The My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast With Steve Chou

The MyWifeQuitHerJob podcast is a podcast about entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to start successful online businesses.

Through a series of personal interviews, Steve uncovers the exact strategies that led to their success.

Unlike other business podcasts, Steve is known for digging deep and extracting out every last detail.

He's never afraid to ask the hard questions and he leverages his extensive knowledge running his two 7 figure businesses to get to the point.

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438: James Clear On Creating Atomic Habits In Your Life

By Steve Chou

Today I’m thrilled to have my buddy James Clear back on the show. James’ most recent book, Atomic Habits, hit the New York Times bestseller list and the last time I checked, it was the #8 best-selling book on all of Amazon. In today’s episode, we’re going to take it up a level and discuss how to build good habits and break bad ones when it comes to business. We’ll discuss tactics that James has uncovered over the years from studying the habits and routines of entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and high powered individuals. What You’ll Learn How to get on […]

437: 5 Brain Dead Strategies To Boost Your Content Marketing Sales With Marcus Sheridan

By Steve Chou

Today I’m thrilled to have Marcus Sheridan on the show. Marcus runs the Sales Lion where he consults and teaches companies how to do inbound content marketing. He’s known as one of the premier thought leaders in the digital sales and marketing space. I’ve been following Marcus for years so it’s cool that we got to connect at Social Media Marketing World for a few minutes and that’s how he ended up here on the podcast. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn Why inbound marketing is the key to growing any business What content works well and how to get […]

436: The Disturbing Truth About ChatGPT And The Ugly Side Of AI

By Steve Chou

436: Do This NOW Or Else ChatGPT Will Disrupt Your Business And Your Career

This isn’t going to be a rah rah ChatGPT episode. Instead, I’m going to provide my thoughts on how AI will disrupt jobs and content businesses worldwide and what you can do to stay relevant in the next 5-10 years. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn How ChatGPT is disrupting major industries How to combat the impending flood of regurgitated content What you must do now to stay relevant Other Resources And Books Take My Free 6 Day Mini Course Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing platform that I personally use for my ecommerce store. Postscript specializes in […]

433: How A Partnership Nightmare Destroyed A $10M Blog With Jeff Rose

By Steve Chou

433: Partnerships Gone Wrong And How Content Creation Has Evolved With Jeff Rose

Today I have my good friend Jeff Rose back on the show after 7 years and a lot has changed since we last spoke. His partners have changed, his strategies have changed and the content business has changed. Jeff runs the popular blog GoodFinancialCents.com, a popular YouTube Channel called Wealth Hacker that has 380K subscribers and a portfolio of other websites in the finance space. In this episode, we have a candid discussion about his failed partnerships and what it takes to make money with content today. What You’ll Learn How to be successful in content creation Why Jeff’s partnerships […]

432: The Curse That All Successful Entrepreneurs Have With Mike Jackness

By Steve Chou

Today I have my friend Mike Jackness back on the show to talk about a sensitive topic that is rarely discussed. Can successful entrepreneurs live a balanced life? Do you have to make sacrifices in order to make money in business? In this episode, we discuss the brutal truth about success and the curse that all entrepreneurs have. Enjoy! What You’ll Learn The brutal truth about success in business The secret weapon for entrepreneurs to live a balanced life The curse that all of the successful entrepreneurs have Other Resources And Books EcomCrew Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS […]

431: The Dark Side Of Entrepreneurship And How To Build A Business You Love With Jadah Sellner

By Steve Chou

Today I have my friend Jadah Sellner back on the podcast. The last time I had Jadah on the show, she and I discussed how she created Simple Green Smoothies with her partner Jen Hansard. But since then, Jadah has exited that company and is now on a mission to help others build sustainable small businesses without burning out. In this episode, you’ll learn how to build a business you love. What You’ll Learn The dark side of entrepreneurship How to create a business that suit your life How to apply Jadah’s love method to business Other Resources And Books […]

430: How To Make Money In a Downturn When No One Is Hiring With Charlie Hoehn

By Steve Chou

Today I have my friend Charlie Hoehn on the show. Charlie is a best-selling author who has worked with many entrepreneurs such as Tim Ferriss, Ramit Sethi, Seth Godin and Tucker Max. His book “Recession Proof Grad” was one of my favorites and his bestselling book “Play For A Living” was referred to by Tony Robbins as the cure to all stress. Having Charlie on the show is timely because we are going into a recession. We discuss ways to navigate a downturn and how make money doing what we enjoy. What You’ll Learn How to make money during a […]

429: 17 Million Dollar Business Ideas Free For The Taking With Nick Loper

By Steve Chou

Today I have my friend Nick Loper on the show. Nick is the host of the popular Side Hustle Nation podcast where he and I share similar goals. We highlight entrepreneurs who run businesses on the side or full-time. One of the common complaints that we often get is not being able to decide what type of business to start. In this episode, Nick and I brainstorm million-dollar business ideas that you are welcome to take for yourself. What You’ll Learn 17 million-dollar business ideas for the taking What type of business should you start How to run a successful […]

428: Counterintuitive Strategies (Which Make No Sense) That Can Grow Your Sales With Kurt Elster

By Steve Chou

428: Counterintuitive Strategies That Can Grow Your Sales With Kurt Elster

Today I have my long-time friend Kurt Elster on the show. Kurt is the host of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast and a Shopify store consultant. As part of his job, he often runs split tests for his clients. And over the years, he’s amassed many counterintuitive strategies that can grow your sales. Some of these make no sense but they work. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn How to improve and grow your Shopify Store sales Counterintuitive learnings from running many split tests How to launch your own split tests for your store Other Resources And Books Ethercycle Unofficial Shopify […]

427: This Old School Marketing Tactic Converts Like Crazy With Mike Epstein

By Steve Chou

Today I have my friend Michael Epstein on the show to talk about an old school marketing tactic that’s making a huge comeback. With the latest iOS updates limiting the performance of Facebook ads and email marketing, this strategy comes at a great time. In this episode, we discuss how to use postcard marketing to grow your sales. What You’ll Learn How Mike and Drew became business partners How postcard and direct mail marketing works How to grow your audience with postcard marketing Other Resources And Books Postpilot Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing platform that I personally […]

426: The Best Strategy To Grow An Audience Today With Neville Medhora

By Steve Chou

426: The Fastest Way To Grow An Audience Today With Neville Medhora

Today I have my favorite outspoken Zoroastrian friend back on the show, Neville Medhora. Neville is the founder of CopywritingCourse.com where he runs an incredible copywriting community and teaches people how to write persuasive copy. In this episode, we discuss how written content creation has evolved over the years and how to be successful with a content based business today. What You’ll Learn The best way to grow your audience with content today Why WordPress is no longer the best platform How to build a thriving community Other Resources And Books Copywriting Course Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS […]

425: This 1 Strategy Grew Her Water Bottle Brand To 10M+ With Alicia Reynoso

By Steve Chou

Today I have Alicia Reynoso on the show. Alicia is the founder of Live Infinitely which is a company that sells water bottles and outdoor gear online. Water bottles is one of the most saturated e-commerce products that you can sell online but she turned it into an 8 figure business with this one strategy. Enjoy the interview! What You’ll Learn Why Alicia chose to sell such a saturated product How Alicia build an 8-figure water bottle business Alicia’s single strategy that allowed her to build a community around her products Other Resources And Books Alicia’s Challenge Website Sponsors Postscript.io […]

423: A Controversial Way To Grow Your Email List Fast With Adam Robinson

By Steve Chou

I’m going to say this upfront. This episode may blow your mind. It’s about building an email list fast, but in a way that is slightly controversial. Your first reaction is probably gonna be “Oh my goodness, is this even legal? I would never do that.” But today, Adam Robinson is going to teach us the ins and outs of acquiring email addresses in this new and innovative way. What You’ll Learn A controversial strategy to build up your email list fast How you can apply this strategy to grow your e-commerce store Is this method even legal and how […]