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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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

By Steve Chou

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 […]

169: How To Get Your First 10000 Email Subscribers With Bryan Harris

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Today I’m excited to have Brian Harris on the show. I was introduced to Brian by our mutual friend Grant Baldwin and I actually saw a video of Bryan speak at one of Noah Kagan’s events and I was really impressed. Anyway Bryan runs the site VideoFruit.com where he reverse engineers what the top marketers are doing online and shows you how to integrate those strategies into your business. Specifically, Bryan is an expert at growing your email list and launching a product. So today we are going to cover how to quickly build an email list and how to […]

168: How To Make 8 Figures Selling Boxed Software Using Google Shopping With Daniel Parker

By Steve Chou

Today, I’m thrilled to have Daniel Parker on the show. Daniel is someone who I met at the Ecommerce Fuel Live conference in Savannah, Georgia and he actually taught me a few things that I was not doing with my Google Shopping ads that I promptly fixed as soon as I got home. Daniel runs MyChoiceSoftware.com which is an online store that sells boxed software online. Selling off the shelf software is an incredibly competitive niche but he does extremely well making well over 8 figures last year. Enjoy the show! What You’ll Learn How Daniel got into ecommerce and […]

167: Key Takeaways From Sellers Summit 2017 With Toni Anderson And Steve Chou

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Today, we’re doing a special episode because I’m not interviewing anyone on the show. Instead, I brought Toni Anderson back on the podcast to do a recap of Sellers Summit 2017. Now if you don’t know Toni, she’s my partner in crime and she’s actually been on the show 3 or 4 times already. Anyway, the Sellers Summit is a conference that we throw every year and today we’re going to talk about what worked, what didn’t and some key takeaways. Click here to buy the virtual pass for Sellers Summit 2017 What You’ll Learn Two new features of the […]

166: How To Thrive As An Artist In This Day And Age With Jeff Goins

By Steve Chou

In this episode, I have Jeff Goins on the show. Jeff is someone who I met a Fincon years ago where he gave an awesome keynote speech. He’s the author of 4 books including a national bestseller called The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do. He also runs a course called Tribe Writers where he teaches others how to get your writing noticed. Anyway the reason why I decided to bring him on the show is because I wanted to interview a creative professional who makes a killing with his craft. And […]