Is it better to bootstrap or take investment? Daniela Bolzmann's done both. And there's one clear winner, in her experience. She founded a tech startup. Now, she helps brands sell more on Amazon. Listen now to find out: - What she learned in tech that makes her eCommerce work better - Which business has a better work/life balance - The one change in her business that made all the difference Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/78 Join our lunch & learn eve...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 78
What's really holding you back from the life you want? Is knowledge, or is it something deeper? Elliot Roe is a mindset and performance coach to top performers, people like: - Olympic athletes - UFC champions - Poker champions - CEOs He helps people perform at the highest levels. Listen now to find out: - What's holding you back from your dreams - How to break through Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/77 Get Your Bookkeeping Done - Stop Putting It Off, And ...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 77
If you had 30+ jobs... before your hair turned gray - how would that change the way you handle failure? And success? Shannon Roddy is no stranger to pivots. He's experienced the roller coaster of entrepreneurship, like you. Today, Shannon shares the #1 thing he's learned to get through the difficult times. Plus, all those 30+ jobs have taught him some important lessons. Listen now to find out how you can keep going when you're faced with setbacks. Links to everything discussed can be found at: w...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 76
Allan Phillips was approaching burnout. He considered just shutting the whole business down. It was just too much for a guy with a full time job and a family of 5. Thankfully, he’s turned a corner, and is now excited about his future once again. Listen now to find out what happened, and how he’s taking back control of his business and life. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/75 Get Help Building Your Rockstar Team: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/teams...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 75
What's one skill that could dramatically grow your business? Copywriting is the language of sales, and Kevin Meng has been working this craft for years. It's a skill that's taken Kevin from his home in the US, to Europe, and Asia. Today, Kevin shares: - How to get more conversions - Quick tips to improve your copy - Why you should teach your team this skill Listen now to hear Kevin's adventure in entrepreneurship, and how to get more sales with better copy. Links to everything discussed can be f...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 74
What's the market outlook for buying eCommerce businesses in 2021? Are they a "screaming deal?" Ian Bond has been in wealth and asset management for decades. And he's been buying eCommerce businesses. Today, Ian answers these questions: - What's the outlook for eCommerce in 2021? - Is it a good time to buy? - Can you buy for passive income? Plus, Ian also answers the big question... Is drop shipping dead? Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/73 Get Your Bookke...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 73
What'll keep you going when the bottom drops out? Ashley DeLuca is passionate and hyper-focused on what she does. She even gave up the agency life to focus on just one thing - email marketing. It hasn't been easy. In fact, it's been scary at times. But she has a fire the pushes her forward. Today, Ashely shares her story of just... moving... forward. Plus! As a special bonus - Ashley writes your 2021 eCommerce email marketing campaigns for you! Seriously! Just copy the examples and swap in your ...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 72
What if building a business wasn't like pushing a rock up a hill? Today, Benjamin Strusnik shares why he just couldn't help but to start a business... and another one... and another one. He followed his passion, and never lost his curiosity. Plus, he shares his 80/20 of eCommerce SEO. Don't miss this one. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/71 This Is YOUR Year - Register for our live event to make 2021 the BEST year of your life! www.thisisyouryear.co...
Jan 05, 2021•51 min•Ep. 71
How will marketing change in 2021? How will you keep up? George Bryant has his finger on eCommerce marketing's biggest pulse. Today, George shares: - the #1 most important thing for marketing in 2021 - the 3 fundamental ways marketing will change in 2021 Listen now to find out how you can avoid being left behind. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/70 This Is YOUR Year - Register for our live event to make 2021 the BEST year of your life! www.nextlevelecommer...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 70
Saxon's business was plummeting, due to something outside his control. He felt like a failure. Fast forward 1 year, and he's back on top. But man, that was a tough year. He wanted to give up. He doubted himself. Saxon Funk told the first part of that story over a year ago on the podcast. When he was at the bottom. Today, he comes back to tell what happened. How did he keep going? Listen now to find out the real truth of what it's like. The truth NOBODY wants to talk about. And how you can keep i...
Dec 22, 2020•59 min•Ep. 69
It was 2 AM. Eric was sitting in the driver's seat when he woke up - spun out on the side of the road. His hard work nearly killed him. "This is not sustainable," he said to himself. Eric Nghiem has learned some hard lessons since he started his first entrepreneurial venture at 16 years old. These days, he helps business owners save massively on their taxes, as The Cashflow Doctor. Listen now to find out how his work ethic almost killed him, plus how you can save on your taxes. Links to everythi...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 68
What does it take to get a big exit? You've heard the stories of business owners cashing out. Chris Shipferling of Global Wired Advisors makes these deals happen. Listen to this episode to find out: - What you need to do NOW if you want to sell your business - When you should sell with a broker or an M&A advisor Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/67 Get Your Bookkeeping In Order For Your Big Exit www.nextlevelecommerce.co/books...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 67
Most businesses fail. Jaryd Krause found out the hard way. Looking to shortcut that difficult startup phase, he bought an online business. It did well, so he bought another... and another... Now Jaryd owns a portfolio of businesses and helps others to do the same. Listen now to find out: - the best business types to buy - what you need to know about due diligence - what not to do the first time you buy Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/66 Download The Perfe...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 66
How do you respond to pressure? Yoni Mazor built a company that quickly hit $20 million in sales. Then he teamed up with others and and reached $100 million in annual revenue. It was hard. But he was successful in part because of how he responded to pressure. He has an amazing story of challenges and success, and more challenges. Listen now to find out how Yoni did it. And his biggest lesson learned in hundreds of millions sold. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommer...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 65
They say "never give up." They also say "fail fast." Which one is right? Scott Scharf knows the pain of a failed project - one that he kept trying and trying to make work. But through experience, and Freakonomics, he's learned when to quit and when to persist. Something few have mastered. In this episode, Scott shares this hard-won lesson. Scott is a Co-Founder of Catching Clouds, an eCommerce bookkeeping company. Listen now to find out: - How to know when to quit - What top eCommerce companies ...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 64
With $9 million in annual sales, Byron Walker’s company was doing great. But then, his sales fell by 2/3. The sting of failure. What to do? On today’s episode, Byron shares: - what caused the massive drop in sales - how he kept going when he felt like a failure - why his $3 million business is better than it was at $9 million Listen now to find out how he turned his business around and you can too. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/63 Join Our Limited Acces...
Nov 10, 2020•58 min•Ep. 63
You started this business for MORE freedom, but now that you have a decent income, you have LESS freedom. You even built a team to get your time back. But now you spend your time reviewing their work, catching their mistakes, micromanaging and taking over when things go wrong. That's not how it was supposed to be! This is where Joe Serrao found himself. A 7-figure ecommerce business owner, still stuck in the day to day. But now he's found the secret to building a better team - one that will actu...
Nov 03, 2020•45 min•Ep. 62
What is the secret to scaling an eCommerce business? Facebook ads? A new SEO strategy? Samantha Wu and Wad Ali share how they've scaled as far as they can, working on their own. Now they're building teams, to free up their time, so they can work ON their businesses. They share why they struggled to find good team members, and how they're finding Rockstars now. Listen now to find out how you can do the same. Join Our Limited Access Beta Membership To How To Build Teams & Systems For eCommerce...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 61
Selling insects is a thing? A multi-million dollar thing? Carlos Alvarez has done it all - eBay, Amazon... worms. After selling his first business, he's continued to build multiple 8 figure businesses. In this interview Carlos shares: - How he sold a business selling bugs for $2.6 million - How he's able to repeat this success over and over - What he looks for in new businesses and products Listen now to find out what strategies you can adopt in your business. Links to everything discussed can b...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 60
At Will Christensen's job, he was copying and pasting, copying and pasting... the same thing for 16 hours each week. Until he couldn't take it anymore. So he figured out how to automate - extreme laziness, he calls it. Since then he's built businesses in the Amazon space, and more. Listen now to find out how he learned to automate his work away, and how he built businesses doing that for others. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/59 Schedule A Call With Isaa...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 59
What does it take to scale? Nate Hirsch knows about scale. He learned early on that he couldn’t do it himself. Selling textbooks out of his college dorm room, he could only ship so many boxes. Years later, he found himself selling FreeUp, a platform for hiring VAs, with $12 million in annual revenue. Why did he quit selling in Amazon to build a freelancer platform? And what lessons did he learn that you can apply to your business? Listen now to find out. Links to everything discussed can be foun...
Oct 06, 2020•53 min•Ep. 58
Entrepreneurs are a strange bunch. It takes someone special to make that big leap. Caleb Roth has been hustling since college, when he learned to flip textbooks on Amazon. When he turned his side hustle into his full time gig, he found out what separated him from everyone else. He learned it again with his employees. Why didn't they try to steal his ideas and compete with him? Listen now to find out what separates entrepreneurs from employees and everyone else. Links to everything discussed can ...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 57
What do concert tickets have to do with selling on Amazon? What Taylor Smits learned on the way to a concert with his girlfriend changed his life forever. And it's been an adventure for the last decade. Multiple businesses later, Taylor runs a fulfillment company that serves Amazon sellers. Because he had a problem that nobody else could solve. Just click to hear Taylor's story, and find out his biggest lesson learned in a decade of entrepreneurship. Links to everything discussed can be found at...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 56
This was supposed to be an episode about team building. But that's what happens when you invite Mads Singers. He drops unexpected, earth-shaking value bombs. Mads shares how he applies affiliate marketing to eCommerce for a ridiculous ROI. You've never heard of doing affiliate marketing like this. Plus - Mads shares how to build a team that doesn't come running to you for every little thing. Spoiler: It's all about hiring great managers... and he tells exactly how to find the best ones. Listen n...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 55
Dave Huss knew he didn't want a career in finance. And he had the degree. Crap. But The 4 Hour Workweek opened his mind to other options. He even built a muse business in college, like the book said. Still... what to do? There was this amazing opportunity. A paid apprenticeship in Asia with some guys with a podcast... he got the job! Life would never be the same. Listen now to find out what he learned from that experience that led him to build multiple businesses, and ultimately learn how to wie...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 54
What if you focused on your superpower? How much progress could you make? Michael Erickson Facchin did exactly that. He knows where he's best and delegates the rest. Listen now to find out how he found his superpower, how he trusted it, and how he's able to delegate without fear of losing control. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/53 Get Beta Access to our new program at NO COST: How To Build Teams & Systems For Ecommerce Business Owner We're only takin...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 53
What can you do when... - your team is constantly screwing up? - making mistakes that get accounts suspended? - you're losing money? You're always working, always stressed. You're losing sleep. What if you could solve all of those problems? And even start sleeping again? Julien Nowak-Bourgoin solves company crippling problems by helping them build better teams and systems. Previous Guest, Ronnie Teja, said his stress is gone, and he's sleeping better because of what Julien did for his business. ...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 52
What would you do after a 7 figure exit? Sit on a beach? Nate Ginsburg sold his FBA business for just under $1 million three years ago. Since then he's been investing in and helping other businesses scale. It might surprise you what type of businesses he's working with. Listen now to find out how he grew and sold his business, and why he's not doing the same thing again. Links to everything discussed can be found at: www.nextlevelecommerce.co/51 Need to get your books in order but don't know wha...
Aug 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 51
Mike Jackness had 2 major accounts shut down for reasons outside his control. He saw a recession coming, and prepared. If COVID had come a year earlier, the sale of his business for 7 figures might have been ruined. But he got lucky. Mike shares his story: - what makes him so good with eCommerce - lessons he learned from poker when government regulation shut down payment processors - what he sees coming for eCommerce PLUS! It's a our 50th Episode Extravaganza! You have never heard a podcast like...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 50
Chances are - you love making big moves, taking leaps of faith. These moves scare you, but they draw you in. Sometimes everything works out. But sometimes, well, the bottom drops out. What then? Brian Angel built a successful eCommerce business. Then a big opportunity came. And he bought out his biggest supplier, with no money down. But then... Something unexpected. Panic. "Will I lose it all?" Listen now to find out: - how Brian bought his supplier with now money down - what caused "stress that...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 49
