EP 020: An Ecommerce Coaching Session with Donnie Lawson
In today's episode, you'll be listening in on a coaching session with Donnie Lawson. Donnie is in the planning stages of setting up his ecommerce business, and you'll hear us talk about the criteria he used to choose his niche, how he's finding suppliers, some tips for how to build credibility when approaching wholesalers as a new business, and tons of other great discussion.
EP 019: Ecommerce is a Bear (4 strategies for competing against Amazon)
Today I'm joined by Shabbir Nooruddin of BootstrappingEcommerce.com for a discussion of Andy Dunn's article, "E-Commerce is a Bear." The basic idea behind the article is this: Big ecommerce companies like Amazon are like grizzly bears--they are the apex predators who annihilate or consume anything in their path. How can smaller ecommerce companies even begin to compete against Amazon's ferocious price competition and scale?
EP 018: What I've been learning about increasing productivity, reducing stress, and managing my time
Today we'll be discussing the challenges and psychological obstacles that face entrepreneurs like you and me. Lately I've learned a few strategies that have helped me overcome some of these challenges--here's a preview of a few of the topics covered in today's episode:
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How to trick your brain into lowering your stress level and feeling more productive
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How to start waking up earlier and boosting your morning productivity
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The basic ideas behind meditation, and how it can help you focus, be more confident, and be more productive
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2 tools you can use to block out distractions like social media sites
EP 017: How to design your own ecommerce site when you're not a designer
If you're a bootstrapper, you're not going to spend thousands of dollars on professional web designers and marketers--you're going to be figuring all of that out on your own. In this episode, we'll be talking about some basic design principles and easy steps to setting up your own ecommerce store when you're not a designer.
EP 016: Update on Survival Knife Experts
I've been busy working on Survival Knife Experts, and in this episode you'll hear everything that's been going on with SEO, advertising, and what I've been learning.
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