Category: Our Story

These blog entries represent our personal experiences

How To Grow Your Email List By 56% Overnight With Group Giveaways

A while back, my partner Toni and I launched a free group giveaway service called Go Brand Win. And this service was designed to help ecommerce and Amazon entrepreneurs quickly grow their…

Entrepreneurship

Introducing The 5 Minute Pitch – My New Show With Scott Voelker, Greg Mercer And Mike Jackness

It was 11:00PM on a Saturday night in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. My ecommerce conference, the Sellers Summit, had just officially ended and I was hanging out at the closing party with all…

Building Traffic

How To Build An Email List – 2 Simple Tweaks That Doubled My Signups

Out of all the traffic sources that bring in revenue to MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, most of the money that I make is derived directly from my email list. Without my email list, I would…

Content Creation

2017 Income Report: How My Blog Performed As A Business

My wife just closed the books on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com for 2017 and I’m happy to report that I had another record year of growth! To be completely honest, 2017 was supposed to be…

How to Build an Online Store

2017 Income Report: How We Grew Our Online Store And Highlights For The Year

My wife just closed the books on 2017 and I’m happy to report that our online store had another record year. That being said, it’s also been a hectic year filled with…

Case Studies

Crazy Customer Service Stories – Lessons Learned Answering Calls For Our Wedding Shop

I’ve been hung up on. I’ve been cursed out. I’ve been been treated like a minimum wage worker. But I’ve always sucked it up because that’s what it takes to run a…

Entrepreneurship

12 Things I Learned From Starting Two 7-Figure Lifestyle Businesses

Since my wife became pregnant with our first child in 2007, I’ve created 2 different lifestyle businesses, an ecommerce store selling handkerchiefs and a blog about entrepreneurship. And these businesses were created…

Entrepreneurship

Finding Happiness – 10 Lessons For Entrepreneurs On How To Avoid Depression

Most entrepreneurs will tell you that starting a business is incredibly rewarding and worth the risk. But what they may not reveal is that running a successful business often comes at the…

Content Creation

Every Tool And Plugin I Use To Run My 7 Figure Blog, Podcast And Online Course Membership Site

In a previous article, I compiled a comprehensive list of must have tools that I use to run my ecommerce store. So this week, I put together a list of tools and…

Entrepreneurship

Outsourcing Pros And Cons – How To Decide When To Hire Or DIY As A Small Business Owner

After blogging about ecommerce and helping others with their online businesses for the past several years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among new entrepreneurs in the small business community. These days, everyone…

Entrepreneurship

Work Life Balance For Small Business Owners

I have a love hate relationship with Facebook. On one hand, Facebook allows me to keep in touch with and keep track of what my friends are up to. But on the…

Entrepreneurship

How To Be More Productive – 8 Simple Habits To Get More Done

Not too long ago, I was working 40 hrs/week as an electrical engineer, running an online store with my wife, writing posts for my blog, putting out a weekly podcast, teaching an…

Entrepreneurship

My Keynote Speech For Sellers Summit 2017 And A Peek Behind The Scenes

When I first launched the Sellers Summit last year with my partner Toni Anderson, I was terrified. I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to sell tickets. I was scared that…

Entrepreneurship

Why Good Grades Often Lead To Failed Businesses

Growing up as an Asian American with strict parents, I was expected to get good grades in whatever subject I took. There were no exceptions. And even though I haven’t taken a…

Entrepreneurship

How To Get Lucky – 3 Ways To Improve Your Luck In Business And Life

Every business requires a little bit of luck in order to succeed. And often times, success depends on timing and being at the right place at the right time. But do you…

Entrepreneurship

5 Habits Of Successful People That I’ve Witnessed Personally In Business

As someone who writes about entrepreneurship and teaches others how to sell physical products online, I make a habit of following as many successful people as I can. It doesn’t matter if…