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467: Vietnam: The Untold Gold Mine For Sourcing You’ve Been Ignoring With Jim Kennemer

467: Vietnam: The Untold Gold Mine for Sourcing You've Been Ignoring With Jim Kennemer

Today, I’m thrilled to have Jim Kennemer on the show. Jim and I met randomly on a panel run by Global Sources. And when we met, I knew I had to have him on the show.

Jim is the founder of Cosmo Sourcing and he’s helped hundreds of clients source more than $100 million worth of products from both China and Vietnam.

Production and sourcing have been slowly shifting away from China to places like Vietnam and Jim just happens to be a sourcing expert for Vietnam.

What You’ll Learn

  • Why source from other countries outside China
  • How Jim became a sourcing expert for Vietnam
  • The right way to source products from Vietnam

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466: Outdated Ecommerce Tips You Should NOT Be Doing In 2023 – Family First Friday

466: Outdated Ecommerce Tips You Should NOT Be Doing In 2023 | Stop Doing These Now!

Welcome to another Family First Friday in honor of my Wall Street Journal bestselling book, the Family First Entrepreneur. In this episode, I discuss what not to do when it comes to starting an ecommerce business today. 

There’s just way too much content to consume online and a lot of it is outdated and worthless. To help you sort through the junk,  here are all the outdated ecommerce strategies and tips that no longer apply in 2023.

What You’ll Learn

  • Outdated ecommerce strategies and tips
  • What not to do when starting a business
  • The problem YouTube, Google and Tiktok

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465: The Secret Sauce Of Successful Amazon Sellers: How To Rank Your Products In Search With Brandon Young

465: The Secret Sauce of Successful Amazon Sellers: How to Find High-Demand, Low-Competition Products With Brandon Young

Today I’m thrilled to have Brandon Young on the show. Brandon is one of the leading experts in Amazon private label, especially when it comes to Amazon SEO. He and his wife are eight figure sellers, and he’s also the co founder of one of the fastest growing Amazon software companies called Data Dive.

In this episode, Brandon reveals his latest strategies on how to research and rank your products on Amazon.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to find a high demand and low competition product to sell on Amazon
  • How to rank in Amazon SEO
  • What it takes to become an 8 Figure seller on Amazon today

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464: Dead Simple Business Ideas That Anyone Can Start With No Money – Family First Friday

464: Dead Simple Business Ideas That Anyone Can Start With No Money - Family First Friday

Welcome to Family First Fridays, which is a new segment of the show in honor of my book, The Family First Entrepreneur.

It’s official! I’m a Wall Street Journal bestselling author! The first half of my book discusses how to find your next side hustle. So in this episode, I’m giving you 10 dead simple side hustle ideas that you can start from home right now with no money.

What You’ll Learn

  • 10 dead simple ideas to start a business
  • Why there is opportunity everywhere
  • Why you don’t need much money to start

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463: Crazy Rich Poets! How Will Green Gets 3M Visits/Month On His Poetry Analysis Website

463: Crazy Rich Poets!  How Will Green Gets 3M Visits/Month On His Poetry Analysis Website

Today, I’m thrilled to have William Green on the show. William is a member of my mastermind group and he is killing it online with an unusual website called Poem Analysis, a site that analyzes poetry.

He gets over 3 million visits per month and makes hundreds of thousands of dollars every year from poetry!

In this episode, we break down how he does it!

What You’ll Learn

  • How Will started Poemanalysis.com
  • Best way to monetize your traffic
  • How to grow your website’s traffic exponentially

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462: The Hidden Truth About Dropshipping: Is It Really A Profitable Ecommerce Model With Saba Mohebpour

462: The Hidden Truth About Dropshipping: Is It Really A Profitable Ecommerce Model With Saba Mohebpour

Today I’ve got a special guest on the show, Saba Mohebpour. Saba is the founder of Spocket, one of the best Dropshipping marketplaces in the world, because their suppliers are primarily found in the US and Europe.

I get asked questions about dropshipping every day so I decided to invite someone entrenched in the industry to come on the podcast.

In this episode, Saba and I go into in depth on what it takes to be a successful dropshipper.

What You’ll Learn

  • Is dropshipping a profitable ecommerce model?
  • The pitfalls of Dropshipping
  • How to grow a successful dropshipping business

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461: The Toxic Truth About Entrepreneurship – My Impromptu Speech At Books Inc | Family First Friday

461: The Toxic Truth About Entrepreneurship - My Impromptu Speech At Books Inc

Welcome to Family First Fridays which is a new segment of the podcast named in honor of my book, The Family First Entrepreneur.

Last night, I held my very first book signing at the Books Inc. In Palo Alto and I had a blast.

I wasn’t planning on giving a speech at the bookstore last night, but I ended up giving a 15-minute impromptu talk, which I’m sharing with you today. Enjoy!

What You’ll Learn

  • Why I wrote The Family First Entrepreneur
  • The 4 burners theory
  • Behind the scenes of my book signing

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460: Insider Tips for Snagging a Traditional Book Publishing Deal And Becoming A Best Seller With Jeff Goins

460: Insider Tips for Snagging a Traditional Book Publishing Deal And Becoming A Best Seller With Jeff Goins

I’m thrilled to have Jeff Goins back on the show. Jeff is an accomplished author and the founder of Fresh Complaint, a company that helps authors turn their books into bestsellers. Jeff was a key player in shaping my book, ‘The Family First Entrepreneur’.

In this episode, we’ll cover the nuts and bolts of writing a traditionally published book, and walk you through my own experiences in the process. Hope you enjoy the episode.

What You’ll Learn

  • The ins and outs of writing and publishing a book
  • How to get a book deal
  • A behind the scenes look of writing my book The Family First Entrepreneur

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459: Unexpected Twists On My Book Publishing Journey – A Behind The Scenes Look | Family First Friday

459: Unexpected Twists On My Book Publishing Journey - A Behind The Scenes Look

Welcome to a new segment of the show called Family First Fridays.

Most of you know that for the past 3 years, I’ve been working on a book called The Family First Entrepreneur which is being published by Harper Collins.  

I’ve been getting a ton of questions about the process of writing a book so in this episode, I’m going to give you a behind the scenes look into everything that I did to get this book published by a traditional publisher and receive a 6 figure advance.

What You’ll Learn

  • My reasons for writing a book
  • Self publishing vs traditional publishing
  • How to write, publish and market your own book to a big 5 publisher

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458: The Ugly Truth About Selling On Amazon And The Hidden Fees With Vladi Gordon

458: The Ugly Truth About Selling On Amazon And The Hidden Fees With Vladi Gordon

Today, I’m thrilled to have Vladi Gordon on the show. Vladi is the founder of Sellerboard, a software that helps you track profit and loss when selling on Amazon FBA.

Having sold on Amazon for seven years now, I know that there are many hidden fees when selling on the platform. In this episode, Vladi and I reveal the ugly truth about selling on Amazon and how to calculate your true profit.

What You’ll Learn

  • How profitable is the average Amazon seller?
  • How to track your profit and loss on Amazon
  • The common fees that most sellers do not account for

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457: Exactly How I’d Build A New Ecommerce Business Today From Scratch – Family First Friday

457: Exactly How I'd Build A New Ecommerce Business Today From Scratch

Welcome to Family First Fridays, a new segment of the podcast in honor of my book, The Family First Entrepreneur. In these solo episodes, I present to you my personal thoughts about family, entrepreneurship, and life.

Today, I outline exactly what I would do if I were to start an e-commerce business today from complete scratch.

What You’ll Learn

  • The best ecommerce business models
  • The exact steps that I would take to start an online store this year
  • What to avoid in ecommerce

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456: Inside The Crazy World Of Traditional Book Publishing With Michael Drew

456: Inside The Crazy World Of Traditional Book Publishing With Michael Drew

Today, I’m thrilled to have Michael Drew as a guest on the show. Michael is the founder of PromoteABook.com, where he assists authors in launching their books onto the New York Times Bestseller list.

He has successfully launched 124 consecutive books onto national bestseller lists and has over a thousand number-one Amazon titles to his credit.

In this episode, Michael will provide us with a deep dive into the book industry, including how the economics work, and more.

What You’ll Learn

  • The ins and outs of traditional book publishing
  • How to launch a book to the bestseller list
  • The economics of book publishing

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455: If I Only Knew: 5 Life-Changing Insights About Business I’d Tell My Younger Self – Family First Friday

455: If I Only Knew: 5 Life-Changing Insights About Business I'd Tell My Younger Self

Welcome to the first “Family First Friday” episode on the podcast. On these Friday segments, I’ll be producing solo episodes about my philosophies on business, family and life.

Today, I’m going to discuss 5 life changing insights about business and life that I’d tell me younger self!

Enjoy!

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454: From 0 To Millions: His Inc 500 Business Turned A Simple Idea Into A Multi-Million Dollar Empire W/ Mike Barnhill

454: From Zero To Millions: This Inc 500 ID Badge Business Turned A Simple Idea Into A Multi-million Dollar Empire With Mike Barnhill

Today, I have my good friend Mike Barnhill on the show. Aside from having a sexy voice and being the lead singer in a rock band called Hydrafighter, Mike and his brother Patrick started an e-commerce store selling ID badges over at Specialist ID.

This business has been featured in the Inc 500 for the past seven or eight years and they make millions selling what seem like mundane and saturated products.

Today we’re going to learn how and why they are so successful.

What You’ll Learn

  • How Mike started SpecialistId
  • How to grow a multimillion-dollar business selling highly competitive products
  • How to take advantage of B2B sales

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453: How To Uncover Your Competitors’ Secrets And Find Good Suppliers With David Applegate Of ImportYeti

453: How To Uncover Your Competitors' Secrets And Find Their Suppliers With David Applegate

I’m really excited to have David Applegate on the show. David is the founder of ImportYeti, a free service that allows you to search through the US import records to find the suppliers that your competitors are using.

He is also a long-standing e-commerce seller himself on both Amazon, his own online store and a retail store too.

David is a wealth of knowledge and today we’re going to talk about how to be successful in e-commerce today.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to find the suppliers your competition is using on Amazon and Shopify
  • How to succeed in e-commerce today
  • The right way to approach and find your suppliers

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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 here and try Postscript for FREE.
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SellersSummit.com – Sellers Summit is the conference I run every year that caters to ecommerce sellers all over the world. Click here and grab your ticket.
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BigCommerce.com – If you are interested in starting your own online store, then I highly recommend BigCommerce. Out of the box, it already comes with full functionality and you do not need to install additional plugins. Click here to get 1 month free
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452: Meet The Man Who Makes 8 Figures Selling Baby Shoes With Cole South

452:  Meet The Man Who Makes 8 Figures Selling Baby Shoes With Cole South

Today I’m thrilled to have my friend Cole South on the show. Cole runs an 8 figure business selling moccasins for kids over at Bird Rock Baby and BJJ uniforms over at Gold BJJ.

He is a former poker player turned entrepreneur and in this episode, we’re going to talk about what it takes to grow a footwear business to 8 figures.

What You’ll Learn

  • How much does it cost to start a footwear business
  • How Cole grew this business from the ground up
  • Cole’s philosophies on business grow, 3PLs and selling on Amazon

Other Resources And Books

Sponsors

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SellersSummit.com – Sellers Summit is the conference I run every year that caters to ecommerce sellers all over the world. Click here and grab your ticket.
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BigCommerce.com – If you are interested in starting your own online store, then I highly recommend BigCommerce. Out of the box, it already comes with full functionality and you do not need to install additional plugins. Click here to get 1 month free
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