Today we have Bart Mroz, the co-founder, and CEO of Sumo Heavy, joining us. Voice-activated assistants are at the cutting-edge of commerce right now. Earlier this year, Bart compiled some interesting consumer research at Sumo Heavy, about shopping behavior and voice-activated assistants, like Alexa. He found that most of the respondents to his survey still use voice-activated devices regularly, despite recent reports about potential privacy breaches. Tune in now, to find out more.

Today we are joined by Christina Stembel, the founder and CEO of Farmgirl Flowers. Christina launched her company in 2010, to provide the best flowers and customer experience every single time. Listen in to find out how this direct-to-consumer bootstrap business is shaking up the online flower industry.

Today, we're having a conversation with Mario Lucibello, a partner at Greenhaus Riordan & Company LLP, in West Haven, Connecticut, about the fascinating topic of sales tax. Mario is a CPA who does a lot of work with e-commerce sellers and he is familiar with the way that sales tax works in this context. In today's episode, Mario talks to us about how the sales tax system works, the recent changes that have happened, what he recommends, and how he advises his clients to approach all of this.

Today, Brett Curry, the co-founder, and CEO of OMG Commerce joins us to talk about YouTube ads. In Brett’s extensive experience, these ads generally tend to be under-utilized, which is rather unfortunate considering that YouTube is the second most visited site on the web, and it's the fastest growing social media platform for millennials and Gen-Zs.

Our guest for today's show is Nick Giulioni. Nick has been on the marketplace management side of e-commerce for the last ten years. He started his career as a buyer for Newegg but soon realized that it was not where he wanted to be. He subsequently moved through several different electronics companies, using the networks he had built at Newegg to move from one position to the next. More recently, he has been managing Amazon for tier 1 vendors in the electronics and gaming category.

Today we are speaking to the very knowledgeable Scott Kilmartin, a retail advisor and Ecommerce architect in Australia. It’s the second time we have Scott on the show and the perfect timing to revisit the topic of Amazon Australia since it has been two years since its launch.

Today Scott is here for a detailed breakdown analysis of what went wrong when Amazon Australia first launched, what were the alternatives for sellers and what are the expectations for Amazon Australia going forward.

Our guest for today is Alex Song, the CEO, and co-founder of Innovation Department, a Manhattan-based tech-powered start-up studio that builds consumer brands. At Innovation Department, they understand that Amazon is an incredible platform, and they enjoy using it to launch their brands, in parallel with their direct-to-consumer websites. Alex believes that working with Amazon, rather than against it, is the best way to help start-up brands reach audiences and build brand visibility.

Today we’re sharing with you another live conversation rounding up a few months' worth of new features and developments in Amazon's Sponsored Brands. This is a really popular ad type for the brand registered sellers and vendors on Amazon because they show up right at the top of search results. This ad type has been around for about two years now, and many features and upgrades have been added, as well as some new targeting options.

Today we’re sharing with you a very interesting conversation approaching the topic of Amazon Livestream. CEO Kiri Masters and Advertising Director Stefan Jordev were streaming live on LinkedIn and Facebook last week, but since the technology was not on our side, we wanted to revamp the session and share this insightful talk with our audience.

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Today we’re sharing with you a very exciting episode approaching the topic of Amazon Attribution. Bobsled CEO Kiri Masters and Advertising Director Stefan Jordev were streaming live on LinkedIn and Facebook last week, and we wanted to share this insightful discussion with our podcast listeners as well. So we’re kicking out a new format on the podcast, with this new series of live broadcasts breaking down various Amazon advertising and PPC topics.