us how to make a business valuable to a future buyer. Both Dave and I have been through the selling process, so we have some insight on this subject. Dave has worked with Joe before when he sold a past business. We sort of use that as a reference point in our conversation. If you are considering or planning to sell your business, today’s episode is a must listen!
Here are today’s conversation points:

Introducing Joe Valley.
What gives your business value?
Why you should give yourself at least 12 months to prepare to sell.
What is an “add-back?”
How to wisely cut expenses to increase value.
What is a “multiple?”
Why you need to hire a bookkeeper.
There is a buyer for every business.

We hope today’s episode was useful to you. If you want to get in touch with Joe you can email him at joe@quietlightbrokerage.com or you can check out the company at www.quietlightbrokerage.com.
Resources Mentioned Today:
EcomCrew
Quiet Light Brokerage
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike Dave.
Dave: This is Dave.
Mike: And welcome to this edition of the EcomCrew Podcast. We're not quite sure what episode number this is going to be; this is one of our pre-recorded episodes. Dave and I have a bunch of traveling going on, so we put this episode out when we’re somewhere over the air going to China or something like that. But yeah, we got a really cool episode this week.
We have an interview, which we love doing interviews, and I love having Dave on the show, and in particular this week because the interview that we're doing is with Joe from Quiet Light Brokerage. Tell us Dave why it's good to have Joe and you on the same podcast together.
Dave: Mr Joe Valley helped me sell my company last October. And so for about eight months, me and him were buddy buddies going back and forth through telephone calls, it seemed like probably every day, yeah for eight months kind of working out a little bit harder deal than normal. We finally ploughed away through, and actually sealed the deal.
Mike: Cool. And I think this is going to be a great episode because one of the things that people don't really think about when they're in their day-to-day business is, the exit strategy, right? You're eventually going to sell those and everything. And I do think that it's really important as I've been kind of pondering what we want to do with our business, I do think it's important to be looking at ways to sell your business at some point. I think that some businesses are good to have for long periods of time, and don't necessarily have a direct reason for an exit. But an inventory based business I think is very different.
And when you are accumulating assets in the form of invento...]]> Mike Jackness clean 34:07 10865 Episode 87: EcomCrew Updates https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-87-ecomcrew-updates/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-87-ecomcrew-updates/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:00:38 +0000 /?p=10807 Today’s episode covers a lot of information. I want to give our listeners updates on several contests, site launches, and other business-related topics. We have a lot going on and I tried to fit as much as I could into our runtime. Here are the topics I covered today: EcomCrew’s new website and content offerings. …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-87-ecomcrew-updates/feed/ 0 Today’s episode covers a lot of information. I want to give our listeners updates on several contests, site launches, and other business-related topics. We have a lot going on and I tried to fit as much as I could into our runtime. Here are the topics I covered today:

* EcomCrew’s new website and content offerings.
* Tactical.com’s growth and a contest we’re running at the moment.
* Our affiliation with ClickFunnels.
* Our Color It Ultimate Jackpot Contest.
* How ManyChat is proving to be a great lead tool.
* My Filipino team is growing and I’m seeing awesome results!
* We welcome Jacqueline to the team as our new Director of Ecommerce.
* My speaking engagement at Global Sources.
* Color It's need for a new 3PL (Third Party Logistics) and what we plan to do about it.
* Our recommendations for shipping.

That is a lot to cover in a short time, but hopefully, I answered some of your questions and satisfied some curiosities. It’s been a busy year for EcomCrew and we’re looking forward to what the future holds.
I will be going over to China on October 11th – November 4th. Anybody who plans to come to Global Sources, I would love to meet you. If you are interested in attending Global Sources (October 17-19) this year we have a special discount code (3ec50) for our listeners that will take $50 off the ticket price!  I will be speaking at the event, once on the 17th and once on the 19th.
We have some sponsors to thank as well. The first is Stamped.io, which is a great tool if you need to get some quality reviews for your Shopify store. The second is AsiaInspection, both Dave and I use AsiaInspection when we have to inspect a shipment from China. Both of these sponsors are great partners and we’re happy to have a relationship with them.
Resources Mentioned Today:
Amazon
Asiainspection
ClickFunnels
Color It
Color It Ultimate Jackpot Contest
EcomCrew
EcomCrew Facebook Page
Fulfillment Works
Global Sources
ManyChat
ShipBob
Stamped.io
Tactical.com
Tactical.com Giveaway
If you want to be part of our live episodes just look for our Facebook page. That’s www.facebook.com/ecomcrew and like our page. You will get notices about when we’re about to go live.
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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]]> Mike Jackness clean 30:17 10807 Episode 86: Summit, Shipping and Tips for Sellers With Cameron Walker of Global Sources https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-86-summit-shipping-and-tips-for-sellers-with-cameron-walker-of-global-source/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-86-summit-shipping-and-tips-for-sellers-with-cameron-walker-of-global-source/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:00:35 +0000 /?p=10766 My guest today is Cameron Walker, the president of the Gifts, Home, and Hardware division of Global Sources. I met Cameron last year and he is a great guy who can help you get your bearings if this is your first Global Sources. As a reminder, Global Sources Summit will be October 17-19. We will …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-86-summit-shipping-and-tips-for-sellers-with-cameron-walker-of-global-source/feed/ 0 My guest today is Cameron Walker, the president of the Gifts, Home, and Hardware division of Global Sources. I met Cameron last year and he is a great guy who can help you get your bearings if this is your first Global Sources. As a reminder, We will discuss the upcoming speakers, events, and new subjects that an attendee can learn about during this year’s Global Sources Summit. I have mentioned several times that I will be speaking at the summit this year. A couple of my topics this year are “10 Sourcing Fails” and “10 Ways to Increase Profitability.” Cameron and I offer some friendly advice for getting your company ready to sell in China. We also have some travel tips you might find useful. Bottom line, there is a lot of helpful and practical information in today’s episode, so don’t miss it!
Here are today’s points:

* What is Global Sources?
* 3 Resources Global Sources offers international sellers.
* What you can expect at the Global Sources Summit.
* Many sellers aren’t aware of these different shipping options.
* How 1688.com can help you negotiate the best price.
* China’s recent crackdown on environmental hazards and what that means for your business.
* Why you need to know about the currency exchange in China.
* The importance of registering your I.P. (intellectual property) before your manufacturer.
* Some travel tips for listeners going to the summit this year.

If you are interested in attending Global Resource this year we have a special discount code (3ec50) for our listeners that will take $50 off the ticket price! However, this offer will expire on September 15th, so hurry over to the site for your tickets.
I will also be speaking at EcommerceFuel Live in Laguna Beach, CA January 11-13, 2018. I believe that event is sold out, so if you got your tickets ahead of time I’ll see you there!
We have some sponsors to thank as well. The first is Stamped.io, which is a great tool if you need to get some quality reviews for your Shopify store. The second is AsiaInspection, both Dave and I use AsiaInspection when we have to inspect a shipment from China. Both of these sponsors are great partners and we’re happy to have a relationship with them.
Resources Mentioned Today:
1688.com
AsiaInspection
EcommerceFuel Live
Global Sources Catalog
Global Sources Exhibitions
Global Sources Summit
Great World
Stamped.io
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike and welcome to the EcomCrew Podcast episode number 86. Today I'm excited to have a guest with me. Before I get him on, I just want to tell you guys about a couple things that are going on. Actually the guest I have is from Global Sources,]]> Mike Jackness clean 41:43 10766 Episode 85: Avoiding Common Amazon Issues with C.J. Rosenbaum The Amazon Sellers Attorney https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-85-avoiding-common-amazon-issues-with-c-j-rosenbaum-the-amazon-sellers-attorney/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-85-avoiding-common-amazon-issues-with-c-j-rosenbaum-the-amazon-sellers-attorney/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:00:04 +0000 /?p=10714 My guest today is C.J. Rosenbaum. C.J. is a lawyer who specializes in helping Amazon sellers reinstate their accounts with Amazon. Having an issue with Amazon can be a real headache. Unfortunately, issues will come up for any seller at any time. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, there will be complaints that Amazon …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-85-avoiding-common-amazon-issues-with-c-j-rosenbaum-the-amazon-sellers-attorney/feed/ 4 My guest today is C.J. Rosenbaum. C.J. is a lawyer who specializes in helping Amazon sellers reinstate their accounts with Amazon. Having an issue with Amazon can be a real headache. Unfortunately, issues will come up for any seller at any time. On today’s episode, C.J. tells us about the 3 most common issues Amazon sellers deal with when their accounts are suspended. He also tells us how to fight back.
Here are today’s conversation points:

* How C.J. and I met.
* Why having a lawyer through the Amazon process is a good idea.
* The top 3 issues for Amazon sellers.
* What does Amazon mean by “inauthentic?”
* How to fight an “inauthentic” claim.
* What is intellectual property and how to approach your accuser.
* How to disprove a “used sold as new” claim.
* How arbitration can help Amazon sellers.
* When to use arbitration.

If you find yourself in need of C.J.’s services visit www.amazonsellerslawyer.com. His email is CJ@AmazonSellersLawyer.com or you can call the office at 1-877-9-SELLER.
Remember I will be speaking at Global Sources this year. Global Sources will be during October, and if you have plans to go, you will receive a discount on your ticket by using Ecom Crew’s special discount code (3ec50).
Today’s episode is sponsored by Stamped.io, check out their services if you need help with your reviews in your Shopify store. We use them and have been very pleased with the results.
Resources Mentioned Today:
Amazon
Amazon Sellers’ Lawyer
Global Sources
Stamped.io
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike, and welcome to this episode of the EcomCrew podcast. This is going to be a pre recorded episode. I’m going to be doing some travelling over the next couple of months and getting these pre-recorded episodes in. So not sure exactly what episode number this is going to be at, but here it is nonetheless. Just a reminder, the EcomCrew Podcast is sponsored by Stamped.io. Check them out if you ever need reviews for your Shopify store. Today I’m actually going to have a guest on with me which we don’t do all that often here, but when I find a good guest I love being on the podcast, we love doing that.
And the guest today is going to be C.J. from Amazon Sellers’ Lawyer. I met him at Global Sources last year in October, and we just really hit it off. I mean he’s just a really smart guy. Normally I don’t like talking to lawyers and I certainly don’t like talking about Amazon suspensions, but if you are going to be prudent in your business and you do sell on Amazon, these are good things to know. And C.J. is just a cool guy.
I’m from the North East originally and he’s from New York, and we just kind of had this instant camaraderie and it was cool.]]> Mike Jackness clean 33:01 10714 Episode 84: Rebuilding Another $1Million Brand https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-84-rebuilding-another-1million-brand/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-84-rebuilding-another-1million-brand/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:00:53 +0000 /?p=10682 Recently Dave posted a blog post on the Ecom Crew website. The post is called Part 1: Rebuilding a $1 Million Ecommerce and Importing Business from Scratch. Getting your own brand up and running has its ups and downs and Dave and I explain the process of getting your products to the customer from start …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-84-rebuilding-another-1million-brand/feed/ 0 Recently Dave posted a blog post on the Ecom Crew website. The post is called Part 1: Rebuilding a $1 Million Ecommerce and Importing Business from Scratch. Getting your own brand up and running has its ups and downs and Dave and I explain the process ... Part 1: Rebuilding a $1 Million Ecommerce and Importing Business from Scratch. Getting your own brand up and running has its ups and downs and Dave and I explain the process of getting your products to the customer from start to finish.
Here are the points from our conversation:

Our Ecom Crew course.
The new up-dated Ecom Crew website.
Dave’s new brand launch.
Why it takes a year to see any results with a new product or business.
All the time and effort it takes before money is exchanged.
Dave’s plans for the next 30 days.
How Dave picked his brand’s niche.
How he found the perfect products.
Dave’s 100 product rule.
The current sales numbers for the brand.
Amazon’s Early Reviewer Program.
Amazon’s trademark rule.

If you found today’s episode interesting, then you are going to enjoy our course! Go to www.ecomcrew.com/course to get updates about our progress in that launch.
Dave and I are going to be attending Global Sources, October 17-19. I will be speaking at the event. If you are interested in attending we have a special discount code (3ec50) for our listeners that will take $50 off the ticket price!
Also, make sure you follow us on Facebook. We do live episodes on our page, so go like the Ecom Crew Facebook page and you will be notified when an episode is about to start.
We have some sponsors to thank as well. The first is Stamped.io, which is a great tool if you need to get some quality reviews for your Shopify store. The second is AsiaInspection, both Dave and I use AsiaInspection when we have to inspect a shipment from China. Both of these sponsors are great partners and we’re happy to have a relationship with them.
Resources Mentioned Today:
Amazon
AsiaInspection
Color It
Ecom Crew
Ecom Crew Facebook Page
Global Sources
Stamped.io
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: This is Mike.
Dave: This is Dave.
Mike: And welcome to the EcomCrew Podcast number 84. This is one of those episodes we’re lucky to get Dave back behind the microphone and record a podcast with us. How’s the going this week Dave?
Dave: That's two weeks in a row, isn’t it?
Mike: Two weeks in a row and we just had Dave in the office down here, and we call it ColorIt headquarters even if we do more than that here just kind of inside joke. But we had Dave at ColorIt headquarters for the majority of the week this last week which was cool. Dave and I have been feverishly working on the new course that we’re going to be launching for EcomCrew which you can find at www.EcomCrew.com/course to sign up early.
And kind of a good segue because we're going to be actually talking about a lot of th...]]> Mike Jackness clean 29:48 10682 Episode 83: Facebook Messenger ManyChat https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-83-facebook-messenger-manychat/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-83-facebook-messenger-manychat/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:00:37 +0000 /?p=10665 Today I’m going to talk about a new avenue of marketing we have found here at Color It. As many Facebook users know, last year the platform pushed for Messenger to be its own stand alone app. We have found a great tool called ManyChat that creates a Facebook Messenger mailing list. This allows us …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-83-facebook-messenger-manychat/feed/ 0 Today I’m going to talk about a new avenue of marketing we have found here at Color It. As many Facebook users know, last year the platform pushed for Messenger to be its own stand alone app. We have found a great tool called ManyChat that creates a Fa... Now, there are some restrictions, but as long as we are paying Facebook for advertising, we can use Messenger as a marketing tool. The response to these messages has been overwhelmingly positive. We have done a couple of campaigns or “sequences” as ManyChat calls it on Facebook Messenger and I’m excited to share the surprising results from it!
Here are the points from today’s episode:

What is ManyChat?
Chat apps are replacing email marketing.
How ManyChat works with Facebook Messenger.
The Color It contest we launched through ManyChat.
Color It’s 23 Download Promotion.
The restrictions Facebook puts on us when using Messenger.
The awesome results we have gotten from using ManyChat!

I have a couple of speaking engagements coming up:

Global Sources — Hong Kong, October 17-19.
EcommerceFuel Live — Laguna Beach, CA, January 11-13, 2018.

Also, make sure you follow us on Facebook. We do live episodes on our page, so go like the Ecom Crew Facebook page and you will be notified when an episode is about to start.
We have some sponsors to thank as well. The first is Stamped.io, which is a great tool if you need to get some quality reviews for your Shopify store. The second is AsiaInspection, both Dave and I use AsiaInspection when we have to inspect a shipment from China. Both of these sponsors are great partners and we’re happy to have a relationship with them.
Resources Mentioned Today:
AsiaInspection
Color It
Ecom Crew
Ecom Crew Facebook Page
EcommerceFuel Live
Facebook
Facebook Messenger
Global Sources
ManyChat
Stamped.io
Zipify
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast you can now email us directly at ecomcrew.com!  Just send those emails to support@ecomcrew.com. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
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Mike: Hi, this is Mike and welcome to this edition of the EcomCrew Podcast. This is episode number 83, recording this live on August 22nd, and it’ll go out hopefully on this coming Thursday. I normally try to do the live episodes on Monday, but we had some friends in town this week and we try to put friends and family before work as best as we can. And now this was one of those weekends where it was my wife’s birthday and today is our anniversary, and I wanted to spend some time with her and friends this weekend doing all that stuff. So it was a fun weekend,]]> Mike Jackness clean 15:10 10665