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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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 […]

348: How To Design Great Packaging For Your Products With Miriska Harris

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have Miriska Harris on the show. Miriska is the founder of Outlinematic which is a design service catering to e-commerce entrepreneurs. They do box design, packaging, logo designs, you name it and they specialize in e-commerce. In this episode, we’re going to dig deep into e-commerce package design and the right way to do it to maximize conversions. What You’ll Learn How Miriska got into e-commerce and why she started Outlinematic Why packaging is important and the elements of good package design The effects of good packaging on sales How to grow a service based business […]

347: Making 7 Figures Selling Massage Guns With Victor Yang Of Addaday.com

By Steve Chou

347: Making 7 Figures Selling Massage Guns With My Cousin Vic

Today, I have a very special guest on the show, my cousin Victor. Victor has started many companies in the past, but AddADay.com is the first e-commerce company he’s created that sells massage guns. His products can be found at REI and every Target store nationwide. In this episode, we’re going to talk about how he launched his business. What You’ll Learn How Vic got into e-commerce and how it led to starting AddADay.com Why he decided to sell massage guns How he created his first product How AddADay achieved explosive growth Other Resources And Books Addaday.com Sponsors Postscript.io – […]

346: 36 Million Dollars In 3 Years – The Story Of Brumate With Dylan Jacob

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have Dylan Jacob on the show. Dylan is the founder of Brumate.com which is a company that sells beer cozies online. And he grew Brumate into a 36 million dollar business in just 3 years. The growth of his company has been ridiculous. In his first full year, he made 2.1 million. The next year, he did 20 million and last year he did 36. In this episode, we’ll discover his strategies for growth. What You’ll Learn How Dylan got into e-commerce and how it led to starting Brumate.com Why he decided to sell beer cozies […]

345: How To Persevere When You Want To Quit With Steve And Toni

By Steve Chou

345: How To Persevere When You Want To Quit With Steve & Toni

If you’ve ever been so frustrated with your business that you want to quit, this episode discusses some tactics and mindset strategies to convince yourself to push forward. Business is tough. Everyone wants to give up at some point. But the strong survive! What You’ll Learn Techniques on how to suck it up and not quit when it gets tough. What to do when you feel like you want to give up. Exercises you can do to train your mind. Other Resources And Books Subscribe To The Profitable Audience Podcast Sponsors Postscript.io – Postscript.io is the SMS marketing platform that […]

344: How To Build A One Man Media Company With Eric Siu

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m excited to have Eric Siu back on the show. Eric runs 2 podcasts, the Marketing School with Neil Patel and Growth Everywhere with over 40M downloads. He’s the founder and CEO of ClickFlow, a software tool that helps you grow your SEO traffic. And now he’s an author with his latest book, Leveling Up! Overall, Eric is a master all-around digital marketer, and in this episode, we’re going to talk about how to create a one man media company. What You’ll Learn What’s working with search engine optimization today. How to rank an e-commerce company in search. How […]

343: Jamie Kern Lima On How To Bootstrap A Billion Dollar Company

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m super excited to have Jamie Kern Lima on the show. Jamie is the co-founder of IT Cosmetics and is the first female CEO of a L’Oreal brand in the company’s history. In 2016, Jamie sold IT Cosmetics to L’Oreal for 1.2 billion in cash and has been included on the Forbes list of America’s Richest Self Made Women. Jamie is a true inspiration and today, we’re going to delve deeply into her story of how she did it! What You’ll Learn Why Jamie started IT Cosmetics The nuts and bolts of how to start a makeup company How […]

342: How My Student Amanda Makes 6 Figures Selling Dollhouse Furniture

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m really happy to have Amanda Austin on the show. Amanda is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course and she runs a 6 figure business selling dollhouse furniture over at ShopOfMiniatures.com. In this episode, we’re going to do a deep dive into her journey, how she decided what to sell, how she grew her business, and what obstacles she had to overcome to get to this point. What You’ll Learn Amanda’s motivations to start her online store How she came up with her idea of what to sell Why she chose to dropship instead of […]

341: How To Fight Back Against Chinese Counterfeits With Steven Weigler

By Steve Chou

Today I’m thrilled to have Steven Weigler on the show, Steve is my go-to guy when it comes to intellectual property protection, copyrights and trademarks. He is the founder of Emergecounsel.com where he helps e-commerce entrepreneurs protect their IP. I brought him on the podcast today because Amazon copycats and IP theft is out of control. Factories in China are blatantly stealing designs and selling them in the US. In this episode, Steve teaches us how to fight back. What You’ll Learn How to protect your intellectual property. Should you patent your design? The differences between copyrights, trademarks and patents. […]

340: Imposter Syndrome And All My Insecurities Wrapped In One Episode With Steve Chou

By Steve Chou

Today is special because I’m sharing another episode of my other podcast with my business partner Toni called the Profitable Audience podcast. If you haven’t checked it out yet, both Toni and I leverage our experiences with blogging, running events, list building, YouTube, podcasting, membership sites, digital products in order to teach you how to build and monetize your audience. In this episode, I get personal and talk about all of my insecurities, my fears, my childhood, basically all of my issues wrapped into one tight episode about impostors syndrome. What You’ll Learn What is imposter syndrome How to overcome […]

339: How To Make 6 Million Dollars Affiliate Marketing With Larry Ludwig

By Steve Chou

339: How To Make 7 Figures With Affiliate Marketing With Larry Ludwig

Today I’m thrilled to have my long time friend Larry Ludwig on the show. Larry is one of the most successful bloggers that I know and he recently sold his personal finance blog Investor Junkie for a mid 7 figure sum. He’s also a master of stats, SEO, and affiliate marketing. In this episode, we’re going to learn about his story and how he managed to grow such a profitable blog. What You’ll Learn How Larry got the idea for Investor Junkie and why he decided to sell it Different ways to make money through blogging Tricks Larry used to […]

338: How To Make Millions As An Artist With Arree Chung

By Steve Chou

Today I’m really happy to have Arree Chung back on the show. If you don’t remember Arree, he’s an award-winning author, illustrator, and international speaker. His books have been named the best books of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and Amazon and are sold in over 11 countries. He’s also a student in my Create a Profitable Online Store course. In this episode, we’ll discuss how he launched his new business venture that has generated him 7 figures in revenue as an artist. What You’ll Learn Why Arree closed down his ecommerce store How Arree pivoted to another business […]

337: How To Reach Out To Any Influencer And Get A Response With Steve & Toni

By Steve Chou

Today is a special episode and I have a big announcement to make. In addition to the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, I just launched a brand new show with my business partner Toni Herrbach called the Profitable Audience Podcast. In this podcast, both Toni and I leverage our experience with blogging, running events, list building, YouTube, podcasting, membership sites, and digital products in order to teach you how to build and monetize your audience. So if you’re interested in building your own online audience, then subscribe to the Profitable Audience Podcast and leave a review. What You’ll Learn […]