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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186: Brad Moss – How To Maximize Your Amazon Sales From The Former Head Of Seller Central

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How To Maximize Your Amazon Sales With Former Head Of Seller Central Brad Moss

Today I’m happy to have Brad Moss on the show. Brad recently spoke at my conference, The Sellers Summit, this past year, and his presentation was very well received by the attendees. He’s the former head of Seller Central at Amazon and he has intimate knowledge of how Amazon works from the inside. And today, he’s the founder of ProductLabs.net where he helps Amazon sellers blow up their businesses. Anyway, Brad is an awesome guy and he’s got some crazy Amazon stories to tell as well. Enjoy the episode! What You’ll Learn What it’s like to work at Amazon and what […]

185: The 80/20 Rule Of Sales And Marketing With Perry Marshall

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Today, I’ve got an extra special guest on the show. Perry Marshall is one of the world’s most sought after business consultants and is the author of many bestselling books in the PPC advertising industry including the Ultimate Guide To Google Adwords and the Ultimate Guide To Facebook ads. He’s consulted in over 300 industries and he’s known as the godfather of PPC. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn The 80/20 rule in action and how it has helped many of Perry’s clients. How to directly apply the 80/20 rule to your business. How to decide which PPC ad platform […]

184: How My Student Ron Makes 7 Figures Selling Childrens Wall Decals Online

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Today I’m really happy to have Ron Eiger on the show. Ron is probably one of my oldest students in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course. I launched the class in 2011 to very small group and I believe Ron joined in 2012 after I released it to the public. Now what’s cool is that Ron and I have kept in touch over the years and he’s been doing awesome. He runs the store SunnyDecals.com where he sells children’s wall decals. In addition, he also private labels various products on Amazon. All told he’s on track to do 7 […]

183: How To Get Over A Million Email Subscribers In 2 Years With Sam Parr Of The Hustle

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How To Get A Million Email Subscribers In 2 Years With Sam Parr Of The Hustle

Today I’m thrilled to have Sam Parr on the show. Sam is the founder of TheHustle.co which is a media company that caters to entrepreneurs. They have more than a million email subscribers and email is the backbone of their business. Every single day, they send out an awesome email that details the latest startup and tech news. The also run an annual conference called HustleCon that I had the pleasure of attending as well. Anyway, what’s amazing is that Sam has managed to build this gigantic email list in a few years which is crazy. And today, we’re going […]

180: How To Train Yourself To Innovate, Inspire And Implement With Stanford Professor Tina Seelig

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An Interview With My Stanford Entrepreneurship Professor Tina Seelig On How To Implement Your Ideas

Today I have someone extra special on the show and by extra special, I mean that this person is one of the main people responsible for introducing me to entrepreneurship. Tina Seelig is a professor in the Management Science and Engineering department at Stanford University. She’s also the faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures program of which I was a member. And most importantly, she was my professor of entrepreneurship way back in 1999 along with Professor Tom Byers. Recently, she released a brand new book called Creativity Rules: Get Ideas Out Of Your Head And Into The World […]

179: How To Scale Your Facebook Ads To Sell Digital Products Online With Rick Mulready

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Today I’m lucky to have Rick Mulready on the show. Rick is someone who I met at Social Media Marketing World while waiting for a gigantic mob of people around Amy Porterfield to dissipate so we could say hello to her. He’s a Facebook ads specialist and helps small business run profitable Facebook campaigns. He’s also runs a popular podcast called the Art of Paid Traffic and a training class called The FB Advantage. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn Where to begin when launching a Facebook ad Some guidelines for setting up a a high converting campaign How to choose […]

178: How To Create A 7 Figure Podcast With 3M Downloads Per Month With Jordan Harbinger

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How To Create A 7 Figure Podcast That Gets 3M Downloads Per Month With Jordan Harbinger

Today, I’m really happy to have Jordan Harbinger back on the show. Jordan and I were part of the same mastermind group a while back and he runs one of the top 50 most popular podcasts in iTunes called the Jordan Harbinger Show. His podcast gets millions of downloads per month and he’s had some incredible guests on the show including Shaq, Mike Rowe, Tony Hawk, and Gary V. Anyway the last time we spoke 3 years ago, his podcast wasn’t nearly as large but it has really blown up in the past few years. And today, we are going […]

177: How To Successfully Sell Food Products Online With Justin Mares Of Kettle And Fire

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Today, I’m thrilled to have Justin Mares on the show. He is the founder of KettleAndFire.com, a company that sells America’s first and only USDA grass-fed bone broth. I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately from readers asking for more food based business owners on the podcast. And Justin will walk us through the process of selling food online. What You’ll Learn Why Justin decided to sell bone broth. How he evaluated his product for profitability. Kettle and Fire’s value proposition How to create food products when you know nothing about the industry What certifications are required to sell […]

174: How Sol Orwell Grew Examine.com To A 7 Figure Business By Using Reddit

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Today I’m thrilled to have Sol Orwell on the show. Sol is probably best known for starting the company Examine.com, the leading resource to get unbiased information on nutritional supplements. He also runs the popular site SJO.com where he writes about entrepreneurship. Anyway, what’s really interesting about his company examine.com is that he grew it to a 7 figure business primarily by using reddit. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn Why Sol started Examine.com and what led to its creation How Sol got a one word domain and why he bought it How Sol got his initial traffic How to […]

173: How To Run Profitable YouTube TrueView For Shopping Ads With Brett Curry

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Today, I’m thrilled to have Brett Curry on the show. Brett is someone who I met through Drew Sanocki at the Traffic And Conversions Summit In San Diego and we hit it off right away. He runs OMG Commerce which is a 7 figure ecommerce agency that has helped over 125 companies with their pay per click advertising. Not only does Brett speak at major ecommerce events across the country but he also writes for a variety of sites like Digital Marketer and Search Engine Journal. He’s also the author of the ultimate guide to Google Shopping published by Shopify […]

172: Ramit Sethi On The Psychology Behind Starting A Successful Business

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Today I have my buddy Ramit Sethi on the show. Ramit is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. His site reaches millions of people every month where he uses psychology and systems to help others to automate their finances, make more money, find their dream job, you name it. In fact, I’ve generated millions of dollars over the years selling my class because I was inspired by Ramit’s success. Make sure you check out his latest book here What You’ll Learn Why Ramit waited 10 years to write his second […]

171: How To Run Profitable Amazon Marketing Services(AMS) Ads With Brian Johnson

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Today I’m thrilled to have Brian Johnson on the show. Brian is the founder of PPC Scope, a PPC measurement and optimization tool for Amazon Sellers. In addition, he runs a course called Sponsored Products Academy which teaches Amazon sellers the ins and outs of Amazon PPC ads. He was also one of the speakers at my conference as well. Brian is an expert on Amazon PPC and today we are going to delve deeply into how to optimize your campaigns. What You’ll Learn Brian’s process for launching an Amazon product. Outdated strategies that should be avoided today. What is AMS […]