Jay Nikolich is on the show today! He has had many years of experience in e-commerce leadership positions with branded manufacturers. Today, he brings us his unique perspective about the way that Amazon fits into the e-commerce environment. Due to his vast experience, Jay really understands what it's like to be a leader of an e-commerce division, within a large, branded manufacturer.

TOPIC SUMMARY

Today’s episode will revolve around the most recent news in the ever-changing world of Amazon. Here are the topics Kiri will approach on the show:

-The groundbreaking Amazon mobile video ads

-The most recent Feed Advisor study about online shopping behavior

-Amazon’s pricing policy change

-Branding is still important - customers are looking for recognizable brands on Amazon

Scott Galit is the CEO of Payoneer, a leading online payments company that transforms the way businesses send and receive cross-border payments. We had the pleasure of interviewing Scott on the Ecommerce Braintrust podcast where we discussed Capital Advance, a Payoneer service that can help support your Amazon business.

Many brands operating on Amazon's Vendor Central system didn’t receive their expected Purchase Orders this week. Some notifications cited technical issues with the ordering system, others suggested that the supplier should not expect future purchase orders to be placed at all. Some brands even found their inventory reset to zero last week.

Kiri Masters jumped on the mic with Project Manager Armin Alispahic today in response to an overwhelming amount of questions and confusion from vendors.

Today’s topic revolves around Shopify, a very popular Ecommerce platform that helps over 20.000 merchants manage every aspect of their business. Not surprisingly, Shopify embraced Amazon and its ecosystem early on, offering native integrations with Amazon FBA, bringing a great advantage to smaller brands and developing at a really fast pace. And what better way to break down this fascinating topic than a podcast episode with our special guest and Shopify expert, Kurt Elster of Ethercycle?

Looking to grow your Amazon presence and drive traffic to your Amazon listings? Today we’re having a conversation about leveraging off-Amazon advertising opportunities with Julie Spear and Advertising Director Stefan Jordev. Tune in to find out how Amazon PPC, Amazon DSP, paid search and paid social all tie in together with your Amazon strategy.

Will Haire, one of our PPC managers here at Bobsled Marketing, is back with us today to continue the conversation about Amazon's big new roll-out. In this interview we are approaching Amazon DSP (Demand Side Platform), an enticing opportunity for brands, due to all the new features that are being rolled out. Will explains how Amazon differs from all other DSP networks, the different phases of the shopper's journey and the targeting options that are available for advertisers currently.

2019 is set to be a year of change! This week we are talking about a big announcement from Amazon Advertising. A new, really big feature was rolled out by Amazon and it’s called New-to-Brand Metrics. In today’s episode, we are breaking down this new addition, what it means for the Amazon advertising ecosystem in general, and how brands can really take advantage of it. Tune in today and find out more!

On this episode of the Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, we are covering a very informative topic as a response to the multitude of questions we’ve received about the tax and compliance consequences of launching in Australia.

Tune in and learn more!

Today we're going to talk about something a little different, and also quite exciting, in terms of advertising opportunities related to Amazon. This Fall, Amazon took a rather distinctive and innovative step for an e-commerce giant when they entered the world of direct mail and introduced their first-ever product catalog.

Tune in to find out more!