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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085: How To Buy An Ecommerce Store And Triple The Profits With Dana Jaunzemis

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Dana Jaunzemis is an ecommerce entrepreneur who I met through Andrew Youderian and we are both in the same private group that meets on a semi monthly basis. Dana runs HomeHealthTesting.com and blogs about ecommerce and entrepreneurship at 44Ideas.net. She’s a lifelong entrepreneur and has been starting, buying and selling businesses for over 25 years. What’s cool about Dana is she specializes in acquiring small businesses whose sales have plateaued and reignites their growth. I know a lot of you out there listening already have ecommerce businesses that may have plateaued or you might be interested in buying a business […]

084: How To Make A Million Dollars In 21 Days Selling An Online Course With Amy Porterfield

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Amy Porterfield is one of the most successful mediapreneurs that I know. She started out by working for Harley Davidson as a cool biker girl. Then she worked for Tony Robbins as his director of content marketing. And then she branched out on her own and has built a 7 figure empire selling products and training focused on Facebook marketing. She’s the proud author of Facebook all in one for dummies. And to top it all off, she also has a top 10 business podcast on iTunes. What You’ll Learn What Amy learned from working with Tony Robbins How to […]

083: How To Create Profitable Email Autoresponders For Ecommerce Stores With Xiao Hui Wang

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Today I’ve my buddy Xiao Hui Wang on the show. I met Xiao Hui at the Ecommerce Fuel live event last year and he definitely made an impression on me with his email expertise. X runs the site EssenceOfEmail.com where he specializes in email marketing specifically for ecommerce. Unlike email marketing for blogging, sending out emails for an ecommerce store selling physical products is quite different and requires an alternate approach. X is an expert when it comes to email marketing for ecommerce so I invited him on to teach us a few lessons. Enjoy the interview! What You’ll Learn […]

082: How Ed Hallen Started Klaviyo An Email Marketing Service Designed For Ecommerce

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Today, I’m thrilled to have Ed Hallen on the show. If you’ve never heard of Ed, he is the founder and CEO of Klaviyo, a very popular email marketing provider that specifically caters to ecommerce stores. Email has been a very central part of my marketing strategy for both my blog and my ecommerce store. And just recently, I’ve been cheating on my other email provider with Klaviyo and I’m thinking about getting a divorce. I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve seen so far even though I’ve really just scratched the surface and what’s so powerful about Klaviyo is […]

081: How To Market Your Online Store On Reddit And Make 6 Figures In 8 Months With Eli Zauner

081: How To Market Your Online Store On Reddit And Make 6 Figures In 8 Months

Eli Zauner runs a subscription box service called UniversalYums.com which sells boxes of yummy treats from all over the world. What’s cool about Eli is that he launched his business while working full time and his business has been profitable from day 1 and is growing very quickly. In fact, he is doing a solid 5 figures a month after only launching just 8 months ago. And here’s the kicker. One of the main reasons I wanted to have Eli on the show is because he grew his business using Reddit as his single largest source of traffic. Eli’s experience […]

080: How To Achieve Financial Freedom With 8 Different Income Streams With Nick Loper

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Nick Loper is someone who I met just recently at The New Media Expo in Las Vegas and he runs the popular site SideHustleNation.com where he teaches others how to build a sizable side income. What’s cool about Nick is that he built up his businesses while working full time just like I did. He’s got 8 different income streams and he’s a huge proponent of using your free time more wisely to achieve financial freedom. He also runs a popular podcast called Side Hustle Nation which you should all check out. So without further ado, enjoy the episode! What […]

079: How To Take Your Talent And Turn It Into A 6 Figure Business With Grant Baldwin

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078: DIY Pete Sveen – How To Make 6 Figures Teaching People How To Do It Yourself

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077: How To Create Software That Automates Your Social Media Marketing With Laura Roeder And MeetEdgar

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076: How To Make $5000 Per YouTube Video Teaching Men How to Dress Well With Antonio Centeno

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075: Making 7 Figures Selling Digital Courses Online With David Siteman Garland

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074: How To Create Amazon Listings That Sell Like Crazy With Karon Thackston

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073: Student Story: Creating A Profitable Business Selling Your Art With Arree Chung

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072: How To Create An Online Business That Suits Your Lifestyle With Scott Fox

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071: How To Create A Successful iPhone App Without Any Experience With Erin Matzkin

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