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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268: How To Rank An Ecommerce Store In Search With Dan Shure

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Today, I’m excited to have Dan Shure on the show. Dan is the founder of a boutique SEO consultancy called Evolving SEO and he is an SEO expert with a fantastic reputation. He’s helped entrepreneurs like Nathan Chan of Foundr Magazine and Noah Kagan of Sumo.com with their SEO in addition to popular startups like Ring, and Hint Water. He also runs a popular podcast called Experts on The Wire. In this episode, Dan and I discuss what it takes to rank an ecommerce store in search. What You’ll Learn What’s working with search engine optimization today How to rank […]

267: The New Amazon Ads You Probably Aren’t Running Yet With Brett Curry

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267: How To Run Amazon DSP Ads With Brett Curry

Today, I’m thrilled to have Brett Curry back on the show. Brett is someone who I met through Drew Sanocki at the Traffic And Conversions Summit in San Diego. He has spoken at my conference, The Sellers Summit, for the past 2 years and he runs OMG Commerce which is an ecommerce agency that has helped over 125 companies with their pay per click advertising. In this episode, Brett and I talk about combining Amazon PPC with Amazon DSP to grow your Amazon business. What You’ll Learn What is Amazon DSP? What ads can be bought through Amazon DSP How […]

266: How To Invent A Product From Scratch And Sell Over 300K Units With Kim Meckwood

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Today I’m thrilled to have Kim Meckwood on the show. Kim was the winner of the 5 Minute Pitch, my Shark Tank like show with Mike Jackness, Greg Mercer and Scott Voelker where we gave away 50,000 in cold hard cash. Kim invented an ingenious product called Click And Carry that has sold over 300K units. Click And Carry is a tool that allows you to comfortably carry a bunch of bags all at once and sling them over your shoulder. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the triumphs and the struggles of entrepreneurship and how Kim got […]

265: How To Be More Efficient With Your Time With Thanh Pham

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265: The Secrets To Asian Efficiency Revealed With Thanh Pham

Today, I’m really happy to have my fellow Asian compatriot Thanh Pham on the show. Thanh runs the popular site AsianEfficiency.com where he teaches others how to be more productive with their time. He is considered to be one of the top thought leaders in the productivity industry and he has been featured in Fast Company, Inc.com, Forbes, Huffington Post, and The Globe & Mail. In today’s episode, we uncover the lost Asian secrets of productivity. What You’ll Learn Productivity tips on how to manage your inbox How Asian Efficiency gets its traffic How AsianEfficiency.com makes its money Top productivity […]

264: What Amazon Strategies Are Working Today With Brad Moss

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264: Brad Moss On What's Working With Selling On Amazon Today

Today I’m thrilled to have Brad Moss back on the show. Brad is the former head of Seller Central at Amazon and he’s also the founder of ProductLabs.net where he helps Amazon sellers blow up their businesses. As a result, he has intimate knowledge of how Amazon works from the inside. This year, Brad spoke at my conference, The Sellers Summit, for the 3rd straight year, and his presentation was very well received. Brad is one of my go to guys when it comes to Amazon and today, we’re going to talk about the latest Amazon strategies. What You’ll Learn […]

263: How To Outsource Your Amazon Business For Less With Omer Riaz

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263: How To Outsource Your Amazon Business With Omer Riaz

Today, I’m really happy to have Omer Riaz on the show. Omer and I just hung out for 3 straight days at my annual event the Sellers Summit. He’s been an Amazon and Ebay seller for many years and now he helps others manage their own businesses. Today, he runs the popular Amazon VA service Urtasker.com and in this episode we are going to talk about how to outsource and scale your Amazon business even if you are a one man show. What You’ll Learn Common mistakes Amazon sellers make Which Amazon tasks are easy to outsource How much it […]

262: How Amazon Counterfeits Nearly Destroyed A 7 Figure Business With Kevin Williams

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Today I’m really excited to have Kevin Williams back on the show. Kevin runs the site BrushHero.com where he sells a power cleaning brush. Last time we spoke on episode 209, Kevin’s company was doing great, sales were going gangbusters and they had just been on Shark Tank. But last year, things took a sharp turn due to an unfortunate sequence of events involving IP theft and piracy. In today’s episode, Kevin and I talk about what happened and how he almost lost his entire business. What You’ll Learn The revenue and profit of Kevin’s business How Shark Tank affected […]

261: How My Student Kym Campbell Makes $400K/Year Helping Women With Their Fertility

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261: How To Use Challenges To Grow Your Business With Kym Campbell

Today I’m really happy to have Kym Campbell on the show and Kym is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course. But her story is different compared to the other students in my class in that she doesn’t sell any physical products. Instead, she’s taken her business SmartFertilityChoices.com to over $400K in revenue this past year with a membership site and digital courses. As it turns out, marketing is marketing and it applies to both physical and digital products online. Today, Kym and I discuss how she grew her business based on what she learned in the […]

260: Introducing The 5 Minute Pitch Podcast Episode 1 With Dawn LaFontaine

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The 5 Minute Pitch is a Shark Tank like show where 32 contestants pitch us their business for the chance to win $50,000 in prize money. Think of it like an NCAA style basketball tournament for small companies! The judges are Scott Voelker, Greg Mercer, Mike Jackness and myself and we’ve put all of the episodes in a podcast for your enjoyment. Right now we are running a contest where we’re giving away over $6000 in prizes. Click Here To Enter The Contest What You’ll Learn What the 5 Minute Pitch is all about A pitch from our first contestant […]

259: How To Rank For Competitive Keywords In Google With Jimmy Daly

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259: How To Rank For Competitive Keywords with Jimmy Daly

Today, I’m really happy to have Jimmy Daly on the show. Jimmy runs Animalz.co, which specializes in content marketing for SAAS companies. They are responsible for ranking many of the successful SAAS companies out there in Google search and clearly know what they are doing. In this episode, Jimmy and I are going to discuss the most important aspects of content marketing and how to rank in search. What You’ll Learn How Animalz was founded How to formulate an effective content strategy Keyword research and SEO factors to consider How to come up with great titles The myth of building […]

258: A Recap Of Sellers Summit 2019 With Toni Anderson

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We’re doing a special episode today. Sellers Summit 2019 just ended so I brought my partner Toni Anderson on the show to do a recap of the event. The Sellers Summit is a conference that we throw every year. This is our 4th time and the show is all about bringing ecommerce entrepreneurs together and learning new strategies on how to sell physical products. Today we’re going to talk about what worked, what didn’t and some key takeaways. What You’ll Learn The theme for this year’s event What we did differently this time How we improved the conference in 2019 […]

257: The Right Way To Outsource Your Business With Nathan Hirsch

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Today, I’m really happy to have Nathan Hirsch on the show. Nathan is the founder and CEO of FreeeUp, a platform that connects businesses to freelancers and virtual assistants that specialize in ecommerce and digital marketing. In his prior life, he bootstrapped 2 multi-million dollar businesses and at one point he was managing over a half a million products selling on Amazon with over 1000 suppliers. In this episode, you’ll learn the best way to scale your ecommerce business and how to outsource. What You’ll Learn How to manage your products and suppliers The best tasks to outsource The most […]

255: How To Make 6 Figures Selling Clothing For Moms With My Student Tsippi Gross

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255: How My Student Makes 6 Figures Selling Clothing For Moms With Tsippi Gross

Today I’m really happy to have Tsippi Gross on the show. Tsippi is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course and I distinctly remember her first sale when she sold 12 dresses just by showing off her samples! Today, Tsippi runs a 6 figure business at HavahTribe.com where she sells trendy apparel for breastfeeding Moms without using Amazon at all. In this episode, Tsippi and I discuss the triumphs and the struggles of entrepreneurship. Want To Learn How To Start A 6 Figure Ecommerce Store? Did you enjoy listening to Teri’s story? If you would like to […]

254: Meghla Bhardwaj – Global Sources Vs Alibaba And How To Find The Best Suppliers

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254: Meghla Bhardwaj On Global Sources Vs Alibaba And Finding The Best Suppliers

Today I’m thrilled to have Meghla Bwardhaj on the show. Meghla is the head of content marketing at Global Sources, a company that helps entrepreneurs find Asian suppliers online. In addition, Meghla coordinates the annual Global Sources Summit in Hong Kong where they provide incredible content for ecommerce entrepreneurs. Today, we’re going to discuss product sourcing, trade shows and everything supplier related. What You’ll Learn The benefits of attending a trade show How to ensure the quality of your suppliers How is Global Sources different from Alibaba Tips on preparing for a trade show The best way to request a […]

253: How To Make Millions Teaching Blackjack Card Counting With Colin Jones

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Today, I’m happy to have my friend Colin Jones on the show. Colin was a professional black jack player and made over $4 million dollars by counting cards at casinos. But today, he runs a successful online business teaching others how to beat the casinos over at BlackjackApprenticeship.com Today, we’re going to talk about his entrepreneurial journey and how he’s created an incredible business based on his previous hobby. What You’ll Learn Colin background story on how he became a professional gambler Why he decided to teach blackjack How he gets paying customers to his program How card counting works […]