Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode Show note LINKS: SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online! JimCockrumCoaching.com ...
Sep 09, 2023•1 hr 27 min
On today's all new episode we dive into the topic of selling BRANDED BUNDLES on Amazon. We are super excited to launch ProvenBrandedBundles.com! We've been seeing some exciting success stories and momentum on our team lately with this concept! One of our students discussed today has all 40 of his branded bundle listings on Amazon on FIRE (all of them are doing well!) There's a lot to love about doing bundles the right way on Amazon. You have easily sourced inventory on a unique ASIN (listing) th...
Sep 07, 2023•49 min
Today's all new podcast episode will be great for our newer Amazon selling students who don't quite understand the difference between looking for "profitable products" and "filling underserved shelf space at Amazon". Get in the flow...that's the big lesson today! Are you over complicating the process of building a business on Amazon? Part of the beauty of being an Amazon seller is that you benefit from all the work that Amazon does in attracting millions of buyers to their site, and countless br...
Sep 04, 2023•37 min
Once per week or so I love to go live on Zoom in the Facebook group with whoever can join me and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. Recently, we recorded one of these sessions for you. Added segment - Alex from Sellerboard discusses the features and advantages of this tool. Special pricing can be found at: silentjim.com/numbers Questions and comments: Jim discusses the frustration that some new sellers experience with being gated in so many categories / br...
Sep 02, 2023•47 min
Today's new podcast episode is part 2 of a 2 part story. If you missed part 1, go back and listen to episode number 694 at https://silentjim.com One big lesson in this episode is this: Your Amazon selling skills are wildly valuable in the real world! Another lesson: Our community and coaching is something truly special - we have so many amazing stories! Today's episode is the conclusion of my chat with Paul Saucier- an incredible provenamazoncourse.com success story. Watch this episode on our Yo...
Aug 31, 2023•33 min
How does the Amazon selling model that we call "REPLENS" compare to the other businesses "opportunities" that are available to all of us? If you're like me, you've tried and failed at many models. I now consider any biz opportunity based on these factors: Learning required Odds of sustained success Overall costs and risk Quality of the community of people working that biz model etc. How does Amazon selling stack up? We love and teach the Amazon models we teach in the provenamazoncourse.com cours...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min
I hope you realize how incredibly valuable your Amazon selling skills are in the real world! There are some amazing doors of opportunity that open up to you once you understand the basics of selling on Amazon. Today's podcast interview with another provenamazoncourse.com success story is proof of just that. Paul started out where so many of our successful students start - skeptical and willing to only risk a few hundred dollars. Over time though as his story unfolded and he began to succeed as a...
Aug 28, 2023•46 min
Our recap of episode 609: After 20 years of ecommerce experiments, she’s really into Amazon REPLENS and doing great! Listen to the whole episode here https://silentjim.com/podcast This episode is sponsored by the https://JimCockrumCoaching.com team! We have nearly 60 coaches currently. Set up a time to chat with us about coaching if you are ready to speed up your journey towards having a real business that you can be proud to own. Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-80...
Aug 26, 2023•53 min
On today’s all new podcast episode, I met with a mastermind group that formed in our community organically. They’re having tremendous success in supporting each other and growing together. They’ve navigated some very challenging situation‘s together and they are all proven Amazon course students. All of them are also fairly new to selling on Amazon, but most of them have already built beautiful businesses with a lot of momentum. We dive into the benefits of having a community, some ideas for for...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Phrases like those below have played a role in helping 1,000s of people launch beautiful businesses on Amazon. "Slow and Steady Wins The Race" -The main lesson from "The Tortoise and the Hare" Aesop's fable We like "fast and steady too" though! “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” -Eleanor Roosevelt "If you do enough small things right, big things can happen" -Coach John Wooden "Don’t Treat the ProvenAmazonCourse Like a Gym Membership" -Brian...
Aug 23, 2023•50 min
Did you know that we have many provenamazoncourse.com Amazon sellers who use our REPLENS strategies to build multiple seven figures businesses? One of the great leaders on our team actually did about $13MM last year and get this -he's aiming for $36MM next year on Amazon with his unique approach to REPLENS WHOLESALE. And he's sharing all the details on today's new podcast episode! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/sKsCRzxobkU We are also launching our limited access WHO...
Aug 21, 2023•49 min
Once per week or so I love to go live on Zoom in the Facebook group with whoever can join me and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. Recently, we recorded one of these sessions for you. In this segment, Jim offers suggestions for new sellers - listen to podcasts (silentjim.com/podcast) and get a free copy of his Silent Sales Machine book. Jim also discusses repricers, the definition of a Replen and RevSeller (provenamazoncourse.com/revseller) Jim explains h...
Aug 19, 2023•49 min
We love to hear the stories of the amazing businesses and relationships that emerge from our community of business building warriors who are using the provenamazoncourse.com to thrive! Today's brand new podcast interview is a great example of this. Nichole and Elizabeth each run their own successful Amazon businesses, but they operate with complete transparency in support of each other's businesses. The benefits of this type of arrangement are numerous. They enjoy synergy, they prevent the lonel...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Especially for newer ecommerce warriors, the landscape of opportunities and challenges that come with building an Amazon or online business can feel overwhelming or even scary at times. The solution we've offered over the years that has helped countless students is this encouragement: Do NOT do it alone! We are here to help! We've been helping ecommerce warriors launch beautiful businesses for over 20 years! On today's podcast episode we discuss the ways that we continue to offer opportunities f...
Aug 16, 2023•41 min
Our free podcast and Facebook group (not with over 73,000 members!) has had a huge impact on the businesses of thousands of people- and today's latest podcast guest is no exception! He's now built an amazing business based on the ideas he's learned from the friends he's met in our community while applying the REPLENS model (as taught as the "new seller" training module in the provenamazoncourse.com course) One recent sales day he sold 300 units total of numerous ASINs. He’s all in on the “inch d...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 18 min
In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights from one of our ProvenAmazonCourse.com students. A few nuggets include selling private label, how online arbitrage allows travel flexibility and proof that the ASIN shortage thought is a myth. Great content! The full episode title is #607 - Fulltime Engineer prepares to leave career as he's replaced his income with Amazon Replens. Listen at https://silentjim.com/podcast Show note LINKS: My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.co...
Aug 12, 2023•46 min
Today's podcast episode guest is another great provenamazoncourse.com success story. She started less than 18 months ago while still working her very busy corporate leadership schedule, but soon she was considering making her Amazon business her full-time gig. Jump forward a few months and she was a coaching student and was continuing to build a fantastic business. She's now gone full-time and it putting up incredible results. She shares how she sources inventory, her full numbers and profits as...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Incredible insights and stories are still pouring in from our recent live event where over 600 members of our podcast listening community gathered in Columbus Ohio for a three day event focused on helping YOU grow your online income streams! On today's "Coaches Corner" podcast episode Brian and Robin Joy Olson discuss the "WPA's" that made the event so powerful for them! WPA stands for "Worth the Price of Admission" - and WOW did they have quite a list of "mini lessons" that made the entire even...
Aug 09, 2023•50 min
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a good number of listings on Amazon that only you could sell against? What if you were able to print the inventory you needed as you needed it? That’s the topic of today’s podcast episode discussion. Print On Demand (mugs, candles, promotional items etc) You will learn the basics of operating an Amazon print on demand strategy that we’ve been working on for over two years! We are excited to launch https://ProvenPOD.com ! For just a few dollars you will get full in...
Aug 07, 2023•45 min
For 7/22/23 MST - #603 Moving to Mexico with a beautiful Amazon Replens business Listen to the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights, but a few nuggets are mindset shifts, helping a non entrepreneurial spouse support the business and what is a sustainable business model. Show note LINKS: SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book about building multiple income streams onlin...
Aug 05, 2023•46 min
In just 8 months he's built up a team of 35 people who are helping him source and grow and automate his business based on the strategies taught in the provenamazoncourse.com course! He's also thrilled with what he experienced at our most recent live conference in Columbus Ohio ( TheProvenConference.com ) and he shares the powerful details. You'll be inspired and encouraged by this latest episode of our podcast - yet another of 100's of amazing success stories from the amazing students of our Ama...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Today's podcast guest has built an incredible Amazon business based on the strategies taught in the provenamazoncourse.com course - and he did it FAST! You'll hear the entire story of how he went from full-time ministry to ecommerce newbie to success story... and then he joined our team as a coach! Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: When it safe to sell on an ASIN that has "Generic" as the brand? Don't miss this great episode! You...
Aug 02, 2023•50 min
On today's episode we invited a handful of leaders from our team to discuss TheProvenConference.com event that just happened a few days ago. It was a gathering of over 600 provenamazoncourse.com students and ecommerce warriors who were all looking to grow their business. On the panel we discuss some key observations and takeaways that hopefully will convince you that: you should strongly consider incorporating live events into your growth journey if you aren't already doing it! you simply cannot...
Aug 01, 2023•50 min
After having coached thousands of students as well as interacting with about that many in our ProvenAmazonCourse.com course, we’ve definitely noticed some trends. I feel very strongly that I can help you make a great next decision on where you should go with your e-commerce business decision making once we examine a few factors related to your life situation. The fact is, at any given season of life you will have a very different level of "margin" in your life in the most important areas. How mu...
Jul 27, 2023•50 min
As you've probably noticed, we love bringing you a steady stream of great success story podcast episodes from our provenamazoncourse.com students! Today's interview is with a student who left behind her primary job and got her husband to leave his job as well because their Amazon REPLENS business was doing so well! She's got a teacher's heart as well, so we've recruited her as a coach! You'll love hearing the story of today's guest, but there are also many very practical nuggets in the interview...
Jul 26, 2023•50 min
On today's all new episode of our podcast we meet yet another ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who has gone full-time leaving behind his decade of career experience in HVAC to pursue his ecommerce dreams! He's about one year into his journey and it's doing well! He has many lessons, tips and encouragement for you in our latest interview with a successful student from our community of business building warriors! Watch today's episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/uF3mlY61v-U Today's...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Once per week or so I love to go live on Zoom in the Facebook group with whoever can join me and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. Recently, we recorded one of these sessions for you. The questions we discussed this time clarify what is the "replens model", my background story in doing this over twenty years, how to get around gated categories as a new seller, the difference between a brand and a category and how to better understand profit margins. This ...
Jul 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Today's brand new interview is with yet another student who is about six months into his Amazon, e-commerce business building journey using the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course as his guide. He's just had his first ever $3,000 sales day and he has some great lessons to share with us about the journey. We also just returned from our annual live event, ( TheProvenConference.com has details) and he shares how impactful the event was for him and his business. He's also just signed up to be coached by o...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 40 min
One of the most rewarding aspects of serving our rapidly growing community of successful business building warriors is watching "newbies" get momentum with our provenamazoncourse.com , start to succeed, teach us new things they've learned along the way, step into leadership and then become a coach on our team! That's the path our guest today took enroute to becoming a coach on our team! He's a teacher by career and he's bilingual (Spanish/English). You'll love his story of how he's gone from "sk...
Jul 19, 2023•47 min
After watching 1,000s of ecommerce businesses launch in our community and observing who "makes it" long term and who doesn't, I've definitely detected some incredible patterns. Here's a hard question: Why is it that people who have MORE disadvantages and MORE desperation and MORE right to a list of complaints and excuses than you do seem to be performing FAR BETTER than you are in their ecommerce or provenamazoncourse.com business models? Have you ever noticed that or seen it around you? We see ...
Jul 17, 2023•41 min