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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363: How To Make Email Your #1 Revenue Source With Chase Dimond

363: How Email Can Generate 30% Of Your Sales With Chase Dimond

Today, I have my buddy Chase Dimond on the show. Chase is the co-founder of Boundless Labs which is a top email marketing agency with a focus on CBD companies. Chase lives and breathes email, and he has helped his clients send hundreds of millions of emails resulting in over 50 million in email revenue. If your email marketing is not driving at least 20% – 30% of your total revenue for your eCommerce store, then you’re leaving money on the table. What You’ll Learn How to run email marketing campaigns that generate 30% of your sales How Chase started […]

362: How To Grow A 7 Figure Dropshipping Business With Pat Haggerty

362: How To Grow A 7 Figure Dropshipping Business With Pat Haggerty

Today I’m thrilled to have Pat Haggerty on the show. Many years ago, Andrew Youderian sold his dropshipping business, Right Channel Radios to Pat. And since the sale, Pat has grown Right Channel Radios significantly. In this episode, Pat teaches us what he did to grow his sales and how he’s improved the business dramatically since Andrew owned it. What You’ll Learn Why Pat purchased Right Channel Radios How Pat turned Right Channel Radios into a 7 figure dropshipping business Pat’s primary strategy for growth Other Resources And Books Right Channel Radios Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing […]

361: How To Find What Makes You Happy (Hint: It’s Not Financial Freedom) With Steve Chou

How To Find What Makes You Happy (Hint: It's Not Financial Freedom)

It’s been a solid 5 years since I resigned from my day job so I wanted to take a moment to reflect on my experiences with unemployment and how to find out what makes you happy. In this episode, we’re going to talk about happiness in the context of your career, your business, and your life and what it takes to feel fulfilled. What You’ll Learn The patterns I’ve discovered with successful entrepreneurs Why great success comes at a sacrifice How to achieve work life balance Other Resources And Books My Wife Quit Her Job Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is […]

360: Idiotic Mistakes We’ve All Made As Ecommerce Entrepreneurs With Kurt Elster

360: The 6 Most Common Mistakes That Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Make With Kurt Elster

Today I have my friend Kurt Elster back on the show. Kurt runs the Unofficial Shopify Podcast which is one of the few e-commerce podcasts that I listen to. In this episode, both Kurt and I discuss the 6 most common mistakes that we’ve all made as ecommerce entrepreneurs. We talk about the stuff that almost everyone gets wrong when first starting out including myself! What You’ll Learn Steve’s list of boneheaded mistakes Kurt’s running list of blunders How to avoid making these same mistakes with your store Other Resources And Books Unofficial Shopify Podcast Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is […]

359: A Deep Dive Into Content Marketing Today With Corbett Barr

359: A Deep Dive Into Content Marketing Today With Corbett Barr

Today I’m thrilled to have Corbett Barr back on the show. For all of you who don’t remember Corbett from episode 45, he used to run a VC funded start-up, got totally burned out, and then decided start a business that suited his lifestyle. He’s started many successful blogs and an incredible online business program called Fizzle which he has been running for almost a decade now. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the creator economy. What You’ll Learn How Corbett started Fizzle.co Why creators rule the world today Which content medium is the best to start, a […]

358: The Ultimate Website Audit Checklist With Ian Cleary

358: The Ultimate Website Audit Checklist With Ian Cleary

Today, I’m happy to have Ian Cleary on the show. Ian runs RazorSocial where he helps companies with their digital marketing efforts, and today we’re going to talk about website design, content marketing, and how to do a full audit of your site for SEO and conversions. If you own a website of any kind, then this episode will improve your online sales! What You’ll Learn Why Ian started RazorSocial Ian’s ultimate website audit checklist Common mistakes that most webmasters make Other Resources And Books RazorSocial.com Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing platform that I personally use for […]

357: When To Shut Down Your Business Or Quit Your Job With Steve Chou

357: How To Know When To Shut Down Your Business Or Quit Your Job With Steve Chou

Today, I’m doing a solo episode to answer yet another question that I get asked all the time. Steve, how do you know when to quit your job? How do you know when to move on from your business? Well here’s my exact framework. Make sure you have a pen and paper handy before listening and please let me know what you think. Would love to know your score! What You’ll Learn 8 questions to ask yourself before quitting anything When to give up and when to suck it up How to shut down your business without any regrets Other […]

356: The Right Way To Setup Your Website Analytics With Chris Mercer

356: How To Not Screw Up Your Analytics With Chris Mercer

Today I have my friend Chris Mercer on the show. Chris is the founder of MeasurementMarketing.io and he specializes in website analytics. Analytics may not sound like the sexiest of topics but most people are doing it wrong. Most people don’t know how to use Google Analytics and most shop owners have no idea what metrics to focus on. In this episode, Chris teaches us the right way to gather and analyze your data for an e-commerce store. What You’ll Learn Chris’s backstory and why he decided to specialize in analytics The right way to setup Google Analytics for your […]

355: 16 Year Old Makes 1K/Month Selling Opossum Products With Erick Strider

355: 16 Year Old Makes 1K/Month Selling Opossum Products With Erick Strider

Today I have an extra special guest on the show, Erick Strider. Erick is not her real name but it’s the name she uses when she sells her products on Etsy. Erick is only 16 years old, yet she has a side hustle that makes her over a thousand dollars a month on Etsy. Erick had no experience running an eCommerce business prior to selling on Etsy and she started with no audience. But she used a very straightforward strategy to make 4 figures per month selling Possum pins on Etsy. What You’ll Learn How Erick started Opossum Rot Studio […]

354: 0 To 1 Million In 6 Months Selling Overlanding Gear With Andrew Youderian

354: 0 To 1 Million In 6 Months Selling Overlanding Gear With Andrew Youderian

Today I have my buddy Andrew Youderian back on the show for the 5th time. Andrew is the founder of the Ecommerce Fuel community and he’s also the brainchild of ECF Capital where he invests in e-commerce companies as well. Andrew just completed a 6-month project where he launched Overlander.com and he grew it to nearly a 1 million dollar run rate within that time frame. Here’s how he did it. What You’ll Learn How Andrew got Overlander.com off its feet How to grow to a million dollar run rate as quickly as possible. The best strategies for scaling quickly […]

353: Are Successful Entrepreneurs A Product Of Tiger Parenting?

In this special episode, I take a moment to reflect on my childhood and how being raised by 2 tiger parents affected my future as an entrepreneur. In addition, I discuss 3 life lessons (learned from my Asian parents) that everyone should follow in order to be successful in business and life. What You’ll Learn Why running a successful business is inherently unglamorous Why being happy all the time is not the answer The boring, mind numbing drudgery that I go through on a weekly basis The secret to not giving up and being persistent Other Resources And Books MyWifeQuitHerJob.com […]

352: A Sneak Peek Into How We Automate Our Businesses With Austin Brawner And Steve Chou

352: A Sneak Peek Into How We Automate Our Businesses With Austin Brawner And Steve Chou

In this special episode, Austin Brawner and I interview each other and talk about the different ways that we both automate our businesses. Thanks to computers and automation, Austin and I are able to run extremely lean businesses and we reveal our philosophies and our efficient methods openly in this podcast. Austin runs the E-commerce Influence Podcast which is one of the few podcasts that I actually listen to. He has a wide breadth of business knowledge and he really knows his stuff. What You’ll Learn How Austin and I automate our businesses. 6 things that you can automate in […]

351: How To Use Facebook Groups To Make Millions Selling Keto Products With Jen Garza

351: How To Use Facebook Groups To Make Millions Selling Keto Products With Jen Garza

Today I’m thrilled to have Jennifer Marie Garza on the show. Jen is the founder of LowCarbInspirations.com which is a company that specializes in keto and healthy living. She’s also the author of one of the highest-selling keto cookbooks of all time called “Easy Keto For Busy People”. She runs a gigantic Facebook group with almost 200K members, a Facebook page with almost 700k fans, and another Facebook group with 100k members. Jen is one of the most successful people I know in this space, and in this episode, she’s teaches us her secrets. What You’ll Learn What led Jen […]

Bonus: $3500 Per Day Selling Custom Prints On Etsy With Luke Emery

Luke Emery has a background in design and portrait painting. So he decided to utilize these skills and his e-commerce experience to start a business selling custom pet portraits. Van Woof specializes in putting your dog or cat into a Renaissance-style oil painting, as if they really posed for the portrait.   This business makes $3500 per day on Etsy today. Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing platform that I personally use for my ecommerce store. Postscript specializes in ecommerce and is by far the simplest and easiest text message marketing platform that I’ve used and it’s reasonably priced. Click […]

350: How To Outsource Inventory Management To A 3PL With Aaron Rubin

350: How To Handle Inventory With A 3PL With Aaron Rubin

Today I’m thrilled to have Aaron Rubin on the show. Aaron is the shipping expert on the Ecommerce Fuel forums. He runs his own 3PL or 3rd Party Logistics firm and warehouse software company called ShipHero. And he built a 7 figure online store at 19 years of age. In this episode, we do a deep dive into Aaron’s experiences with eCommerce along with every question that I could think of related to using 3PL to handle inventory for your shop. What You’ll Learn How Aaron started his first ecommerce business and grew it to 7 million in top line […]

349: How To Avoid Doing Something You Hate For The Rest Of Your Life With Steve Chou

349: How To Avoid Doing Something You Hate For The Rest Of Your Life

For many of us, our choices in life are heavily influenced by our environment. We are born into a society that tells us how to pick a career path and we are given a set of rules and goals at an early age. These rules often determine our path in life. In this episode, you will learn the 5 pillars of career fulfillment, how to prioritize them, and most importantly, how to avoid getting stuck in a career you hate. What You’ll Learn My framework for making the right career decisions. The 5 pillars of career fulfillment. How to avoid […]

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