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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332: How Amanda Recovered Her Business After Getting Crushed By Covid-19

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m really happy to have Amanda Wittenborn back on the show. Amanda is a student in my Create Profitable Online Store Course, and back in episode 269, we talked about her 7 Figure commerce business selling party supplies online. In fact, she was on track for a record year until COVID-19 hit and she lost almost all of her sales overnight. In this episode, you’ll learn how Amanda pivoted her business and managed to grow her sales significantly despite the pandemic. What You’ll Learn How Amanda lost a significant portion of her business due to Covid-19 Amanda’s tale of […]

331: How To Compete Against Black Hat Amazon Sellers With Mike Jackness

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have my good buddy Mike Jackness on the show. Mike recently sold one of his ecommerce brands, ColorIt, for a 7-figure sum. But he’s been working hard starting a completely different brand called Tactical.com. It’s a real treat to have Mike on the pod today and in this episode, we are going to discuss the right way to do content marketing for an ecommerce store. What You’ll Learn How to launch a completely new brand from scratch The right way to do content marketing How to get traffic to your store Why you should keep your […]

329: Sam Oh On How To Do YouTube SEO And Rank In Search

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have Sam Oh on the show. Sam is the director of product education at Ahrefs and if you’ve ever checked out the Ahrefs YouTube channel, you’ve probably seen Sam dropping knowledge bombs on SEO. I love his style and he’s turned the Ahrefs YouTube channel into a powerhouse with over 150K subscribers in a relatively short time. Today, Sam and I are going to discuss how to rank an eCommerce store in search and YouTube SEO. What You’ll Learn How Sam got started with ecommerce and the history behind his SEO journey How does Ahrefs rank […]

327: What It Takes To Make 6 Figures Of Profit In Ecommerce With Steve Chou

By Steve Chou

As a new entrepreneur, making 6 figures per year with an ecommerce store may seem insurmountable at first. So in this episode, I discuss how to overcome self-doubt and what it takes to make 6 figures of profit in ecommerce. What You’ll Learn Breaking down 6 figures in profit Necessary skills to run a 6 figure business How to overcome the doubters in your life How much work does it take to make 6 figure income 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 […]

326: How To Make 7 Figures Affiliate Marketing With Deacon Hayes

By Steve Chou

Today I’m thrilled to have my friend Deacon Hayes on the show. Deacon is someone who I have known for a very long time and I have watched this guy go from making very little money to running a very successful blog within the span of several years. Today he runs WellKeptWallet.com, which is a personal finance site that makes over 7 figures from affiliate marketing alone. And in this episode, we’ll learn how he did it. What You’ll Learn Why Deacon started Well Kept Wallet How Deacon got out of $50K in debt in just 8 months Where to […]

325: Alex Beller On How To Do SMS Marketing The Right Way

By Steve Chou

Today I’m thrilled to have Alex Beller on the show. Alex is the founder of Postscript.io which is the SMS platform that I’m currently using for my ecommerce store. In just 6 short months, SMS marketing with Postscript has become one of my top 5 revenue drivers! Today, we’re going to talk about the ins and outs of SMS marketing from someone who lives and breathes it. What You’ll Learn How Alex founded Postscript.io and the inspiration behind the company The best way to implement SMS with an ecommerce store that sells physical products How to build an SMS list […]

324: Molly Pittman On Happiness, Relationships And Facebook Ads

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324: Molly Pittman On Happiness, Relationships And Running Facebook Ads

I’m thrilled to have Molly Pittman back on the show. Molly was the VP of marketing for Digital Marketer for many years. And she recently became the CEO of Smart Marketer, a teaching company founded by Ezra Firestone. Over the years Molly has spent millions of dollars on paid traffic and recently, she released a brand new book called “Click Happy”. In this episode, we discuss happiness, relationships and running Facebook ads. What You’ll Learn How to avoid burnout What changes Molly made to her lifestyle and why Habits she developed to allow her to succeed How to get inside […]

323: What Sets Successful Students In My Course Apart From The Failures With Steve Chou

By Steve Chou

Can the average person start a profitable online store? What is the most important aspect of starting any successful business? After teaching almost 4000 students in my Create A Profitable Online Store course, I now have a pretty good idea. In this episode, I share what determines success and 5 habits you much adopt to boost your productivity. What You’ll Learn The key metric that determines success in business Why strategy is not your problem How to dramatically boost your productivity and motivation Other Resources And Books Create A Profitable Online Store Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing […]

322: Benny Lewis On How To Make 7 Figures Language Hacking

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have Benny Lewis on the show. I’ve actually known Benny for over 10 years because we were in the same Google group for blogging many years ago. Benny is known as the Irish polyglot and he runs FluentIn3months.com, which is a resource site for language learners that gets over 2 million visits a month. Benny speaks seven languages fluently and today we’re going to discover how he makes money through his love of language hacking. What You’ll Learn How Benny turned his love of language into a business How to build traffic to a language site […]

321: Why Ecommerce In Q4 Is Going To Be A Disaster With Casey Gauss

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321: The Upcoming Ecommerce Disaster With Casey Gauss

Today I’m thrilled to have Casey Gauss back on the show. Casey is the founder of Viral Launch and he’s helped tens of thousands of eCommerce entrepreneurs drive billions of dollars in sales. He is an expert in all things Amazon and I’m happy to have him back on the show to talk about what he’s been up to (a lot has changed in the past year alone) and to discuss some high-level trends and strategies in the eCommerce space. What You’ll Learn Casey Gauss’ predictions in the ecommerce space The looming ecommerce disaster for Q4 How to prepare yourself […]

320: Derek Halpern On How To Get 250K Orders In 2 Years With Truvani

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320: Derek Halpern On How To Sell 250K Orders In 2 Years With Truvani

Today I’m thrilled to have Derek Halpern on the show. Derek recently started an ecommerce business named Truvani with his business partner Vani Hari selling health foods online with a focus on ingredient transparency. And within 2 years, they managed to generate over 250K orders and a 7 figure business. In this episode, Derek shares how they did it. What You’ll Learn Why Derek decided to give up the digital courses and blogging to go into ecommerce. The rules for selling food products online. The margins for food products. How to market a foods company online. Other Resources And Books […]

319: How A Simple Mindset Shift Completely Changed My Life With Steve Chou

By Steve Chou

319: How This One Mindset Shift Changed My Life Forever

Today I’m going solo to talk about a major mindset shift that I made many years ago which drastically changed the course of both my social life and my online businesses. While this episode is on the shorter side, the content is important and I share a few embarassing stories of my youth to illustrate my points. Enjoy! What You’ll Learn The number one way to fail How to find your voice The one mindset shift which changed everything Other Resources And Books How To Stop Overthinking And Caring What Others Think Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing […]

318: How To Rank An Ecommerce Store In Search With Jeff Oxford

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Today I’m thrilled to have Jeff Oxford on the show. Jeff runs an SEO Company called 180marketing.com where he helps ecommerce stores rank their sites in search. He specializes in ecommerce companies, and he is actually the number one recommended SEO on Ecommerce Fuel. In this episode, we will pick his brain on how to rank physical products in Google. What You’ll Learn Jeff’s SEO background What’s working and what’s not in terms of ecommerce SEO How to rank a physical product store in search How to build backlinks Other Resources And Books 180 Marketing Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is […]

317: A Methodical Way To Advertise On Facebook And Google With Ilana Wechsler

By Steve Chou

Today I have my good friend Ilana Wechsler back on the show. Ilana owns Green Arrow Digital where she runs pay per click marketing for ecommerce stores. In this episode, you’ll learn a methodical process for advertising online if you are not quite sure where to start. And even if you are an experienced advertiser, the advice from this episode will be useful. What You’ll Learn How to laser focus your ad targeting How to figure out whether your website is the problem How to piece together the paid traffic puzzle Other Resources And Books Green Arrow Digital Sponsors Postscript.io […]