Diary – EcomCrew https://www.ecomcrew.com Start and Grow Your Ecommerce and Amazon Business Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecomcrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-36x36.png Diary – 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 Diary – EcomCrew http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/d/b/9/edb97b89fcf18835/ecomcrewpodcastmikedavepic.jpg https://www.ecomcrew.com/category/diary/ support@ecomcrew.com San Diego, CA Twice Weekly 226445030 Episode 37: What Matters More In Business, Skill or Luck? https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-37-luck-in-business/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-37-luck-in-business/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:00:30 +0000 /?p=1298 Today we talk about a topic we’re kinda divided on, Luck. Some people think luck is essential in business; while others think that luck is made. We debate that conversation on today’s podcast. There are some compelling points made on both sides. Give the episode a listen and see on what side you fall. The …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-37-luck-in-business/feed/ 2 Today we talk about a topic we’re kinda divided on, Luck. Some people think luck is essential in business; while others think that luck is made. We debate that conversation on today’s podcast. There are some compelling points made on both sides. The points we discussed today:

The role of luck in business
The importance of being in the right place at the right time
Being Lucky vs. Being Tenacious
Why you can’t fight city hall
Having a high risk tolerance in business
How to turn lessons into luck
Amazon Nightmares
SEO Lessons
Focusing on good content and user experience
The importance of keeping on eye on your vendors

 
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]]> Mike Jackness clean 40:03 1298 Episode 34: Updates and Events https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-34-updates-and-events/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-34-updates-and-events/#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:00:47 +0000 /?p=1267 Our episode today is going to be a general update and resources episode. Mike has been doing tons of traveling and he would like to discuss some of the places and conferences he will be attending. Grant is dealing with some shipping issues, and has some insights on networking and attending events, like conferences. The …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-34-updates-and-events/feed/ 0 Our episode today is going to be a general update and resources episode. Mike has been doing tons of traveling and he would like to discuss some of the places and conferences he will be attending. Grant is dealing with some shipping issues, The topics we covered today are:

Mike’s business update
Grant’s business update
Upcoming Ecommerce Event: Sellers Summit
Upcoming Ecommerce Event: Ecommerce All Stars
Upcoming Ecommerce Event: Digital Marketing Guys
Upcoming Ecommerce Event: Ecommercefuel Live
Next week’s special guest
Learning from the school of hard knocks
The benefits of attending events
The value of networking at these events

We have a special offer for the upcoming Sellers Summit on July 15th. Click here for information.
Resources Mentioned this Episode:
Seller Summit
eCommerceFuel
Skubana
eCommerce All Stars
Digital Marketing Guys
EcommerceFuel Live
San Diego Mastermind
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! 
Full Audio Transcript
Mike:   This is Mike.
Grant:  And this is Grant.
Mike:   And welcome to episode 34 of the EcomCrew podcast.  This week’s probably going to be a little bit of a shorter episode.  Grant and I were just kind of chatting about all the traveling I’ve been doing, ecommerce related, and I want to talk about that a little bit.  I thought it would be a good podcast.  Plus, we have two pretty sick offers that we’re going to be talking about in this podcast.  One’s about the Sellers Summit, where I’m going to be speaking on a live Q&A with a special discount.  It’s a special offer just for EcomCrew members.  And the next is going to be about next week’s podcast. Our guest is giving away a free book to everyone that listens to our podcast.  So that’s going to be pretty crazy.  So obviously, listen to this podcast about the author that we have this week, and don’t miss next week’s podcast about the free book.  It’s going to be available to everybody, no questions asked.
But before we get into all that, Grant, what’s going on this week, man?
Grant:  Well, this week I’m getting all my inspections done.  Not all of them, but actually a lot of them, and starting to figure out the ins and outs of getting shipments from halfway around the world and the various difficulties and not quite first world, not quite second world but maybe third world countries that don’t have addresses.  Fun times.
Mike:   I lived in one of those countries for a while.
Grant:  That’s right, yeah.  This is literally the same thing.  It’s 15 kilometers down this street, another 5 kilometers down that street, and look for the ratted-down hut and over there, you’ll find Grant’s goods that are going to be going out.
Mike:   Yeah.  My favorite was one time when we were living in Costa Rica, just so everybody knows,]]> Mike Jackness clean 25:00 1267 2015 Year In Review – How I Grew From $0 To Over $1,000,000 https://www.ecomcrew.com/2015-year-in-review-how-i-grew-from-0-to-over-1000000/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/2015-year-in-review-how-i-grew-from-0-to-over-1000000/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:02:17 +0000 /?p=853 It's that time of year when most of us start reflecting on the past year and thinking about the year ahead.  The older I get, the more it seems like I blinked and the year just flew by, 2015 was no exception.  For some reason, I'm my own worst critic; looking at our business on …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/2015-year-in-review-how-i-grew-from-0-to-over-1000000/feed/ 9 853 Day 6: Why Phone Numbers Matter for Ecommerce Sites https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-6-why-phone-numbers-matter-for-ecommerce-sites/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-6-why-phone-numbers-matter-for-ecommerce-sites/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:05:31 +0000 /?p=288 Sales to Date: $1,118.86 I'm a tech guy at heart. I love the idea of endlessly panning for gold in the optimization stream, using scientific method to split test product pages and using tools to recover abandoned carts. Many people in the conversion field will talk until they are blue in the face on how …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-6-why-phone-numbers-matter-for-ecommerce-sites/feed/ 2 288 Day 5: How to Migrate from Miva Merchant to Shopify https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-migrate-miva-merchant-shopify/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-migrate-miva-merchant-shopify/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:53:58 +0000 /?p=270 Caption Contest – How not to do a cart migration? Sales to Date: $155.56 Yesterday I talked about why I chose Shopify over BigCommerce for our new ecommerce platform for ChoppingBlocks.com. Today, I'll be walking through migrating our store from Miva Merchant 9 over to Shopify. Why am I just a little scared?  Because I'll be …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-migrate-miva-merchant-shopify/feed/ 2 270 Day 4: Why We Picked Shopify over BigCommerce for our Store https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-4-why-we-picked-shopify-over-bigcommerce-for-our-store/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-4-why-we-picked-shopify-over-bigcommerce-for-our-store/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2015 05:52:43 +0000 /?p=242 Sales to Date: $155.56 Just last year, Mike and I built a million dollar business with Treadmill.com using BigCommerce, of the most popular shopping cart platforms. I was the developer, wireframer, UX designer and architect for many of our custom built tools. In a word, we pushed BigCommerce to the limits on what it was capable …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-4-why-we-picked-shopify-over-bigcommerce-for-our-store/feed/ 6 242 Day 3: Keep Store Costs Low by Using Free Services https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-3-keep-store-costs-low-by-using-free-services/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-3-keep-store-costs-low-by-using-free-services/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:29:35 +0000 /?p=232 Sales to Date: $155.56 Woo hoo!  Another sale today, this time for a $100 cutting board.  Yesterday, I showed how to enter in a drop ship order and today was more of the same- sending an email to the vendor, letting the customer know their order has been processed and that the shipping details will be …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-3-keep-store-costs-low-by-using-free-services/feed/ 0 232 Day 2: Dropship 101 and Fulfilling Orders https://www.ecomcrew.com/dropship-101-how-to-fulfill-sale/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/dropship-101-how-to-fulfill-sale/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:47:54 +0000 /?p=226 Sales to date: $45.61 One of the best feelings in the world is your very first order with a new business. As such, I'm happy to report that ChoppingBlocks.com had our very first order for a cutting board. On one hand, we did take over an existing business, so it's not *terribly* surprising that an order …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/dropship-101-how-to-fulfill-sale/feed/ 2 226 Day 1: We’re Starting a New Ecommerce Site! https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-1-starting-a-new-ecommerce-site/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-1-starting-a-new-ecommerce-site/#respond Sun, 22 Mar 2015 08:26:32 +0000 /?p=217 I am pleased to announce that as of today, we are now owners of ChoppingBlocks.com! This is an existing ecommerce website that has been around since 2004. Anyone in the SEO and internet space knows that a domain age plays a role in rankings and having a domain this old is a very good thing. It ranks …

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